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Daily gripe: Dateline last night

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From: Walt Horning
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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Date: 1999/03/02
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