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Posted: Jun 28, 2022

NTSB is sending an investigative team to an Amtrak derailment in Missouri that killed 3 people and injured at least 50

A team of National Transportation Safety Board investigators will arrive in Missouri on Tuesday to probe the derailment of an Amtrak train that left at least three people dead and sent surviving passengers scrambling from the wreckage. The derailment occurred as the train, traveling eastbound to Chicago, collided with a dump truck at a crossing near the town of Mendon in north-central Missouri at about 12:42 p.
- PUB DATE: 6/28/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CNN
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Posted: Jun 28, 2022

Related: Deadliest Amtrak crash almost 30 years ago in Alabama when train plunged into river, caught fire

Amtrak’s worst wreck in terms of deaths was the Sept. 22, 1993, derailment outside Mobile, Alabama, when the Sunset Limited plunged off a bridge and caught fire in the pre-dawn hours. Forty-seven passengers and crew were killed and 103 injured in what became known as the Big Bayou Canot rail accident.
- PUB DATE: 6/28/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Kansas City Star - Metered Site
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Posted: Jun 28, 2022

Washington D.C. firefighters tapped to debut in nationwide training video

VIDEO: From the porch of a vacant row house in Northeast D.C., a film director yelled, “We are rolling … and action!” On his cue, several D.C. firefighters jumped out of their fire truck, bounded up the steps, donned protective gear and lunged into thick fumes. It’s all a simulation of sorts. For the next three days, those directors’ commands will take the place of a real 911 call, as members of D.
- PUB DATE: 6/28/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTOP-FM 103.5 Washington DC
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Posted: Jun 28, 2022

Community holds paddle-out for fallen FDNY firefighter

A celebration was held at Lido Beach Suday for fallen hero Casey Skudin, a New York City firefighter from Long Beach who was killed in a tragic accident while on vacation with his family in North Carolina. More than 200 people headed out into the Atlantic Ocean for a paddle-out memorial in honor of Skudin.
- PUB DATE: 6/28/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: News 12 The Bronx
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Posted: Jun 28, 2022

South Carolina paramedic loses 125 pounds to donate kidney to 2-year-old niece

VIDEO: As a paramedic, nothing would stop Sara Cathey from stepping up to save a life. As it turned out, the Beaufort EMS worker was able to help one of her own family members. “She brightens my day,” Sara said of her niece, Natalyn. “Makes any bad day good.” It was a devastating day when she found out that 2-year-old Natalyn had a genetic condition that nearly killed her.
- PUB DATE: 6/28/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSAV-TV NBC/CW+3 Savannah
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