plane crash-landed on busy Hudson river next to Central Park and all 155 passengers & crew rescued..a miracle no less because of the 57 year old captain's intelligent calm skillful handling and the rapid response by 14 commuter ferries, fire department, coast guard and fast, effective evacuation of passengers by the brave crew (captain walk up and down the sinking plane twice to check that all are rescued before being rescued himself) etc...an unusual "double bird strike" stalling both engines at 3000 feet by a flock of geese minutes after take off caused rapid loss of altitude from 2000 feet to 400 feet and narrowing options, and pilot had to make a series of sharp turns to negotiate the plane to crash land on the narrow stretch of Hudson river, where temperature is -7degC, and only 1 passenger broke both legs, all safely rescued including baby and passenger on wheelchair...the best inspirational story to be read and reread on Readers Digest for a long time...
kudos to a Korean Court which jailed a Korean man 30 months for raping his Filipino wife...he got the poor Filipino women in 2006 through dating agency and was accused of repeatedly forcing her to have sex by threatening her with stun gun and knife...this a first in Korea's male-oriented society, seems only other case was a man convicted of indecent assault on estranged wife.. come to think of it, not sure this ever happened in Singapore?
a Singapore van driver hit two 9-year-olds on a pedestrian crossing near Old Airport Road on their way home from school, landing both in hospital and leaving one still unconscious with head injuries. the 2 had almost reached the end of the crossing when a van came "very fast" and hit them...such reckless drivers should be banned from the roads forever!
a China women was sentenced to death, convicted of hiring a killer to kill her own 9 year-old son in order that she can have a child with her second husband..the man she married after her 1st husband died already had a daughter. she hired the killer to kill the girl but she got away, so she got her son from the previous marriage go to a meeting with the killer who then strangled him. such sentenced are usually commuted to life subsequently...it is easy to blame China's one child policy however one must be inhuman or totally deranged to commit such unspeakable horrors....
a China maid in a Shanghai county put a 1 year old baby on a chopping block and slashed her with a kitchen knife..the father rushed into the kitchen and snatched the baby away after the mother heard her screams...the mother was also injured when she struggled with the maid...the baby suffered 5 slashes, needed 100s of sutures, one injury severed the nerves and her face was totally scarred...
so many sad things happening in every corners of the world, what with Gaza, Zimbabwee etc...at the same time, the world is becoming more aware, proactive, green, and maybe Obama will bring hope and leadership to the world and leave our next generation with their earth's inheritance intact!
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