HUFFPOST (U.S. News) - 15-Year-Old Boy Rescued In Alaska's Bering Strait Clung To Capsized Boat For Days
The captain of the fishing boat that rescued the boy said he had clung to the skiff for close to three days in frigid waters.
JUSTTHENEWS (Misty Severi) - Hawaii urges tourists to refrain from visiting Kauai while it recovers from hurricane
The loss of tourism is expected to hurt the island, which only sees a fraction of Hawaii's 10 million visitors, but tourism is its top economic driver, with people coming from all over the world to view its tropical landscapes, waterfalls and cliffs.
AMERICANALMANAC (Alan Benson) - Driver killed after car plunges roughly 50 feet from Los Angeles overpass
A man in his 30s died early Friday morning in downtown Los Angeles after his car veered off Upper Grand Avenue and fell about 50 feet to the street below, and police still don't know what caused him to leave the road. The single-vehicle crash happened around 2:30 a.m. as the driver headed northbound on […] The post Driver killed after car plunges roughly 50 feet from Los Angeles overpass appeared first on American Almanac .
A man in his 30s died early Friday morning in downtown Los Angeles after his car veered off Upper Grand Avenue and fell about 50 feet to the street below, and police still don't know what caused him to leave the road. The single-vehicle crash happened around 2:30 a.m. as the driver headed northbound on Upper Grand Avenue, a stretch of roadway elevated high above Lower Grand Avenue in the heart of downtown LA. The car left the roadway, dropped an estimated 40 to 50 feet, and overturned on the street below, the New York Post reported . The driver, a Black male in his 30s, according to the Los Angeles Police Department, was the only person in the vehicle. No other cars were involved. Officials pronounced him dead at the scene. A witness…Open
AMERICANALMANAC (Jack Newsome) - Surfer fights off 12-foot tiger shark with his fists off Oahu's South Shore
A 24-year-old surfer punched and kicked a charging tiger shark until it retreated at a popular Hawaii surf spot, then walked away with little more than a broken board and scraped-up legs. Albert Westpfal was paddling over a reef at China Walls, a well-known break on Oahu's South Shore, on Tuesday afternoon when a tiger […] The post Surfer fights off 12-foot tiger shark with his fists off Oahu's South Shore appeared first on American Almanac .
A 24-year-old surfer punched and kicked a charging tiger shark until it retreated at a popular Hawaii surf spot, then walked away with little more than a broken board and scraped-up legs. Albert Westpfal was paddling over a reef at China Walls, a well-known break on Oahu's South Shore, on Tuesday afternoon when a tiger shark estimated at 12 feet clamped down on the tail of his surfboard. The shark bit clean through the fiberglass, knocked Westpfal off the board, and sent him into the open ocean, then turned and charged him a second time. Westpfal fought back. He kicked the shark in the head and punched its nose until the animal thrashed and finally backed off. He made it out of the water with abrasions on his leg from the shark's rough…Open
AMERICANALMANAC (Jack Newsome) - Amazon cargo pilot warned of excessive speed for nearly two minutes before deadly Miami runway crash
One pilot aboard an Amazon cargo jet repeatedly warned his counterpart they were coming in too fast, for nearly two minutes, before the plane overran a Miami runway, struck a van, and killed five airport workers, newly released federal recordings reveal. The National Transportation Safety Board released a summary of cockpit voice recordings Wednesday showing […] The post Amazon cargo pilot warned of excessive speed for nearly two minutes before deadly Miami runway crash appeared first on American Almanac .
One pilot aboard an Amazon cargo jet repeatedly warned his counterpart they were coming in too fast, for nearly two minutes, before the plane overran a Miami runway, struck a van, and killed five airport workers, newly released federal recordings reveal. The National Transportation Safety Board released a summary of cockpit voice recordings Wednesday showing a stark breakdown in crew coordination aboard the Boeing 767-300 as it approached Miami International Airport on Sunday afternoon. One pilot called out the excessive speed again and again during the final approach and after touchdown. The AP reported that the other pilot never gave "a consistent verbal response" to those warnings. The plane had departed from Luis Muñoz Marín…Open
ABCNEWS (ABC News: Top Stories) - 1 death, 5 cases as NYC health officials report another Legionnaires' disease cluster
New York City is experiencing another cluster of Legionnaires’ disease just weeks after a cluster exposure in Manhattan was declared over.
DAILYCALLER (Andrew Powell) - More Than Dozen Earthquakes In Span Of 24 Hours Rattle Pacific Ring Of Fire
Two minor earthquakes were also recorded in the Pacific Ring of Fire’s center
ABCNEWS (ABC News: Top Stories) - WATCH: Remembering the victims of Flight 93 on 9/11
ABC News' Stephanie Ramos reports from Shanksville, Pennsylvania, honoring those who died aboard United Airlines Flight 93 on Sept. 11, 2001.
YOUTUBE (CNN) - 15-year-old is the only survivor after family fishing trip
A 15-year-old boy who had been fishing with his brother and cousin in Alaska was rescued on Monday after their boat capsized the night before. The three boys were on an 18-foot fishing vessel near St. Lawrence Island when their boat overturned, according to a news release from the US Coast Guard.
ABCNEWS (ABC News: Top Stories) - Teen rescued from atop overturned boat in deadly capsize off Alaska coast
The Coast Guard pilot who spotted the lone survivor sitting atop the overturned boat in the Bering Sea called the rescue an "emotional roller coaster."