Andres Tapia was going about his day as a switchman for the Belt Railway of Chicago when his life came to a sudden, tragic end. He was crushed to death between two rail cars in a hump yard. Fellow railroad workers found Tapia after his remote control device sent out an automatic “man down” alert. He was…
Hampton Roads is a port city. From the containers that come by sea, to the many marine industries. In order to maintain all this, there are many people that work in tight spaces and in harrowing situations. There jobs are vital and important but they are often unseen. Industrial accidents can often times be serious and sometimes…
Older Americans deserve to live with dignity and to be safe. But too many suffer the indignity of being abused, neglected, or exploited. There are far too many instances where seniors are mistreated under the protection of a licensed care facility. The terms ‘abuse’ and ‘neglect’ are commonly interchanged when referring to the mistreatment of a…
North Carolina authorities have said that an 88-year-old woman who had been in a Gastonia nursing home for only a few days died after falling out of her second-story window. Police say that employees at Morningside of Gastonia were worried about the patient after she went missing late at night last week. Around 10:15 p.m….
Hampton Roads is a community with access to water- hundreds of miles of waterfront property and beaches, as well as man made lakes such as borrow pits. However, unlike natural lakes these man made lakes don’t slowly taper off, instead there is a steep drop off into very deep water. So, what exactly is a…