In Tanola County, Mississippi, a toddler was injured by flying glass as a stray bullet shattered the window of his family’s truck as they drove down the road. But it could have been much worse, Nicole Morris, the boy’s mother says the bullet narrowly missed her two-year-old son hunter, passing through the headrest on the passenger side before ending up on the driver’s side rear view mirror.
Continue reading →On a beach in North Carolina, two teens were attacked by sharks in separate incidents less than 90 minutes apart from each other. In the first incident a 12-year-old girl from Asheboro, North Carolina was bitten on her arm. Shortly thereafter a 16-year-old boy from Colorado Springs was attacked in an almost identical incident just two miles away. Both kids were airlifted to hospitals with life threatening injuries. In each case the shark had severed their arm and took it … Continue reading →
Teachers are in a tough position. They are dealing with 2 dozen students, usually by themselves, and have to put up with all sorts of rowdy and disruptive behavior. And their options for doing so are limited. Talking doesn’t always work, and if they physically restrain a child, they could end up with a lawsuit – or worse. Yet the reliance on calling the police and having children arrested seems to be a rather poor solution for what in many … Continue reading →
Cow Attacks Deputy in Street In Bullard, Texas, a sheriff’s deputy was seriously injured when a cow attacked him while he was directing traffic. Deputy Robert Britton, 54, was responding to a call of a cow hit by a vehicle. While he was trying to direct traffic away from the animal, the cow charged him, knocking him into the air. He was hospitalized in critical condition. (USA Today, 3-25-2011, 7A) Moose Attacks Boy at Bus Stop In Anchorage, Alaska, a … Continue reading →
Carbon monoxide poisoning is the silent killer…in more ways than one. Not only does it kill its victims without a sound, but it quietly racks up a total of around 500 deaths each year without much media attention. Here are some examples of how it happens: Child Dies of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning In Hopedale, Massachusetts, an autopsy was scheduled for a boy who died of apparent carbon monoxide poisoning on an excursion in the woods. Alejandro Thomasian, 9, was four-wheeling … Continue reading →
With Single Blow 6-23-07 Chris Everhart (Who happened to be an ex-marine), was camping in the Chatahoochee National Forest, located in Northern Georgia, with his three sons. All was well, until a fifth visitor decided to crash the party … a 300-pound black bear. The bear entered their campsite, rummaged through some stuff, and was heading back to the woods with the family’s cooler, when the youngest of the three sons, 6-year-old Logan, hurled a shovel at the large furry … Continue reading →
Fire spread through a soldiers home on the Fort Campbell Army Base in Kentucky, killing his two young children. His wife was also seriously injured, according to officials. The two children, a 3-year-old girl and a 9-year-old boy were pronounced dead at the base hospital.
Continue reading →An off-duty police officer shot and critically wounded his 18-year-old daughter, after mistaking her for an intruder. The girl had apparently snuck out of their Stratford, Conneticut home to meet a boyfriend. 41 year old police officer Eric Scott was under the impression his daughter was still in the house, when she snuck back in and re-entered the home through the basement. While sneaking back in she triggered a backyard motion sensor light, which awoke her father. Scott went to … Continue reading →
A woman who was baby-sitting her two grandchildren had her throat slit by a home intruder, who then sexually assaulted one of the kids. The mother of the two children returned home at around 12:30 A.M. to find her 59 year old mother dead in the garage, lying in a pool of blood. The intruder, identified as Phillip Zagarella, then barricaded himself inside their West Isle, N.Y. home for 14 hours before shooting himself. Apart from the sexual assault, the … Continue reading →
Stealing Grandma’s Car In Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania, police say an 8-year-old boy took the keys to his grandmother’s 1995 Chevrolet Cavalier from her coat and proceeded to drive the car down an embankment and into a creek. He was able to crawl out a window to safety and escaped without injury. (USA Today, 1-28-2010, 7A) Catch me if you can – the elementary school version In Tacoma, Washington, prosecutors were trying to get a judge to revoke a deferred prosecution … Continue reading →