Disaster articles
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MLBPA Throws Nike Under The Bus For MLB Uniform Disaster
One of the big stories in the first month of the Major League Baseball season has been the lackluster new uniform design, designed by Nike and manufactured by Fanatics. Players and fans have universally panned the uniforms. Now, the Major League Baseball Players Association has laid the blame at the feet of Nike and pledged […]
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Remembering the Benwood Mine Disaster 100 years ago
Sunday marks the 100th anniversary of the Benwood Mine Disaster. It was shortly after 7 a.m. on Monday, April 28, 1924, when an explosion and fire tore through the Wheeling Steel Corporation mine in the northern panhandle community just south of Wheeling. Over 100 men had gone in the mine just a half-hour before to
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Connecting Hawaii’s kupuna before disaster with walkie-talkies
Kupuna told KHON2 that losing communication is top of mind -- especially since more than two-thirds of those who were killed in Lahaina were over 60 years old.