Tuesday, March 20, 2012

What's in The News Today

A woman is blinded from a falling shopping cart.   A New York woman, mother of two, was left blind in her left eye and serious brain injuries when a shopping car plunges on her. Teenagers where on top of Target's parking structure and dropped a shopping cart 50 feet and it landed on Marion Hedges. She was in a coma briefly and was fighting for her life for weeks. Now she needs daily physical therapy. She was buying Halloween candy for under privileged children that day. Her own 13 year-old son witnessed the incident. She forgives the boys that threw the shopping cart, and they are both serving time, one at group home, and the other in a facility in Westchester.

Dolak, K. & Harris, D. (March   19, 2012). New York Woman Blinded by Shopping Cart Dropped by Teens Forgives Them.  abc. Good Morning America. Retrieved march 20, 2012, from http://gma.yahoo.com/york-woman-blinded-shopping-cart-dropped-teens-forgives-072433679--abc-news.html.


A pregnant woman is killed when a car crashed into her cabana. The accident occurred on Sunday at the Riverside Hotel in Ft. Lauderdale. The 7-month pregnant woman is Alanna Demella 27, from Medford, Mass. Demella was with her husband at the time, and he got up to go to the restroom when the car crashed into the  pool cabana. Both mother and fetus died from the injuries. The driver of the vehicle has not been identified and was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries.

Dolak, K. (March 19, 2012). Pregnant Woman Killed After Car Crashes Into Hotel Pool Cabana. abc. Good Morning America. Yahoo! News. Retrieved March 20, 2012, from http://gma.yahoo.com/pregnant-woman-killed-car-crashes-hotel-pool-cabana-045816309--abc-news.html


Teenage boy is hunted down and killed by a neighborhood watch volunteer. George Zimmerman hunted down the boy and shot him. The 17-year-old boy Trayvon Martin was on the phone with a teenage girl and he stated "a man was following him and he put his hoodie over his head to try to loose the man and he thought that he did lose the man, but the strange man returned and cornered Martin and martin asked 'the man why are you following me?' The man asked 'what are you doing here?' Then Martin was pushed to the ground because the cellphone headset went dead. The teenage girl tried to call back, but there was no answer."  Zimmerman has not been arrested and stated "it was self defense," causing outrage and prejudice motive for his actions. Martin was going out that night to buy Skittles and iced tea during the NBA All-Star Game.

Gutman, M & Tienabeso, S. (March 19, 2012). abc. Good Morning America. Yahoo! News. Retrieved March 20, 2012, from  http://gma.yahoo.com/trayvon-martin-killing-friend-phone-teen-death-recounts-063243901--abc-news.html

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