Quake rocks Washington area, Pentagon evacuated
By Bob Lewis - The Associated Press
Posted : Tuesday Aug 23, 2011 15:09:27 EDT
MINERAL, Va. — One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded on the East Coast shook buildings and rattled nerves from South Carolina to New England on Tuesday and forced the evacuations of parts of the Capitol, White House and Pentagon.
There were no immediate reports of deaths, but fire officials in Washington said there were at least some injuries. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake registered at magnitude 5.8 and was centered about 40 miles northwest of Richmond, Va.
Two nuclear reactors at the North Anna Power Station, in the same county as the epicenter, were automatically taken off line by safety systems, said Roger Hannah, a spokesman for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
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Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Friends remember homeless veteran
Friends remember homeless veteran
Written by
JESSE BASS
American Staff Writer
For years, friends of Marion Seward could find him parked in one of the northernmost benches of Hattiesburg's Town Square Park.
But the 65-year-old Vietnam veteran hasn't sat there for about a month.
The last time his friend Frank Bunnell saw him was July 24. Seward showed up for a Sunday outreach session at the Hope House, where Bunnell heads up the program.
"We open our doors to our homeless family, usually on Sunday," said Chris Wilkes, president of the soon-to-be nonprofit organization.
Bunnell said he loaned Seward a coffee mug in violation of Hope House rules the last Sunday he showed up. He trusted Seward to leave the mug where he said he would near his usual bench.
Bunnell came back the next day and picked up the mug - exactly where Seward said he would leave it. However, Seward was nowhere to be found.
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Written by
JESSE BASS
American Staff Writer
For years, friends of Marion Seward could find him parked in one of the northernmost benches of Hattiesburg's Town Square Park.
But the 65-year-old Vietnam veteran hasn't sat there for about a month.
The last time his friend Frank Bunnell saw him was July 24. Seward showed up for a Sunday outreach session at the Hope House, where Bunnell heads up the program.
"We open our doors to our homeless family, usually on Sunday," said Chris Wilkes, president of the soon-to-be nonprofit organization.
Bunnell said he loaned Seward a coffee mug in violation of Hope House rules the last Sunday he showed up. He trusted Seward to leave the mug where he said he would near his usual bench.
Bunnell came back the next day and picked up the mug - exactly where Seward said he would leave it. However, Seward was nowhere to be found.
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Missing Vietnam Vet Daniel Sullivan's scull found
Human skull found in Temple identified as missing Vietnam vet
Days after a human skull is found in the middle of a road, authorities have identified it. Temple Police are now saying it belongs to a Vietnam Veteran who's been missing for over 2 years. But they still have a lot of work to do in this case.
Temple police identified the skull as 55-year-old Daniel Patrick Sullivan, but they have no idea how it got to that road or how he died. Those who knew him say it'll give them some sort of closure.
On April 4, 2009 Sullivan was reported missing after he left his house in the block of S. 3rd Street on April 2, 2009.
Daniel Sullivan was a regular at Bill's Grill in Temple. Gail Sirny works there and had known him for years. She says his disappearance came as a shock to everyone, and even now it still hurts those who knew him. "We're all depressed, all the people who work here came in when they heard that he's been found," says Sirny.
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Days after a human skull is found in the middle of a road, authorities have identified it. Temple Police are now saying it belongs to a Vietnam Veteran who's been missing for over 2 years. But they still have a lot of work to do in this case.
Temple police identified the skull as 55-year-old Daniel Patrick Sullivan, but they have no idea how it got to that road or how he died. Those who knew him say it'll give them some sort of closure.
On April 4, 2009 Sullivan was reported missing after he left his house in the block of S. 3rd Street on April 2, 2009.
Daniel Sullivan was a regular at Bill's Grill in Temple. Gail Sirny works there and had known him for years. She says his disappearance came as a shock to everyone, and even now it still hurts those who knew him. "We're all depressed, all the people who work here came in when they heard that he's been found," says Sirny.
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Iraq veteran, off duty police officer killed in motorcycle crash
Off-duty Hamilton police officer, 26, dies in crash on I-195 in Millstone
Retired corrections officer injured in crash
Written by
Charles Webster
Staff Writer
MILLSTONE — An off-duty police officer died and a retired corrections officer was hurt after their motorcycles collided on Interstate 195, west of Exit 16, Monday night, State Police said.
John J. Harvilla, 26, of Hamilton in Mercer County, died at CentraState Medical Center in Freehold Township after the motorcycle he was driving collided with the motorcycle driven by Roberto Castro, 41, of Trenton, while the two men were entering the westbound lanes of the highway from eastbound Route 537, according to Capt. Frank Davis.
Harvilla is a police officer in his hometown. He graduated from the Mercer County Police Academy in 2009, said his stepfather Joseph Piscopo, reached by telephone at his Hamilton residence.
Harvilla joined the U.S. Marine Corps in December 2003, just months after graduating from Nottingham High school, Piscopo said.
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Retired corrections officer injured in crash
Written by
Charles Webster
Staff Writer
MILLSTONE — An off-duty police officer died and a retired corrections officer was hurt after their motorcycles collided on Interstate 195, west of Exit 16, Monday night, State Police said.
John J. Harvilla, 26, of Hamilton in Mercer County, died at CentraState Medical Center in Freehold Township after the motorcycle he was driving collided with the motorcycle driven by Roberto Castro, 41, of Trenton, while the two men were entering the westbound lanes of the highway from eastbound Route 537, according to Capt. Frank Davis.
Harvilla is a police officer in his hometown. He graduated from the Mercer County Police Academy in 2009, said his stepfather Joseph Piscopo, reached by telephone at his Hamilton residence.
Harvilla joined the U.S. Marine Corps in December 2003, just months after graduating from Nottingham High school, Piscopo said.
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Vets with PTSD Require Family Education and Patience
Vets with PTSD Require Family Education and Patience
Posted Tue, Aug 23, 2011
By Bobbie O'Brien
TAMPA (2011-9-23) -
Forsythe said the hardest part of dealing with his PTSD is trying to get his family to understand his behavior.Army mental health specialist Cheyenne Forsythe was trained to help combat troops in Iraq deal with the onset of Post Traumatic Stress. Yet, he didn't notice his own signs of PTSD after surviving an IED blast and returning home from Iraq.
His erratic behavior due to the PTSD helped to break up his first marriage something he's working hard to avoid with his fiancé Joy Finley.
“My lowest point was when I was sitting in a cell in Killeen, Texas after I had been arrested for domestic violence,” Forsythe said, “From there, I had to change, I had to do something, I had to address the issue.”
He was arrested for hitting his former wife with a flip-flop. “I had lost control,” Forsythe said. “It was like I was watching myself and I couldn’t stop myself and I wasn’t there, I was on autopilot.”
Forsythe did not tell police that he had just returned from Iraq, instead Forsythe chose to “admit my guilt and get on with it.”
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