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Topic: Horror of horrors!
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Rainbow~
Knowflake Posts: 5927
From: The Little River Indian Reservation
Registered: Jan 2002
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posted September 23, 2005 11:25 AM
 
This is so horrible!  Just heard on the news that a bus full of elderly evacuees from a nursing home in Houston, exploded just south of Dallas! This is so hard to hear, especially knowing how so many of the elders died in nursing homes in Louisiana - waiting for help! These people were getting help and then a freak accident takes their lives in a horrible fire... Prayers for their families.... IP: Logged |
Sun_Scorpion
Knowflake Posts: 1768
From: UK
Registered: Aug 2003
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posted September 23, 2005 11:26 AM
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Rainbow~
Knowflake Posts: 5927
From: The Little River Indian Reservation
Registered: Jan 2002
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posted September 23, 2005 11:38 AM
24 Sunrise Nursing Home Evacuees Killed in Bus Fire Near Dallas
Sept. 23 (Bloomberg) -- A bus evacuating 45 people from a Houston-area Sunrise Senior Living Inc. facility caught fire this morning near Dallas. Two dozen people died, the National Transportation Safety Board said. The charter bus was evacuating 38 residents and six workers from Brighton Gardens of Bellaire, a nursing home about six miles (10 kilometers) southwest of Houston operated by McLean, Virginia-based Sunrise Senior Living, the company said in a statement. The bus was destroyed by fire on Interstate 45 in Wilmer, Texas, about 14 miles south-southeast of Dallas. There may have been multiple explosions on the bus after it caught on fire, fueled by oxygen tanks used by some passengers, WFAA-TV said. ``Sunrise has been devastated by this tragedy,'' Sunrise Chief Executive Officer Paul Klaassen said in a statement faxed to Bloomberg News. ``Our hearts go out to the families and friends of the residents involved in this unfortunate incident.''
The incident happened at about 6:45 a.m. local time, Sunrise said in the statement. The company was contacting family members this morning to inform them of the accident and is working with authorities to determine what caused the fire.
Dallas County Sheriff's Department spokesman Don Peritz didn't return multiple telephone messages left by Bloomberg News seeking further comment. To contact the reporter on this story:
Chris Dolmetsch in New York at cdolmetsch@bloomberg.net. Last Updated: September 23, 2005 11:06 EDT
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Gemini Nymph
Knowflake Posts: 2216
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Registered: Jul 2004
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posted September 23, 2005 01:02 PM
Yes, this is very horrible. There's so many problem going on witht eh evacuation - people runing out of gas, gas station running out of gas (or gouging prices for gas and wtaer), cars overheating after being stuck in traffic in 90+ degree weather. Of course this is truly awful. I suspect becaue many of the eldery person on board were on supplmental oxygen, teh driver was simply trying to get them to their destination before their tanks ran low, and the bus ended up being driven too long in such bad traffic that is seriously overheated. I mean, the drive from Houston to Dallas is about 5 hours *without* traffic - I can only imagine how long that bus had been on the highway when this happen. It's just sickening.IP: Logged |
Bluemoon
Knowflake Posts: 4456
From: Stafford, VA USA
Registered: Feb 2005
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posted September 23, 2005 02:02 PM
Yes, I saw that also. How sad.
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aqua
Knowflake Posts: 2805
From: dreamland
Registered: Jan 2004
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posted September 24, 2005 03:07 AM
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future_uncertain
Knowflake Posts: 2681
From: ohio
Registered: Aug 2004
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posted September 24, 2005 09:51 AM
This is heartbreaking.On TV last night they were talking to a nurse who was there and she said the most horrible part was when she had to console a 90 year-old man after his wife didn't make it off the bus. It really made me stop and think: This couple is 90 years old, the best years in life are behind them, they're just getting through another day. Hurricane comes and they have to evacuate. Seriously, when you're 90 do you want to deal with this? No. You just want to live out your days peacefully. So you get your wife and yourself on the bus and then there's a freak accident and you lose her. The only thing I could think was this isn't how it's supposed to be. When you've made it that far, this isn't how it's supposed to end. *Sorry for my rambling. Sometimes life seems so unfair, but I know it's just life.* IP: Logged |
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