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John Travolta's Dogs Killed In Airport Accident
CBS ^ | 05-18-2010 | ???

Posted on 05/18/2010 10:21:58 AM PDT by Willie Green

NEW YORK (CBS/AP) John Travolta's two family dogs were killed after being struck by an airport service vehicle at Maine's Bangor International Airport.

This event comes a little more than a year after Travolta and his wife, actress Kelly Preston, lost their son, Jett, who died after suffering from a seizure while vacationing with them in the Bahamas.

In a statement released to the Bangor Daily News, city officials said, "An airport service pickup truck was approaching the airplane to service the airplane and did not see the dogs. Unfortunately, the dogs were struck and killed. The airport is investigating the accident. Out of respect for the family's privacy the city will make no further comment."

(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...


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KEYWORDS: 707; hollywood; pets; travolta
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To: GreenAccord

This is why I would never fly my dog anywhere.


21 posted on 05/18/2010 10:29:34 AM PDT by Wally_Kalbacken
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To: TSgt
You’re just a ray of sunshine news today aren’t you? ;-)

If Travolta had ridden on Amtrak, his dogs would still be alive.

22 posted on 05/18/2010 10:30:49 AM PDT by Willie Green
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To: Little Pig

I don’t know, does it say? I presume they were crated and the driver back into it.


23 posted on 05/18/2010 10:31:03 AM PDT by A_Former_Democrat
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To: Spok
Bob Smith's house burned down due to an lightning strike yesterday. This came right at the anniversary of him losing his wife in an auto accident.

Does that mean that the writer is COMPARING the death of Bob Smith's wife with his house burning down?

My sweet Lord, some people are freaking stupid!

24 posted on 05/18/2010 10:32:36 AM PDT by Anitius Severinus Boethius
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To: svcw
So CBS is equating the death of their child with their loss of a couple of dogs?

In no way does the story suggest that.

You so obviously want to turn this into a thread where you discount animals by needlessly pointing out their (obvious) inferiority to humans.

Were you bitten by an animal as a child or something? Get over it.

Both events are tragic, and only compound the Travolta's pain.

25 posted on 05/18/2010 10:33:10 AM PDT by Retired Greyhound
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To: Willie Green

I’d rather lose my husband than my dog.


26 posted on 05/18/2010 10:33:22 AM PDT by barbarianbabs (Liberty 5-3000)
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To: Anitius Severinus Boethius

“My sweet Lord, some people are freaking stupid!”

No argument here.


27 posted on 05/18/2010 10:34:41 AM PDT by Spok (Free Range Republican)
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To: Willie Green
An airport service pickup truck was approaching the airplane to service the airplane and did not see the dogs

I wouldn't expect a pick up truck to see anything

28 posted on 05/18/2010 10:34:45 AM PDT by paul51 (11 September 2001 - Never forget)
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To: Little Pig
18 posts and finally the real heart of the question? Any idea? Private plane area? Running loose?
29 posted on 05/18/2010 10:35:21 AM PDT by 3D-JOY
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To: Spok; GOPJ

Only an obtuse reading of the article could give that impression.


30 posted on 05/18/2010 10:35:45 AM PDT by Retired Greyhound
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To: Willie Green

How sad for the family.


31 posted on 05/18/2010 10:39:00 AM PDT by Think free or die
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To: ClearCase_guy

Agreed. Plus, he and his wife seem always ready to personally fly supplies to disaster areas, to support the troops, etc. Scientology aside, I think he and Kelly are really good people.


32 posted on 05/18/2010 10:40:43 AM PDT by JennysCool (My hypocrisy goes only so far)
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To: Retired Greyhound
Wow hit a nerve did I?
I asked a question, that's all.
Animals are inferior to humans, does that mean we are not responsible for their care - no.
Nope never bitten. Nothing to get over.
The tragedy of losing a child is not in anyway equal to losing a pet.
33 posted on 05/18/2010 10:41:20 AM PDT by svcw (Habakkuk 2:3)
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To: Wally_Kalbacken

With this and all the other horror stories about animals on airplanes, We would NEVER trust Rocky the WonderLab to the airlines. I’d sooner drive cross country with him in the back seat than in a crate in the hold of an aircraft.

LC


34 posted on 05/18/2010 10:43:11 AM PDT by LoneConservative (PEACE... Through SUPERIOR FIREPOWER!!!)
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To: Nachum
Most pet owners know that a family can become very attached to their dogs. I know we would be very sad about it. <<

Yup.....so would I...but to equate a “dog/pet” to the loss of a child is a slippery slope that the liberals slid down...
If they had lost their “pet” salamander would the story make the same comparison?? Would you?

35 posted on 05/18/2010 10:43:36 AM PDT by M-cubed
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To: barbarianbabs

Yeah, you can always get a new husband. lol


36 posted on 05/18/2010 10:44:00 AM PDT by MissTed (I got nuttin.)
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To: Willie Green

Very sad.


37 posted on 05/18/2010 10:45:23 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Pilated

And a corollary would be - what? That there’s no pain in a Christian life?


38 posted on 05/18/2010 10:47:35 AM PDT by definitelynotaliberal (My respect and admiration for Cmdr. McCain are inversely proportion to my opinion of Sen. McCain.)
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To: A_Former_Democrat

I would assume that they were loose since Travolta flies his own private plane.


39 posted on 05/18/2010 10:48:19 AM PDT by thefactor (yes, as a matter of fact, i DID only read the excerpt)
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To: svcw

No, stop projecting your own bias into the story.

For pet owners who regard their pets as part of the family, it’s a family loss. They weren’t equating them, they are pointing out the fact it seems their losses are ongoing beginning with the tradgedy of losing their son last year under horrible circumstances.


40 posted on 05/18/2010 10:49:37 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man (I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
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