John Travolta's Dogs Killed In Airport Accident

CBS ^ | 05-18-2010 | ???

[Wally_Kalbacken]

This is why I would never fly my dog anywhere.

[Willie Green]

You’re just a ray of sunshine news today aren’t you? ;-)

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

[A_Former_Democrat]

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

[Anitius Severinus Boethius]

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!

[Retired Greyhound]

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.

[barbarianbabs]

I’d rather lose my husband than my dog.

[Spok]

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

No argument here.

[paul51]

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

[3D-JOY]

18 posts and finally the real heart of the question? Any idea? Private plane area? Running loose?

[Retired Greyhound]

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

[Think free or die]

How sad for the family.

[JennysCool]

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.

[svcw]

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.

[LoneConservative]

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

[M-cubed]

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?

[MissTed]

Yeah, you can always get a new husband. lol

[trisham]

Very sad.

[definitelynotaliberal]

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

[thefactor]

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

[Secret Agent Man]

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.