Posts Tagged ‘ children ’

In Colombia plane crash, pilot skill praised for minimal injury

August 16, 2010
Colombia plane crash

Officials in Colombia called it a “miracle” that the plane crash on a Colombian island early Monday morning resulted in just one death. Even as authorities work to determine what caused the Boeing 737 to go down, deft piloting is being pointed to as a key factor in saving the lives of the 130...
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29 children die in Mexico day care center fire

June 6, 2009
29 children die in Mexico day care center fire

Mexico — Twenty-nine children were killed and more than 100 others were injured Friday when their day care center caught fire in the northwestern state of Sonora, a spokesman for the state’s governor said. The victims were from 1 to 5 years old, said Jose Larrinaga, the spokesman.
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