Wednesday was a difficult day for The American Independent News Network, which is the larger entity that operates The Iowa Independent. Our chief executive and founder announced two of our sister sites would close and their content would be moved to The American Independent.
A recently introduced bill could have far-reaching impact on the U.S. sugar industry, including American Crystal Sugar, a farmer-owned cooperative that locked out 1,300 Midwest workers on Aug. 1.
The chairman for Herman Cain’s Iowa effort says the campaign “relied more on the word of farmers than Washington regulators” in deciding to run an ad containing claims the Environmental Protection Agency says are false.
The Iowa Senate will remain under the control of a slim 26-25 Democratic majority when it reconvenes in January 2012.
The July 19, 1989 United Airlines flight 232 from Denver to Chicago ended in an Iowa cornfield. Although 111 people lost their lives, heroic efforts by Capt. Al Haynes saved 185 others.
“We were too busy” to be scared, Haynes told Dominic Gates of The Seattle Times. “You must maintain your composure in the airplane or you will die. You learn that from your first day flying.”
…by varying the power to the engines on either wing of the McDonnell Douglas DC-10, Haynes and his crew managed to roughly guide this almost-unflyable airplane to a crash landing 44 minutes later at the nearest airport, in Sioux City, Iowa.
United pilots trying to do the same thing later on flight simulators could never manage to repeat the remarkable feat of guiding the plane down with all its flight controls shot.
Haynes’ heroic efforts prevented his airplane from plummeting to the ground out of control and saved the lives of 185 of the people aboard. But when United flight 232 slammed onto the Sioux City runway, the jet cartwheeled, broke up, and exploded in flames, killing 111 of those aboard…
Individuals in Sioux City remembered the crash Sunday on the 20th anniversary by holding a short ceremony in Chris Larsen Park.
“Humans are historical beings. When we suffer a loss, the date of the loss becomes so significant. Although it may not be objectively important to others, taking note of that date may be beneficial for those who suffered the loss,” said Dr. Gregory Clapper, former chaplain with the 185th Air National Guard and a doctor who counseled victims of and responders to the crash.
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