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InvestigatorsinspectthewreckageoftheAsianajetSundayatSanFranciscoInternationalAirportastheytriedtodeterminewhyitcrashed.
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Twokilled,168injuredinAsianaplane’srunwayapproach
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analysisshowedaplaneintrouble
meresecondsbeforeimpact.
Afterlisteningtothecockpitvoice
recorder,Hersmansaidoneofthe
crewmembersmadeacalltoincrease
speed7secondsbeforeimpact.A
warningcalledastickshaker,which
includesanoralwarning,occurs4
secondsbeforeimpact,shesaid.And
acalltoabandonthelandingandfly
aroundforanotherapproachoc-
curred1.5secondsbeforeimpact.
Thethrottlesareadvancedafew
secondsbeforeimpactandtheen-
gineswereworking,accordingtothe
datarecorder,Hersmansaid.
Hersmansaidinvestigatorsare
alsoexaminingwhatrolealackof
airportequipmentplayedinthe
crash.Pilotshadbeennotifiedthat
theairport’sglideslopeequipment,
whichautomaticallytellsplanes
whatratetodescendtowardtherun-
way,wasn’toperatingfromJune1to
Aug.22formaintenance.
However,Hersmansaiditwasa
clear,calmdayandapilotshould
havebeenabletolandjustbywhat
hewasseeing.
Inaddition,therearelightsatthe
endoftherunwaytosignalthede-
sireddescentof2.85degrees,with
whitelightsangledtosignalaplane
istoohighandredlightsangledforif
aplaneistoolow.Thelightswere
damagedinthecrash,butHersman
saidtheywouldtrytodeterminehow
theywereworking.
StuartFraenkel,anaviationlaw-
yer,said7secondsisalotoftimeto
advancethrottlesontheplane.But
hesaidinvestigatorswillstudythe
crew’sperformanceandtheplane’s
equipmenttodeterminewhatledto
thecrash,andiftheengineswere
functioningproperly.
“Wejustdon’tknowiftherewas
somethingwrongwiththeavionics,”
saidFraenkel.
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Howtheplanehitthe
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AsianaAirlinesFlight214wasfly-
ingslowerthanitwassupposedtoas
itapproachedaSanFranciscoairport
runway,andthepilotswantedtoat-
temptanotherlandingjustbeforethe
planecrashed,federalinvestigators
revealedSunday.
Two16-year-oldstudentsfrom
Chinawerekilledand168passengers
wereinjured.TheSanMateoCounty
coroner’s oice is investigating
whetheroneofthetwogirlskilled
hadbeenhitbyarescuevehicle.
DeborahHersman,chairwomanof
theNationalTransportationSafety
Board,saidthetargetedspeedofthe
Boeing777was137knotsandthat
theflight-datarecordersuggestedthe
speedwasbelowthat.
“Iwilltellyouthatthespeedwas
significantlybelow137knotsand
we’renottalkingaboutafewknots,”
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Hersmansaidatanairportbriefing.
“Weneedtotakeacloserlookatthe
rawdataontheflight-datarecorder
aswellascorroboratethatwithradar
andair-traicinformation.”
Federal investigatorsrecovered
theflight’scockpitvoicerecorderand
theflightdatarecordersoonafterthe
crashandsentthemtoWashington,
D.C. foranalysis.Apreliminary
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Nosignoftrouble
onaircraftuntil
finalseconds
approachingseawalljustbeforethe
runwaythreshold.
“Weknewsomethingwashorrible
wrong,”saidanotherpassenger,Ved-
palSingh,whosuferedafractured
collarbonefromtheimpact.“It’smi-
raculouswesurvived.”
Asamateurvideothatcaptured
thefinalsecondsofFlight214shows,
theplanecameinwithitsnoseup
andtaildown,notthewayanypilot
intendstoland.Cockpitdatarecov-
eredbycrashinvestigatorsshowed
thepilotappliedmorethrottleinthe
finalseconds,butitwastoolate.The
tailseparatedfromtheaircraftwhen
ithittheseawall,scatteringdebris
alongthetarmacasthejettwisted,
rolledandslammedbacktoearth,
sendingcloudsoforangedirtrising
intheairandcomingtorestina
clearingbesidetherunway.
“Everybodywasscreaming,”Levy
said,asluggagestowedabovethe
seatstumbledontopassengers.
“Iwastryingtousherthemout,”
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ForthepassengersonAsianaAir-
linesFlight214,therewereonlya
fewcluesinthefinalsecondsthat
somethingwasperilouslywrongwith
theirjetliner’sapproachtoSanFran-
cisco’sRunway28.
Nearlyalltheseatswerefilledfor
the11-hourjourneyfromSeoulto
SanFrancisco.Therewasnofore-
warningfromthepilotsorother
crewthatthedescentbacktothe
groundwasintrouble.
ButpassengerBenjaminLevysaid
helookedoutawindow,andit
seemedtohimthatthejetwasflying
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ParentsofWangLinjia,center,arecomfortedbyparentsofother
studentswhowereonAsianaAirlinesFlight214inJiangshan,China.
tersofSanFranciscoBayonitsfinal
approach.
Levywassittinginanemergency
exitrow,andhesaidhecouldfeelthe
pilotsendmorepowertotheidling
twinjetenginesinatoo-lateefortto
providetheBoeing777withliftand
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THECRASHOFFLIGHT214
Chinesemourntwoteenageschoolgirls
Coronersaysone
mayhavebeenhit
byrescuevehicle
Atleast70Chinese
studentsand
teacherswereon
theplaneheading
tosummercamps.
beenstruckontherunwaybyares-
cuevehicle.Foucraultsaidanautop-
sytobecompletedtodaywillhelp
determinewhetherthegirl’sdeath
wascausedfromtheplanecrashor
“asecondaryincident.”
Hesaidonebodywasfoundonthe
tarmacnearwheretheplane’stail
brokeo
f
.Theotherwasfoundonthe
leftsideoftheplaneabout30feet
fromwherethejetlinercametorest.
Ofthe291passengersonboard,
141wereChinese.Atleast70Chinese
studentsandteacherswereonthe
planeheadingtosummercamps,ac-
cordingtoeducationauthoritiesin
China.TeacherYeLianjuntoldChi-
nesetelevisionthat34peoplewere
travelinginthemiddleschoolgroup:
fiveteachersand29students.
EarlierSunday,WangLinjia’sfa-
therWangWenshengsaidinanin-
terviewwithaChineseTVstation
thathewas“worriedtodeath”about
hisdaughter.Later,ZhejiangOnline,
anonlinenewsservice,saiditsre-
porterswitnessedtheparentstakea
call confirmingtheirdaughter’s
onekidinthefamily,soIunderstand
them,”Jiangsaid.“Onefriendcalled
mewhenhegoto
f
theplane,many
ofthemaremygoodfriends,”hesaid
before the twodeathswere
confirmed.
Thetwovictims’finalpostingson
ChinesemicrobloggingserviceTen-
centWeibodrewinterest.OnFriday,
thedaybeforetheschoolgroupde-
partedShanghaiboundforSanFran-
ciscoviaSeoul,WangLinjiawrote
simply“Go”inEnglish.
Inanotherrecentposting,shesaid
theprospectofsayinggoodbyetoold
classmatesleftheroverwhelmedby
sadness.Wangoftenquotedamod-
ernfairytalepopularamongyoung
peopleforreflectingthejoysand
painofgrowingup.
OnThursday, YeMengyuan,
whosenamemeans“dreamscome
true,”madeherfinalpost—
“444444.”Thenumberfouriscon-
sideredunluckyinChineseasit
soundssimilartothecharacterfor
“death.”
WangRenyuan,17,astudentat
QuzhouNo.2HighSchool,alsoin
Jiangshancity,wasshockedwhenhe
heardnewsofthecrash.
“IlearnedcalligraphywithWang
Linjiabefore.Iamworriedabouther,
she’sstillmissing,”hesaidSunday
beforethedeathswereconfirmed.
Jiangshanisafairlyprosperous
cityinoneofChina’smostdeveloped
provinces,sotheapproximatecostof
theU.S.trip—about29,000yuan,or
about$4,700—isincreasinglywithin
reachformanyfamilies.
WangRenyuanjoinedasummer
camptriptotheUnitedKingdomor-
ganizedbyJiangshanHighSchool
lastyear.“Itwasanicejourney,noth-
ingunpleasanthappened,”hesaid.“I
amnotworriedabouttakinganother
flightinthefuture.”
China’sstate-runbroadcasterled
itsSundayeveningnewscastwitha
reportthatPresidentXiJinpingis
closelyinvolvedindealingwiththe
tragedyandhassentcondolencesto
thefamilies.
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death,thenhugeachotherasthey
cried.Wangandhiswifewilltravelto
theU.S.,ChinaNewsServicesaid.
ZhejiangDaily
,aChinesenewspa-
per,describedWangLinjiaasthe
classmonitorandrepresentativefor
Chinesestudieswithagoodacadem-
icrecord.Wang’smothertoldthe
newspaperthatLinjiawasaclose
friendofYeMengyuan—thetwo
wereclassmates—andsheguessed
thetwogirlssatside-by-sideonthe
airplane.
AnxiousparentsgatheredSunday
outsideJiangshanMiddleSchool,
studentJiangWenbin,19,said.
“Theyareworried,andnervous,
waitingforthenews.Theyonlyhave
BEIJING
ThetwoChinesevictimsof
theAsianaFlight214crashinSan
FranciscowereidentifiedSundayas
teenageschoolgirlsineasternChina,
headedtotheUSAforatwo-week
summercamp.
YeMengyuanandWangLinjia,
both16,werestudentsatJiangshan
MiddleSchoolinZhejiangprovince
borderingShanghai,ChinaCentral
Televisionreported,citingafaxfrom
AsianaAirlinestotheJiangshancity
government.Theirbodieswere
foundoutsidethewreckage.
InCaliforniaonSunday,SanMa-
teoCountyCoronerRobertFou-
craultsaidoneoftheteensmayhave
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ASIANAAIRLINESCRASH
herecalledofthefirstsecondsafter
thelanding.“Isaid,‘Staycalm.Stop
screaming.Helpeachotherout.
Don’tpush.’”
PassengerJanghyungLee,travel-
ingwithhiswifeand16-month-old
son,couldtelltheplane’sorientation
waswrongforlanding.
“Itwasanabnormallanding.The
planewasat45degrees,”Leesaid.
PassengerWenZhangsaidshe
couldfeeltheplane’stailhitthe
ground.Baggagewasfallingaround
her,peoplewerescreaminganda
windowbroke.Shepickedupher
son,4,whobrokehislegcolliding
withtheseatinfrontofhim.
“Ihadnotimetobescared,”she
said.
Asfrighteningastheendingofthe
flightwasforpassengersandcrew,
thecrashSaturdayofFlight214came
inanextendedperiodofsafeflying.
TheywereaboardaBoeing777-
200ER,“ER”forextendedrange,a
popularandreliabletrans-oceanic
peoplehaulerthathasnotbeen
plaguedbythekindofproblemsits
youngersibling, theBoeing787
Dreamliner,hasexperienced.
InvestigatorsfromtheNational
TransportationSafetyBoardarere-
viewingdatarecordersfromthe
flightandinspectingtheplaneto
learnwhatcausedthecrash.
Outof307peopleonboard,two
passengerswerekilled,andatleast
168weretakentoareahospitals.
Thetwokilledwereteenagegirls
fromChina,partofagroupof35stu-
dentsenroutetoathree-weeksum-
mercamprunbyWestValley
ChristianSchoolinLosAngeles.
Familiesthathadplannedtoshare
theirhomeswiththestudentsplana
prayervigilinstead,schooladminis-
tratorDerekSwalessaid.
“Wefoundouttodaytheywillbe
returningtoChina,”Swalessaid.“At
thispoint,we’rejusttryingtofigure
outhowwecangrieveforthefam-
iliesthathavelosttheirkids...how
weasAmericanscanshowourgreat
condolences.”
DeborahHersman, theNTSB
chairwomaninvestigatingthecrash
atthescene,saidthedamagetothe
jetwas“striking”becauseitbroke
apart,thenburned.Shesaidshewas
thankfulthereweren’tmorefatali-
ties.“It’sreallyvery,verygoodnews
asfarasasurvivableaccident,which
manyaccidentsare,”Hersmantold
CNN’s
StateoftheUnion
.
ThecrashwasthefirstintheUSA
amongpassengerairlinessinceFeb.
12,2009,whenaColganAirflight
killed50peoplenearBu
f
alo.
TheAviationSafetyNetwork,
whichtracksaccident statistics
worldwidefortheFlightSafety
Foundation,foundthat2012wasthe
safestyearsince1945.Thenetwork
counted23fatalairlineraccidents
lastyearwith511deathsonthe
planesandontheground.Anaverage
oftheprevious10yearsshowed34
accidentsperyearwithatotalof773
fatalitiesperyear.
HarroRanter,thenetwork’spresi-
dent,creditedthesteadydeclinein
accidentstosafety-drivene
f
ortsof
theindustryincoordinationwiththe
InternationalCivilAviationOrgani-
zation,abranchoftheUnitedNa-
tionsthatmakesrecommendations.
Safetyexpertssaymostpassengers
survivedtheAsianacrashbecauseof
howplanes—thefuselageandthe
seating—havebeenstrengthenedin
responsetopreviouscrashes.
“It’sbecauseofwhatwe’velearned
frompastaccidents,andthat’sdueto
greataccidentinvestigationtech-
niquesandtakingwhatwe’velearned
aboutwhat’sfailedaboutthestruc-
tureoftheairplane,”saidKevin
Hiatt,CEOoftheFlightSafety
Foundation.
AsianaFlight214“hitveryhard,
theyskiddeddowntherunwayand
thenintothedirtandthenreallyro-
tatedaround,”Hiattsaid.“It’sgreat
designcharacteristicsthatkeptev-
erythingintactonthatairplaneso
AsianaFlight214fromSeoultotheUnitedStatescrasheduponlandingSaturdayatSanFranciscoInternationalAirport.
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PassengerJanghyungLee
toldUSATODAYthatthe
aircraftrattledwildly
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therunway.Ashearedoff
tailsectionrestedseveral
hundredfeetfromthemain
bodyoftheaircraft.
Theplanecontinuedto
breakapart,litteringthe
runwaywithdebris.
Theplanecametoastopon
fire.Passengersandcrew
escapedthroughemergency
exits.Firefightersworkedto
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InvestigatorswalkaroundthetailofAsianaFlight214onSundayatSanFranciscoInternationalAirport.
thatpeoplecouldactuallyevacuate.”
Evenincommercialplanecrashes
withfatalities,theNationalTrans-
portationSafetyBoardfoundthat
95.7%ofalloccupantssurvivedsuch
incidentsintheUSAfrom1983
through2000.In568accidents,
2,280of53,487occupantsdied.
ResearchersattheMassachusetts
InstituteofTechnologyhavesaidthe
fatalityrateoftwoforevery10mil-
lionairlinedeparturesmakesair
travelsaferthanotherformsof
transportation,evenescalators.
“Thestatisticsaresuchthatcom-
mercialaviationisincrediblysafe,”
saidJohnHansman,anaerospace
professoratMITanddirectorofthe
InternationalCenterforAirTrans-
portation.“Oneofthewaysthatwe
dothisismakingtheairplanesas
crash-worthyaspossiblewhenyou
dohaveanincidentlikethis,where
therewasapparentlyaproblemon
landing.”
Boeing’s777hasgenerallybeen
consideredasafeplanesincebeing
introducedintoservicein1995.Boe-
inghasdelivered1,113oftheplanes
andhasordersforanadditional339.
TheNationalTransportationSafe-
tyBoard,whichinvestigatescrashes,
hasrecorded57incidentsinvolving
variousmodelsoftheBoeing777
sinceMay14,1997.
Thelatestincidents,nonewithfa-
talities,include:
uOnMay25inMoscow,anen-
ginemalfunctionedontakeo
f
.
uInApril,aSaudiArabianAir-
linescrewreportedthatoneofthe
plane’senginesacceleratedsuddenly
afterpushingbackfromthegate.
uInDecember,aUnitedAirlines
777’senginefailedshortlyaftertake-
o
f
fromIncheonInternationalAir-
portinSeoul.Thecrewreturnedthe
planetotheairport,whereitmade
anemergencylanding.
uThemostseriousaccidentoc-
curredJan.17,2008,whenaBoeing
777-200ER,BritishAirwaysFlight
38,crashedjustshortoftherunway
atLondon’sHeathrowAirport.
Thatcrashhadnofatalities,but
dozensofpeoplewereinjured.In
contrasttoSaturday’swarmweather
inSanFrancisco,thatwintercrash
wasblamedonicecrystalsclogging
thefuellineonalongflightfrom
Beijing.
“Otherthanthat,thisaircrafthas
gotagreatsafetyrecord,”Hiattsaid.
“It’soneofthesafestairlinersup
there.”
TheFederalAviationAdministra-
tioninvestigatedtwoaccidentsin-
volvingAsianawithinweeksofeach
otherinNovember1998.
OnNov.11,1998,anAsianaplane
with220passengersand18crew-
membersaboardskiddedintoa
parkedplaneafterlandingatAn-
chorageInternationalAirport in
Alaska.Federalinvestigatorsblamed
thepilotforexcessivetaxispeedand
inadequatemaneuveringtoavoidthe
parkedplane.
OnNov.30,1998,anAsianacargo
planestruckandtoppledacranein
thesafetyzonenexttothetaxiway
afteritlandedatJohnF.KennedyIn-
ternationalAirportinNewYork.The
FAAfaultedtheco-pilotformisjudg-
ingthewing’sclearance.
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THECRASHOFFLIGHT214
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appsforallmobiledevices.
treatplane’ssurvivors
Physicianssee
fractures,internal
injuries,‘roadrash’
Mehtasaid.“Ifitgetscompressed,
thebonewillliterallyburst,”spraying
shardsofbonetothesidelikeshrap-
nel,hesaid.
“It’sliketakingaegganddropping
adictionaryonit,”Mehtasaid.
Doctorsneedtooperateimmedi-
atelytorelievepressureonthe
nervestopreventparalysis,Mehta
said.
Patientsalsocanbeparalyzedif
theirheadspitchforwardduringa
crash, knockingtheir foreheads
againsttheseatinfrontofthem,said
RobertGlatter,anemergencymedi-
cinephysicianatLenoxHillHospital
inNewYorkCity.Thatcandamage
theC1vertebrae,atthebaseofthe
skull,saidGlatter,whodidnottreat
anyofthecrashvictims.
AndreCampbell,atraumasur-
geonwhowasoncallatSanFrancis-
coGeneralduringtheemergency,
saidhetreatedsomesevereabdomi-
nalinjuries.Insomecases,themes-
entery,atissuethatconnectsthe
stomachandotherorganstotheback
walloftheabdomen,waspulledaway
fromtheintestines,probablybecause
oftheforceofthecrash.
“Yourbodyisbuilttosustainacer-
tainamountofforce,”Campbellsaid.
“Theforcesthatyousustaininanair
crasharelargerthanthebodyisable
totake.”
Althoughseatbeltssometimescan
cause“restraintinjuries,”causing
bruisingorotherdamagetotheab-
domen,Campbellsaidseatbelts
clearlysavedpatients’livesSunday.
“Iftheyhadnotbeenrestrained,
theywouldbedead,”Campbellsaid
ofthepassengers.“Ifyouarenotre-
strained,youbecomeaprojectile.”
LizSzabo
@LizSzabo
USATODAY
SanFrancisco-areahospitalstreat-
edatleast168survivorsofthecrash
ofAsianaAirlines214thisweekend.
Injuriesrangedfromminorbruises
toparalyzingspinalcordinjuries.
SanFranciscoGeneralHospital,
thecity’sonlytop-leveltraumacen-
ter,treated53patients—27adults
and26children—fromtheaccident,
spokeswomanRachaelKagansaid.
Fiveadultsandonechildremained
incriticalconditiononSunday.
CaliforniaPacificMedicalCenter
wasanotherareahospitalwithcrash
patients.Ittreatedninepatients,in-
cludingtwochildren,withinjuries
suchascompressionfractures,ribin-
juriesandleginjuries,spokesman
DeanFryersaid.
Someof themost seriously
woundedhadheadinjuries,spinal
corddamagecausingparalysisor
bleedinginjuriesinsidetheabdo-
men,M.MargaretKnudson,chiefof
surgeryatSanFranciscoGeneral,
saidatanewsbriefingSunday.
“Someofourpatientshavebeen
operatedontwicealready,”Knudson
said.“Therearegoingtobemany,
manymoresurgeriestocome.”
Twoofthoseincriticalcondition
arrivedwith“roadrash”ontheir
back,limbsandface,suggestingthey
hadbeendraggedoversomething,
Knudsonsaid.
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Congress
returns
todayafteritsweek-longJuly
Fourthholidayandfaces
unresolveddisputesover
studentloans
,the
farmbill
andrewritingthenation’s
immigration
laws.Lookfor
congressionalactionat
usatoday.com/news
.
DAVIDPAULMORRIS,BLOOMBERG
VedpalSingh,center,leavesSanFranciscoInternationalAirportaf-
terbeinginjuredduringSaturday’scrashofAsianaAirlinesFlight
214.Hehadafracturedcollarbonefromthecrash.
Somepatientsweren’tableto
speak.Ofthosewhocouldtalkto
doctors,mostsaidtheyhadbeen
seatedatthebackoftheplane,she
said.
Doctorssawrelativelyfewburns,
Knudsonsaid,eventhoughtheplane
caughtfireafterthecrash.
Knudsoncreditedfirstresponders
andthosedoingtriageonthescene
forhelpingtosavelivesbecausethey
prioritizedthemostseverelyinjured
patientstobesenttothetraumacen-
terfirst.
Spinalcordinjuriescanbesomeof
themostseriousinjuriesinacrash
likethis,saidSamirMehta,chiefof
theorthopedicandtraumaserviceat
theHospitaloftheUniversityof
PennsylvaniainPhiladelphia.Mehta
didn’ttreatanyoftheinjured.
Onesurvivor,ElliottStone,told
CNNthatsomepassengers’headshit
theceilingduringthecrash.
Thatsortofsevereimpactcan
compressthespine,muchassome-
onemightcompressaSlinky,Mehta
said.Thatcancausevertebrae—the
smallbonesthatmakeupthespine
—toburst,throwingshredsofbones
tothesides.Thoseshardscanactlike
shrapneltoinjurenerves.
Spongydiscslocatedbetweenver-
tebraenormallyactlikeshockab-
sorbersforthespine,butsevere
pressurecancrusheventhosediscs,
POOLPHOTOBYGARYW.GREEN
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Thesecondweekof
testimonystartstodayin
GeorgeZimmerman
’ssec-
ond-degreemurdertrialin
thekillingofTrayvonMartin.
Prosecutorsrestedtheircase
Friday,sothedefenseisnow
callingwitnesses.Followthe
trialat
usatoday.com/news
.
Contributing:NancyBlairinSanFrancisco
‘ThisisnotaboutyouriPad.
Thisisaboutyourlives’
Yourplanejust
crashed.Doyou
knowwhattodo?
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Morethan650,000
peoplewhohold
civilianjobs
withthe
DefenseDepart-
ment
todaybeginbeing
furloughedonedayeach
weekoverthenextthree
months.Thefurloughsare
partof
sequestration
,or
budgetcuts.Findmoreat
usatoday.com/news
.
Flightattendantscallouttopas-
sengerstoshiftfromonedoortoan-
otherifoneisn’tbeingused.
“Ifyourexitdriesup,you’regoing
towalkinalittlebitawayfromyour
doortoseeifthere’sanyonestanding
intheaisle,anduseverbalcom-
mandstocometowardyou,”Kolan-
dersaid.
Flightattendantsnot involved
withthecrashsaidpassengerswill
oftenhelpinjuredpassengerso
f
a
plane.“Peopledon’tusuallyrun
screamingorfreakingout.It’san
amazingthingtosee,”Mayosaid.
“Theyaren’tnecessarilyworried
aboutthemselves.Itisincredibleto
seehowpeoplearewillingtoassist.”
Flightattendantswillcheckthe
cabinforremainingpassengersbe-
foreleavingthemselves,solongas
densesmokeandfirearen’tathreat.
“Ifthesituationallowsit,aflight
attendantwouldgobackinanddoa
sweepofthecabin,”Kolandersaid.
“Ifthesituationdoesnotallowit,
thenyouneedtogetoutandhelpas-
sistonthegroundwiththeemergen-
cyresponse.”
Thebottomoftheslideisanother
spotwherepassengerscanpileup.
Flightattendantsasksomepassen-
gerstoremainatthebottomofthe
slide,tohelpotherpassengersgetup,
andthenkeeppaceatthetopofthe
slideinlettingmorepassengersgo.
Flightattendantstrainrepeatedly,
partlytoreducestressduringanac-
tualemergency.Theyurgepassen-
gerstolistentosafetylectures
becauseofdi
f
erencesbetween
planes.
“Evenifyouareafrequentflier,
thedoorlocationsaresomewhatdif-
ferent,sothat’swhatyouneedto
lookfor,”Kolandersaid.
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The
Washington
Monument
,getsanewlook
tonightwhileitisundergoing
repairsfroma2011earth-
quake.The
NationalPark
Service
lightsupthescaffold-
ingandfabricatnightto
transformthe555-foot-tall
landmarkintoart.Seeitat
usatoday.com/news
.
Thespeedoftheevacuationof
AsianaFlight214inSanFranciscoon
Saturdaysuggestedtoobserversa
textbookexampleofhowtogetmore
than300peopleo
f
aplaneaftera
crashandbeforeitburns.
Flightattendantstrainonceayear
forevacuations,suchasdeploying
slideslikeonSaturdayontheBoeing
777.Onlythefourslidesontheleft
sideoftheplanedeployed,suggesting
theright-sidedoorseitherjammed
orthecrewdecidednottousethem.
All307peopleaboardwereac-
countedfor.Thetwo16-year-oldgirls
whodiedwerefoundoutsidethe
wreckage,andatleast168people
weretakentoareahospitals.
“It’sincredibletoseewhatthese
flightattendantswereabletoaccom-
plish–withhalfthedoors,”saidLes-
lieMayo,aflightattendantfor
AmericanAirlineson777sandna-
tionalcommunicationscoordinator
fortheAssociationofProfessional
FlightAttendants.
SanFranciscoMayorEdwinLee
saidhospitalworkerspraisedemer-
gencyrespondersatthesceneforex-
cellenttriageofvictimsatthescene,
whichhesaidprobablysavedlives.
“Aschaotic,asdangerousasthein-
cidentsitewasyesterday,theyareus-
ingthewords ‘miraculous’and
‘remarkable’thatthepersonsthat
werebroughttothemwithserious
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injuriesthataresurvivingveryseri-
ousinjuriesweretheresultofvery,
verygoodtriageworkthatwasdone
atthecrashsite,”Leesaid.
Flightattendantstrainfortwo
sortsofevacuations:whentheyare
warnedaboutaloomingcrashand
alsowhenitcomesasasurprise.It’s
notclearyethowmuchwarningthe
crewhadfortheAsianacrash.
Anexampleofapreparationcame
inSiouxCity,Iowa,in1989,when
UnitedAirlinesFlight232hadthe
centertailengineofaDC-10fail
whileflyingfromDenvertoChicago.
With285peopleaboard,111died.
Givenawarning,flightattendants
ensurepassengersareintheirseats,
bracingforimpact,andthatthosein
exitrowsarepreparedtoact.Warn-
ingsareissuedforpassengerstore-
mainseated,andthenleavewithout
gatheringbelongingsoncetheplane
comestoarest.
“Peoplearestandingtherenot
knowingwhattodo.Theyarestand-
ingwiththeirluggage–youliterally
taketheirluggageaway,”Mayosaid.
“ThisisnotaboutyouriPad.Thisis
aboutyourlives.”
Foranunexpectedcrash,flightat-
tendantshavetrainedrepeatedlyto
opentheemergencydoors,which
automaticallyinflatetheslides.First,
theychecktoseewhetherthereis
smokeorfireoutsidetoavoid.
“Icanopenadoorinmysleep,”
saidCandaceKolander,aformer23-
yearflightattendantwhonowover-
seesairsafety,healthandsecurityfor
theAssociationofFlightAttendants.
Akeytogettingpassengerso
f
quicklyistohavethemusingallexits.
Passengersarepackedmoredensely
incoach,whileperhaps16areseated
infirstclassina777.
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INBRIEF
MideastandSoutheastAsia.Before
hiswife’shospitalization,Kerryhad
beenscheduledtoreturntoWash-
ingtontoday.
Kerry,thenasenatorfromMassa-
chusetts,marriedTeresaHeinzin
1995onNantucket,aftermeetingat
anEarthDayrallyfiveyearsearlier.
Theyhadbeenintroducedbyher
firsthusband,JohnHeinz,aPennsyl-
vaniasenatorandheirtotheketchup
andcondimentcompany.Heinz,a
Republican,diedinaplanecrashin
1991. —CatalinaCamia
Brunet confirmedtwomore
deathsSundayafterconfirmingtwo
peoplewerefounddeadovernight.
OnedeathwasconfirmedSaturday.
Allbutoneofthe73carswere
filledwithoil,whichwasbeingtrans-
portedfromNorthDakota’sBakken
oilregiontoarefineryinSaintJohn,
NewBrunswick.
TERESAHEINZKERRYINCRITICAL
CONDITIONATMASS.HOSPITAL
TESTOFBRAVERY
TeresaHeinzKerry,thewifeof
SecretaryofStateJohnKerry,wasin
criticalbutstableconditionSunday
ataMassachusettshospital.
HeinzKerry,74,wasadmittedinto
NantucketCottageHospitalabout
3:30p.m.Sunday,hospitalspokes-
manNoahBrownsaid.
BrownsaidHeinzKerrycameto
thefacilityincriticalconditionand
remainsthatway,althoughshewas
stabilized.Shewaslaterflownto
MassachusettsGeneralHospitalin
Boston,theAssociatedPresssaid.
In2009,HeinzKerrywastreated
forbreastcancer,undergoinglum-
pectomiesinbothbreastsataWash-
ingtonhospital.
JohnKerryhasbeenatthecou-
ple’sNantuckethomesincehere-
turnedWednesdayfromtripstothe
MISSISSIPPIRIVERCLOSESINLA.
DURINGSEARCHFORTUGBOAT
RYANREMIORZ,THECANADIANPRESS,VIAAP
Dozensoftankercarsthatwerecarrying
crudeoilliescatteredindowntown
Lac-Megantic,Quebec,onSunday.
RAFARIVAS,AFP/GETTYIMAGES
Participantsdodgeoutofthewayduring
thefirstrunningofthebullsSundayin
Pamplona,Spain.Fourpeoplewerehurt,
theAssociatedPressreported.
MississippiRivertraicinsouth-
easternLouisianawasshutdown
SundaywhiletheCoastGuardleda
searchforasunkentugboat,the48-
footC-Pec,believedtohavegone
downinthemiddleoftherivernear
thetownofVenice.
CoastGuardPettyOicerCarlos
Vegasaid28southboundand22
northboundvesselswereanchored
andwaitingforthereopeningofthe
dozensofpeoplereportedmissing,
authoritiesfearedtheycouldfind
morebodiesoncetheyreachedthe
hardest-hitareas.
QuebecprovincialpoliceLt.Mi-
chelBrunetsaidSundaythatabout
40peoplehavebeenreportedmiss-
ing,buthecautionedthatthenum-
bercouldfluctuateupordown.
DEATHTOLLATFIVEAFTERFIERY
TRAINDERAILMENTINQUEBEC
river.Hesaidnumerousothervessels
notyetintheareawouldlikelybeaf-
fected.Onecruiseshipboundfor
NewOrleanswasdivertedtoMobile,
Ala.,andplanswerebeingmadetodo
thesameforanothercruiseliner.
MorebodieswererecoveredSun-
dayintheeasternQuebectownof
Lac-Megantic,raisingthedeathtoll
tofiveafterarunawaytrainderailed,
ignitingexplosionsandfiresthatde-
stroyedthedowntowndistrict.With
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MONDAY,JULY8,2013
STATE-BY-STATE
NewsfromacrosstheUSA
HouseofRepresentativesapproveda
bill32-27Saturdaytoestablisha
licensingsystemformedicalmari-
juanaoutlets.Thebillnowgoesto
DemocraticGov.Kitzhabertosign.
PENNSYLVANIA
ALABAMA
Montgomery:
State
educationoicialssaidmorethana
thirdofcollegefreshmanfromthe
stateneededremedialcoursework
lastfall.DeputySuperintendentof
EducationSherrillParrissaidthe
numberofsuchstudentswasafactor
inPlan2020,astatewideinitiativeto
improveeducationoverthenext
sevenyears.
Schoolstrytocurestudents’summer-itis
RHODEISLAND
Providence:
De-
conteeBrooksisaccusedofleaving
heryear-oldbabyunattendedina
vanforabout30minutesintheheat
whilesheshoppedforclothes.
The
ProvidenceJou
rnalreportsapasser-
bycalledpoliceFridayafterseeing
theinfantcryinginhiscarseat.
BrettM.Kelman
USATODAY
PITTSBURGH
Foryears,Jennifer
Dresmich,amiddleschoolteacher
inPittsburgh,sawstudentscome
backfromsummervacationfurther
behindthanwhentheyleft.Les-
sonsfromtheprioryearseemedto
haveevaporatedunderthesummer
sun.
Somestudentsneededweeks,if
notmonths,ofreviewbeforethey
werereadytosettleintotheirnew
grade.
“Ihadtoreteachquiteabitbe-
foreIcouldevengetstartedinto
thenewcurriculum…andwedon’t
havetimetoreteachalltheskills
theyhadlost,”Dresmichsaid.
Today,Dresmichworksasacur-
riculumcoachfortheSummer
DreamerAcademy,acamplikepro-
gramthatengagesthepooreststu-
dentsinPittsburghpublicschools,
hopingtobringallstudentsonto
evengroundduringthesummer
months.
Theacademyo
f
ersthreehours
ofreadingandmathlessonsinthe
morning, followedbyafternoon
foraysintoswimming,ceramics,ju-
doandfencing.
PittsburghPublicSchoolsare
amongdozensofAmericanschool
districtsthathaveredesignedsum-
merschoolinrecentyearsinanef-
forttocombatsummerlearning
loss.AcampaignledbytheNation-
alSummerLearningAssociation
SOUTHCAROLINA
LakeHartwell:
TheArmyCorpsofEngineers,which
thefederalgovernmenttaskswith
managementoftheentireSavannah
RiverBasin,includingitsthreeupper
SavannahRiverreservoirs—Hart-
well,RussellandThurmondlakes—
hasbeenreleasingwaterfromthe
threereservoirsattimesthissum-
merataratethatmorethandoubles
theusualreleases,
TheGreenville
News
reported.
ALASKA
Sitka:
HenryLiebman
reeledinthe39.08-poundshortraker
rockfish,breakingtheoldrecordof
38.69poundsforashortrakercaught
onsportfishinggear.Theageofthe
fishhasn’tyetbeendetermined,but
thattoomightbearecord,afishery
expertsaid.
SOUTHDAKOTA
RapidCity:
Oi-
cialssaidabanoncaveexplorationin
theBlackHillsNationalForestis
beingpartiallyliftedinAugust.
The
RapidCityJournal
reportedthatthe
U.S.ForestServiceimposedtheban
inJuly2010topreventthespreadof
adeadlybatdisease.
ROBERTHANASHIRO,USATODAY
EduardoHinojosa,12,shakesupabagofingredientstomakeice
creamatasummerschoolprograminSanBernardino,Calif.
ARIZONA
Scottsdale:
Whenthe
CityCouncilreturnsfromsummer
breaknextmonth,MayorJimLane
saysactionisneededonanupdated
securityordinancefordowntown
barsandnightclubs.
hashelpedprioritizesummerpro-
gramsincitiesincludingBaltimore,
BostonandWashington,saidGary
Huggins,associationCEO.
InCalifornia,asimilarcampaign
calledSummerMattershashelped
reshapeprogramsinLosAngeles,
SanFranciscoandSanJose.
Thisyear,summerprograms
havestartedinTampaandNewark,
whileprogramsinNewYorkCity
and Oakland have grown
significantly.
Oneofthemosttroublingexpla-
nationsofsummerlearningloss
comesfroma2007studyfrom
JohnsHopkinsUniversityinBalti-
more,“LastingConsequencesof
theSummerLearningGap.”
Thestudyrevealedthatstudents
fromdi
f
erentincomebrackets
progressataboutthesamerate
duringtheschoolyear,butonly
low-incomestudentsbackslidedur-
ingthesummer.Byninthgrade,the
summerregressionisresponsible
forabouttwo-thirdsoftheachieve-
mentgapbetweenlow-incomestu-
dentsandtheirwealthierpeers,
accordingtotheJohnsHopkins
study.
TENNESSEE
Nashville:
Adecision
bythestateBoardofEducationto
changehowteachersarepaidhasled
toasocialmediapushtoremove
EducationCommissionerKevin
Hu
f
man.
TheTennessean
reported
thecreationoftwoFacebookpages
callingforHu
f
man’souster.The
measurechangestheminimum
teachersalaryschedule,reduces
stepsinsalaryincreasesfrom21to
fourandeliminatesincentivesfor
doctoratedegreesandpost-master’s
training.
ARKANSAS
Springdale:
TheBeaver
WaterDistricthasrequestedahear-
ingbeforetheArkansasPollution
ControlandEcologyCommission
overthepermitissuedtoSaddlebock
Brewinghere.Thedistrict’sCEO,
AlanFortenberry,saiditisconcerned
aboutthepossiblepollutionofthe
BeaverLakewatershed,whichpro-
videsdrinkingwatertoseveralcities
innorthwestArkansas.
KelmanalsoreportsforThe(Palm
Springs,Calif.)DesertSun
CALIFORNIA
Clayton:
Stateparole
oicialshavedeniedthereleaseofa
formerSanFranciscoBayAreaday
careprovider.EleanorNathanwas
convictedin1983ofkillingatoddler
andabusingdozensofyoungchil-
drenatherunlicensedhomedaycare
centers.
TheContraCostaTimes
reportsNathanwillfaceparoleagain
in2018.
aspokemanforMayorGregBallard,
told
TheIndianapolisStar
theplan
willputabout100moreoicerson
thestreets.
MARYLAND
Germantown:
Au-
thoritiessaidajuvenileblackbear
wasstruckbyacarafterwandering
ontosouthboundInterstate270.
MontgomeryCountypolicesaidthe
bear,estimatedtoweigh150pounds,
waseuthanizedbyoicersbecauseof
theseverityofitsinjuries.
NEVADA
LasVegas:
Peoplelivingin
TroutCanyonandKyleCanyonon
Mt.Charlestonwereaskedtoleave
theirhomesbecauseofawildfirethat
reached9,000acres,KLAS-TVre-
ported.
TEXAS
Houston:
Texansaregetting
achancetonamethefull-sizedspace
shuttlereplicathatwillbedisplayed
attheJohnsonSpaceCenter’svisitor
center.Stateresidentscanpartici-
pateinthe“NametheShuttle”con-
testthroughLaborDaybyvisiting
nametheshuttle.com.
IOWA
DesMoines:
ThestateSu-
premeCourtwillreconsideracon-
troversialrulingfromlastyearin
whichthecourtsaiditwaslegalfora
dentisttofirehisassistantforbeing
tooattractive.ChiefJusticeMark
CadysignedanorderinlateJune
thatresubmittedalawsuitfiledby
MelissaNelson.Anewdecisioncould
comeasearlyasFriday.
NEWHAMPSHIRE
Tilton:
A48-
year-oldmanwhowasstruckinthe
facewithafireworkremainshospi-
talizedinBostonwithaseriouseye
injury.WMUR-TVreportstheman
wasleaningoverthetubeholdingthe
fireworkswhenonewento
f
Sat-
urdaynight.
COLORADO
Arriba:
Asingle-vehi-
clerollovercrashonInterstate70in
LincolnCountyhaskilledfourand
leftfourmoreinjured.KUSA-TV
reportsthateightpeoplewereinthe
2004ChevyTahoeSaturdayevening.
MASSACHUSETTS
NorthAndover:
JoeyKramer,thedrummerforthe
rockbandAerosmith,hasbecome
thefrontmanforanewco
f
eebrand
calledRockin’&Roastin’thatis
producedhere.Thebeansaregrown
inEthiopia,Guatemalaandpartof
Indonesia;butthey’reroasted,pack-
agedanddistributedbyComfort
Foods.
UTAH
Ogden:
Government-mandat-
edfurloughsofnearly11,000civilian
employeesatHillAirForceBasewill
beginthisweek,andoicialssayit
willmeana$54millionhittothe
localeconomy.
KANSAS
Longford:
Authorities
haverecoveredthebodyofateen-
agerfromapond.
TheTopekaCap-
ital-Journal
reportedthatTommy
Watt,15,wasswimmingwithafriend
andbeganstruggling.TheClay
Countysheri
f
saidthefriendwas
attemptingtoaidWattwhenhe
submergedanddidn’tresurface.
CONNECTICUT
Bristol:
Acrewfora
moviestarringMichaelDouglasand
DianeKeatonplanstofilmatLake
Compounceamusementpark.Oi-
cialssaidscenesforRobReiner’s
And
SoItGoes
willbeshotatthepark
today.
NEWJERSEY
Trenton:
Taxassess-
mentsonmorethan40,000proper-
tiesstatewidehavebeenreducedby
$4.3billionduetodamagecausedby
SuperstormSandy,accordingto
TreasuryDepartmentdata.The
Octoberstorma
f
ectedassessments
inallbutthreeofthestate’s21
counties.
VERMONT
Montpelier:
Statewild-
lifeoicialssaidtheyaretryingto
figureoutasolutiontoagrowing
problemofblackbearswandering
intoroadwaysandbeingstruckby
vehicles.GameWardenSeanFowler
saidherespondedtosuchanacci-
dentthispastweekonU.S.Route2in
Marshfield.
MICHIGAN
KeeneTownship:
An
arsonfireSundaymorningdestroyed
ahistoriccoveredwoodenbridge
thathasspannedtheFlatRiversince
1869,theIoniaCountySheri
f
’sDe-
partmentsaid.TheWhitesBridge
wasoneoftheoldestcoveredbridges
inMichigan.
DELAWARE
Dover:
Agriculture
oicialssayaplantpestthatcan
consumerowandvegetablecrops
hasbeenconfirmedinDelaware.The
bug,whichhasbeenmovingnorth
sinceitwasfirstdetectedin2009,
wasfoundonpolelimabeansona
SussexCountyfarm.
KENTUCKY
CalvertCity:
Thenew
ownersoftheKentuckyLakeMotor
Speedwaysaidtheywouldlikeracing
toresumeatthedirttrack.Ronnie
JonesandJimHalesubmittedthe
winningbidforthetrack,whichwas
auctionedlatelastmonth.Jonesand
Halebid$990,000fortheCalvert
Citytrackandanadjoining317-acre
property.
NEWMEXICO
LasCruces:
Jurors
awardedformerPublicWorksDirec-
torJorgeGranados$250,000aspart
ofaverdictagainstDonaAnaCounty.
Jurorsfoundthecountycreateda
hostileworkenvironmentforGrana-
dosandretaliatedagainsthimfor
tryingtoreportdiscrimination
againstanotherworker.
VIRGINIA
Bridgewater:
Bridgewa-
terCollegeplanstobreakground
laterthismonthfora$9million
renovationandexpansionofNin-
ingerHall.Theprojectwilladdupto
16,000squarefeettothebuilding,
whichhousestheschool’sathletics
programsandthedepartmentof
healthandhumansciences.
MINNESOTA
Sartell:
Apapermill
thathasstoodonthebanksofthe
MississippiRiverformorethana
centurycouldsoonbecomingdown.
AIMDevelopment,whichboughtthe
VersoPaperplantafteranexplosion
andfirelastyear,hasaskedtheCity
Councilforapermittobegindemol-
ishingthestructure.
DISTRICTOFCOLUMBIA:
TheViet-
namVeteransMemorialiscollecting
photographsofveteransnamedon
thememorialwall,butorganizerssay
theyarecomingupshortonpictures
ofD.C.veteransforaplannededuca-
tioncenter.FundPresidentJan
Scruggssaidthey’veonlyreceived76
photosofthe241D.C.veteranswho
werekilledinthewar.
LOUISIANA
Ruston:
LouisianaTech
UniversityassociatedeanJenna
PriceCarpenterhaswontheDis-
tinguishedServiceAwardfromthe
WomeninEngineeringProactive
Network.Theawardrecognizes
contributionstothe900-member
group’sagendaofadvancingtraining
forwomeninengineering.
NEWYORK
Syracuse:
DoctorsatSt.
Joseph’sHospitalHealthCenter
nearlyharvestedorgansfromawom-
anin2009despitewarningsignsshe
wasn’tdead,andthehospitalhas
beenfined,accordingtostaterec-
ords.ColleenBurns,41,openedher
eyesasshewasbeingpreparedfor
surgery,the
SyracusePost-Standard
reportedSunday.
WASHINGTON
Olympia:
State
employeeswon’tbegettingaraise
thisyear.ButasofJuly1,theyare
gettingbackthe3%paycutand
decreaseinhoursthey’vebeenexpe-
riencingforthepastfewyears.
MISSISSIPPI
Tupelo:
Gotsomething
tosaytotheCityCouncil?Now,you
don’thavetowaitayeartosayit.The
newlyinauguratedcouncilhaselim-
inatedarulethatsaidacitizencould
speakonlyonceayearaboutany
giventopic.
WESTVIRGINIA
Charleston:
West
VirginiaUniversitywillhelpBoys
ScoutsstudyscienceattheNational
ScoutJamboreeJuly15-24.The
schoolwillo
f
eraforensictent,a
cyclingstationandaziplineatthe
eventatTheSummitBechtelFamily
NationalScoutReserveinFayette
andRaleighcounties.
FLORIDA
Tampa:
Civilianemploy-
eesatMacDillAirForceBasewill
begintakingunpaiddayso
f
aspart
ofaDepartmentofDefenseprogram
tocutcosts.
TheTampaTribune
reportsabout3,500civilianemploy-
eeswillberequiredtotake11fur-
loughdaysbetweenMondayandthe
endSeptember.
MAINE
Waterville:
Anewaddition
meansthattheColbyCollegeMu-
seumofArtnowhas38,000square
feetof
exhibition
space,the
largestin
thestate.
Themu-
seum’s
morethan
8,000
workswill
beondis-
playwhenit
reopenstothepublicJuly14after
morethanayearofrenovations.
MONTANA
Bozeman:
Montana
StateUniversitysaidoneofitspro-
fessorswillringtheclosingbellofthe
NewYorkStockExchangeonTues-
day.TheschoolsaidMylesWatts,a
professorintheDepartmentofAgri-
culturalEconomicsandEconomics,
willringthebellwithTimBuzby,
presidentandCEOofFarmerMac.
NORTHCAROLINA:
RoanokeRap-
ids:
ToniKing,21,whopleaded
guiltytoresistingapublicoicerand
beingdrunkinpublichasbeenor-
deredbyChiefDistrictCourtJudge
BrendaBranchtowriteanessay
called“HowaLadyShouldBehavein
Public.”
WISCONSIN
Waukesha:
Policesaid
a24-year-oldmanbito
f
theearofa
47-year-oldman.PoliceSgt.David
Wannersaidthesuspectwasarrested
onsuspicionofmayhem.Hesaidthe
twomenwerenotrelated.
GEORGIA
Atlanta:
Atleast14,500
municipalcourtcasesherehavebeen
dismissedsince2007becauseof
breakdownsincommunicationbe-
tweencityoicials,
TheAtlantaJour-
nal-Constitution
reported.
NORTHDAKOTA
Bismarck:
Me-
morialserviceshavebeensethere
andFargothisweekforformer
NorthDakotafirstladyJeanGuy,90,
whodiedFriday.Shewasthewifeof
Gov.WilliamGuy,whowasNorth
Dakota’slongest-servinggovernor
from1961to1973.
NEBRASKA
Omaha:
Policearein-
vestigatingthreedi
f
erentweekend
shootingsthatinjuredsixpeople.
PoliceOicerMichaelPechasaid
noneoftheinjurieswereexpectedto
belifethreatening.
HAWAII
Honolulu:
HawaiianAir-
linesislaunchingitsservicetoTai-
pei.Theinauguralflightisscheduled
toleaveHonoluluInternational
AirportearlyTuesday.
INFOCUS:
MISSOURI
OHIO
Columbus:
Employershave
beenpayingmillionsinhighertaxes
forthestate’sfailuretorepayafeder-
alloantocoverunemploymentbene-
fitsduringtherecession.
The
ColumbusDispatch
reportedthatthe
state’sfailuretorepaythe$1.5billion
federaldebthasleftstateemployers
witha$272milliontaxincreaseover
thepast18months.
IDAHO
Ketchum:
Irrigationwater
toseveralhundredfarmersinLin-
colnCountyhasbeencuto
f
because
oflowwaterinMagicReservoir.
The
IdahoMountainExpress
reportsthat
irrigationendedlatelastmonthfor
waterusersoftheBigWoodCanal
Co.Thereservoirisat2.5%ofits
capacityof200,000acrefeet.
KANSASCITY
Cityoicialsare
hopingtoexpandanewgunshot-
detectionsystemthatpinpointsthe
locationofgunfire.
PolicesaidtheShotSpottergun-
firedetectionsystem,whichwas
implementedinOctoberforasmall
areaofthecity,hasledto
severalarrests.
Thesystemdirects
oicerstowithin25
metersofashooter’s
locationafteragunis
fired.Italsotellspolice
howmanyshotswerefiredandhow
manyweaponswereused.The
gunshot-detectionsystemalso
indicateswhethershooterswerein
avehicleormovingonfoot,andit
evenprovidesaspeedanddirection
oftravel.
Rep.EmanuelCleaverhelped
secure$720,000infederalgrant
money,whichwillpayforthesys-
temforfiveyears,inapartnership
withtransitoicials,
TheKansas
CityStar
reported.
Cleaversaidatarecentnews
conferencethatheplannedtoseek
additionalfederalfundstoexpand
theprogram.
PoliceChiefDarryl
Fortesaidhehadidenti-
fiedfourareasofthecity
forpossibleexpansion.
Thesystemsendsa
messagetocriminalswho
havebecomeaccustomed
tobeingabletoshootwithoutre-
percussionswhennoonecalls
police,Cleaversaid.
Aggravatedassaultsbyfirearms
alsodropped24%inthecoverage
areaduringtheseven-monthperi-
odcomparedwiththesameperiod
thepreviousyear,Fortesaid.
OKLAHOMA
OklahomaCity:
The
smokingroomatWillRogersWorld
Airportwillbe
shutdownSept.
1.Afterthe
loungeisclosed,
smokerswill
havetogoout-
side.Smokingis
bannedupto
175feetaway
fromtheentranceareas.
ILLINOIS
Chicago:
Cityauthorities
sayshootingsduringtheFourthof
Julyholidayweekendhaveleftat
leastninepeopledeadandseveral
dozenwounded,includingtwoboys
shotindi
f
erentparks.The
Chicago
Sun-Times
reportsamaninhislate
40sdiedatahospitalafterbeinghit
Saturdaynightingunfirethat
woundedsixothers.
in
America
WYOMING
Cheyenne:
Thestateis
havingastrongyearfortourism,
withvisitorsexpectedtosurpasslast
year’smark.
TheCasperStar-Tribune
reportedthatthestatecouldexceed
lastyear’smarkof8millionvisitors,
whospent$3.1billion.
INDIANA
Indianapolis:
Thecity
willunveiltodayaplantoputmore
policeoicersonthestreetstodeal
withaspikeinviolence.MarcLotter,
Compiledfromsta
f
andwirereportsby
TimWendelandDennisLyons.Designby
GeorgePetras.GraphicsbyAlejandro
Gonzalez.
OREGON
Salem:
Medicalmarijuana
dispensariesareasignatureaway
frombeinglegalinOregon.Thestate
TheAssociatedPress
 NEWS
5A
USATODAY
MONDAY,JULY8,2013
WASHINGTON/WORLD
Egypthostsduelingprotests
Interimpresident
seeksreconciliation,
anendtodivisions
thereformorethanaweekwithoth-
erswhosleepintentsalongtheroad.
“ThepeoplewantedMorsiand
votedforhim,”saidSayyedAl-Azab,
anengineer,whocamewithhiswife
totherally.Azabsaidhewasnotjust
demonstratinginsupportofMorsi,
buttoprotectdemocracysincethe
countryroseupagainstautocrat
HosniMubarakin2011.
LastWednesday,Egypt’sarmy
chief,AbdelFattahAl-Sisi,saidthe
militarywassuspendingthenation’s
constitution,dissolvingtheelected
legislatureandcallingfornewelec-
tions.Morsiwasreplacedbyanin-
terimpresident:HighConstitutional
CourtchiefAdlyMansour.
MilesfromNasrCityinTahrir
Square,Morsi’sopponentsdefended
hisousterbythearmy,claimingthe
militaryactedonthepopularwill.
Morethanamillionpeoplehadral-
liedtodemandthatMorsiresign.
“We’reheretotelltheworldthat
ourrevolutionisaboutthepeople,
reigned.OnSaturdaynight,Egyptian
oicialswalkedbackedfromearlier
reportsthatoppositionleaderMo-
hamedElBaradeiwouldbenamed
thenewinterimprimeminister.Sen-
ioroppositionoicialMunirFakhry
AbdelnurtoldtheAssociatedPress
thatthehard-lineIslamistNourPar-
tyrejectedElBaradei’sappointment,
resultinginthereversal.
ThevicechairmanoftheNour
Party,BassemEl-Zaraka,toldEgypt’s
Al-HayatTVthatElBaradei’svision
ofasecularstatedoesnotmatchthe
NourParty’svision,particularly
whenitcomestosharialaw.
Theriftunderscoresthelackof
consensusamongvariouspolitical
groups.
“Youhaveaveryfragiledemocrat-
icexperienceinEgypt,”saidFawaz
Gerges,directoroftheMiddleEast
CenterattheLondonSchoolofEco-
nomics.“Wearebacktosquareone.”
SarahLynch
SpecialforUSATODAY
Supportersof
Egypt’sousted
presidentMoham-
medMorsiwave
fl
agsandholdhis
pictureduringa
rallySundayin
Giza.
CAIRO
Rivalprotestseruptedacross
thecapitalSunday,asopposingpolit-
icalcampsremainatoddsoverwho
shouldgovernEgypt.
Backersofnow-deposedpresident
MohammedMorsigatheredinNasr
Citytoinsistheisthenation’slegiti-
mateleaderbecausehewaselected
democratically.Theyarefuriousover
hisousterbythemilitarylastweek.
“WewillnotleaveuntilMorsi
comesback,”saidMohammadIbra-
him,apharmacistwhowantsMorsi
releasedfrommilitarydetention.
Crowdspouredintotherallyata
Cairomosque.Ibrahimhadbeen
NASSERSHIYOUKHI,AP
notthearmy,”saidMonaYoussef,
whocametoTahrirSquareonSun-
dayeveningwithherfamily.
AsYoussefspoke,militaryplanes
flewincrispformationsoverthe
square.Theplanestrailedstreamsof
black,redandwhitesmokeforthe
colorsoftheEgyptianflagasdemon-
stratorseruptedincelebration.
Astensionpersistsbetweenop-
posingpoliticalcamps,thereisarisk
ofrenewedviolence.Atleast36peo-
plehavediedinclashesbetweenpro-
andanti-MorsigroupssinceFriday.
Mansourhascalledforthedivi-
sionstoendanddeclaredthathistop
priorityisnationalreconciliation.
Meanwhile, political confusion
Contributing:JenniferCollinsinBerlin
John
PaulII
soonto
besaint
Belovedformerpope’s
canonizationlikelyto
come‘withinayear’
SNOWDEN
ADVISED
TOTAKE
OFFER
Russianoicialsays
asyluminVenezuela
maybehis‘lastchance’
EricJ.Lyman
SpecialforUSATODAY
TheAssociatedPress
VATICANCITY
PopeJohnPaulIIis
headingforsainthoodfasterthanany
personinthemodernera.
PopeFrancishasapprovedthe
healingofaCostaRicanwomanasa
miracle,oneofthestepsnecessary
forsainthood.PopeBenedictXVI
clearedthewayforthelightning-fast
processduringhispapacywhenhe
dispensedofthefive-yearwaitingpe-
riodaftersomeone’sdeathbeforethe
beatificationprocesscanbegin.Pope
Francishasfollowedthatrapidpace.
Friday’sdevelopmentsetsupare-
markabledualcanonizationwith
JohnXXIII,who
waspopefrom
1958 to 1963.
Francisisoften
comparedtoJohn
XXIII,abeloved
populistwitha
strongconnection
tothefaithful.
Francispushed
asidetherulesre-
quiringat least
two confirmed
miraclestomake
JohnXXIII a
saint,somethingthepopeisallowed
todoifhebelievesthefigurede-
servestobemadeasaintbasedon
hisownmerit,accordingtoVatican
spokesmanFedericoLombardi.
JohnandJohnPaulwillbeoi-
ciallynamedsaints“withinayear,”
Lombardisaid.
Thefastestpersontobenameda
saintinmoderntimeswasOpusDei
founderJosemariaEscrivádeBala-
guer,whodiedin1975.JohnPaulde-
claredtheSpaniardasaintin2002.
“Thisisjustthelatestexampleof
Francisdoingthingshisway,”saidAl-
istairSear,achurchhistorian.
InthemiracleFrancisapproved,
thewoman,whosu
f
eredfroma
brainaneurysm,prayedtoJohnPaul
forhelpandwashealedonMay1,
2011,thedayJohnPaulwasbeatified,
accordingtoItalianandSpanish
newsaccounts.JohnPaul’sfirstmir-
acle—curingaFrenchnunofPar-
kinson’sdisease—wasconfirmed
threeyearsagoaspartoftheprocess
requiredforhisbeatification.
SomeItalianmediahavecriticized
thechurchformovingsoquicklyto
declareJohnPaulasaint,saying
manyoftheVatican’scurrentprob-
lems—includingsexscandalsand
corruption—hadtheirrootsinhis
1978-2005papacy.
“Theseproblemsthatstarteddur-
ingJohnPaul’spapacyarearealcon-
cern.Thereisakindofcultofpopes,
andeachpopefeelspressuretocan-
onizehispredecessors,”saidRobert
Mickens,Vaticancorrespondentfor
theLondonCatholicnewspaper
The
Tablet
.“Therearealotofdarkclouds
associatedwithhislongpontificate,
andwithtime,theywouldcompli-
catethings.FromFrancis’perspec-
tive,thiswasprobablyaninevitable
step,andsoitwaswisetogetthedis-
tractionoutoftheway.”
ThenewsaboutJohnPaul’simmi-
nentsainthooddrewenthusiasticre-
sponsesinSt.Peter’sSquare.
“JohnPaulIIwastheholiestmanI
eversawinallmylife,”saidOrlando
DiCosimo,61,afurniturerestorer
whoworksneartheVatican.
MOSCOW
AninfluentialRussianpar-
liamentmemberwhooftenspeaks
fortheKremlinencouragedNSA
leakerEdwardSnowdenonSunday
toacceptVenezuela’so
f
erofasylum.
AlexeiPushkov,whoheadsthein-
ternationala
f
airscommitteeinRus-
sia’sparliament,postedamessageon
Twittersaying:“Venezuelaiswaiting
forananswerfromSnowden.This,
perhaps,ishislastchancetoreceive
politicalasylum.”
VenezuelanForeignMinisterElias
Jauasaidhiscountryhasn’tyetbeen
incontactwithSnowden,whoRussia
sayshasbeenstuckinthetransit
areaofMoscow’sSheremetyevoAir-
portsincearrivingonaflightfrom
HongKongtwoweeksago.Hehas
beenunabletotravelbecausetheU.S.
annulledhispassport.
Jauasaidheexpectstoconsult
withRussianoicialstodayabout
Snowden’ssituation.
Pushkov’scommentsmightindi-
catetheKremliniseagertoberidof
theformerNationalSecurityAgency
analyst,whomtheU.S.wantsre-
turnedtofaceespionagecharges.
Therehasbeennoresponsefrom
theKremlinorRussianForeignMin-
istrytotheasylumo
f
ermadeby
Venezuela’sPresidentNicolásMadu-
roonSaturday.
ForSnowdentoleaveforSouth
America,hewouldneedforVenezue-
latoissuehimtraveldocumentsand
hewouldneedtofindawaytoget
there.Theonlydirectcommercial
flightfromMoscowstopsinHavana.
TheMoscow-Havanaflightgoesover
EuropeandtheUSA,whichcould
causecomplications.SomeEuropean
countriesrefusedtoallowBolivian
PresidentEvoMoralestoflythrough
theirairspaceonhiswayhomefrom
Moscowlastweekbecauseofsuspi-
PHOTOSBYAAMERMADHANI,USATODAY
ChicagoAldermanAnthonyBealeispushingforPresidentObamatobuildhispresidentiallibraryatthe
PullmanStateHistoricSite,whereGeorgePullman’ssleepercarsweremanufactured.
Race,classariseasissues
inObamalibrarybattle
Chicagocommunities
argueoverwhich
presentsperfectplace
AamerMadhani
USATODAY
1998APPHOTO
Twomiracleshave
beenattributedto
PopeJohnPaulII.
CHICAGO
PresidentObamaprobably
won’tmakeafinaldecisiononwhere
hispresidentiallibraryandmuseum
willbelocateduntilneartheendof
hissecondtermintheWhiteHouse.
Butinhisadoptedhometown—
particularly the neighborhoods
whereObamamadeanameforhim-
selfasacommunityorganizerbefore
enteringpolitics—thedebatehasal-
readystartedoverwheretheshrine
tothefirstAfrican-Americanpresi-
dent’slegacybelongs,andissuesof
raceandclassplayacentralrole.
“Ithinkhehascertainlybenefited
fromhistiestotheAfrican-American
communityintermsofhowhebuilt
hispoliticalcareer,”saidJohnOw-
ens,acommunityorganizeronthe
SouthSidewhoworkedcloselywith
ayoungObamawhenhearrivedin
Chicagointhe1980s.“Iamnotsay-
ingthatheoweseverythingtotheAf-
rican-Americancommunity,buthe
didgethisstarthere,andthiscom-
munitywashispoliticalbase.Thisis
anopportunityforhimtohelpthe
communitywherehestartedfrom.”
There’snoguaranteeObamawill
evensettleontheWindyCitytohost
thelibraryandmuseum.Thepresi-
dentgrewupinHonolulu,andthe
UniversityofHawaiihaslaunchedits
ownbidtowinthelibrary.Thestate
hassetasideoneofthelastundevel-
opedoceanfrontplotsinHonoluluto
trytolureObama.
Whatiscleartopoliticiansandac-
tivistshereisthatthelibraryhasthe
potentialtoo
f
erahugeeconomic
boomthatcouldtransformwhatever
communitythepresidentsettleson.
TheWilliamJ.ClintonPresiden-
tialLibraryandMuseumspurred
$1billioninrealestateinvestmentin
downtownLittleRock.TheGeorge
W.BushPresidentialCenteronthe
SouthernMethodistUniversitycam-
pus,whichopenedinApril,ispro-
jectedtoinject$50millionannually
intothelocaleconomy,saidPhillip
Jones,CEOoftheDallasVisitorsand
ConventionBureau.
It’sthatpotentialthatdrawsactiv-
istsandpoliticiansinObama’sold
stompinggroundstomakethecase
thepresidentshouldrememberthe
economicallydeprivedareahe
WayneWatson,presidentofChicagoStateUniversity,wantsPresi-
dentObamatochoosehiscampustohostthelibrary.
soughttochangeasayoungman.
TheUniversityofIllinois-Chicago
confirmedlastweekthatithas
launchedanexploratorycommittee
toseehowitmightpersuadeObama
tobuildhislibrarythere.University
oicialsdeclinedtospeakindetail
aboutthee
f
ort.
ChicagoStateUniversity,whichis
intheheartoftheSouthSideneigh-
borhoodwhereObamaworkedasa
communityorganizerinthe1980s,
announcedinMayitwouldmakea
spiritedpitchtoObamathatthe
school—ahistoricallyblackuniver-
sitythatdrawsstudentsfromsome
ofthecity’smostimpoverishedcom-
munities—istheperfectplacefor
Obamatobringhislibrary.
WayneWatson,ChicagoState’s
president, recruitedformerstate
senatorEmilJones,whoservedas
Obama’smentorwhenhewasinthe
stateLegislature,tojointheexplor-
atorycommittee.
TheareaaroundChicagoState,
whichhasanunemploymentrate
thathoversaround30%andis
amongthecity’smostviolentneigh-
borhoods,wouldberesurrectedby
theeconomicjoltthatwouldcome
fromthehotels,restaurantsandoth-
ereconomicdevelopmentthatwould
followthelibrary,Watsonsaid.
TheprivateUniversityofChicago,
aleafyislandinthecity’sHydePark
neighborhoodonthehard-scrabble
SouthSide,isrunningaquietcam-
paignforthelibrarywiththeassis-
tanceofSusanSher,aformerchiefof
sta
f
tofirstladyMichelleObama.
TheObamashavedeeptiestothe
university.Thepresidentspent12
yearsasaseniorlectureratitslaw
school,andthefirstladyservedasan
executiveattheuniversity’smedical
center.
Theuniversitydeclinedtocom-
mentaboutitsbid,sayingitispre-
maturetodiscussthelibrary.
DonRose,aChicagopoliticalcon-
sultant,saidtheUniversityofChi-
cagohasalong,complicatedhistory
withthesurroundingpoorandwork-
ing-classAfrican-Americancommu-
nitiesovertheyears.Rosesuggested
thattheuniversity,withitsdeepties
totheObamasandproximityto
downtown,isthefavoritetowinthe
library.
AnthonyBeale,analdermanon
thecity’sfarSouthSide,saidObama
choosingtheUniversityofChicago—
whichboasteda$6.57billionendow-
mentattheendofthepastfiscalyear
—wastantamountto“fatteningup
thefrog.”
“Ithinkitwouldsendawonderful
messageifhecouldbringitonhome
andrewardthecommunitywherehe
gothisstartratherthanjustgivingit
totheUniversityofChicagothatal-
readyhaseverything,”saidBeale,
whoisontheChicagoStateUniver-
sityexploratorycommittee.
Bealeadvocatesfortheprojectto
bebuiltafewmileso
f
theChicago
Statecampusonthegroundsofthe
dilapidatedGeorgePullmanState
HistoricSite,wheretherelicsofthe
19th-centurysleepercarfactorysit
behindachain-linkfence.
“Venezuelaiswaiting
forananswer....This,
perhaps,ishislast
chancetoreceive
politicalasylum.
”
AlexeiPushkov,
Russianlawmaker
cionsthatSnowdenwasonhisplane.
PushkovjokedthatifSnowden
doesn’tfindshelterinVenezuela,“he
willhavetostayandmarryAnna
Chapman,”aRussianspywhowas
among10sleeperagentsdeported
fromtheU.S.in2010.Chapman,31,
proposedtoSnowden,whojust
turned30,onTwitterlastweek.
ThepresidentsofBoliviaandNic-
araguaalsosaidovertheweekend
thatSnowdeniswelcomeintheir
countries.Bolivia’sforeignminister,
DavidChoquehuanca,saidSunday
thathiscountryhasn’tyetreceiveda
formalpetition.NicaraguanPresi-
dentDanielOrtegasaidhiscountry
receivedSnowden’sapplicationand
isstudyingtherequest.Snowdenhas
appliedforasyluminmorethantwo
dozencountries.
Sen.RobertMenendez,chairman
oftheSenateForeignRelations
Committee,saidhewasn’tsurprised
thosethreeLatinAmericannations
wereo
f
eringasylum.“Theylike
stickingittotheUnitedStates,”he
toldNBC’s
MeetthePress
.
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