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...good advice. Yes, amid the screams and the shouting of the worst accident in Amtrak history--last week's crash of the Boston-bound "Colonial"--people were actually elbowing one another to get to their luggage...
During the moments before the crash, which left 15 dead and more than 170 injured, I was sitting in the ninth car of the Colonial contemplating moving to a non-smoking car further ahead. It was in those cars, near the front of the train, that the 15 lost their lives. Earlier, I had moved from an uncomfortable car nearer the rear of the train...
...remember an amiable conductor collecting tickets right before the crash. I heared him say to one passenger anxious to get to his destination, "Don't look so worried, it's not that bad." His words to a young couple directly behind me were, "Move to one of the first three cars for Springfield." These were ominous words...
Safety experts advocate such short-term and relatively inexpensive improvements as clearer runway markings, tighter control over carry-on luggage that can hurl about a cabin in a crash landing, and greater fire resistance in airline cabin fabrics...
During the week after Marcos' announcement of snap elections, Cory was anxious and confused as she moved from one meeting to another. Though few knew it at the time, she was quietly undergoing a crash course in the art and issues of presidential campaigning under the tutelage of her brother Jose (Peping) and a selected group of advisers from business and academia...