I'm updating the website a bit early this weekend, hoping to re-work this week's Cold War exam tomorrow afternoon. I want to make sure the essay question is worded in a fair way and that students know what is expected of them, so for now-- Monday's current event clues!
- Mr. Cullen thought we were under attack by aliens when he first saw this footage, but it turned out just to be balloon boy... or was it?
- 3,500 troops who were supposed to ship out to Iraq won't be leaving, afterall.
- A fireworks blaze kills 32 in India just days before a big holiday.
- This article has to do with a different kind of "Cold War" in Moscow.
- Pakistan has launched an offensive attack against Taliban and Al-Quaeda strongholds along the Afghanistan border.
On Monday and Tuesday we will go over Chapter 18, Section 5 (The End of the Cold War) and on Wednesday we will have a review in preparation for Thursday's exam.
(CNN) -- A six-month-old baby had a miraculous escape after his stroller rolled off a railway station platform and into the path of an incoming train.
ReplyDeleteThe stroller rolling towards the edge of the platform.
The incident, which happened Thursday at Ashburton railway station in Melbourne, Australia, was captured by CCTV.
The footage shows the baby's mother momentarily letting go of the stroller, which then rolls over the edge of the platform. Second later, a train pulls in to the station.
The stroller and baby were dragged 30 meters (33 yards) further up the track before the train came to a halt.
John Rees, a spokesman for train operator Connex, told Australia's Channel 7 television station: "It's a miracle this baby wasn't killed. The baby managed to escape with just a cut to the forehead, I'm told. It's a complete miracle."
The baby boy was quickly reunited with his distraught mother. He was taken to Melbourne's Royal Children's Hospital but was later discharged.
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