Army colonel rick reskorla who gave his life on 9 11. Rick earned the silver star and the purple heart for his service in vietnam. He later became the Vice President for security at Morgan Stanley in the world center. On the day of the attack, rick died while leading countless others to safety. His selfless actions saved approximately 2700 lives. Today im honored to announce that we will soon be awarding the late rick reskorla the president ial citizens medal for his extraordinary sacrifice. Though rick has left this earth, we will ensure that the memory of his deeds will never ever be forgotten. His memory will forever endure. Thank you. Thank you, rick. Thank you, rick. [ applause ] thank you, rick. Here on the western side of the pentagon, we saw brave men and women rush into the fire and race into the scorching flames to rescue their colleagues. When evil seeks to do us harm, the incredible men and women of the United States military answer with unyielding valor and unstoppable res
View from our tower cam this morning. Patchy ice on sidewalks. Watch out for that on the sleet and icing. A little bit of snow in the afternoon. A greater chance for accumulating snow coming in on thursday. Look at the drive time forecast coming up at 6 11. Speaking of driving this morning. We have a breaking backup. Big backup now southbound bw parkway as you approach the beltway. Chopper 4 over the scene now. Take a look at this. All the headlights headed southbound. We have a four mile back up from a crash that cleared out of the way. The delays remain. We pushed it out on the nbc washington app and tweeting as well. A mess. Take 95 as alternate. Brunswick signal problems on almost all the lines this morning. Running up to 10 minutes behind. A warning there. New crash that popped up 295 northbound at bedding road and one down south at four seasons drive. Just got a report of that accident. Wide look at things overall. No major problems into town and out of town. You can see the bw p
Restaurants slammed for ‘hardline stance’ against healthy options
Article by May 20, 2021
Major fast-food restaurants are reluctant to cooperate with health and medical authorities in the drive to get Barbadians to eat healthily and operators have outright refused to pivot to any healthier options, officials said Wednesday.
The officials now suggest it’s time for policymakers to step in, saying that education alone is insufficient to change tastes and stem their impact.
Even as they continue to push for stronger nutritional benefits to be included in local meals as the epidemic of non-communicable diseases (NCDs sky rockets, the officials expressed frustration with the restaurants’ resistance.