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Delta flight diversion doesn't save conjoined twins
After writing the Winona post another flight diversion story came out. Winona's seemed trivial in comparison, although I'm always interested to sift through vagueness of words like "sick," and who gets what treatment.
The latest diversion story that I read at CBCnews.com has a sad ending. Yesterday, a Delta plane taking Liberian conjoined twins from Brussels to New York had to make an emergency landing at Halifax airport after the twins stopped breathing. The mother, sitting next to them, noticed the problem. A doctor on board provided help, but the twins died before the plane landed.
The one month-old twins were on their way to New York for treatment. Once in Halifax, the mother and twins were taken to a medical examiners office to find out what went wrong, and the other passengers who were sitting close by were interviewed. The plane continued to JFK once the mother and babies were off and the interviews were completed.
Being on an airplane with conjoined twins would be dramatic as it is. When I read the story, I imagined what it would be like to be on the plane rooting for their survival, but to no avail.
Now, several people have had a flight experience and a story to tell that most of us will never have in our lifetimes. So sad to think about that mother. [This photo from One Tree Hill Studios is of a plane landing at Halifax.]
Reader Comments (Page 2 of 2)
Michael Smith Nov 23rd 2008 7:23AM
In "other words", hun, they said that the ARTICLE said the poor twins were both ONE MONTH OLD, and ONE YEAR OLD in the same damned sentence! Not only were they not describes as such in the "same sentence", they weren't described as being ANYTHING OTHER than--- (GADLING'S WORDS):"The one month-old twins were on their way to New York for treatment."----One MONTH!, NOT "ONE MONTH/YEAR"!!!