10-Year Old Boy Dies Of Dry Drowning In South Carolina
June 9, 2008
Washington (dbTechno) - A 10-year old boy, Johnny Jackson from South Carolina died at his home on Sunday from what is called dry drowning. This was more than a full hour after he went swimming.
The boy was swimming and then proceeded to walk back home with his mother.
After returning home, Jackson cleaned up in the bath and then went to bed. The mother later found his face in what was described as a spongy white material. She made her story public to NBC News on the TODAY Show.
Johnny Jackson has no signs of any problems following the swimming, but apparently must have gotten water in his lungs.
3,600 Americans died in 2005 from drowning, with a very small percentage dying hours later due to water entering the respiratory system, according to the CDC.
By the time the mother rushed him to the hospital, it was too late.
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Fox News worker sues over bedbugs in NY office
Fox News worker sues over bedbugs in NY office
Big Baby
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Fox News employee who says she suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder after being bitten by bedbugs at work filed a lawsuit on Thursday against the owner of the Manhattan office tower where she worked.
Jane Clark, 37, a 12-year veteran of Fox News, a unit of News Corp, said she complained to human resources after being bitten three times between October 2007 and April 2008. She said she was ridiculed and the office was not treated for months.
Beacon Capital Partners, which owns the tower in midtown Manhattan, said in a statement that it had not been made aware of the problem and that it was the responsibility of tenants to manage infestations.
"As a prudent step, we are bringing in outside, independent experts to review the situation," the statement said.
The suit did not say how much Clark was seeking in damages.
Clark, who says she's been diagnosed with PTSD and can no longer work, has filed a separate workers compensation claim with News Corp, and the company is paying her medical bills and lost wages. A News Corp spokeswoman declined to comment because News Corp was not named in the lawsuit.
"They made a lot of mistakes," Clark said through tears at a news conference at the office of her lawyer, Alan Schnurman, who said he has brought numerous bedbug cases.
"I didn't want my baby to get bitten. I was terrified of bringing it home," Clark said.
She said she believed a colleague who used her workstation on weekends, and who no longer works for Fox News, brought the infestation to the office. Clark's home was never infested.
Clark says she suffers nightmares and keeps a flashlight at her bedside so she can check for bugs during the night.
"It's their obligation to the working public to provide a safe environment," Schnurman said.
(Reporting by Edith Honan; editing by Mohammad Zargham)
Big Baby
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Fox News employee who says she suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder after being bitten by bedbugs at work filed a lawsuit on Thursday against the owner of the Manhattan office tower where she worked.
Jane Clark, 37, a 12-year veteran of Fox News, a unit of News Corp, said she complained to human resources after being bitten three times between October 2007 and April 2008. She said she was ridiculed and the office was not treated for months.
Beacon Capital Partners, which owns the tower in midtown Manhattan, said in a statement that it had not been made aware of the problem and that it was the responsibility of tenants to manage infestations.
"As a prudent step, we are bringing in outside, independent experts to review the situation," the statement said.
The suit did not say how much Clark was seeking in damages.
Clark, who says she's been diagnosed with PTSD and can no longer work, has filed a separate workers compensation claim with News Corp, and the company is paying her medical bills and lost wages. A News Corp spokeswoman declined to comment because News Corp was not named in the lawsuit.
"They made a lot of mistakes," Clark said through tears at a news conference at the office of her lawyer, Alan Schnurman, who said he has brought numerous bedbug cases.
"I didn't want my baby to get bitten. I was terrified of bringing it home," Clark said.
She said she believed a colleague who used her workstation on weekends, and who no longer works for Fox News, brought the infestation to the office. Clark's home was never infested.
Clark says she suffers nightmares and keeps a flashlight at her bedside so she can check for bugs during the night.
"It's their obligation to the working public to provide a safe environment," Schnurman said.
(Reporting by Edith Honan; editing by Mohammad Zargham)
Series of small quakes rattle Inland region
Series of small quakes rattle Inland region
A magnitude 3.2 earthquake, followed by a pair of 2.7 temblors, struck late Sunday night in the Redlands area, according to the Southern California Seismic Network.
The first earthquake struck at 10:13 p.m. about 3 miles southeast of Redlands and 6 miles west of Yucaipa, according to a preliminary report on the network's Web site. The next two were recorded at 10:28 and 10:30 p.m., respectively. The survey is a joint effort of the U.S. Geological Survey and the Caltech Seismological Laboratory.
The San Bernardino County Fire Department, which dispatches for the Redlands area, had not received any calls of damage after the first temblor, dispatch Supervisor Tom Barnes said.
--Dan Lee
dlee@PE.com
A magnitude 3.2 earthquake, followed by a pair of 2.7 temblors, struck late Sunday night in the Redlands area, according to the Southern California Seismic Network.
The first earthquake struck at 10:13 p.m. about 3 miles southeast of Redlands and 6 miles west of Yucaipa, according to a preliminary report on the network's Web site. The next two were recorded at 10:28 and 10:30 p.m., respectively. The survey is a joint effort of the U.S. Geological Survey and the Caltech Seismological Laboratory.
The San Bernardino County Fire Department, which dispatches for the Redlands area, had not received any calls of damage after the first temblor, dispatch Supervisor Tom Barnes said.
--Dan Lee
dlee@PE.com
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