Saturday, February 7, 2009

Leads Exercise #4

4a) Smoking wheels 

40 passengers aboard Northwest Airlines jet were evacuated today at the LaCrosse, Wisconsin, Municipal Airport after smoke was spotted by the wheels of the jet.

The Northwest Airlines jet, Flight 428 was following a flight from Minneapolis when the landing tower employee spotted the smoke on the plane. The passengers were safely evacuated with no reported injuries. The cause to why the smoke appeared is still under investigation.

4b) Missing Boy

A 7-year-old boy missing for three years was found on Thursday night by a neighbor who recognized the child's picture when it was shown after the movie "Adam: The Song Continues."

Brick Township, NJ, police arrested the boy's mother, Ellen Lynn Conner, 27; she faces charges of kidnapping and interference with a custody warrant. An investigation is in the works to find out what led to the kidnapping.

1 comment:

  1. 1) Don't start a sentence with a numeral. Abbreviate Wisc.
    2) Include "where" in the lead. Drop the last sentence. Otherwise, this works!
    9/10

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