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    “Jeff Skiles,” the lady at the desk yelled. I answered with a polite, “Hello.” She told me I was good to go in to see the doctor. I entered the doctor's office, but something quickly caught my eye. I saw the picture of a familiar flight, the picture made the color in my face drain and my entire body to completely turn stone cold. The picture was of Sully, my good old Co worker on that fateful day of January 15th. He was standing there in the picture staring back almost as he was saying hello.…

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    Air India Flight 182 Case

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    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…

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    Zach and Meyer Survival Scenario It started out when we reached the airport all dressed up for our business trip overseas. We were to make sales to a fellow company. We got onto our plane and took off. After several hours the plane began to shake. Before any of the passengers knew, the plane was hurtling towards the ground. Panic spread throughout the plane and screams escaped everybody’s mouths, then, everything went black. We woke up to flames and loud noises everywhere. We rose and looked…

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    On a Friday morning on June 14, 1985, Trans World Airlines Flight 847 was schedule for a flight destined to Rome, Italy from Athens, Greece. Shortly after take-off, members of the Hezbollah hijacked the airliner that was containing 139 passengers on board. The purpose of the hijacking was the members of the Hezbollah was demanding the release of Shi’ite Muslims that were in custody of Israeli government officials. All passengers on board were unharmed and released during the two-week hostage…

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    Aldo was born in Brooklyn New York but later move to Manhattan at the age of ten. Growing up as kid in a big family he always felt the need to help. Whether it was helping his dad after school with the family business or helping his mother with babysitting. For that reason it could probably explain why he became a firefighter“The need to help”. What was just a normal day for a firefighter like Aldo, turned out to be a bittersweet day.A day he watched many people died but also a day he got…

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    Levi's Stadium Case Study

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    stadium to make the footballs flatter than expected so it would easier to run with and catch. All of a sudden they saw a banner that stated the game was going to be at Metlife stadium. Two hours later Rob and Marshawn were leaving the stadium to get a flight to New Jersey when they ran into Odell Beckham and Peyton Manning in the parking lot. Peyton and Odell told Rob and Marshawn they made the same plan and they thought the game was at Levi’s stadium too. Immediately Marshawn, Rob, Peyton and…

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    Jimmy exhibited flexible eye gaze during conversation, initiated and responded to social overtures and demonstrated adequate topic contingency. He provided information upon request and responded to conversational danglers. A decontextualized narrative of a familiar movie (i.e., 2012) was elicited. Narrative abilities were an area of weakness for Jimmy as his descriptions were abbreviated and ambiguous, it was very difficult to understand what he was talking about. Jimmy required verbal…

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    Pan Am Flight 299, August 3rd 1970 (Suarez). A man approaches a flight attendant and states that he wants to go to Cuba, he then pulls out a gun and bottle that he says is filled with explosives, and threatens to set them off if he does not go to the cockpit. The Premier of Cuba, Fidel Castro, was waiting when the plane landed at Havana’s airport. The only people to exit the aircraft were Captain Augustus Watkins and the Hijacker. Castro tours the exterior of the plane for around 40 minutes,…

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    of D.B. Cooper purchased a plane ticket to Seattle. During the flight, this mysterious man slipped a note to the flight attendant informing her that he has a bomb and commanded her to tell the pilot (“D.B. Cooper”). Then, he demanded that at the next refueling, they needed to give him $200,000 and to let off the passengers as quick as possible. His wish was granted and the plane took off again to Mexico City with just him, the flight attendant, and the pilots. With the ransom money strapped to…

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    air technology. On it’s last flight in 1937, disaster struck, ending rigid airship transportation. The Hindenburg was just as big as the titanic, and was a huge advancement in the early 1900s. At 803.8 feet, it was a wonder. The Zeppelin was used as a five star hotel, only for high class customers. Hitler funded it to hope it would show how advanced German air travel was. He was trying to establish Germany as a force to be reckoned with. Hindenburg began her 63rd flight on may 3rd 1937, getting…

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