As I'm sure by now we have all heard about the Continental Connection Flight 3407 that crashed in Buffalo, NY on Thursday, killing 49 people on the plane and 1 on the ground. They are saying now it is possible for the crash to have been caused by ice on the wings, because they were just passing through light snow and mist. The thing that kind of caught me off guard was they were talking about how a 9/11 widow was killed in this accident. They talked about all the works she did trying to keep her husbands memory alive, she even went to Congress with her story. What a tragic way to go for her, considering the one thing that killed her husband was a plane and the people that took them over. At least now, they will both live on with a great memory each of them.
And here we go again..........the Rodriguez trial is back in the news. This time his lawyers are trying to say that Alfonso Rodriguez the man convicted in 2003 of killing Dru Sjodin had an unfair trail because improper evidence was allowed at trial. Saying that a testimony from two girls Rodriguez assaulted in 1974 should be overlooked because they weren't "bodily injured" by him. After this argument the U.S. defense attorney for North Dakota, Drew Wrigley, stated that the trial was fair but the prosecutors would always be fighting with the verdict of the trial. They don't know yet when the panel might rule for what is to happen with this information the prosecutors brought forth but it will be interesting I'm sure. It's unbelievable to me that with all the evidence they have on Rodriguez and all the priors he had, he is still trying to get out of the conviction. Rodriguez, I think is just trying to pull this along as long as he can. Granted he won't get the death sentence he is suppose to right away, but he's trying to dig through every little crack that he can with his case, to stretch his time as long as he can. Being optimistic, maybe he's not guilty and he's trying to prove himself innocent, but to me....that is definitely not the case, I think.
It certainly has been a long rough stretch for those people that work in the airline industry. It seems that 9/11 was only the start of a series of unfortunate incidents and accidents that spanned all the major airlines all over the country. It must be extremely hard to stay upbeat and portray the positive as the PR rep for those corporations.
ReplyDeleteThis string of incidents has probably also increased the need for new or better marketing and advertising. If all people hear about in the news is plane crashes, what part of that would make them spend $500 to vacation in Hawaii?