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Wednesday, October 23, 2013
3 dead in medical helicopter crash Associated Press
Today is Wednesday, Oct. 23, the 296th day of 2013. There are 69 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History: On Oct. 23, 1983, 241 U.S. service members, most of them Marines, were killed in a suicide truck-bombing at Beirut International Airport in Lebanon; a near-simultaneous attack on French forces killed 58 paratroopers.
Two hospital workers and a pilot were killed when a medical helicopter crashed in Tennessee as the aircraft was headed to pick up an ailing child, officials said Tuesday. Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital President and CEO Meri Armour said the Hospital Wing helicopter was cleared for both weather and flight plans when it took off Tuesday morning headed to Bolivar. “This was a very experienced pilot and a very experienced crew and a great helicopter, so we’re all anxious to know what happened,” Armour said. When the helicopter didn’t re-
spond during a routine 10-minute check-in around 6:20 a.m., authorities began searching by air and ground. They found the burning wreckage in a wooded area of Somerville, about 45 miles east of Memphis. Armour estimated that the aircraft was about a half hour into the flight when it went down. Aerial footage of the crash site on WMC-TV showed smoke rising from a group of trees. Several emergency workers could be seen around a blackened patch of ground where it appeared that little remained of the Eurocopter AS350. In a news release, the hos-
pital identified those killed as 47-year-old pilot Charles Smith, 43-year-old nurse Carrie Barlow and 43-year-old respiratory therapist Denise Adams. Barlow worked as a nurse in West Tennessee for 13 years. She lived in Halls with her husband, Keith, and is the mother to three children. Adams has served as the hospital’s Pedi-Flite respiratory therapist for the past eight years. She lived in Arlington with her husband, Rodney, and is the mother to three children. Smith began his career at Hospital Wing in 2012, the same year he retired from the aviation unit of the Memphis Police De-
partment after 25 years of service. He lived with his wife, Chi, and their two sons in Eads. The sick child was not on board the aircraft and was eventually taken by ground ambulance to Le Bonheur, Armour said. Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen said in an email that her agency and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating. Another Hospital Wing helicopter crashed in West Tennessee in March 2010 when the pilot tried to outrun a storm. That crash killed the pilot and two nurses.
On this date: In 1864, forces led by Union Gen. Samuel R. Curtis repelled Confederate Gen. Sterling Price’s army in the Civil War Battle of Westport in Missouri. In 1910, Blanche S. Scott became the first woman to make a public solo airplane flight, reaching an altitude of 12 feet at a park in Fort Wayne, Ind. In 1915, thousands of women marched in New York City, demanding the right to vote. In 1941, the Walt Disney animated feature “Dumbo” premiered. In 1942, during World War II, Britain launched a major offensive against Axis forces at El Alamein in Egypt, resulting in an Allied victory. In 1954, West Germany was invited to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, which it did the following year. In 1956, a studentsparked revolt against Hungary’s Communist rule began; as the revolution spread, Soviet forces started entering the country, and the uprising was put down within weeks. In 1973, President Richard Nixon agreed to turn over White House tape recordings subpoenaed by the Watergate special prosecutor to Judge John J. Sirica. In 1980, the resignation of Soviet Premier Alexei N. Kosygin was announced. In 1987, the U.S. Senate rejected, 58-42, the Supreme Court nomination of Robert H. Bork. In 1991, Cambodia’s warring factions and representatives of 18 other nations signed a peace treaty in Paris. In 1995, a jury in Houston convicted Yolanda Saldivar of murdering Tejano singing star Selena. (Saldivar is serving a life prison sentence.)
ACTC members sponsor canned food drive BY JOSEPH MILLER jmiller@dailycorinthian.com
(Editor’s Note: A portion of this story was left out of the Tuesday edition. We are re-publishing the entire story.) Canned food items are needed to fill the bed of the Alcorn Career and Technology Center (ACTC) truck and they are asking for help from the local community. As part of their National Red Ribbon Week Celebration, the faculty and students at the ACTC will be sponsoring the “Pack the Red Pick-Up Day” on Wednesday, Oct.30. Red Ribbon Week is the nation’s oldest and largest drug prevention program, reaching millions of Americans during the last week of October every year, according to Jennifer Koon, CTE Counselor at ACTC. “By wearing red ribbons and participating in community anti-drug events and community service projects, young people pledge to live a drug-free lifestyle, Koon said. “Specifically, ACTC sponsors Red Ribbon Week activities annually to support its students and to promote the future of a drug free workforce.” The school invites the public to stop by and drop off canned food items to help fill the bed of the red Alcorn Career and Technology Center truck, which will be parked near the front door of the school. “All the items will, in turn, be donated to the local A.M.E.N. food pantry to help the needy during the holiday season,” Koon explained. “This is a unit-
Students (from left) Jordan Henderson, Liz Buncik, Cody Woodruff, Raven Friar, Jessye Smith, Vanessa Bollig, Madison Briggs and Emmitt Burk help collect canned food items to fill the bed of the Alcorn Career and Technology Center (ACTC) truck. ed community service project effort among the school’s seven career and technical organizations which include: Distributive Education Clubs of America (DECA), Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA), Future Educators Association
(FEA), Future Farmers of America (FFA), Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA), SkillsUSA, and Technology Student Association (TSA). Students have already collected over 400 items and look forward to see-
ing if enough can be collected to fill the entire bed of the truck. “We want our students
to have every advantage they possibly can, as they begin their journey into young adulthood, added Koon. “By promoting positive activities and by teaching students about the problems caused by drug use, we hope to make a difference.” Students need to know the facts and know they have adults that support them making good choices said Koon. Other special activities the school has planned during the week are: “Deck the Halls with Red Ribbons Day,” “Team Up Against Drugs Day,” “We Mustache Out Drugs Day” and “Wear Red Day.” The school is located at 2101 Norman Road in Corinth and if you would like to donate but are unable to attend Wednesday, Oct. 30, you can send the items by any Alcorn Career and Technology Center student.
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