Four dead as military helicopter crashes near Doerun Georgia
A MH-47 Chinook clipped a 1,000 foot television tower and crashed in Colquitt County near Doerun on a training mission. Four soldiers were killed. a fifth crew member survived with injuries. The crash occurred after leaving Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah. Officials are investigating whether the tower collision caused the crash or the aircraft was already in trouble.
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Georgia
Doerun
Lisa Eichhorn
Fort Rucker
Ala
Hunter Army Airfield
Savannah
Colquitt County
Perry
Tyner
Marine Base
Eee
U.S. Army Special Operations Command
Fort Bragg
N.C
Steve Hart
Savannah Post
Four year old Kenyan boy faces long facial reconstruction
Daniel Wachira, abandoned at birth on a trash heap, underwent more than 11 hours of surgery in Houston to reconstruct the left side of his face. Surgeons Sean Boutros and Michael J. Miller donated their services at Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital. A series of four major procedures is planned over 10 to 12 years to complete his facial reconstruction with support from Feed the Children founders Larry and Frances Jones.
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Houston
Houston Hospital
Daniel Wachira
Sean Boutros
Michael J. Miller
Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital
Sherri Green
Daniel
New York
Nairobi
Kenya
Toddler Found Alive After Family Slain in Garden Grove
Police say a 1-year-old girl spent up to three days with the bloodied bodies of her parents Phuong Hung Le 30 and Trish Dawn Lam 25, and Lam's 6-year-old son Tommy in Garden Grove Orange County. The child, dehydrated and with facial injuries, was treated and placed in protective custody with officials noting she clung to the officer.
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Garden Grove
Calif
Mike Handfield
Phuong Hung le
Trish Dawn Lam
Lam
Tommy
Los Angeles
Orange County
Dennis Ellsworth
Handfield
Corps accepts blame for Katrina flooding in New Orleans
The U S Army Corps of Engineers says outdated data caused levee and floodwall failures during Hurricane Katrina. Lt Gen Carl Strock announces a 19.7 million dollar, 6,000 page report and vows to use findings to improve defenses despite no obvious current weaknesses per Col Richard Wagenaar. The agency admits a catastrophic failure and expresses sorrow for the suffering.
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New Orleans
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Carl Strock
Richard Wagenaar
Strock
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WFXL
Angela Tyner
Larry Jones
Frances
Jones
Feed the Children
Oklahoma City
Mary Altaffer
Corps
THE
Associated Press
Army Corps of Engineers
Usace.army.mil
Orig
Susan
Bristol
Rene
Dillard
Dillard’s
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