First aid training given before raid on Branch Davidian complex
Federal agents learned how to treat chest wounds and other medical emergencies during preparations for the 1993 Waco raid. Gerald Petrilli said agents expected only fistfights as they planned to search for illegal weapons and arrest David Koresh. The raid sparked a gun battle, a 51 day standoff, and a deadly fire that killed about 80 Davidians.
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Activists plan march over death outside Lord & Taylor store
In Dearborn Michigan protesters led by Rev Al Sharpton planned a Wednesday rally outside a Lord & Taylor after a black man Frederick Finley 32 suffocated in a choke hold by security guards during a group shoplifting incident. Police report cites a struggle and a $4 bracelet theft. no charges filed.
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LaVelle Olexa
May Department Stores
Ocean liner QE2 in minor collision with two warships
The ocean liner QE2 bumped the Japanese warship Kashima while leaving a Hudson slip, which then touched the British warship HMS Manchester. Damage was limited to scraped paint on QE2 and Kashima and bent metal on Manchester with no injuries reported.
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Manchester
Man shoots self while showing gun safety on date
ENGLEWOOD Colorado AP A man demonstrating gun safety to a date accidentally shot himself in the leg. Kim Barnes 39 a former Air Force fighter pilot described it as not a careless Fourth of July incident while recounting the events at a home and hospital visit.
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Fireworks accidents claim at least two lives
A New York man was killed when he peered into a launch tube during a Fourth of July display in Suffolk County. An Iowa teenager died and five others were injured when a sport utility vehicle's fireworks ignited flames and a crash in Des Moines. Reports also note injuries in Chandler Arizona and Craig Cole as other incidents occurred during fireworks events.
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Woodville
Jan Busdeker
Chandler
Ariz
Craig
Cole
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