[Vision2020] Fwd: Re: When will the horror end?

Saundra Lund v2020 at ssl1.fastmail.fm
Wed Jan 9 15:47:42 PST 2013


On Wed, Jan 9, 2013, at 03:39 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?


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> 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?
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> > 
> > "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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