TODAY’S CASE-IN-POINT #1: Woman dies after being entangled in baggage conveyor belt
August 8, 2024
NBC Chicago – Around 8 a.m., the Chicago Fire Department was called to O’Hare for reports of a person trapped in machinery at Terminal 5, officials said. Terminal 5 serves Delta Airlines as well as a number of international carriers.
The woman was pronounced dead at the scene.
The person who died was a member of the public and not an employee of an airline or the airport …
TODAY’S CASE-IN-POINT #2: A 20-year-old college student from North Carolina died after falling from a Grand Canyon rim
By Paradise Afshar and Jay Croft, August 2, 2024
CNN – The body of a college student was recovered from the Grand Canyon after he fell 400 feet from the rim, the National Park Service said in a statement, as officials warned people to stay on trails – and the park separately urged visitors to limit outdoor activities because of extreme heat.
Abel Joseph Mejia, 20, of Hickory, North Carolina, was about a quarter-mile west of Pipe Creek Overlook on Wednesday morning when he fell, officials said.
The incident is being investigated by the National Park Service and the Coconino County Medical Examiner’s Office, the park service said.
The park service urged visitors to stay on “designated trails and walkways… a safe distance of at least six feet from the edge of the rim.”
