Air Florida Flight 90

In the early evening of January 13, 1982, Air Florida Flight 90 crashed into Washington DC’s 14th Street Bridge and plunged into the Potomac River, just minutes after take-off from Washington National Airport. Only six passengers survived the crash, all of whom clung to the tail section of the plane as it sunk slowly into the freezing, ice-clogged waters. Arnold D. Williams, Jr. was one of those passengers. As rescue workers and ordinary civilians tried desperately to reach the injured and frightened survivors, Arnold proceeded to demonstrate one of most dramatic and valiant acts of courage any of that day’s witnesses would ever see. But let’s step back from the crash for a moment. Who was this man in the water? Was he a soldier or a decorated…

humans still try to dominate nature, this turns into a constant failure. In The Man In The Water we are shown that even when humans try to do right by the others and give away that power, nature still conquers all. Roger Rosenblatt wrote, "Since it was he who lost the fight, we ought to come again to the conclusion that people are powerless in the world." This story proves that we do not have the power to overthrow a force as powerful and strong as nature. The author, Roger Rosenblatt, is…

kidnapping of the director Shin Sang-ok and his wife, actress Choi Eun-hee, a power couple of the South Korean film industry. The two were imprisoned for four years, then pulled from captivity and charged by Kim with breathing new life into the stagnant Northern cinema, giving form to his vision. They made six movies before managing to escape, after being sent to a European film festival. Kim Jong Il is also suspected of organizing two very big terrorist attacks against South Korea. The first is…

On June 23 1985, Air India flight 182 was operating on the Toronto-Montreal-Delhi route. As the plane was in Irish aerospace, en route to Toronto at 31,000 feet, a bomb located in the cargo hold detonated (Remembering Air India 182), and resulted in the death of 329 souls, 268 of them being Canadian citizens. (The victims) Nobody survived the crash. Five minutes prior to the attack, another bomb went off while being checked in Narita International, Japan. The bomb killed 2 baggage handlers…

A reoccurring theme in Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors is God being with people at even the most difficult times. The survivors of the Fairchild were all devoted Christians before the crash. This traumatic experience brought them even closer to God during their time in the Andes. This spiritual change is shown throughout the book where the survivors find God in the rough landscape. Canessa and Parrado took off down the mountain alone, freezing, and with little hope that their…

previously stated that is embedded within this model for ethics. To recap, morality stems from our lived experience that influence the type of person or community we are forming. It is within our freedom to act, that is our power of reasoning, that informs our response to that lived our experience and influence our morality. Within our power of reasons, Connors and McCormick suggest that there is a “tug” that impacts our reasoning to produce good or a more just society. Lastly, persons are…

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Daytona Beach International Airport (DAB) is adjacent to the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Daytona Beach Campus. Daytona Beach International Airport is a county owned airport three miles southwest of the beach next to Daytona International Speedway, in Volusia County Florida. Before airplanes landed on the beach, automobiles raced. The beach was a relatively clean surface for anything that had wheels and speed, and also had a smooth and hard surface. Pilots then caught on to the idea and…

The weather and setting of Roger Rosenblatt’s essay, “The Man in the Water,” had a prodigious effect on one particular man as well as everyone else who was involved in the catastrophic January 13, 1982 crash of Air Florida Flight 90. Due to the winter season and the weather conditions, the water in the Potomac River where passengers landed was frigid. One courageous man stepped forward and began to save as many of the horrified and dying people as he could. Since the water was so cold, it…

Hurricanes are divided into five categories using different variables on the Saffir/Simpson scale (Guida). Those variables include pressure, wind speed, water surge, and damage (Guida). Hurricanes require the Coriolis force, warm ocean water that is at least 80 degrees Fahrenheit, upper level winds with minimal force, and upper level divergence of air that exceeds the lower level convergence of air (Guida). The reason the upper level divergence must exceed lower convergence is so that the…