Word: fatales
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...other kids to the local police station to see a film on crime. The cops asked her not to bring him back because he got into fights with other children. On Aug. 15 he was charged in another burglary. By Aug. 28 he would be firing the fatal bullets -- and it would be too late...
...USAir Boeing 737, en route from Chicago to Palm Beach, Florida, via Pittsburgh, went into a fatal nose dive just a few minutes before landing at the Pittsburgh airport. All 132 people aboard perished in the crash, the reasons for which were not clear. The crew's frantic last words -- "Oh God Traffic emergency!" -- indicated trouble but were not specific. Investigators are hoping that flight data from the plane's black box will provide further clues...
...facts are trickling in about Frank Corder's fatal plane crash, and they seem to add up to one conclusion: a president can never be entirely protected, even at home. For those responsible for providing that protection, some of the details coming to light are particularly embarrassing. For instance, minutes before Corder, 38, smashed onto the lawn and skidded into the White House early Monday, radar at nearby National Airport reportedly detected the plane. Yet, officials did not notify Secret Service agents who guard the mansion. Federal investigators are probing airport records to learn why.A MATHIAS RUST WANNABE...
...never quit. They literally were willing to sacrifice themselves for what they believed in," says American photojournalist James Nachtwey, who frequently worked with Carter and his friends. By 1990, civil war was raging between Mandela's A.N.C. and the Zulu-supported Inkatha Freedom Party. For whites, it became potentially fatal to work the townships alone. To diminish the dangers, Carter hooked up with three friends -- Ken Oosterbroek of the Star and free-lancers Greg Marinovich and Joao Silva -- and they began moving through Soweto and Tokoza at dawn. If a murderous gang was going to shoot up a bus, throw...
...daughter Shavon, 14. "My 12-year-old had to call the ambulance. I just collapsed." The family had been in the middle of an evening barbecue at their home in the Roseland section of Chicago when gunfire from what was believed to be a gang-initiation rite sent the fatal bullet into Shavon. "There's no word to say how I feel," says Dean. "Whatever I say, it's not going to bring my daughter back...