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Emma McMahon and her family were near the end of a line in front of a Safeway supermarket outside Tucson. It was a sunny January Saturday morning and they were waiting to see Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who was hosting an event she called Congress on Your Corner, a chance for constituents to bring questions and concerns.
Emma, then 17, was a senior at Salpointe Catholic High School. She had worked as a page for Giffords in Washington, D.C., but somehow she d never gotten a picture of herself with the congresswoman. That was her goal for the
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Truck Crash Victims Families Call on President-Elect Biden to Make Long-Ignored Truck Safety Reforms a Top Priority
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Truck Safety Coalition crash victim advocates from around the nation today called on President-elect Joe Biden to address the alarming rise in truck crash deaths and injuries over the past 10 years. The 28 families outlined urgently needed government actions that, if implemented, could save thousands of lives.
Effective solutions that could save thousands of lives are readily available but await implementation. What is lacking is effective and committed leadership at the federal agencies responsible for regulating safety – NHTSA and FMCSA. WASHINGTON (PRWEB)
kind of person willing to go with your gut. if you re a rational deliberat deliberating person, you won t. reporter: people that tend to over think things that realize they can get hurt or die are not the people that jump into action in a life or death situation. saving another s life is an incredibly selfless act and we re not all wired this way. luckily they were. they quickly saved countless lives after tackling a heavily articl armed gunman. tackled him, got him to the ground and put him in a choke hold, all three of us started punching him. reporter: back in 2011 moments after gabby giffords was shot, bill badger pounced on the gunman at the same time another by stander hit the shooter with a chair. badger had already been shot and still acted swiftly. i grabbed his left wrist and
deliberating person, you won t. reporter: in other words people who tend to overthink things long enough to realize they could get hurt or even die, are not the ones that jump into action in a life or death situation. saving another s life is an incredibly selfless act and we re not all wired this way. luckily they were. they quickly saved countless lives after tackling a heavily armed gunman on a train from amsterdam to paris in august. tackled him, got him to the ground and put him in a choke hold, all three of us started punching him. reporter: back in 2011 moments after gabby giffords was shot in arizona, bill badger pounced on the gunman at the same time another bystander hit the shooter with a chair. badger had already been shot and still acted swiftly. i grabbed his left wrist and with my right hand i hit him right, you know, between the