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    Image of CJ4 CJ4
    06/30/09

    In reply to Five-Year-Old Survives Yemeni Plane Crash
    Obviously, Sully happened to be vacationing in the area and pulled off the amazing rescue, diving hundreds of feet into the ocean to pluck this little child from his/her seat. Afterwards, he simply shrugged, noted that he was just doing what any person would do, re-applied his sunscreen, and went back to his beachchair to read a book.
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    Image of lobstr lobstr
    06/30/09

    @CJ4: ...you mean the OVERDUE LIBRARY BOOK he had LEFT FOR DEAD in the HUDSON, that heartless cretin?!?


    ;)

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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_HazEnvy GitEmSteveDave_HazEnvy
    06/30/09

    In reply to Five-Year-Old Survives Yemeni Plane Crash
    Didn't this exact same thing happen in the late-mid 80's? A plane crashed and there was a sole survivor, who IIRC, was an 8 year old girl.


    Anyone see Kris Kristofferson?

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    Image of lobstr lobstr
    06/30/09

    @SeniorPonzologist_GitEmSteveDa...: [en.wikipedia.org]


    Galaxy Airlines Fl203 in 1985, one 17-year old was the only survivor... but there's another US one where 200+ people were aboard and a 3 or 4 year old girl was the only survivor, as she was shielded from all the shit by a parent. Can't find it though..

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    Image of Astroblack Astroblack
    06/30/09

    @SeniorPonzologist_GitEmSteveDa...: an 11 year old boy was the only survivor of the Park Slope plane crash in 1960. Thank god it happened in 1960 and not 2009 when the reports of his survival would have been met with rabid message board postings about imposing gender binaries on the child.
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    Image of lobstr lobstr
    06/30/09

    @SeniorPonzologist_GitEmSteveDa...:


    here we go:

    [en.wikipedia.org]


    Northwest Flight 225, Michigan to Cali, 1987:

    The lone survivor of the aircraft was four-year-old Cecelia Cichan of Tempe, Arizona. Cecelia Cichan's mother, Paula Cichan, died in the crash, along with her father, Michael, and her 6-year-old brother, David. After the crash, Cecelia Cichan-Lumpkin lived with relatives in Birmingham, Alabama, who shielded her from public attention. She graduated from the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama in the spring of 2006 with a bachelor's degree in psychology.

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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_HazEnvy GitEmSteveDave_HazEnvy
    06/30/09

    @Astroblack: This was when I was a child, so it has to be in the 80's.
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    Image of Colonel Mustard Colonel Mustard
    06/30/09

    @lobstr: That story scarred me for life. I was just old enough at the time to see all the news stories and understand what they were saying, and I was terrified of flying after that. All I could think about was my whole family dying, and that IF I survived it would probably be at the cost of my parents' lives. (Her mother covered the baby seat with her body and absorbed the impact.)
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_HazEnvy GitEmSteveDave_HazEnvy
    06/30/09

    @Colonel Mustard: I was reading the account, and it said the plane rolled 40 degrees as it stalled during takeoff. I don't think she could have intentionally covered the seat w/all the forces at work, but it seems the plane may have moved her into that position, which makes it all the more miraculous.
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    Image of minou minou
    06/30/09

    @Colonel Mustard: I was on a plane that took off from Detroit several minutes before that flight. I don't remember being aware that anything was happening, so we must have been far enough ahead by that time, but I was a kid so, who knows.


    It pretty much scarred me for life too. I loved flying before that day. After? Not so much.

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    Image of lobstr lobstr
    06/30/09

    @minou: I remember when Delta flight 191 crash-landed at DFW in '86-ish splitting the plane in half and killing over 80 people, the wreckage was left at the scene of the crash for at least two days, and I remember the news footage showing planes in the background taking off behind it..


    WTF must anyone think strapped in a plane and seeing two halves of a charred fuselage out the window and body markers everywhere?

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    Image of iplaudius iplaudius
    06/30/09

    In reply to Five-Year-Old Survives Yemeni Plane Crash
    Requiem æternam dona eis, Domine;

    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    repræsentet eas in lucem sanctam,

    quam olim Abrahæ promisisti et Yemini ejus.
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    Image of Mount_Prion Mount_Prion
    06/30/09

    In reply to Five-Year-Old Survives Yemeni Plane Crash
    That kid is sooooo gonna grow up and be the perfect being.


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    Image of pantsonfireliarliar pantsonfireliarliar
    06/30/09

    @Mount_Prion: That or get totally stalked by some dude whose bones break in a strong wind.
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    Image of SelbyNoser SelbyNoser
    06/30/09

    @pantsonfireliarliar: Bruce Willis is clearly the key, as he was in both of these movies.
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    Image of TableNine TableNine
    06/30/09

    @pantsonfireliarliar: Damnation! I was going to go with the SLJ reference, too. Well done.


    @Mount_Prion:she really is.

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    Image of Mount_Prion Mount_Prion
    06/30/09

    @SelbyNoser: Holy shit, you're right. Somebody take him down from the flesh hooks and start asking questions!
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    Image of ElleL ElleL
    06/30/09

    In reply to Yet Another Commercial Plane Crashes Into the Ocean
    One survivor: a 5 year old.


    Wow.


    [www.cnn.com]

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    Image of BookishLookish BookishLookish
    06/30/09

    @ElleL: Oh my God, you know that some brave mom or dad literally wrapped his or her body around that child and that is why the five-year-old survived.
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    Image of ElleL ElleL
    06/30/09

    @BookishLookish: Yes, amazing. I got chills when I saw that.
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    Image of Helennellieforsythe Helennellieforsythe
    06/30/09

    In reply to Yet Another Commercial Plane Crashes Into the Ocean
    Worst. Month. Ever.
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    Image of bess marvin, girl detective bess marvin, girl detective
    06/30/09

    @Helennellieforsythe: ed mcmahon was holding everything together.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    06/11/09

    In reply to Two Suspected Terrorists Were Possibly Aboard Air France Flight 447
    On the other hand, Air France+AirBus probably leaked this to take the heat off of them.
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    Image of Xylo Xylo
    06/11/09

    In reply to Two Suspected Terrorists Were Possibly Aboard Air France Flight 447
    *coast*, not course.
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    Image of Xylo Xylo
    06/11/09

    In reply to Two Suspected Terrorists Were Possibly Aboard Air France Flight 447
    No, bombers don't always claim responsibility for their actions, most famously in the Air India bombing of 1985: [en.wikipedia.org] ; over 300 people were killed en route from Vancouver and Montreal to London and Bombay when it exploded off the course of Ireland from bombs planted by Sikh separatists operating in western Canada. :)
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    Image of shavethatsoulpatch shavethatsoulpatch
    06/11/09

    @Xylo: Interesting choice of emoticons there, Xylo.
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    Image of Xylo Xylo
    06/11/09

    @shavethatsoulpatch: Ah, jeeeeeez. Typo, obviously. Typing and editing from across the room. :(((((
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    Image of alec_baldwin alec_baldwin
    06/10/09

    In reply to Two Suspected Terrorists Were Possibly Aboard Air France Flight 447
    I bet James W. von Brunn isn't on the list. But I can't think about any of this because I'm very sad. Trump just fired that cute little gay basher.
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    Image of valet_of_the_dolls valet_of_the_dolls
    06/11/09

    @alec_baldwin: There, there. She got to keep the boobs.
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    Image of badasscat badasscat
    06/10/09

    In reply to Two Suspected Terrorists Were Possibly Aboard Air France Flight 447
    This is presumably the same list of "terrorists" that also includes Cat Stevens and at least one US senator.


    So, yeah.


    Also, great terrorist watch list that doesn't keep you off a plane. Real effective list, there. So, basically, the list is full of people who aren't terrorists, and nobody bothers checking against it anyway. In other words, why are we talking about this again?

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    Image of Mo MoDo Mo MoDo
    06/11/09

    @badasscat: There are so many people on these stupid watch lists that I bet there are at least a half dozen on any given flight.
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    Image of nystar2000 nystar2000
    06/10/09

    In reply to Two Suspected Terrorists Were Possibly Aboard Air France Flight 447
    That's the first thing I thought -- after an attack these people are usually tripping over themselves to take credit. So far, radio silence.
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    Image of skahammer skahammer
    06/11/09

    @nystar2000: I'm curious to know what stations come in on your radio.
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    Image of iplaudius iplaudius
    06/10/09

    In reply to Two Suspected Terrorists Were Possibly Aboard Air France Flight 447
    God, Christian Science Monitor, stop showing your titties just to get attention. We love you for your mind.
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    Image of BxgrlJeri BxgrlJeri
    06/10/09

    In reply to Two Suspected Terrorists Were Possibly Aboard Air France Flight 447
    The terrorists caused that thunder storm? Wow. How'd they get THAT through airport security?
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    Image of PandoraSpocks PandoraSpocks
    06/10/09

    In reply to Two Suspected Terrorists Were Possibly Aboard Air France Flight 447
    Only two? Flying between Rio and Paris?
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    Image of PandoraSpocks PandoraSpocks
    06/10/09

    @PandoraSpocks: Srsly. Minimum of questionable fliers between Rio and Paris on an average Wednesday must be more than that.
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