Similar to all the press 4.000 troop casualties in past 5 years in Iraq with little mention of 5,000 teenagers killed each year in traffic deaths. Dan C
On Thursday, August 14, 2008, at 03:39AM, "Jürgen P." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Larry, >this is very sad and every loss is one too many! > >What I do not understand is why small plane crashes relative to other risks/ >sources of fatal accidents seem to be so extremely spectacular, and why such >crashes are receiving so much public attention, suggesting that flying in a >small plane is much more dangerous than e.g. swimming in a lake or wildwater >rafting in a river. > >For example, has the press ever addressed the issue of how many people are >dying each year swimming, boating or just falling into backyard ponds? >According to the Dept of Health, in 2005 there were 3,582 fatal unintentional >drownings in the U.S., averaging ten deaths per day. We never seem to read >much about these sad losses. And each of these is one too many, too! > >Cheers >Juergen > >--- Larry Snyder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb am Mi, 13.8.2008: > >Von: Larry Snyder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Betreff: [ercoupe-flyin] Re: [ercoupe-tech] Florida Fatal Ercoupe Crash >An: "Ercoupe Flyin" <[email protected]> >Datum: Mittwoch, 13. August 2008, 23:40 > > > > > >So what's with the rash of small plane accidents? In the past week there was a >mid-air in Wyoming, a fatal crash near Shell Knob, Missouri, a crash in >California, an Angel Flight crashed near Boston, now this. I'm starting to >think small planes are dangerous! > > > > > >Larry Snyder >Washington, MO > > > > > > >On Aug 13, 2008, at 4:09 PM, bbartsey wrote: > > > > > >Just on the 5 o'clock news. An Ercoupe crashed in De Soto County this >afternoon killing the pilot. De Soto County is just south of Arcadia >or east of Port Charlotte. That's the only info available right now. >I will keep you posted. >Bart > > > > > > > >Larry Snyder >Washington, MO > > > > > > > > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Sie sind Spam leid? Yahoo! Mail verfügt über einen herausragenden Schutz gegen >Massenmails. >http://mail.yahoo.com
