European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 9, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pages stars and stripes july 2007 in the states Helo plunges into Hudson River 8 rescued by Samantha Gross the associated press new York a helicopter on a sightseeing tour of Manhattan made an emergency Landing in the Hudson River on saturday of leaving All eight people aboard drenched but not seriously authorities the seven passengers and a Pilot were pulled from the Waters Between Manhattan and new Jer sey by two Good Samaritan ves Sels As smoke poured from the Bobbing it appeared the helicopter had engine trouble before it went passengers the Pilot deployed yellow emergency floats and made a controlled land authorities the propellers were but the which was owned by Liberty did not appear badly according to Federal aviation administration spokeswoman Holly Tom Rescue vessels flank a helicopter after it crashed into the Hudson River about 50 Yards North of the Lincoln Tunnel on saturday in new eight including the were rescued from the Waters by two Good Samaritan authorities among the passengers to emerge unscathed was 21yearold Jose a new York fire department emergency medical technician who helped his Zaira and others exit the air All eight people donned life jackets and were in the water for less than five minutes before rescuers said fire depart ment spokesman Craig As the eight were pulled to Safe a passenger ferry crammed with onlookers hovered it was really scary because i dont know How to swim and i just jumped into the water without wildfires spread 1 killed in the associated press Sioux a Blaze in southwestern South Dakota killed one person and destroyed 20 Homes and hundreds of people have evacuated Homes in the paths of fires in Nevada and Washington residents of about 50 Homes had fled the wildfire burning near hot Springs that also had injured two state and Federal officials roughly 8 Square Miles had burned since the fire started sat the wildfire in Northern Nevada was threatening up to eight blocks of Homes in the town of about 170 Miles East of its right up to the South Edge of said Bureau of land management spokesman Jamie the fire definitely poses a danger to parts of the the Utah Highway patrol on sunday reopened a 100mile stretch of interstate 15 and 25 Miles of 170 that were closed when a 250squaremile fire jumped the highways and filled the air with dense poor visibility was blamed for several Acci including a motorcycle crash that killed two other Western fires blackened the landscape in Idaho and the largest Nevada fire had blackened 36 Square or along the Idaho state said Mike a spokesman for the Bureau of land it was 10 percent contained officials another fire blackened 11 Square or Dan p los Angeles county firefighters Battle a Brush fire near Santa on about five Miles Southwest of it destroyed two Mobile Homes and several smaller Struc and closed a Section of interstate 80 for six hours during the fire information officer tra Cie Winfrey High wind in Central Washington state during the night spread a Brush fire that threatened Homes out Side by sunday 250 to 270 Homes had been evacuated and More were under at least three outbuildings were the fire in Central Utah had swept across parts of two charring an estimated or 250 Square fire information officer Lacee Bartholomew divers search for Rafter in swollen Texas River the associated press Dallas a few showers re turned to parts of waterlogged Texas on sunday As divers resumed searching the swollen Trinity River for a Man missing since his raft teams on the Trinity had shifted their work from a Rescue mis Sion to a search for the body of the 26yearold fort Worth fire department spokesman Kent Worley he described the missing Man and a 23yearold who swam upstream to As inexperienced rafters who made a major mistake by venturing onto the flooding River on at least 16 deaths have been blamed on storms and flooding that have plagued Texas since Early Rivers in Oklahoma and Kan Sas have been receding from record flood revealing Mil Lions of dollars in damage to thou Sands of Homes and in addition to the or so dam aged in on president Bush is sued a Federal disaster Declara Tion for freeing Feder Al funds to Aid two counties rav aged by the having my life Vest Machado the rescuers passed the eight to coast guard who re turned them to Shore for medical Mosia there were no serious the coast guard the Faa planned to invest Baker Liberty which runs sightseeing excursions around the statue of Ellis Island and said it had no for most lib erty passengers pay Between and per person for rides last ing two to 17 officials said the Craft had not been privately the a eur copter took off from a heliport on manhattans West Side shortly before 5 Baker by the helicopter still afloat on its pontoons was secured to a new Jersey the coast guard in a 43yearold Man and his 11yearold son were rescued from a sinking seaplane saturday after it flipped while Landing on the James authorities it appeared that one of the planes pontoons clipped a wave while coming police bus Drivers on strike for second Day Santa bus Drivers in Southern californian Orange county struck for a second Day sunday and their stalled contract talks threaten the weekday commutes of hundreds of frustrated riders waited for buses that never showed saturday just after the Drivers started their Orange county transportation authority expected less disruption on the when ridership is about half of the daily much delayed asteroid Mission postponed Cape a much postponed launch of a space Craft meant to explore two of the solar systems largest asteroids has been delayed this time until Nasa didst want the launch of the Dawn which had Al ready been delayed until july to conflict with preparations for the August launches of the space shuttle endeavour and a Mars Lander said Nasa spokesman George from the associated press your me Here show your love giant stuffed 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