Posted on 09/15/2008 7:32:59 PM PDT by SmithL
Marfa, Texas (AP) -- A plane carrying the U.S. and Mexican heads of the International Water and Boundary Commission disappeared Monday while touring floods along the Rio Grande.
Commissioners Carlos Marin, of the U.S. section, and Arturo Herrera, from Mexico, were flying to Presidio, Texas, from El Paso but the plane did not land as scheduled, Presidio County Judge Jerry Agen said. The plane carried the pilot and one other passenger, he said.
The chartered Cessna 421 propeller plane left about 10 a.m. and was to fly over a reservoir in Mexico so the men could see a dam where water is being released to ease flooding, said Sally Spener, a spokeswoman for the IBWC in El Paso.
Agen said searchers were looking in a rough, mountainous section of desert about 60 miles west of Presidio. "It's a rough area out there, with very few roads," Agen said.
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Two unknowns? I suspect this won't last in breaking news very long.
Prayers up.
Prayers going up here as well.
This doesn’t sound good. Prayers for them.
susie
it does not sound good. those cesna planes man. prayers for the lost.
Prayers sent for their safety.
ping
I won’t speak to the validity of this article’s breaking news status or not, but as for who cares, I do because I subscribe to the Breaking News RSS feed that alerts me when a breaking news article appears.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/t-breaking/browse.rss
Hey YOU -- What have you done with Jim? Since when did you take over?
I don’t do breaking news often, but if it doesn’t stay, it won’t be the first time I’ve had a post moved. However, it seemed like the right place for this particular story.
FWIW, nice pictures on your home page.
Is that Diana Rigg?
Hey - I just answered my own question - here she is, at AllPosters.com, wearing the very same dress.
Wow, what a great site! Thanks for the tip and the link. I could spend hours just perusing the offerings. I am a starving freelance photographer who takes and prints his own large format posters. Thanks again!
ping
Other than what? Is it possible that Herrera and Marin were on the plane, as well as the pilot and one other passenger?
was Biden on board?
are you serious?
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