Babies Being Evacuated

260 hospital patients had to be evacuated out of a New York hospital on Monday, October 29th, due to Superstorm Sandy. The hospital's lower floors were beginning to flood and between 7:00 and 7:45 p.m. the lights went out. Some patients had to be carried down 15 levels in order to evacuate because the elevators weren't working. The hospital staff didn't expect to have to evacuate patients so they were not prepared. Newborn babies had to be evacuated and four were put on respirators because they couldn't breathe on their own. The hospital had few lights on, so the staff had to work with only flashlights, pumping air into babies lungs. By 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, the evacuation was over and the patients were transported to other hospitals.
http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/30/health/sandy-hospital/index.html?hpt=he_c1

Missing Girl Found Dead in Recyling

12 year old Autumn Pasquale of Gloucester County, New Jersey was found dead in a recycling container. She went missing on Saturday, October 20th and was found Monday, October 22nd. An official says "Gloucester County is one of the safest counties in the state of New Jersey." The house that Autumn was found near was a couple blocks away from where she lived, but the police have no leads or suspects. Autumn's school canceled Spirit Week and some parents kept their children home when she was missing. The Mayer, Thomas Biaanco, says "You hear about it in other places but never think it would happen in our little town." Children are not aloud to play outside alone anymore.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2012/10/23/missing-girl-nj-pasquale/1651305/

Death Row for South Dakota Man

On April 12, 2011, 50 year old Eric Robert was found guilty of killing a prison guard while trying to escape. He said he would kill again, so asked to be put to death. He will be lethal injected on Monday at 10:00 p.m. This is South Dakota's first execution in 5 years and only the second in more than 50 years. Robert was issued 80 years in prison for kidnapping when he and a fellow mate tried to escape. They beat the prison guard with a pipe, the Robert put on the guards' clothes and the other one hid in a box. They tried leaving the gate but guards became suspicious and caught them.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/sd-death-row-inmate-executed-monday-17482094

Meningitis Deaths Climb

Meningitis broke out in the United States on September 25 due to an infected steriod shot. Ten states have reported an overall of 124 people who have been diagnosed with meningitis, the most resent being Florida. There have been deaths in Tennessee, Michigan, Virginia, Florida, and Maryland, cases have also been found in Indiana, Minnesota, Ohio, New Jersey, and North Carolina. More than 13,000 people got the steriod shot, which is like a pain reliever and helps other infections. Meningitis infects the membranes and covers the brain and spinal cord. People who contract meningitis suffer from headaches, nausea, and fever. Although it is not contagious, people keep getting it from the shot.    http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/10/us-usa-health-meningitis-idUSBRE8970TQ20121010

Man eaten by his hogs

A farmer near Riverton, Oregon went out to feed his hogs one morning and died. A relative went out to see what was taking so long a few hours later and said that all he found were the farmer's fake teeth and a few pieces of his body, he had been eaten by his hogs. Officials don't know how this happened or what position he was in that they could eat him. Did he have a heart attack and fall? Was he knocked down by the hogs? It appeared that the body had been greatly overcome by the hogs, some of which were up to 700 pounds.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-rt-us-usa-hogs-oregonbre8910yz-20121002,0,7574566.story