National Desk
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NBC EXECUTIVE’S YOUNGEST SON DIES IN PLANE CRASH MONTROSE, Colo. – Moments after surviving a horrific plane crash, Charles Ebersol frantically begged a bystander for help in rescuing his kid brother from the wreckage: “Can you please help get him out?” the 21-year-old was quoted as saying.
Nearby, his father, NBC Sports Chairman Dick Ebersol, sat on the snowy ground amid the billowing smoke and chunks of wreckage, numbly rocking back and forth, according to a tow truck driver who was one of the first to arrive.
The driver’s account came a day after a jet carrying the Ebersols crashed during a snowstorm while taking off from the airport outside this small town 185 miles southwest of Denver. Authorities said yesterday they had removed a body from the wreckage matching that of 14-year-old Edward “Teddy” Ebersol. He was reportedly sitting in the fourth row of the plane when it went down.
Two crewmen also died and another was injured along with the two Ebersols. NBC said in a statement yesterday that Dick and Charlie Ebersol are in stable condition and expected to make a full recovery. The family lives in Litchfield, Conn.
Authorities had no immediate word on the cause of the crash.
– Associated Press
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MAN CHARGED IN HUNTER SLAYINGS IN WISCONSIN HAYWARD, Wis. – A Hmong immigrant accused of gunning down eight fellow deer hunters in the Wisconsin woods was charged yesterday with six counts of murder and two counts of attempted murder.
Chai Vang, 36, of St. Paul, Minn., could get life in prison if convicted in the shootings, which left six people dead and two wounded. Wisconsin does not have a death penalty.
The gunfire broke out November 21 after Mr. Vang was caught trespassing on a hunting platform on some of the victims’ land. In court papers, Mr. Vang, an immigrant from Laos, said that he opened fire after the others took a shot at him first and berated him with racial slurs. But two of the survivors told authorities that Mr. Vang fired the first shot. Mr. Vang is jailed on $2.5 million bail. Funerals for two of the victims were held yesterday.
– Associated Press
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NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH GARAGE COLLAPSES BETHESDA, Md. – A six-story parking garage under construction at the National Institutes of Health partially collapsed yesterday, killing a construction worker, authorities said.
Dogs and cranes had to be used to search for the victim, who was found on the fourth floor, said Pete Piringer, a spokesman for Montgomery County Fire and Rescue. Part of the top two floors of the six-story garage collapsed about 9 a.m. The cause remained under investigation, but NIH officials said they believe a beam slipped and hit one of the floors, causing it to collapse onto the level below.
Construction on the garage began in September 2003. It was due to be finished in March.
– Associated Press
SOUTH
BOTULISM CASES MAY BE RELATED TO BOTOX WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – A couple who underwent Botox injections last week were hospitalized with botulism poisoning, and health officials were attempting to determine whether the injections were to blame.
The man and woman, both in their 50s,were in critical condition Sunday at Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center and were breathing through ventilators, said Dr. Charles Schallop, a neurologist treating them. In New Jersey, Department of Health spokeswoman Gretchen Michael said health officials are monitoring two other patients there who might have botulism. Officials are working with the Florida Department of Health, although no link between the cases has been confirmed, Ms. Michael said.
Ms. Michael would not give any information about the New Jersey patients, including their location or condition. Botulism is a rare and potentially fatal paralytic illness that affects muscles, eyes, limbs, and the respiratory tract. Botox is a derivative of the botulism toxin that is used as a muscle relaxant and an anti-wrinkle drug. Dr. Schallop said he suspects both couples might have received the illness from either contaminated doses of Botox or some other drug.
Officials at Allergan Inc., the company that makes Botox, said they are now working with authorities to determine whether its products were sent to the Florida clinic. Company officials pointed out that just seven people in the 1990s had serious side effects from Botox injections.
– Associated Press