Flight attendant who missed fatal Sept. 11 flight dies in car crash

unionleader.com ^ | March 28, 06 | Mark Hayward

[greasepaint]

fellow FReepers, please wear a seat belt.

> Two passengers were thrown from the Grand Marqui<

flying thru the air can be dangerous

[Awestruck]

This reminds me of a good friend of mine.. traveled all over the world, doing some dangerous jobs, and taking up extreme sports,.. finally comes home in one piece, settles down, gets married, has kids, joins a church.. then on the way home from church, 1/2 mile from home, gets smashed by a drunk driver (on his 10th DUI!)...

[bikerman]

Flying thru the air isn`t dangerous its the sudden stop that gets ya.

[bondjamesbond]

Gates was a flight attendant whose life was spared 5½ years ago when she missed an American Airlines flight hijacked by terrorists and flown into the World Trade Center.

Of course, it was four-and-a-half years ago, but who's counting...

[bondjamesbond]

Every time I read something in the paper that I have personal knowledge of, there's a mistake.

This is true for everybody. It's amazing that anybody believes anything they read.

[bondjamesbond]

I have also noticed that AP muddle their photo caption calling Condi Rice Defense Secretary and Don Rumsfeld Secretary of State.

Well, those two look so much alike, I know I am always getting them confused!

[ishabibble]

Bill Maher did just that and he got canned by ABC via the outrage of the American people.

Of course Maher's back on HBO...everybody has forgotten that day in September by now. It's just so sad.


Condolences to this poor woman's family.

[Tall_Texan]

Every time I read something in the paper that I have personal knowledge of, there's a mistake.

Yes, and the amazing thing is how those mistakes get reported and re-reported and re-re-reported like a computer virus.

One of my friends is Gene Elston, the former play-by-play voice of the Astros. Last month, he was chosen for the broadcater's equivalent of being elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.

The Hall of Fame put out a press release which was then amplified by MLB.com. It said Gene had called Eddie Mathews' 500th homer. Actually, Harry Kalas called the home run because it happened in the fifth inning. Gene did the first two and the last three innings on radio (I have the clip of Kalas' call) and there was no tv for a west coast night game in 1967. They also said he called Nolan Ryan's strikeout that broke Walter Johnson's record in 1983. It's possible he might have done this on television but the clip that survived and MLB.com featured was the radio call by Dewayne Staats. The montage of "famous" Elston calls included calls by Staats and Milo Hamilton.

None of that is to take away from Gene's worthiness for the honor but I was laughing myself silly noting all the mistakes which, of course, found their way into the AP story then ESPN, then CBS, etc, etc.

I've seen a few good write-ups over news I had personal involvement or knowledge in but, more often than not, facts were mispresented or flat-out wrong.

[DCPatriot]

Marilyn Gates, 52, was pronounced dead at Parkland Hospital in Dallas

So was President Kennedy.

[Old Professer]

Maybe the Gates' had just had a heated argument due to her "take-charge" nature and her husband stuck his foot over on the gas pedal in the SUV and let her have "what for."