Category Archives: Crash

Alaska teen nearly recovered from spinal injury

By doris | Published: January 9, 2012

Full Story at msnbc.com KODIAK, Alaska — As the holiday season comes to a close, Aaron Cooper has many things to be thankful for, most importantly his life. Four years ago in Fairbanks, Alaska, Cooper, a 2007 Kodiak High School graduate, was involved in a life-threatening snowmachine accident. The veteran rider was practicing freestyle tricks [...]

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After a decade of grief and recovery, nation remembers 9/11

By doris | Published: September 11, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com New York (CNN) — Thousands gathered Sunday morning at New York’s Ground Zero, stood still in silence, some crying as they listened to the names of victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks were read aloud. “They were our neighbors, our friends, our wives, children and parents,” said New York Mayor [...]

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U.S. official: More than two dozen U.S. deaths in Afghan copter crash

By doris | Published: August 6, 2011

Full Story atCNN.com Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) — More than two dozen American troops are believed to have died in a deadly Chinook helicopter crash in eastern Afghanistan overnight, a U.S. military official told CNN on Saturday. Among those killed were a mix of special forces from different services, the official said. If the numbers are [...]

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US warplane crashes, Libya policy in flames

By doris | Published: March 23, 2011

Full Story at EconomicTimes.indiatimes.com WASHINGTON: A US F-15 fighter jet went down in flames while enforcing a no-fly zone over Libya while ground fighting raged on Tuesday even as Washington’s interventionist policy in the region teetered over the lack of clarity about its intention and the endgame. Equipment malfunction was cited as the reason for [...]

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Search continues for boy swiped from grandmother’s arms

By doris | Published: January 22, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — A car pulled from a California canal Friday night was not the same vehicle a witness claimed he saw being driven into the water with a young boy trapped inside, the Stanislaus Sheriff’s Department said Saturday. Authorities are continuing to search the canal near the area where a 4-year-old [...]

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Nine years after 9/11, a photo provides some peace

By doris | Published: September 11, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com New York (CNN) — Judson Box has never known exactly how his son, Gary, died on September 11, 2001. But an unexpected find nine years later has given him a glimpse into his son’s final hours. Gary, then 35, had been working as a firefighter in Brooklyn for roughly five years [...]

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NASA will help probe Toyota accelerators

By doris | Published: March 30, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com WASHINGTON – NASA and the National Academy of Sciences are joining the government’s effort to figure out what caused the sudden acceleration problems that led to Toyota’s massive recalls. NASA scientists with expertise in electronics will help the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration study potential electronic ties to unintended acceleration in [...]

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Crane leans unsteadily after hitting NY high-rise

By doris | Published: March 28, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com NEW YORK – Mechanics and engineers hoped to right a crane that was poised precariously Sunday after it tilted and hit a 25-story building near Wall Street the day before, showering debris to the ground, rerouting traffic and causing evacuations. There were no injuries reported Saturday after the crane hit a [...]

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Bus in fatal Arizona crash operating illegally

By doris | Published: March 6, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com CNN) — The bus that crashed Friday on an Arizona interstate south of Phoenix, killing six passengers, was operating illegally, the U.S. Department of Transportation said. The company, Tierra Santa Inc., had applied last April for authority to operate as an interstate carrier, but never responded after the department asked it [...]

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