Los Angeles to BILL (GIRLS who DIED BEING HERO'S) for ambulance fee's

Los Angeles still plans to bill families of Irma Zamora and Stacey Schreiber (Yahoo News composite. Original images …The families of two Good Samaritans who were electrocuted after racing to the scene of a car wreck will still be charged for ambulance fees by the city of Los Angeles.

On August 22, Irma Zamora and Stacey Schreiber died after rushing to the scene of a car wreck. Four others were also injured in the incident, after an estimated 4,800 volts of power flowing from a snapped streetlight fixture made contact with water spewing from a broken fire hydrant at the scene of the car accident.

Earlier it was reported that city officials might find a way to waive the fees, which are estimated to be around $1,000 per person. The four other injured victims will also reportedly be billed for emergency services.

LAist reports that City Councilman Paul Krekorian is holding a press conference on Thursday during which he will announce plans to help raise funds for the victims' families.

"No one who puts themselves in harm's way should have to struggle to pay the bills that accrue as a result of their altruism," Krekorian said in a statement.

City fire officials say they do not have the power to circumvent municipal codes and waive the mandatory paramedic fees, even in cases during which a citizen is accidentally injured or killed

TEXAS (RAPE Suspect) Eric McGowen leaves during courtroom break (Wanted)

LIBERTY, Texas (AP) — The first defendant to face trial among a group of men and boys accused of repeatedly raping a young Texas girl vanished Wednesday during a break in the proceedings, following emotionally charged testimony from the alleged victim.

Eric McGowen, 20, is among 14 adults accused of sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl during a nearly three-month span in 2010. Six juveniles also were charged.

Prosecutors and defense attorneys huddled briefly with Judge Mark Morefield after McGowen failed to return to the courtroom following an afternoon break. The judge then told jurors the trial will go on without him.

Morefield later said a bench warrant had been issued, and McGowen's bail was increased from $35,000 to $250,000. The judge denied a defense motion for a continuance in the case and said the trial will resume Thursday morning.

"Your client left voluntarily," Morefield told defense attorney Matthew Poston.

Poston and prosecutors did not comment outside the courtroom because of a gag order in the case.

McGowen is charged with aggravated sexual assault of a child and faces up to life in prison if convicted.

MEXICO Officials said ( CIA Agents were SHOT) By mexican police

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican officials said Wednesday that two Americans wounded in a shooting attack by federal police on a U.S. Embassy vehicle are employees of the Central Intelligence Agency, and acknowledged they have returned to the United States.

A Mexican federal official whose agency does not allow him to be quoted by name said the wounded Americans are CIA employees. U.S. officials wouldn't confirm which agency the men work for or say what work they were performing in Mexico.

On Tuesday, the Mexican navy issued a statement saying the Americans were visiting a training course being held in a rural, mountainous area south of Mexico City. Some local press had previously said the Americans were acting as trainers or instructors.

Mexican Attorney General Marisela Morales was asked Wednesday why the two Americans were allowed to return to the U.S. even though an investigation is under way. She said they were allowed to go "so that they can be treated in the place they think is safest."

Morales said they could testify later in the case of 12 federal police officers who allegedly shot at their vehicle Friday.

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SECRET Service Agent (LEAVES Gun in Bathroom ) For Reporter to find -Romney Detail

TAMPA - A member of Mitt Romney's Secret Service detail was removed today from a campaign trip after she accidentally left her firearm unattended in the candidate's charter plane bathroom.

The agent in question left a gun unattended in the bathroom of the plane during a flight between Tampa and Indiana. The gun was found by a reporter on board who immediately informed the agent, who then went back into the bathroom and retrieved the weapon.

Ed Donovan, a spokesman for the United States Secret Service, told ABC News that officials are "aware of the incident."

"We take the care and custody of our equipment - especially firearms - very seriously," he said. "We will deal with this matter internally and in an appropriate manner."

The Romney campaign referred all questions regarding the incident to the Secret Service.

The gun was left in the bathroom primarily used by media in the back of the plane. Romney and his staff sit in the front several rows of the plane and the candidate uses the forward bathroom.

It was not immediately clear if the gun was loaded or on a safety lock, but the agent was on active duty at the time of the incident.

Following a campaign event in Indiana, the agent in question never re-boarded the flight back to Tampa.

89 Year OLD Man (Olympic Athlete 2012) Table Tennis Team

Bill Guilfoil from Fairway at 89 competed for a spot on the Olympic table tennis team at the trials earlier this year.

Among the 486 Olympic athletes for 2012 listed by Team USA, you find some familiar names: Michael Phelps, Gabrielle Douglas, Ryan Lochte and Allyson Felix.
Here’s one you might not have heard: Fairway resident Bill Guilfoil
What makes Guilfoil’s name stand out on the official U.S. Olympic Committee list of athletes for the 2012 games is not just the fact that he lives in Fairway, but that he will turn 90 years old in November. While Guilfoil did not make the team traveling to London, he did compete in the Olympic trials in February in North Carolina in the Olympic sport of table tennis. According to the U.S. Olympic Committee, that makes him an official Olympic athlete for 2012.
Although Phelps and company are household names around the country for their Olympic exploits, Guilfoil has long been a household name around Johnson County and the Kansas City metro for his long career as both a tennis and table tennis teacher and competitor. Now 89, he still teaches tennis several hours per week at the Overland Park Racquet Club and runs the Sunday table tennis competitions. Guilfoil has been teaching tennis at the club for 35 years, since the day it opened.
“Bill definitely is our role model,” says club general manager John Shaw. “If we could all be in as good of shape as he’s in, we would be doing well.”
“I don’t have any problems with my knees,” Guilfoil says. “I feel like I can still move and turn.”
In the North Carolina trials, Guilfoil lost to Rocky Wang, who in turn lost to the top-rated player in the playoff. At this point, the Olympic committee can’t tell if Guilfoil is the oldest athlete to enter an Olympic trial because the records are kept on athletes who participate in the games, but they cannot point to anyone older who has entered.

Jennifer Vasilakos ( Regarding Recovery/stem cell treatment)

It remains my desire to re-open the conversation on autologous (from one’s own body) stem cell medicine and treatments in America, so that other people will have better alternatives for healing from their devastating illnesses.

I appreciate all your positive support, prayers, and wishes for my full recovery, so that I can come off dialysis.

Wishing you Great Health & Happiness,

Jennifer Vasilakos

 

Jennifer e-mailed me after I contacted her about her story and I told her how touched I was by it. I wish Jennifer the best of luck .

 

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