The man who fell to earth (twice): it began as a flight with friends...and ended in double jeopardy
Article Abstract:
Pilot Justin Kirkbride's story of a wind-shear crashing his Cessna into the mountains, surviving the crash and freezing weather, only to have the rescue helicopter crash, also due to wind-shear. Kirkbride survived the second crash as well.
Publication Name: Reader's Digest
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0034-0375
Year: 2003
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The good Earth
Article Abstract:
The advances that have been made in protecting the environment from pollution are described. The air that we breathe has become cleaner, the forests are healthier and environmental pollution has reduced in the last decade.
Publication Name: Reader's Digest
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0034-0375
Year: 2005
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Friends of the ring
Article Abstract:
A father's school memento helped his daughter find the strength needed to overcome some of life's challenges. The ring also helped save the life of a fellow soldier who was a prisoner of the Japanese during World War II.
Publication Name: Reader's Digest
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0034-0375
Year: 1999
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