[Vision2020] When will the horror end?

[Wayne Price]

Glad to know it's NOT just the Second Amendment you and your ilk don't like . *S*








On Jan 9, 2013, at 3:39 PM, Saundra Lund wrote:

> I dunno, Wayne, but I think a much more pertinent question is:  when
> will you have the decency to quit posting stupid crap in lame attempts
> to minimize gun violence in the US?
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, Jan 9, 2013, at 02:14 PM, Wayne Price wrote:
>> Where is the president and a special committee to stop all this senseless
>> ferry violence?
>> How many more have to be injured or maimed before this will end? 
>> Where is the mayor of NYC? The governor?
>> 
>> 
>> "At least 50 people were injured, two critically, after a commuter ferry
>> slammed into a dock Wednesday morning in Lower Manhattan.
>> The Seastreak Wall Street ferry from Atlantic Highlands, N.J., banged
>> into the mooring as it arrived at South Street around 8:45 a.m.
>> Wednesday. One person is in critical condition with head injuries.
>> Those on board said passengers were waiting to disembark and were hurled
>> on the deck after the impact.
>> A passenger, Ellen Foran of Neptune City, N.J., said people tumbled on
>> top of one another, hysterical and crying.
>> "We were pulling into the dock. The boat hit the dock. We just tumbled on
>> top of each other. I got thrown into everybody else. ... People were
>> hysterical," said Ellen Foran.
>> Those injured were being treated at the scene. There were no immediate
>> details of the injuries. Reports on the number of those injured vary.
>> The Coast Guard said drug and alcohol tests were administered on the
>> captain and crew as soon as the injury count concludes. The alcohol tests
>> have come back negative. Results for the drug tests may take weeks.
>> A corner of the ferry is ripped open like a tin can.
>> Fire fighters were seen setting up a temporary staging area on the dock
>> with stretchers and other medical equipment and some passengers were
>> being removed from the ferry on stretchers for evaluation.
>> More than 340 passengers and crew members were aboard the ferry from New
>> Jersey, one of many that carry commuters to the island of Manhattan.
>> Dee Wertz was on shore waiting for the ferry and saw the impact.
>> "It was coming in a little wobbly," Wertz said. "It hit the right side of
>> the boat on the dock hard, like a bomb."
>> After the impact, the boat was able to dock normally. Wertz said
>> passengers raced off once the ramp came down.
>> "I think people just wanted to get the heck off the boat as soon as they
>> could," she said.
>> Ferry company officials were at the scene. The company confirms the
>> ship's propulsion system was recently upgraded, but it is unclear if that
>> was the cause of the accident.
>> Ferries are a fairly common way to commute to work in Manhattan, an
>> island separated from New Jersey and the rest of New York City by several
>> rivers."
>> 
>> 
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