These 2 Pups Keep Airplanes Safe by Doing What They Love: Chasing Birds. two canines in West Virginia are actually keeping people safe while performing the same task. Border collies Hercules and Ned serve as team members at the West Virginia International Yeager Airport in Charleston. Their primary objective? To chase away animals that could collide with aircraft. ​ Per the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, birds and other wildlife strikes cause over $900 million in damage to civil and military aircraft each year. These collisions can also be fatal: Since 1988, more than 250 people have been killed globally because of them. Together with their handler and the airport’s wildlife specialist, Chris Keyser, Hercules and Ned help reduce the chances of these dangerous instances occurring. ​ The duo drives off deer, geese, starlings, killdeer, and other critters during regularly scheduled rounds, or after Keyser receives communication from airport traffic control towers regarding any wildlife near the taxiways. ​ “I like making a difference here at the airport, keeping people safe who are flying in and out of here — and especially when somebody’s in a terminal and might be sad — or just putting a smile on everybody’s face, It makes me feel good, and it makes these dogs feel good too, because it makes them feel special.

April 16th, 2007 Virginia Tech shooting leaves 32 dead. On April 16, 2007, 32 people died after being gunned down on the campus of Virginia Tech by Seung-Hui Cho, a student at the college who later died by suicide. The Virginia Tech shooting began around 7:15 a.m., when Cho, a 23-year-old senior and English major at Blacksburg-based Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, shot a female freshman and a male resident assistant in a campus dormitory before fleeing the building. Police were soon on the scene; unaware of the gunman’s identity, they initially pursued the female victim’s boyfriend as a suspect in what they believed to be an isolated domestic-violence incident. However, at around 9:40 a.m., Cho, armed with a 9-millimeter handgun, a 22-caliber handgun and hundreds of rounds of ammunition, entered a classroom building, chained and locked several main doors and went from room to room shooting people. Approximately 10 minutes after the rampage began, he died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The attack left 32 people dead and more than a dozen wounded. In all, 27 students and five faculty members died in the massacre. Two days later, on April 18, NBC News received a package of materials from Cho with a timestamp indicating he had mailed it from a Virginia post office between the first and second shooting attacks. Contained in the package were photos of a gun-wielding Cho, along with a rambling video diatribe in which he ranted about wealthy “brats,” among other topics. In the aftermath of the Virginia Tech shooting, authorities found no evidence that Cho, who was born in South Korea and moved to America with his family in 1992, had specifically targeted any of his victims. The public soon learned that Cho, described by students as a loner who rarely spoke to anyone, had a history of mental health problems. It was also revealed that angry, violent writings Cho made for certain class assignments had raised concern among some of his professors and fellow students well before the events of April 16. In 2011, Virginia Tech was fined by the U.S. Department of Education for failing to issue a prompt campus-wide warning after Cho shot his first two victims. #Crime, #Virginia, #Shooting,

1998, A school shooting in Jonesboro, Arkansas, kills five. Mitchell Johnson, 13, and Andrew Golden, 11, shoot their classmates and teachers in Jonesboro, Arkansas on March 24, 1998. Golden, the younger of the two boys, asked to be excused from his class, pulled a fire alarm and then ran to join Johnson in a wooded area 100 yards away from the school’s gym. As the students streamed out of the building, Johnson and Golden opened fire and killed four students and a teacher. Ten other children were wounded. The two boys were caught soon afterward. In their possession were thirteen fully loaded firearms, including three semi-automatic rifles, and 200 rounds of ammunition. Their stolen van had a stockpile of supplies as well as a crossbow and several hunting knives. All of the weapons were taken from the Golden family’s personal arsenal. Both of the boys had been raised around guns. Andrew Golden belonged to a local gun club and sometimes competed in shooting contests. Because Johnson and Golden were thirteen and eleven, they could not be charged as adults in Arkansas. They were both adjudicated as delinquent and sent to reform institutes. They were to be released when they turned 18, as they could legally no longer be housed with minors, but Arkansas bought a facility in 1999 that enabled the state to keep the boys in custody until their 21st birthdays. Johnson was freed in 2005, but later returned to prison for other charges; Golden was released in 2007 and died in 2019. Arkansas changed its laws following the Jonesboro tragedy so that child murderers can be imprisoned past age 21. #TrueCrime, #Murder, #Prison,

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She Didn't Count on Her Town's Archaic Rules. Cathy always loved the idea of owning her own bed and breakfast by the shore. After her husband passed away, she found a note he left for her, encouraging her to follow her dream even though he couldn't share it with her. He had taken out extra life insurance just to surprise her with one final gift, and she invested it in a beautiful Victorian mansion overlooking the beach. She didn't count on her town's archaic rules to make life so difficult in that first year. Even though she enjoyed a pretty strong business during the summer, her town council demanded that she provide security for the part of the beach adjacent to her property. At first, she hired some guards to roam the premises, but it was hard for them to do their job with the town's light ordinance in place -- no lights on the beach after 11p.m. And she certainly couldn't afford to keep two people on staff year round. Wayne, a sympathetic alderman, dropped by for tea one afternoon and shared a little secret. Cathy didn't have to actually patrol the grounds the entire time. He showed her the dummy camera he used at the campground he owned - a discreet little device that mounted unobtrusively on the side of a building. Wayne's suggestion worked wonders. Cathy could cut back on her overtime payments, and her security team enjoyed a little more sleep. Dedicated to your Peace of Mind & Real Security, https://armyourself.us PS: Every business owner knows he needs security. From employees who steal from him, customers who shoplift and thieves who break in. Most people are "under-protected" and admit that "they ought to buy these products unfortunately after it’s too late. Don’t let that happen to you.

Never Be Caught Off Guard. Camping at the White Mountain National Forest in New Hampshire was meant to be a simple three-day weekend. Jennifer was supposed to just camp out with friends, work on her book, and then go back home in Seattle. Somehow, everything spiraled out of control. How could she get lost when there were supposed to be over 800 campsites there? Jen was on her way home when she stumbled down a hill. She was knocked unconscious and woke up only a few hours later, just before the sun was setting. When she looked around, she realized she lost most of her gear. Luckily, she kept her Survival Kit on her at all times. It contained everything she needed to survive on the trek back to the campgrounds where there would be people and medical aid. First, she needed to eat. Her Survival Kit had a survival multi took with a knife, fire starter, and gauze so she immediately set out to build a fire. Night was coming, and she needed the warmth. With fire, she was able to hole up for the night underneath a large tree. Before nodding off, she made sure to check her compass to see which direction to go. When dawn came, she had the strength to trek back south to the entrance. She probably would not have made it without her Survival Kit, succumbing the cold. Dedicated to your Peace of Mind & Real Security, PS: Every business owner knows he needs security. From employees who steal from him, customers who shoplift and thieves who break in. Most people are "under-protected" and admit that "they ought to buy these products unfortunately after it’s too late. Don’t let that happen to you. #armyourself