Word: diver
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Passing driver Mike Herrera quickly jumped into the pit and helped three students out of the bus. Al Nye, who was driving his own children to school, also plunged in, pulling seven bodies from the water. Nye, a scuba diver, said efforts to help the children were hampered by water so opaque that it was impossible to see. Trapped children struggled to get out the front door, windows and one rear-end exit door. "I didn't expect to be alive, but I'm alive," said one. Twenty youngsters died and 63 people were injured, including the two drivers...
American Navy diver Robert Stethem is beaten and shot aboard hijacked TWA Flight 847, and his body is dumped on the tarmac at Beirut airport. Thirty- nine other American passengers and crew are held hostage for 17 days...
Four years ago, the world watched anxiously as TWA Flight 847 sat on a runway in Beirut airport and 39 American passengers were held hostage for 17 days by gunslinging hijackers. Among the most horrifying images in the intense TV coverage: the body of U.S. Navy diver Robert Stethem, 23, being dumped onto the tarmac. Last week, after a ten-month trial, a Frankfurt court sentenced Lebanese-born Mohammed Ali Hammadi, 24, to life in prison for his role in the hijacking and Stethem's murder. Unable to determine whether Stethem was shot by Hammadi or a second hijacker, still...
Senior Patrick Healy was named as the winner of the most outstanding diver award. Co-Captain Keith Kaplan rounded out the awards by claiming two prizes, the Wyman trophy (top dual-meet scorer) and the prestigious Ulen award, given to the swimmer who best combines the qualities of leadership and sportsmanship...
Senior Lisa Pierce came away with two awards, one for most outstanding diver and the other-shared with junior Nina Anderson--for most improved. Pierce qualified for the NCAA Championship meet for the first time ever this season...