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The captain of a boat that capsized last weekend, killing 20 elderly tourists on a fall foliage tour, said Friday he had a larger group on board than he usually piloted.Richard Paris, 74, told The Associated Press he was used to seeing tour buses wit
stanley thermos h 30 to 35 people disembark at the Lake George pier before they piled aboard the Ethan Allen. There were 47 passengers aboard when it capsized.He was at the wheel Sunday when the Ethan Allen flipped, spilling its passengers and Paris into the calm, 68
stanley polska -degree waters of this Adirondack lake. He initially told investigators he was trying to steer out of the wake of another boat.Paris wouldn t discuss specifics of the accident, citing the concerns of his employer, but he said: They ve had a pretty good description of the accident in the paper. Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board are looking at whether the boat was unstable or shouldn t have been certified to carry up to 50 people. They also are studying traffic on the lake that day and human factors. Warren C
stanley usa ounty Sheriff Larry Cleveland has also said the Ethan Allen was more crowded than usual.Cleveland said investigators have begun turning over material to the district attorney s office to put it before another set of eyes. He added that was a normal procedure for a fatal incident and did not mean a criminal case was being contemplated.Shoreline Cruises, the tour operator, released a statement saying the Ethan Allen was in compliance with all state Wubj Hot sauce mom spared jail time
In a dusty, seemingly empty field 60 miles east of L.A., Dr. Alexis Gray, a forensic anthropologist from the San Bernardino County Sheriff Department, points to a chain-link fence far in the distance, the mountains rising beyond in the hazy heat.
stanley kaffeebecher 8220;There are 7,000 people between us and that next fence there, she says. For almost a decade, her job has been to confirm the identification of every single one of them. From 1908 to 2008, this three-acre plot at the edge of one of San Ber
stanley cup nardino cemeteries was the final resting place for most of the county unidentified burials. Not all of the bodies here are unknown: Many of the burials are indigent, meaning that next of kin couldn ;t afford a proper funeral or no one stepped forward to pay for one. But about 10 percent of the people here鈥攁round 700 people鈥攚ere buried without a name. Some are clearly the victims of murders or kidnappings, but most simply erased themselves from society. The county paid for their funerals, and made sure they were properly interred. Yet decades later鈥攐ver a century later in some cases鈥攏o one knows who they are. Rusted coffin handles sit over a
stanley hrnek stone grave marker. Many of the people at this site were buried 70 to 80 years ago. Over the last few years, thanks to advances in forensic science, these people now have a better chance of being identified. Since 2006, Gray and her team have been exhuming the unidentified bodies, confirming the descriptions with burial record
