Ky. crash survivor undergoes operation
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The co-pilot who survived the crash of Comair Flight 5191 underwent another operation Wednesday and could be released in a few days, a hospital spokesman said.
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Braving queasy stomachs, a team of French doctors took to the skies Wednesday for the first operation on a human being in zero-gravity conditions, removing a cyst from the arm of a man as the aircraft soared and dived to create weightlessness.
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BURLINGTON, Vt. -- One of the pilots of the plane owned by Hendrick Motorsports NASCAR team that crashed in Virginia was a Vermont native and the brother of Vermont state Rep. John Tracy.
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On the military plane that crossed the ocean at night, the wounded lay in stretchers stacked three high. The drone of engines was broken by the occasional sound of moaning. Sedated and sleeping, Pfc. Joshua Calloway was at the top of one stack last September. Unlike the others around him, Callowa...
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Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro went into surgery Sunday to determine the extent of &quot;life-threatening injuries&quot; after the colt broke three bones above and below his right rear ankle at the start of the Preakness Stakes.
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NTSB and Rescue personnel work at the crash site of the Hendrick Motorsport plane on bull Mountain in Patrick Springs, Va., Monday, Oct. 24, 2004.
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BALTIMORE Sept. 23, 2004 - A twin who survived a surgical separation from her sister last week was in critical but stable condition Thursday after hours of reconstructive surgery on her head and scalp.
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LEXINGTON, Ky., Aug. 29 -- An air-traffic controller working alone cleared a Comair regional jet to take off and then turned his back, not seeing the plane head down the wrong runway and crash, killing 49 people in the worst U.S. aviation accident in nearly five years, authorities said Tuesday.
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Five survivors of a bus crash which killed nine Britons in Jordan are to be airlifted to another hospital on Friday.
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Kentucky now has its second confirmed case of a human with the West Nile virus. A McCracken County resident is recovering, WLKY NewsChannel 32 reported Tuesday.
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One passenger being treated in hospital for lacerations to his arm and back after the rail crash tells his story.
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FORT ERIE, Ontario  - After nearly two years in Canada, U.S. Army deserter Darrell Anderson rode over the Peace Bridge into New York state on Saturday and headed for Kentucky where he will turn himself in to military authorities, he said.
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Democratic Sen. Tim Johnson remained in critical condition but was described as recovering and holding his wife's hand Thursday after emergency overnight surgery to repair bleeding inside his brain.
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The hoopla is normally reserved for the highest dignitaries. When Brooke Ellison took her first flight, she was greeted by two fire trucks on either side of the plane spraying an arc of water over it. Ellison's flight Friday was no small feat: She has been paralyzed from the neck down since being hit by a car in 1990.
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By Erin Richards, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel  Jun. 17--With his sister-in-law in critical condition after an April motorcycle crash in Muskego, Steve Whittow realized watching a loved one battle for life also brings communication difficulties.
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A Democratic senator is continuing to recover following emergency brain surgery last week, a party leader said, as the Democrats' newly-won control of Congress remained at stake.
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LEXINGTON, Ky., Aug. 28 -- An Atlanta-bound Comair regional jet that crashed early Sunday, killing 49 passengers and crew members, never left the ground before slamming into a berm about 265 feet off the end of a short runway, authorities said Monday night.