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Yahoo
6 days ago
- General
- Yahoo
Cops dramatically rescue three men left treading water in darkness after their plane crashed off Florida coast
New video shows the moment rescuers saved three men after they were left treading water when their plane crashed along Florida's Treasure Coast last weekend. Officials received a distress call at 8.24 p.m. Sunday from a single-seated Cessna 172 Skyhawk as it plunged into the waters off Vero Beach after the pilot reported engine issues. The aircraft took off from Flagler Executive Airport in Palm Coast, 150 miles to the north, just before 7 p.m. The alert sparked a multi-agency search and rescue mission. It was the Indian River County Sheriff's Office helicopter, 'Hawk,' that found the three in the water using its thermal imaging and infrared cameras. Sheriff Eric Flowers said in a press conference Monday that the helicopter pilots were unable to find any visible debris from the crash, describing the rescue mission like 'looking for a needle in a haystack' in the middle of the ocean. Instead of debris, Flowers said that helicopter pilot Deputy Jonathan Lozada eventually noticed 'three heads bobbing in the water' around 8.45 p.m. Lozada told the media that conditions were stacked against the rescue teams. 'It was very dark out there,' he said in a press conference Monday. 'Even though we have night vision goggles, we're still very limited on visibility. So for us to be able to go that far offshore, it's just unsafe for us.' Lozada said the three passengers might never have been found if more time had elapsed. At around 9:50 p.m. Sunday, officials from the Air and Marine Operations, an operational component of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, found two survivors in the water, the agency said. 'Coast Guard, Coast Guard, you have two that you're in contact with. There is one more at about your 11 o'clock. He's drifting off by himself,' one of the helicopter pilots said in a video of the rescue shared by the sheriff's office on Facebook. The third man was pulled out of the water shortly after he was spotted. Bodycam footage from an Air and Marine Operations agent showed the moment one of the survivors was assisted up to the boat using a rope. The man, who later identified himself as the pilot, stated that only three people had been on board the plane. 'We have three,' he said. 'We are three.' Flowers said that the pilot appeared to be in the worst condition and in the most distress. The man was recorded screaming as he was transferred to the Coast Guard 45-foot vessel for Emergency Medical Technician evaluation after complaining of 'severe rib pain,' according to the CBP. All three survivors were taken to Coast Guard Station Fort Pierce for further medical treatment. The sheriff's office said the victims are in stable condition. Assistant Fire Chief Steve Greer of Indian River County Fire Rescue said that the three survivors attempted to swim to shore. The National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) are investigating the cause of the crash. A preliminary crash report was expected to be available on Tuesday. The plane was headed for Vero Beach Municipal Airport and had been due to land around 8:30 p.m. local time.
Yahoo
09-05-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Controversial bill limiting mobile medical services in Kensington creates heated debate in City Council
The Brief A controversial City Council bill has passed to limit mobile medical and outreach services in Kensington. The sponsor of the bill argues that it will protect residents while opponents say it hurts the vulnerable. CENTER CITY - Philadelphia has passed a bill placing limits on the treatment of opioid users in the troubled Kensington section of the city. Big picture view On the 4th Floor of City Hall, elementary school students from Kensington stood with signs just outside City Council Chambers. They are there in support of a controversial bill to limit where and when treatment is provided to the addicted on the streets where they live. Andrikson De Leon is in the fifth grade. He said, "Yes, I do see them around the corner store and the school. Basically, I see they live there, and I feel bad for them." The students, from the Gloria Casarez School, snapped a picture with City Council Member Quetcy Lozada, the sponsor of the bill, who argues it protects the residents of Kensington. She told FOX 29, "I think we're doing the right thing. We heard from children what they see every day impacts their mental health. They need to be able to learn, to grow in their own community. We have to do something different." What we know Under the legislation, mobile providers treating opioid use, offering HIV testing and related treatments are limited to a city lot near a building along the 200 block of East Lehigh. Similar services will be allowed near the epicenter of the opioid epidemic, Kensington Avenue and F Street, but only during the hours of 11 at night until 6 in the morning. What they're saying Carmen Ortiz is a resident of the Kensington area. She said, during public testimony, "No one should feel fear or discomfort in the place they call home." The legislation drew heated opposition from those who claim the bill would deny care to those suffering with addiction. In council, supporters waved signs depicting the conditions on the streets of Kensington, as Lozada prepared for heated debate. Lozada was asked what she expected to hear from the opposition. She said, "The same thing I heard last week - they don't want us to change anything and that's not acceptable." The vote In the end, the vote wasn't close with just three members voting against.
Yahoo
29-04-2025
- Yahoo
Rhode Island man pleads guilty to cockfighting charges
A Providence man pleaded guilty on Tuesday to cockfighting charges, the U.S. Attorney said. Onill Vazquez Lozada pleaded guilty to two counts of possessing, sponsoring, and exhibiting birds in an animal fighting venture in violation of the Animal Welfare Act, U.S. Attorney Sara Bloom said in a statement. As part of his plea, Lozada admitted that on April 27, 2021, he possessed roosters for the purpose of having them fight, Bloom said. Lozada also admitted that on March 6, 2022, he sponsored and exhibited, and aided and abetted sponsoring and exhibiting, at least one rooster in a fight against another rooster, Bloom said. Cockfighting is a contest in which a person attaches a knife, gaff or other sharp instrument to the leg of a 'gamecock' or rooster and then places the bird a few inches away from a similarly armed rooster. This results in a fight during which the roosters flap their wings and jump while stabbing each other with the weapons that are fastened to their legs, authorities said. A cockfight ends when one rooster is dead or refuses to continue to fight. Commonly, one or both roosters die after a fight. Lozada faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine for each charge to which he pleaded guilty. U.S. District Court Judge Melissa DuBose will sentence Lozada after receiving and reviewing a sentencing report prepared by the U.S. Probation Office. The Department of Agriculture's Office of Inspector General, the Postal Inspection Service, and the Food and Drug Administration's Office of Criminal Investigation investigated the case. Assisting the investigation were the U.S. Marshals Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Office of Law Enforcement, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Rhode Island State Police, Massachusetts State Police, Animal Rescue League of Boston's Law Enforcement Division, Rhode Island Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and police departments in Providence, Woonsocket, and Attleboro, Massachusetts. This is a developing story. Check back for updates as more information becomes available. Download the FREE Boston 25 News app for breaking news alerts. Follow Boston 25 News on Facebook and Twitter. | Watch Boston 25 News NOW
Japan Times
14-03-2025
- General
- Japan Times
America doesn't need an official language
I was 3 years old the first time I mixed up Spanish and English. It would not be the last. It was 1975 and my family had recently migrated from Peru to Northern California. Shortly after our arrival, according to Lozada lore, I asked my parents and older sisters, " ¿Vamos a tener todo lo sinisario ?,' meaning, "Will we have everything we need?' Except I garbled the word " necesario ,' coming up with the nonsense word " sinisario .' Everyone chuckled, so I tried to defend myself. " Es que yo no se ingles ,' I said. ("It's that I don't know English.') That made everyone laugh harder, because, of course, my mistake had been in Spanish.
New York Times
06-03-2025
- Politics
- New York Times
America Doesn't Need an Official Language
I was 3 years old the first time I mixed up Spanish and English. It would not be the last. It was 1975, and my family had recently migrated from Peru to Northern California. Shortly after our arrival, according to Lozada lore, I asked my parents and older sisters, '¿Vamos a tener todo lo sinisario?,' meaning, 'Will we have everything we need?' Except I garbled the word 'necesario,' coming up with the nonsense word 'sinisario.' Everyone chuckled, so I tried to defend myself. 'Es que yo no sé inglés,' I said. ('It's that I don't know English.') That made everyone laugh harder, because, of course, my mistake had been in Spanish. It was a preview of what the next five decades would bring, as the two languages jostled for primacy in my mind. Our moves back and forth between the United States and Peru during my childhood compelled me to latch on to whichever language I needed most at different times, even while striving to retain the other. Sometimes my English was stronger, sometimes my Spanish. No one had to tell me which language mattered when, or whether one or the other was 'official.' Wherever I was, I knew. In his March 1 executive order designating English as the official language of the United States, President Trump asserts that a single shared language is 'at the core of a unified, cohesive society,' that it serves to 'streamline communication,' promote efficiency and 'empower new citizens to achieve the American Dream.' On these points, I have little disagreement. Just about every immigrant I've ever known in the United States — starting with my father — has sought to learn English for just those reasons. It was relatively easy for my sisters and me to pick it up as kids, and my mother had learned it well from the beloved American nuns who taught her in Peru. But my dad, coming to it later in life, always had to work at it. And work he did. His errors of pronunciation never kept him from speaking English, even singing it, loudly and proudly. I cringed a bit at the time. Now I cringe at the memory of my cringing. Had English suddenly become the official language of the United States via an executive order from President Gerald Ford, I can't imagine that my father would have learned it any faster or that he would have felt more encouragement to do so. The need to work, to provide, was all the incentive he required. Even when he lived in Miami during the final years of his life, with Spanish-speakers all around him, he kept practicing his English. He intuitively grasped that it was part of his deal with America. So, it's not that I reject the arguments about efficiency and empowerment; I just question the need for a presidential order to enshrine them. I was tested on my English skills when I became a U.S. citizen a decade ago, but the market tells immigrants we must learn the language, more clearly than the government ever could. Where Trump's order moves from redundancy to confusion to cynicism is in its statement that a single official language will 'cultivate a shared American culture' and 'reinforce shared national values.' After all, what is our shared culture if not the mix of cultures — including languages — that make and remake America every day? You may as well argue that a single cuisine or a single style of music or a single literary genre is more truly American than any other. Thank God that my immigrant childhood means I can read Cervantes and Mario Vargas Llosa in Spanish and Shakespeare and Toni Morrison in English. If I can, why wouldn't I? I grew up with two languages, and I regret not learning a third the way other people learn a second. Think how much richer the nation would be if we all knew more languages, not fewer, if we embraced a multiplicity of influences rather than shielding ourselves from them. And what are our 'shared national values,' if not those self-evident truths of the Declaration of Independence? Political equality, natural rights and popular sovereignty can be expressed, upheld and lived out in any language. Trust me that fluency in Spanish does not stall the pursuit of happiness. And it does not discourage any of us from learning English. Worries over the corrosive influence of languages other than English have a long history in the United States. Reflecting on America's openness to immigrants and the need for newcomers to assimilate, Theodore Roosevelt wrote that 'we have room for but one language here and that is the English language, for we intend to see that the crucible turns our people out as Americans of American nationality and not as dwellers in a polyglot boardinghouse.' Today, nearly 80 percent of people in the United States age 5 or older speak exclusively English at home, according to the latest American Community Survey. For the others who speak another language at home, Spanish is the most common alternative, and more than 60 percent of those Spanish speakers also know English 'very well,' the survey finds. Safe to say, we have yet to take up residence in Roosevelt's boardinghouse. In 2023, when JD Vance was serving in the Senate, he sponsored the English Language Unity Act. Yet even as he made his case for an official language, Vance unintentionally emphasized the bill's superfluousness. Stating that English has been a 'cornerstone' of American culture for more than two and a half centuries, the future vice president said that 'this common-sense legislation recognizes an inherent truth: English is the language of this country.' If that is already the case — and has been for so long — why bother to propose legislation that mandates a pre-existing reality? You may as well introduce a bill declaring water wet and the sun hot. Under the executive order, federal agencies and recipients of federal funds are no longer required to offer translated documents and other help to people who do not speak English, but nor are they are prohibited from doing so. Yet the symbolism of the move matters enormously, aligning neatly with the administration's campaign to slash immigration and to depict newcomers as dangerous and alienated and, as Trump has put it, a poison in the American bloodstream. The order claims that it 'celebrates the long tradition of multilingual American citizens who have learned English and passed it to their children.' But you're not really celebrating multiculturalism if you're trying to erode it. Being so protective of your culture suggests you're insecure about its value. The Trump administration is already trying to curtail what Americans can say; consider its executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America and its retaliation against The Associated Press for not following along. Now, with this new order, Trump seeks to shape not just what we say but also how we say it. (It's no surprise that he highlighted those two initiatives, back to back, in his address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night.) A president who treats immigrants like second-class humans is creating second-class languages, too. But language takes unexpected turns, and its meaning cannot be fixed by presidential diktat. Renaming the Gulf of Mexico seems like a simple-minded, jingoistic move, yet the new name may not always mean what Trump wants it to mean. 'Gulf of America' takes on more encompassing connotations if by 'America' one includes the northern, central and southern reaches of the continent. Who is to say that someday we won't read it that way, in whatever language we choose, and that Trump's executive order will have set us on that path? El Golfo de las Américas would look just fine on a map.
