A fight for life at 35,000 feet

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Theresa de Bara, six months pregnant, was on a flight to Orlando, FL, with her husband and three-year-old daughter when she experienced labor pains. A doctor and two paramedics later delivered a four-pound, six-ounce baby boy as Capt. Jerry McFerren made a smooth emergency landing at Dulles Airport in Washington.

Author: D'Aulaire, Per Ola, D'Aulaire, Emily
Publisher: Reader's Digest Association, Inc.
Publication Name: Reader's Digest
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0034-0375
Year: 1995
Records and correspondence, Premature birth, Medical emergencies

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Lost in the clouds

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John Fanselow successfully landed a single-engine Piper Cherokee whose electricity had failed at an airport in Milwaukee, WI. Through the help of Milwaukee Air Traffic Control Supervisor Don Gunderson, Fanselow was guided to safety by a Cessna-208 turboprop driven by Brian Barton.

Author: D'Aulaire, Per Ola, D'Aulaire, Emily
Publisher: Reader's Digest Association, Inc.
Publication Name: Reader's Digest
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0034-0375
Year: 1996
Reports, Airplanes, Aircraft piloting, Navigation (Aeronautics), Air navigation

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No ordinary cop

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Policeman Karl "Skip" Mannain is profiled. His role in helping a bereaved widow of a Mexican immigrant killed in the USA is described.

Author: D'Aulaire, Per Ola, D'Aulaire, Emily
Publisher: Reader's Digest Association, Inc.
Publication Name: Reader's Digest
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0034-0375
Year: 2000
United States, Emigration and immigration

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