It was like bowling. Hitting people. We have a car running people over. Four two and seven. Northbound on 7th avenue, running people over. The car got to 45 lt street after leaving three blocks of casualties in its wake. A tourist from michigan just 18 years old was killed, at least 22 others were injured. People on the walk, all the way from 42nd to 45th, scrapes and bruises, and most people were unconscious. Traffic at that point said get him, get him, so i ran toward him and i tackled him down and the officer assisted me. Similarities between this and terrorists attacks using cars in crowded places in similar, but there is no indication this was an act of terror. That video was incredible. Happening now, conditions across the Southern Plains are just right for forming tornadoes. At least two of them touched down in oklahoma and one in northwest texas. And schools were let out early as the storm danger was growing there. There have been more than three dozen reported tornadoes since
So drop by and seize the savings walgreens. At the corner of happy and healthy. If you have an image in your head for general Douglas Macarthur, its probably this one, right . The iconic hat, the awesome sunglasses, before biden, right . Douglas macarthurs sunglasses, obviously the giant Corn Cob Pipe when he was the commanding general for u. S. Troops in the korean war china sent hundreds of thousands of chinese troops over the border into north korea to help the communist side in the korean fight and general Douglas Macarthur went to President Truman when that happened and he told President Truman that he wanted the United States to wage war on china in response. This is how the defense contractor, fat leonard, bribed officers of the u. S. Navys seventh fleet. In exchange those officers would allegedly give him classified information about the movement of u. S. Navy ships and confidenti Confidential Information about other contractors that fat leonard would use to undercut them so he
Lead their own International Boycott of the United States hosting the Olympic Games as retaliation for what happened to them in 1980. But the United States had, again, led a coalition of 65 countries for the boycott of moscow. The sovietnion sically just got themselves and their little sphere of influence in the eastern block. It was 14 countries in total, including the soviet union that boycotted l. A. In 1984. But that weird period in olympic history had one legacy for right now thats turning out to be sort of interesting. That the moscow olympics, that moscow olympic adventure with that weird International Intrigue around it in 1980, that was the last time russia gotten a olympics for a very, very long time. For a generation. Fast forward to 2007. July, 2007, the International Olympic committee met in this city, in lovely Guatemala City in guatemala to make a decision about who would get the winter Olympic Games in 2014. As you can see, Guatemala City is lovely, kcosmopolitan place.
Commanding general for u. S. Troops in the korean war, china sent hundreds of thousands of chinese troops over their border into north korea to help the communist side in the korean fight. And general Douglas Macarthur went to president truman when that happened and he told president truman that he wanted the United States to wage war on china in response. He wanted to start bombing china, and quite famously, president truman fired him for that. Fired him. Removed him. That was a big hairy political deal at the time because General Macarthur was really, really popular. He was so popular they threw parades in his honor when he came home from being fired. Youve seen this footage. Some of the most iconic footage of gigantic ticker tape parades in the canyon of heroes in new york city is from the enormous parade that new york threw for Douglas Macarthur after he got fired by the president. Literally millions of people turned out in tribute to him after he got fired. Macarthur was really, r
Response. He wanted to start bombing china and quite famously president truman fired him for that. Fired him. Removed him. That was a big hairy political deal at the time because General Macarthur was really, really popular. He was so popular they threw parades in his honor when he came home from being fired youve seen this footage. Some of the most iconic footage of ticker tape parades is from the enormous parade that new york threw for Douglas Macarthur after he got fired by the president. Literally millions of people turned out in tribute to him after he got fired. Macarthur was really, really, really popular even thoughe maybe want to start world war iii. All the legends about Douglas Macarthur were larger than life. In world war ii when he was ordered to leave the philippines during the fight against the japanese Douglas Macarthur famously said when he was leaving i shall return. And two years later he did come back. He waded assure on leyte island and he said i have returned. Qui