Canadian 3-year-old only survivor of plane crash
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia  - A three-year-old girl was the sole survivor of a plane crash in Canada's Rocky Mountains, apparently because she was strapped in a child restraint seat, police said on Monday.
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PHUKET, Thailand -- A Swedish toddler was reunited with his weeping father in a Thai hospital yesterday, days after the 18-month-old was found sitting alone on a roadside in the aftermath of the tsunami disaster. The boy's mother is among some 5,000 people still missing in Thailand.
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PORT BLAIR -- A 10-year-old Indian girl survived for four days alone in the jungle, living off berries and coconuts, after the tsunami swept away her family when it smashed into the Andaman and Nicobar islands. "She is very much in shock. She says a few words and goes into silence," said federal lawmaker Manoranjan Bakhta, who described the girl's ...
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A 17-year-old who survived in her car for eight days after it crashed down a ravine has returned home following a complex operation. Her doctors say she should make a full recovery within months.
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A Canadian national was among the 104 people aboard an Afghan jet which crashed in the mountains east of Kabul earlier this week, the Canadian foreign ministry said.
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A pilot who survived the crash of a small plane that killed three passengers was arrested Sunday and charged with manslaughter, authorities said.
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NEW YORK - With quavering voices, parents and grandparents of those killed at the World Trade Center slowly read the names of the victims early Saturday to mark the third anniversary of the attacks that brought down the twin towers.    Moments of silence were observed at 8:46 and 9:03 a.m., the times two planes slammed into the trade center towers on Sept...
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CHICAGO - This was one baby who couldn't wait to land. A 42-year-old woman gave birth to a healthy girl late Wednesday aboard a plane destined for O'Hare International Airport from Mexico, officials said Thursday.
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A California teenager, the only survivor of a plane crash that killed three people, was getting medical treatment in Panama on Wednesday, officials in the country said.
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Astronaut Daniel Tani, orbiting Earth aboard the international space station, learned Wednesday that his mother had died in a car crash, marking what NASA officials believe is the first time a crew member has lost a close family member while in flight.
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PHUKET, Thailand - Robert Borland found himself helpless on the floor of the jet wreckage, his pants in flames, when a passenger in a yellow shirt helped him out onto the wing. He knows nothing else about the man who probably saved his life.
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HALIFAX (CP) - The widow of a Canadian air force pilot killed in the crash of a Bell 412 helicopter two years ago fears more will die unless the tail rotor blades on the popular aircraft are more thoroughly inspected by civilian operators.
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TORONTO (CP) - A nine-year-old boy from Afghanistan who came to Canada to have life-saving surgery was in critical condition after undergoing heart valve surgery Friday.
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PHUKET, Thailand, Sept. 17 -- Stunned by the plane crash, Robert Borland found himself helpless on the floor of the jet with his trousers aflame when a passenger in a yellow shirt helped him out onto the wing. He knows nothing else about the man who probably saved his life.
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A 12-year-old US girl survives a plane crash in Panama which killed a US man, his daughter and the local pilot.
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N.B.C. Sports Chairman and President Dick Ebersol survived a charter plane crash that killed at least two people, NBC said in a statement.
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