Dennis Miller
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[FONT=verdana, arial, helvetica]Anyone else want to sue? Maybe the street that was scraped.
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[FONT=verdana, arial, helvetica]Driver recounts jet fuel spraying on family's car
By Brendan McCarthy
Tribune staff reporter
Published December 11, 2005
Seconds before the jet crashed through an airport barrier, Moses Galindo heard scraping sounds reminiscent of snowplows, he told attorneys. The noise fit right in, Galindo had thought, in light of the steady snowfall that blanketed the area Thursday.
Galindo, 26, driving his 1994 Chevrolet Caprice with his wife, who is six months pregnant, and her 7-year-old daughter inside, soon learned the source of the noise: Southwest Airlines Flight 1248.
Galindo told his attorney, David Shestokas, that the car was sprayed with jet fuel as the 737's engine shuddered to a halt near the vehicle, Shestokas said Saturday.
The plane struck several vehicles Thursday evening on Central Avenue near 55th Street, killing a 6-year-old Indiana boy and injuring at least 10 people.
The Galindos, whose car was heading south on Central Avenue, were examined at a hospital Thursday, but they were not seriously injured. They have since hired Shestokas, a Chicago attorney who said he is examining the family's legal options.
As the plane neared his car, Galindo jumped out and ran to the other side of the vehicle to free his wife of seven months, Lorena, 31, and her daughter, Shestokas said.
Galindo then ushered his family into a passerby's vehicle, and they were taken to Holy Cross Hospital. They were checked by medical staff, Shestokas said, and learned that the unborn child was not harmed.
"The only bright side to this is that they had a sonogram and now know they are having a girl," Shestokas said.
Galindo, a pharmacy technician who is between jobs, has lived in the neighborhood around Midway Airport for 18 years, Shestokas said. On Saturday night, the family, he said, was recuperating and counting its blessings.[/FONT]
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[FONT=verdana, arial, helvetica]Driver recounts jet fuel spraying on family's car
By Brendan McCarthy
Tribune staff reporter
Published December 11, 2005
Seconds before the jet crashed through an airport barrier, Moses Galindo heard scraping sounds reminiscent of snowplows, he told attorneys. The noise fit right in, Galindo had thought, in light of the steady snowfall that blanketed the area Thursday.
Galindo, 26, driving his 1994 Chevrolet Caprice with his wife, who is six months pregnant, and her 7-year-old daughter inside, soon learned the source of the noise: Southwest Airlines Flight 1248.
Galindo told his attorney, David Shestokas, that the car was sprayed with jet fuel as the 737's engine shuddered to a halt near the vehicle, Shestokas said Saturday.
The plane struck several vehicles Thursday evening on Central Avenue near 55th Street, killing a 6-year-old Indiana boy and injuring at least 10 people.
The Galindos, whose car was heading south on Central Avenue, were examined at a hospital Thursday, but they were not seriously injured. They have since hired Shestokas, a Chicago attorney who said he is examining the family's legal options.
As the plane neared his car, Galindo jumped out and ran to the other side of the vehicle to free his wife of seven months, Lorena, 31, and her daughter, Shestokas said.
Galindo then ushered his family into a passerby's vehicle, and they were taken to Holy Cross Hospital. They were checked by medical staff, Shestokas said, and learned that the unborn child was not harmed.
"The only bright side to this is that they had a sonogram and now know they are having a girl," Shestokas said.
Galindo, a pharmacy technician who is between jobs, has lived in the neighborhood around Midway Airport for 18 years, Shestokas said. On Saturday night, the family, he said, was recuperating and counting its blessings.[/FONT]
