Brazilian model Mariana Bridi da Costa, whose hands and feet were amputated in a bid to save her from a deadly and little-known illness, died early Saturday.
The French make great pastries, not medical diagnosis’.
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UPDATE 1-23-09
Apparently Mariana might not make it, so this news puts my post in a bad light, but I must insist my commentary about the French stands.
Moral of the story is don’t have sex with dirty French people who don’t bath for weeks at a time because you might end up with a UTI which apparently is more resistant than the entire French army.
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A 20-year-old Brazilian model, who was a finalist to represent her country at the Miss World contest, had her hands and feet amputated after contracting a severe urinary infection.
Mariana Bridi da Costa fell ill on Dec. 30, and was initially diagnosed with kidney stones, Agence-France Presse reported Thursday.
But, it turned out she had come down with the infection pseudomonas aeruginosa bacterium, which can often prove fatal.
The infection quickly spread, causing her to go back to the hospital for tests. That’s when doctors discovered septicemia had set into her limbs, cutting off circulation, the news agency reported.
As a result, doctors were forced to amputate. Source: Fox News
What do you call a model with new arms and no feet hanging on a wall?
ART
Ok, seriously this is some fucked up shit and only one of a handful of reasons I won’t ever step foot in France. The first being I hate French people for all their snippy comments about the U.S. when as we all know the ‘Finest Generation’ saved their smelly asses during WW2.
I still think some guy is going to score big time if he chooses to marry Mariana Bridi da Costa because she’s still hot and I’m sure has one of those awesomely round brazilian asses, but minus the option of walking out on you.
Beth Miller, a high school student on summer break, went out for a morning jog on a bright August morning more than 25 years ago and never returned home. Source CNN.com
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CNN.com wrote an article today on a cold case story about a girl who vanished 25 years ago when she was just 14 years old after going out for a morning jog. The story provided two pictures of the girl. The first when she was 14 years as supplied by her parents.
The second picture was an artist rendering of what Beth Miller would look like if she was alive today along with an accompanying comment under the drawing.
If she is alive, this is what Beth Miller might look like today.
The Dolt of the Week award goes to K.M for his/her comment on Beth Miller’s photo which reaffirms my belief the majority of people in the world are plain stupid.
Everyday I question whether Darwin was right when I read, or view tidbits like K.M. provided for us today.
Flight 1549 departed LaGuardia at 1503 local time (2003 GMT), after a delay of 18 minutes, the airline said. Pilot Chesley ‘Sully’ Sullenberger of US Airways reported a double bird strike shortly after takeout destroying both engines. Sullenberger managed to land the plane without incident in the Hudson River and all 155 people on board lived. It was an amazing feat of heroism, but it was no miracle.
Sullenberger started his career at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, and he flew F-4s for seven years, before joining US Airways in 1980.
Along with his job as a pilot, Chesley Sullenberger is a visiting scholar at the University of California at Berkeley’s Center for Catastrophic Risk Management. He also works as an accident investigator and founded a company focused on helping businesses improve safety.
Experience and knowledge of how to deal with a dire situation provided Sullenberger the tools he needed to safely land the plane. God had nothing to do with Sullenberger landing the plane safely, or the fact no one died, yet people seem determined to give God credit.
New York Senator Charles Schumer
It was a modern-day miracle that no one had been killed….He saw what was happening, gained a low altitude, turned the plane in the right direction, found the Hudson River and made sure it wasn’t a nose-first landing but rather flat….And that’s probably what saved everybody’s life, thank God.
Eyewitness Adam Weiner
It seemed like the plane was really in control as it came into the river. It was almost as if the river was like the runway. It was approaching it like it was a runway until it hit the water, and then you didn’t know what to expect. Thank God it stayed in one piece and just slid along its belly.
One of the Passengers during interview
Thank God, and thank the pilot!
New York Mayor Bloomberg
It’s a day to thank God and have a smile on our faces.
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I know it is human nature to look to God during difficult times and thank God after a ‘miracle’, but believing God had a hand in this plane crash is absurd. I am sure the families of people who died in similar aviation disasters were not thanking God when their loved one perished.
— In 1992, 27 people died when a US Air Fokker F28 toppled into the river at the end of the runway after struggling to take off because of ice on the wings. The water was only five feet deep but the fuselage broke up and turned upside down.
— In 1989, a US Air flight bound for Charlotte, North Carolina, the same destination as the aircraft in yesterday’s crash, rolled into the East River after aborting take-off. Three people died.
— In 1959, an American Airlines aircraft crashed on approach into the East River, killing 65 of the 73 people on board.
The rationalization God spared certain people and was unable to save others, or had a different ‘plan’ for those who died is sheer lunacy. God doesn’t have any more of a ‘plan’ for you, or me, or anyone else for that matter than God does for a slug in the grass. I would be more inclined to pray to a statue of Pilot Chesley ‘Sully’ Sullenberger than I would God, because apparently when Sullenberger isn’t involved in the flight more people die.
Which side was God on when Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 crashed into the water after being hijacked, the terrorists who thanked God for their success, the victims who died senselessly, or the people who survived?
