The world record for deaths in a balloon crash is 19 in Egypt a few years ago.
Since you can’t get on board a commercial boat around here without signing a waiver, i imagine they know exactly who has died. Traditionally, names of the deceased are not released until the next of kin are notified. I wouldn’t read anything sinister into it yet.
It does sound like a horrible death. Chances are pretty good some friends and family were watching this from the ground as well. There’s a picture of the basket on the KXAN website. It doesn’t appear damaged at all.
Now that I know how much it costs, I would imagine not, unless the pilot was volunteering his services.
So the passengers’ heirs won’t be able to collect damages for these deaths?
That explains to me the “Secretary Of Interior Takes Presidential Oath Of Office” article on The Onion. I’d always thought that a ballon took up 3 or 4 – maybe 6 max.
Every tragedy doesn’t need to be a payday.
For that matter every tragedy can’t be a payday. The math won’t work.
That will be up to the insurance companies and, possibly, the courts to decide.
And they’ll have to adjust for inflation.
I’m a big fan of that.
I’m still curious as to why you would suggest the victims were kids in care NWH.
I’m not on this board 24/7, but you do seem to have a hard-on for posting about ‘dysfunctionality’ esp with regards to families…I mean, all the message-boards you post on (that you cite here so regularly) all seem to revolve around single parenthood and the issues that might arise from bringing up kids alone.
Given that you’re a self-professed single person sans kids, I wonder why you’re a) hanging out on those boards, and b) thinking that the mores expressed on those boards have ANY BLOODY RELEVANCE TO A HOT AIR BALLOON CRASH IN TEXAS.
Or maybe I’m just reading too much into this.
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