Originally Posted By dshyates So I know everybody is seeing this this morning, I thought I would start a thread. This is so horrible. 50 dead. I won't provide a link because its everywhere. But I just wanted to send my love and hugs out to the families and friends of those killed.
Originally Posted By jasmine7 I agree. This is a horrible situation, and it's so sad. I just heard a news story on the radio about it, and they were talking to this young man whose sister died in the crash. His parents were on vacation in Florida, and he had to call and tell them about it. I was rather upset by the story, though. Now, granted, this was a Fox News story (listening to a local talk radio show), so I shouldn't expect any better, but I was angered by the fact that they had to mention that this was a female pilot behind the wheel. If it were a man, they would have just said "the pilot." I guess I shouldn't be surprised by the sexism, given the source. Anyway, all my thoughts and prayers to all the families.
Originally Posted By Tiggirl This is so sad. I'll be thinking of the families of those involved. I worked for an airline that had an accident. It was the worst feeling in the world. I'm also sending some good thoughts to the Continental employees. ~Beth
Originally Posted By DAR I just heard before the US Airways crash last month there had not been a major airline crash in almost two years. My thoughts and prayers go out to victims are their families.
Originally Posted By Mr X ＊＊＊I just heard before the US Airways crash last month there had not been a major airline crash in almost two years.＊＊＊ Still an amazing statistic (in a world that needs to hear stuff like that!). The airline workers, the pilots, the ground crews, every one of them do their best, and sometimes bad things happen but STILL..they are a great bunch of human beings dedicated to excellence and safety... So, yes, thoughts, prayers, and all the hope in the world that some comfort can be given to those grieving today, and that somehow the tragic event that occurred might lead to even better knowledge and further safety for all the travelers that take to the skies in the future! And on the whole "female pilot" thing, bah. Who is that reporter (whoever he/she is) to say?...all the women and all the men piloting all the aircraft amazingly safely through the skies day in and day out are heroes in my book.
Originally Posted By wahooskipper My brother-in-law is a flight attendant on Continental Express in the NE. So, we had a bit of a startle this morning. Fortunately it was not a flight he was on. Prayers to the families of the victims.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder One of the victims is a 9/11 widow who was behind an effort to document oral histories of the 9/11 Twin Towers victims. She was one of the 9/11 widows Ann Coulter vilified. I would really like to see someone get Coulter's reaction to this woman's death.
Originally Posted By dshyates If I ever hear another word out of Ann Coulter's mouth it will be too soon. She will just say something amazingly vitriolic about this poor dead woman. There is only ONE word that is totally off-limits when refering to a woman and Ann is one for sure.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder I'd like to see an scintilla of human thoughfulness out of Coulter for once. Then again, I'm likely to win the lottery first.
Originally Posted By DAR I remember being told by some people(probably Rush and Hannity) that Ann Coulter was hot. I am a full blooded heterosexual American male. Ann Coulter is the furthest thing from hot. BTW...John Kerry and Ann Coulter walk into a bar, the bar tender says "why the long face."
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder "I remember being told by some people(probably Rush and Hannity) that Ann Coulter was hot." That's disgusting. Nauseating, even.
Originally Posted By wahooskipper There are worse looking women in the world. But, I'm not sure there are enough gags to make me want to go there.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder So anyway, since I'm more or less responsible for the OT, how about this crash? Ice on the wings?
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/02/13/plane.crash.victims/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/02/...dex.html</a>
Originally Posted By SuperDry They say bad things come in three's, and this marks the third scheduled airline crash in the US in less than 2 months. Fortunately the other two had no fatalities. Hopefully this one will be the end of the bad luck for awhile.
Originally Posted By Sara Tonin <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090213/ap_on_re_us/plane_into_home9_11_widow" target="_blank">http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/200...11_widow</a> Irony.
Originally Posted By fkurucz <<I just heard before the US Airways crash last month there had not been a major airline crash in almost two years.>> Actually there was a Continental crash in Denver just the month before. Fortunately there were no fatalities.
