Write a lead based on the information given.
Single mother Jane Thomas and her three children — Clive, 7; Mary, 4; Henry, 1
What?
escaped a four-alarm fire
Where? in their apartment at 232 E. Oak Ave. in Palletown, NJ
When? Thursday morning. Fire officials got the 911 call at 3 a.m. and arrived on
the scene at 3:06 a.m.
Why?
“Looks like faulty wiring caused the fire,” said Veronika Smith, Palletown
fire chief.
How?
Smith credited the presence of working smoke alarms with the family’s
safe exit from the building. “By the time we got there, they were already
downstairs and safe.”
Two men
What?
robbed a jewelry story
Where? Royal Gems, at 55 West 47th Street, in the heart of Manhattan’s diamond
district
When? Saturday, March 13
Why?
No information
How?
The men carried pistols, police said, adding that the men bound three
employees and a customer and stole gems and money. The police also
said that no one was injured in the holdup.
New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg
What?
said he likely will seek to pass a ban on smoking at city parks and
beaches
Where? not clear
When?
Tuesday
Why?
Mr. Bloomberg said the ban made sense because it would cut the health
risks of secondhand smoke and reduce littering by smokers. “We’re talking
about banning smoking on beaches and in parks, and it’s partially
because you can breathe the air,” Mr. Bloomberg said when he was asked
about a ban. “It’s in the open air, but the air wafts in your direction. But it is
also because people take their cigarette butts and the packages and just
throw them away. … When you ask people in our parks and beaches …
they say they just don’t want smokers there.”
How?
The mayor reportedly had been surprised and unprepared when the city’s
health commissioner had first proposed the idea.
A Community Middle School student can continue carrying her books in a
backpack…..Eighth grader Lindsey Richards has won a court battle against her school’s
ban on all bags in school. The 13-year old had been serving detention for defying the
rule. Yesterday, a judge ruled the school did not prove its claim that backpacks pose
security concerns.
1. There was a plane crash at 8:15 last night during a rain storm.
2. Thirty people were killed.
98 people were injured.
1 person actually
survived with no injuries.
3. The Federal Aviation Administration (F-A-A) is investigating the accident.
4.
It was a Continental Airlines plane that crashed. Continental officials are
notifying relatives of the deceased.
5. The crash happened at Newark Airport; This was the first plane crash at
Newark Airport in over a decade.
6.
A West Windsor resident was a passenger who died in the crash.
7. The West Windsor person’s name was Clark Vanderweii (Vann—Derr—Way).
He was a 46-year old man.
8.
Vanderweii (Vann—Derr--Way) was married and had 6 children; the entire
family lived together in West Windsor.
9.
Air traffic was held up for many hours because of the crash, but air traffic is
back to normal now.
A senior, Amanda Jones, decided to have her own yearbook picture taken. The picture
she submitted was deemed too racy by the yearbook staff. Amanda and her mom,
Sally, are mad about this and have asked the principal, Mike Smith, to reverse the
yearbook staff’s opinion. The principal said he stands by the yearbook staff. The Jones
are going to take the issue to court.