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Article #12998Daily gripe: Dateline last night
From: Walt Horning
Date: Tue, 02 Mar 1999 00:00
Date: Tue, 02 Mar 1999 00:00
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I think it was Dateline that was showing what happens to passengers on air planes in air turbulence. They had pictures of people being taken off of airplanes on stretchers with neck and back braces on. Apparently, at high attitude, while an airplane usually continues to fly quite well, a sudden drop due to a down sheer can result in negative gravity with bodies floating to the top of the cabin, only to be dropped suddenly to the floor. The news article went on to say that 98% of people hurt during turbulence were not wearing their seat belt. And most of the time this was even when the seat belt signs were on. While the percentages are not the same for automobile accidents and injuries, one thing is for certain, there are a lot of lazy-ass drivers and passengers who think only the other guy gets it, when in fact, on average everyone will be involved in at least one serious accident sometime in their live time, causing serious injury or even death. Most of these could be prevented when seat belts are worn. All I got to say to those who don't wear them is I have no pity for you if you face gets mangled or you die. I have sorrow for your family if they survive you, however. Basically, its you that "f**ks" yourself and not the other guy.
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