Lead Writing Exercise

Five people killed in a plane crash at Kennedy International Airport. 45 passengers and crew members were aboard this flight.

Among these passengers were two Backwater State University professors, John Dumont  and George Johnson. These two were both coming from a conference in New York City, and both professors left the crash uninjured.

Comments

  1. fuglsang says

    Lead is OK, but it needs a verb:

    Five people DIED in a plane crash at Kennedy International Airport THURSDAY. Forty-five passengers and crew members were aboard this flight.

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