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In 1956, there was a mid-air collision in Grand Canyon. A Douglas DC-7 (United Airlines) collide with a Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation (Trans World Airlines) resulting in killing every single person in those two airplanes, which were 128 people total. When the Civil Aeronautics Board investigated this tragedy, they found out that ground controller in the Salt Lake City knew about that those two airplanes were on a crash course. However, since those two airplanes were in the uncontrolled…

Up-Close With Matthew Autterson As He Participates In the 1,296 Off-Road Race in Mexico Matthew Autterson recently grabbed the headlines by participating in a rugged 1,296 mile off-road race in Mexico. Dubbed as one of the most exhilarating experiences ever, the event attracted various personalities such as Holly Kylberg (who recently held the Nordstrom opening), Rich Kylberg, Buzz Wiepking and Matt’s daughter Madison Autterson. The six-member traversed the torturous journey and were proud to…

Sadly, the astronaut most well known for spacecraft malfunction during the Mercury program, Virgil Grissom, as well as two other astronauts set for the first Apollo launch were caught in the first major tragedy of NASA’s history. On January 27, 1967, the three astronauts were performing a preflight test of their Apollo capsule when their capsule caught fire. In the hours before the fire, the astronauts encountered problems with a sour smell from the oxygen loop of Grissom’s spacesuit,…

1. With the results of the 2016 Presidential election fresh in our minds, many Americans are contemplating about how their personal dreams will survive the next 4 years. My American Dream is for equality, humanity, education and freedom to survive and thrive in America. We as a country have come far in evaluation of these issues, but there is still work to be done before these dreams can become a reality. 2. One facet of my American Dream is that there is equality of gender. The United States…

I was unaware that thousands of juvenile offenders are living with adults in detention and correctional facilities in the United States. In Pulaski County where I work all juveniles under the age of 18 are housed with other juveniles in our juvenile detention center. It is no surprise to find that juvenile offenders that are placed with adults are in danger of sexual abuse, physical assault and have a higher rate of committing suicide (Wood, n.d.). In the Eighth Amendment, the United States…

Kevin Myers Professor Vollaro ENC 1101 6/25/16 Editorial 9/11 Conspiracy September 11, 2001, is remembered as most one of the most tragic and unbelievable days in United States history. No American will ever forget this day. Most likely ever person in the world was affected in some profound way affected. Our very freedom, our way of life, and our pride came under attack in a deadly series of terrorists attacks. Many victims died in the airplanes, or in their offices working, as businessmen…

When considering its significant impact on the world the history of terrorism is relatively brief. That being said, as it propagates across the globe its brevity is shrinking and it continues to find its way into news headlines and into the history books. It’s a safe notion to associate the beginning of radical terrorism to the 1980s. The 1980s was a time period where terrorist adopted many of their tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) that are still used today. 1983 was a particularly…

Are you afraid of flying in planes? More than 20 million people are afraid of going on planes and unfortunately I’m one of them. My mom, dad, and sister Harman boarded the plane at MCI. We were off to Las Vegas. I know that Las Vegas is a weird place to go with your family but we went anyways. Las vegas wasn’t the only place we were going, but it was where the adventure began. We had arrived at Las Vegas. As soon as we stepped outside we were sweating. It was 114 degrees! It felt like the sun…

While this news article is not some sort of story that was reported on your television this summer, I still feel as though it is an important story. This summer my dad and I traveled about eight hours away to Oshkosh, Wisconsin, home of arguably the world’s largest airshow. My family and I have been going to this airshow since I was a little kid, but this year it was just my dad and I. EAA Airventure, as this airshow is more commonly known, never ceases to amaze me. Tens of thousands of people…

The man in the red bandana It was 9:12 when the south tower was hit. I am John Reynolds a survivor from 9-11. Once the plane hit, smoke was everywhere around me. A piece of glass hit my leg, it started to bleed badly. I tried to tie something on it to slow the bleeding. I could barely see my hands and leg in front of me. Everything was going black, and at first a thought that it was the smoke in the air. It just kept getting darker and darker, then i realized that I was losing my conscious and…