Polish President Plane Crash

It is a sad day to know that the president of Polish Lech Kaczynski had died in an airplane which was carrying the other 95 military leaders and civilian leaders. All of them are dead in the Polish government Tupolev Tu-154 aircraft that crashed near Smolensk airport.

Many of the passengers are key persons and VIPs of government offices and bank officials, and his wife was also with him. It is such a loss for the whole country of Poland.

President Obama sent his deepest condolence to the family of Lech Kaczynski.

The ministry of the Russian emergency dept said,

“We still cannot fully understand the scope of this tragedy and what it means for us in the future. Nothing like this has ever happened in Poland,” Paszkowski said. “We can assume with great certainty that all persons on board have been killed.”

It was told that the plane was making a landing in the thick fog at western Russia, where the delegates were to attend an events marking the 70th anniversary of the massacre of thousands of Polish officers by Soviet secret police.

There was a rumor about the death of all the 96 members onboard is a conspiracy, and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin personally assumed charge of the investigation.

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Earthquake chicago

US Geological Survey reported an earthquake measuring at 4.3 magnitude had hit northern Illinois in the morning of Wednesday.

No report on any damage or losses in this quake. However, the area residents was feeling the tremor and mild shake causing hanging lights waving.

The residents were reminded of 2008 incident where the earthquake struck the southeast of Illinois. Although it’s small, it set off alarms, woke up people in their sleep , knock books off the shelves but no serious injuries reported. So far, no immediate reports of aftershocks.

Sarah Evans, 29, described the situation,

“I popped out of bed,” she said. “I felt extreme shaking. I shook my husband, and said, ‘Oh my God, I think it was an earthquake.’” She said the dogs didn’t bark but it seemed as if everything in her 100-year-old single-family home was shaking, as if a train was roaring by.

According to reports, southern region of Wisconsin was also feeling the trembling.

“This is not a very seismically active area,” Ms. Vaughan said. “We don’t know what fault system this is, but there are faults everywhere throughout the world that can slip at any given time.”

Earthquakes have been everywhere around the world in these few years, and it seems like it is not ceasing.

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Discovery middle school shooting

Be informed for the news conference at 4:30pm as police and city leaders in Madison, AL will be discussing on the detail of the Discovery middle school shooting incident.

The venue of the conference is Madison Fire Station 2, a witness LaTisha King said the incident involved ninth grade student shot at another same grade student. The victim was sent to the Huntsville Hospital in an ambulance. Police had caught the shooter and in custody.

It was told by the Madison County Sheriff Department that the student was shot in the head at the ninth grade hallway which happened on Friday noon,

The firefigthers were on the scene in few minutes after the incident happened while police was setup the perimeter and their quick response was applauded by Madison Education Superintendant

The school was on lock down until the preliminary investigation was completed and students were released at 2:30pm.

Investigation is still in progress.

P/S: This incident was all too common nowadays especially involving young students and dispute among them. It’s just too dangerous, that the weapon of self defense lying around the house.

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