Word: medicale
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Rescue agencies in Sioux City and surrounding Woodbury County had run through a drill two years ago in which a large plane was assumed to have crashed at the airport and 150 survivors needed immediate help. Even before Flight 232 was in sight, Dr. David Greco, heading the medical disaster...
Safety experts attributed the high survival rate most of all to the heroics of Captain Haynes in leveling off the DC-10 until the final seconds. "He belongs in the pilots' hall of fame," declared Joe Sullivan, a retired flight engineer for American Airlines. The landing gear, dropped by gravity...
"So far, we've been able to cope with the chilled water plant and MATEP [the Medical Area Total Energy Plant]," said Zeckhauser. "It gets harder as the week goes on, but I haven't heard any discussion [about closing down]," she said.
Rachel Halterman, spokesperson for the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), said agency investigators met with emergency medical teams from the city, county and state and representatives of the airline, the plane's manufacturer and the pilots union to maximize the search for victims and clues from the crash.
Supporters of the health care law said the changes sponsored by Woodward and Forman would actually cost the state money. Delaying the new law might temporarily help small businesses, they said, but would force state taxpayers to continue paying medical costs that no one else will assume.