CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP).- It finally arrived. Two years after a US Airways jet left New York for Charlotte and made a miraculous landing on the Hudson River, it reached its intended destination and future home in a museum. “My flight has finally come home…
‘Miracle on the Hudson’ Plane Preps for Final Trip
HARRISON, N.J. (AP).- The trays of food that never got served have been removed, along with some of the seat cushions and the mold from dried river mud. Aside from that, the damaged Airbus A320 jet is largely frozen in time from the day it splashed dow…
US Airways’ ‘Miracle on the Hudson’ Jet Destined for North Carolina Museum
HARRISON, NJ (AP).- To stand inside the cabin of the US Airways jet that crash landed on the Hudson River is to imagine, even briefly, some of the terror that must have overtaken the 155 people aboard as the plane descended onto the icy water. The plan…
Neglect Threatens Many of Italy’s Cherished Ruins
By: Frances D’Emilio, Associated Press
ROME (AP).- For all of Italy’s ancient wonders, the real wonder might be that so many are still standing, given the poor care they get. The collapse in Pompeii last week of a frescoed house where gladiators prepa…
Angels Fail To Save The Catholic Museum in New York
New
York, New York – In many ways, the opening of the
National
Museum of Catholic Art and History in East Harlem was a kind of miracle.
It was
founded by a single mother without a college degree, much experience in
arts
administratio…