GOOD EVENING
STORY I – A PASSENGER JET HAS GONE DOWN INTO RESIDENTIAL OHIO KILLING SEVEN.
POLICE CONFIRM THAT ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON, A SMALL PLANE CRASHED INTO A SMALL COMMUNITY WITHIN AKRON, OHIO. FROM THE INCIDENT, SEVEN OF THE NINE PEOPLE ON THE PLANE PERISHED.
THE JET CRASHED INTO AN APARTMENT COMPLEX, WHICH IGNITED A MASS AMOUNT OF FLAMES. THE JET ALSO CLIPPED MULTIPLE TELEPHONE WIRES BEFORE IT HIT THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING.
LISA STROCHEIN (STRO – SHEN), AN EXPEREIENCED PILOT FOR SKYWEST AIRLINES, GAVE HER THOUGHTS FOR THE PLANE MALFUNCTION.
“THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLYING AT A LOW ALTITUDE AND BANKED LEFT JUST BEFORE THE CRASH, SO ITS HIGHLY PROBABLE THERE WAS A MECHANICAL ISSUE.”
SUZANNE LUX, A FLIGHT ATTENDANT FOR SKYWEST AIRLINES HAD A FEELING THE WEATHER PLAYED A LARGE PART IN THE DISASTER.
“IT’S VERY PROPABLE THAT THE WEATHER COMPLICATED THE FLIGHT, LEAVING THEM STRUGGLING TO MAINTAIN THE AIRCRAFT. WHEN THERE IS POOR VISIBLIITY THIS COULD CAUSE THEM TO BE FLYING TOO LOW AND CLIP THE [TELEPHONE] WIRES BY ACCIDENT”.
THE PLANE WAS OWNED AND OPERATED BY PEBB ENTERPRISES; A REAL ESTATE COMPANY OUT OF FLORIDA. WORKERS FOR PEBB WERE HEADED TO AKRON, OHIO TO SURVEY REAL ESTATE IN THE AREA
Story II – SPORTS HISTORY WAS MADE AT MORNINGSIDE LAST WEEK.
FOR THE FIRST TIME, BOTH THE MEN AND WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY TEAM ARE HEADED TO NATIONALS.
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CAME JUST DAYS AFTER THE GPAC CHAMPIONSHIP MEET LAST SATURDAY IN CRETE, NEBRASKA.
MORNINGSIDE JUNIOR TIFFANY SHEPARD LED THE MUSTANG WOMEN TO A SECOND PLACE FINISH IN THE GPAC WHILE MARK ABRAMS PACED THE MEN TO A THIRD PLACE FINISH. MARIAH WILLS, A JUNIOR WHO WAS A PART OF THE CONFERENCE TEAM, GAVE HER THOUGHTS.
“AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR NOT MANY PEOPLE THOUGHT WE WERE ACTUALLY GOING TO MAKE IT, AND NOW WE’RE ON OUR WAY TO NATIONALS!”
THE MEN’S TEAM CAME TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP MEET WITH THE PRESSURE OF TWO FIRST PLACE FINISHES THE LAST TWO YEARS. IN 2013, THE MEN NARROWLY BEAT OUT CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY, AND IN 2014 THE TEAM WON THE MEET BY OVER 20 POINTS.
WHILE BOTH NEBRASKA WESLYAN UNIVERSITY AND NORTHWESTERN COLLEGE BEAT OUT MORNINGSIDE MEN IN THE TEAM STANDINGS, THE TEAM STILL HAD HOPE. TONY PATTON, A FRESHMAN STANDOUT, WAS ABLE TO WITNESS THE MEN’S PERFORMANCE IN CRETE.
“IT WAS EXCITING! WE HAD A BIG STUDENT SECTION THERE AND WE WERE MAKING A LOT OF NOISE.”
WHEN THE RANKINGS CAME OUT, PATTON WAS ELATED.
“IT’S A PRETTY BIG DEAL, WE’RE LIKE FAMILY ON THIS TEAM. WHEN ONE OF US HAS SUCCESS, WE ALL HAVE SUCCESS. I’M REALLY PROUD OF THE GUYS THAT MADE IT, AND I’M EXCITED TO SEE WHAT THEY CAN DO.”
MORNINGSIDE WOMEN ENTER THE MEET AT 20th IN THE NATION WITH MEN RANKED 21th. THE NATIONAL MEET WILL BE TAKING PLACE AT MCALPINE CREEK PARK IN CHAROLETTE, NORTH CAROLINA ON NOVEMBER 21ST, 2015.