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shaniqua6392 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 01:49 PM Original message |
Soldiers body flies with baggage on Northwest Airlines. |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
1. I hate to say it but where else can it go if they are using a commercial carrier? |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 01:57 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. They put the casket in a BAGGAGE CART! |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 02:01 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. What's the SOP? |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 02:03 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. First search on the google . . . |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 02:06 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. My understanding is that there should be an honor guard and hearse |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 02:12 PM Response to Reply #15 |
22. That would be the Army's responsibility would it not? |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 02:15 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. i would assume so. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 02:15 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. It's unfortunate that Northwest Airlines is taking the blame. |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 07:53 PM Response to Reply #2 |
40. Why are you yelling @ me. You mean the baggage carousel. The OP |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
3. I've been on one of these flights. |
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LA lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
4. Where did you expect them to fly? |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 02:00 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. The OP title is incorrect. Mom is upset because of the ground handling. |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 03:02 PM Response to Reply #6 |
29. They popped it out of the hold onto the conveyor belt thingy. Nice. |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
5. bodies fly in baggage all the time. n/t |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 02:01 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Mom said a hearse should have been waiting for him. |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 02:02 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. that's absolutetly right, and i'd be pissed as hell too... |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 02:05 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. Perhaps non airport vehicles of any type (except fire engines |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
10. I think the concern for the dead body is displaced anger at the |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
12. What were they gonna do, give the corpse a SEAT? |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 02:05 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Please read some of the responses. nt |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 02:06 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. you might think about editing the OP |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 02:07 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. It's not my OP, I can't edit it. nt |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 02:08 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. you'd think i'd have noticed that... |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 02:09 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. :) |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
16. There's a picture of a soldier's casket on a forklift at O'Hare |
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shaniqua6392 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
19. They are not supposed to be put on a baggage cart!! |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 03:29 PM Response to Reply #19 |
33. You are right not on the baggage carousel. Your post title is misleading. |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
25. Rumsfeld's ghost: war on the cheap |
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shance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
26. Certainly a good way to condition Americans by seeing bodies as baggage. |
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pooja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
27. Was the casket in transit, ie, switching planes at a hub... |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 02:24 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. It was in Rochester NY, hometown of the soldier. nt |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
30. I agree that it feels sort of disrespectful |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 03:32 PM Response to Reply #30 |
36. Have a hearse meet the flight. |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
31. This would never have happened if there had been media coverage... |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
32. Re: your edit |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 03:30 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. No kidding. But they'd rather stomp off and not edit for clarity. |
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dogday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
34. When my mom died, we had to fly her that way |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 03:34 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. No, you can move a body off the plane into a hearse |
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dogday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 03:36 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. That is a shame..... We had arrangements made |
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MorningGlow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
38. My city, my airport--which has been awful lately |
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