I think the goose was a true hero

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Louise Martell
Family and Child Nursing Box 357262
University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-7262
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On Tue, 26 Sep 1995, M. Smith wrote:

>
> How about this...
>
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> Michael R. Smith
> Univ. of Washington, Seattle
> whimbrel at u.washington.edu
> http://salmo.cqs.washington.edu/~wagap/mike.html
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Tue, 26 Sep 1995 09:20:13 -0400
> From: Scott Finet <scottf at ASTRO.OCIS.TEMPLE.EDU>
> To: Multiple recipients of list BIRDCHAT <BIRDCHAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>
> Subject: Newt Nearly Killed by Goose
>
> This morning NPR announced that the Speaker had a close call yesterday.
> It seems a goose was sucked into the engine of his private jet yesterday
> during takeoff from Mackinaw Island airport. Takeoff was aborted and the
> plane ran off the end of the runway.
>
> The incident has some Hitchcockian overtones in the context of the
> Republicans all out assault on environmental legislation.
>
>
> Scott Finet
> Cheltenham, PA
> scottf at astro.ocis.temple.edu
>
>