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Fran Crippen, 26, was an
experienced distance swimmer.
His Conshohocken, Pennsylvania
family/friends and fellow swimmers
found it hard to believe on Monday
that the United Arab Emirates announced
"drowning" as the cause of the aspiring
Olympian's death.
USA Swimming, the U.S. competitive swimming
governing body, stated Monday that it would
do its own investigation, independent of a
probe by FINA, which staged the World Cup
event at al-Fujayrah.
"We are going to go through every avenue to
see how this could happen," Maddy Crippen-his
sister, herself a former Olympic swimmer.
"There should not be a drowning at a swimming
event," she continued. "He was at the top of
his game."
"Fran wanted to make sure that we were doing
everything right," she said. "He was going to
take that cause on himself. He wanted to be
the face of open water swimming."
"We have never researched our sport like other
sports have," Steven Munatones, a current member
of the FINA open water technical committee.
"There is no information on heat exhaustion in the
water," said Munatones. He, also, edits a web site
devoted to open water swimming.
Thomas Lurz, the German who won the al-Fujayrah event,
remarked on Sunday that the air/water temperatures
were dangerously high. Lurz said the water was at
least 86 degrees, but one official explained it was
84. Three other swimmers were hospitalized per reports.
"He loved what he was doing," his mother, Patricia
Crippen. "He loved to train."
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Thursday, October 21, 2010
They're Grabbing and Groping: Pilot Says
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Michael Roberts, 35, a pilot for
ExpressJet Airlines, said, "No"
to a full-body scan last week at
a Transportation Security Administration
check-point at Memphis International
Airport- Memphis, Tennessee.
He's the pilot who refused to submit to
a full body scan, or the pat down going
through airport security.
"Pat down is misleading," Roberts explained.
"They concentrate on the area between the
upper thighs and torso, and they're not just
patting people's arms and legs, they're
grabbing and groping and prodding pretty
aggressively."
Roberts pointed-out that the Transportation
Security Administration's measures are
ineffective, and cited concerns for his
rights and privacy in refusing the procedures.
Roberts said he had been going through security
at Memphis without incident for 4 ½ years. Friday
was his first time at the check-point since new
scanning equipment was installed.
"I'm not trying to throw down the gauntlet with
the federal government per se," he said. "I just
want to be able to go to work and not be harassed
or molested without cause.... I'm just not
comfortable being physically manhandled by a
federal security agent every time I go to work."
The incident was the first of its kind at the
Memphis airport since the agency began advanced
imaging technology, or full body X-ray scanners,
at the airport in September, Transportation
Security Administration's spokesman Jon Allen.
Roberts is waiting to find out whether his protest
would cost him his job.
Source: http://newsblaze.com/story/20101021051949writ.nb/topstory.html
a comment.
Michael Roberts, 35, a pilot for
ExpressJet Airlines, said, "No"
to a full-body scan last week at
a Transportation Security Administration
check-point at Memphis International
Airport- Memphis, Tennessee.
He's the pilot who refused to submit to
a full body scan, or the pat down going
through airport security.
"Pat down is misleading," Roberts explained.
"They concentrate on the area between the
upper thighs and torso, and they're not just
patting people's arms and legs, they're
grabbing and groping and prodding pretty
aggressively."
Roberts pointed-out that the Transportation
Security Administration's measures are
ineffective, and cited concerns for his
rights and privacy in refusing the procedures.
Roberts said he had been going through security
at Memphis without incident for 4 ½ years. Friday
was his first time at the check-point since new
scanning equipment was installed.
"I'm not trying to throw down the gauntlet with
the federal government per se," he said. "I just
want to be able to go to work and not be harassed
or molested without cause.... I'm just not
comfortable being physically manhandled by a
federal security agent every time I go to work."
The incident was the first of its kind at the
Memphis airport since the agency began advanced
imaging technology, or full body X-ray scanners,
at the airport in September, Transportation
Security Administration's spokesman Jon Allen.
Roberts is waiting to find out whether his protest
would cost him his job.
Source: http://newsblaze.com/story/20101021051949writ.nb/topstory.html
Monday, October 11, 2010
Reinforced Rescue Tunnel For Chilean Miners
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Sunday, rescue workers reinforced
an escape tunnel that will be used
to free 33 trapped miners in Chile.
The first miner is to be lifted early
Wednesday morning, more than two months
after an accident that left them sealed
off from the world above.
Sixteen steel tubes are being implanted
atop of the nearly 700 yard shaft in a
move to prevent the rock walls from
crumbling in to stop an escape.
The Chilean government analyzed the shaft,
Sunday, via video cameras. Geologists
concluded most of the tunnel is solid
rock, and small chance of a cave in.
Officials are concerned about the capsule
getting struck in lower sections of the shaft.
"We are going to double check everything
that is necessary until we are convinced
that the system functions," explained
Laurence Golborne, Chile's mining minister.
Rescue recommended to the men that they
decide what order they will exit up the
rescue shaft.
The Chilean health minister, Jaime Manalich,
told reporters that several men wished to be
last to leave the mine in what he called "a
completely admirable show of solidarity."
"We imported fabric, measured them and stitched
their names on the suits," Alejandro Pino, from
the Asociacion Chilena de Seguridad, the work-place
insurance company that is legally responsible for
assisting the mine workers. "It is a fabric that
pulls perspiration away from the body, so they
won't feel the humidity."
When the men are freed, they will be accompanied
through the hall-way where doctors, nurses and
psychologists await. A 48-hour diagnosis begins.
me a comment.
Sunday, rescue workers reinforced
an escape tunnel that will be used
to free 33 trapped miners in Chile.
The first miner is to be lifted early
Wednesday morning, more than two months
after an accident that left them sealed
off from the world above.
Sixteen steel tubes are being implanted
atop of the nearly 700 yard shaft in a
move to prevent the rock walls from
crumbling in to stop an escape.
The Chilean government analyzed the shaft,
Sunday, via video cameras. Geologists
concluded most of the tunnel is solid
rock, and small chance of a cave in.
Officials are concerned about the capsule
getting struck in lower sections of the shaft.
"We are going to double check everything
that is necessary until we are convinced
that the system functions," explained
Laurence Golborne, Chile's mining minister.
Rescue recommended to the men that they
decide what order they will exit up the
rescue shaft.
The Chilean health minister, Jaime Manalich,
told reporters that several men wished to be
last to leave the mine in what he called "a
completely admirable show of solidarity."
"We imported fabric, measured them and stitched
their names on the suits," Alejandro Pino, from
the Asociacion Chilena de Seguridad, the work-place
insurance company that is legally responsible for
assisting the mine workers. "It is a fabric that
pulls perspiration away from the body, so they
won't feel the humidity."
When the men are freed, they will be accompanied
through the hall-way where doctors, nurses and
psychologists await. A 48-hour diagnosis begins.
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Victor Perez Rushes to Free Abducted 8-Year-Old Girl
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me a comment.
Victor Perez, 29, chased after
a vehicle believed to be holding
an abducted 8-year-old girl in
Fresno, California.
Perez saw the television news coverage
of the abduction, paid attention to the
description of the suspect's pick-up
truck.
Perez, father of two boys, talked with
his cousin about it. The cousins saw a
vehicle that matched the description of
the suspect's vehicle.
"I thought, that could be the truck,"
Perez explained to CNN Tuesday night.
He hopped into his 1988 white Ford pick-up
and followed, tried to cut off the vehicle
a few times to talk with the driver.
"I don't have no time to talk. My battery is
dying." The driver insisted.
A second time Perez pulled close to the
Chevy. He saw the little girl, head hidden
below view and knew something wasn't right.
"I kept telling him, 'That's not your little
girl,'" Perez explained. "We argued. We
exchanged words. I was beyond scared."
The Chevy rode away, but Perez had a partial
license plate number, which he gave to
dispatchers- Police Chief Jerry Dyer.
Police caught up with the truck, about 40
minutes later, and arrested Gregorio Gonzalez,
24, of Fresno. Charges will include kidnapping,
false imprisonment and sexual assault, Dyer
informed. The suspect was not armed.
me a comment.
Victor Perez, 29, chased after
a vehicle believed to be holding
an abducted 8-year-old girl in
Fresno, California.
Perez saw the television news coverage
of the abduction, paid attention to the
description of the suspect's pick-up
truck.
Perez, father of two boys, talked with
his cousin about it. The cousins saw a
vehicle that matched the description of
the suspect's vehicle.
"I thought, that could be the truck,"
Perez explained to CNN Tuesday night.
He hopped into his 1988 white Ford pick-up
and followed, tried to cut off the vehicle
a few times to talk with the driver.
"I don't have no time to talk. My battery is
dying." The driver insisted.
A second time Perez pulled close to the
Chevy. He saw the little girl, head hidden
below view and knew something wasn't right.
"I kept telling him, 'That's not your little
girl,'" Perez explained. "We argued. We
exchanged words. I was beyond scared."
The Chevy rode away, but Perez had a partial
license plate number, which he gave to
dispatchers- Police Chief Jerry Dyer.
Police caught up with the truck, about 40
minutes later, and arrested Gregorio Gonzalez,
24, of Fresno. Charges will include kidnapping,
false imprisonment and sexual assault, Dyer
informed. The suspect was not armed.
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