Yahoo! News - Woman Has Heart Attack on Jet Full of MDs: "Wed Dec 31,12:54 PM ET
LONDON - A flight in the United States proved lucky for a British woman who suffered a heart attack. Fifteen heart specialists, all bound for a medical conference in Florida, stood up to offer help when a cabin attendant asked, 'Is there a doctor on board?'
Dorothy Fletcher, 67, who had been on her way from Britain to her daughter's wedding, said Wednesday that she owed her life to the doctors.
'I was in a very bad way and they all rushed to help,' she said.
'I wish I could thank them but I have no idea who they were, other than that they were going to a conference in Orlando.'
Fletcher, who lives in Liverpool, northwestern England, spent two days in intensive care at the Charlotte Medical Center in North Carolina following the heart attack on Nov. 7.
She spent three more days in the hospital, but still made it to her daughter Caroline's wedding. "
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Yahoo! News - Dead Man's Dangling Legs Greet Couple: "Fri Jan 2,10:37 AM ET
SANTA FE, N.M. (Reuters) - A New Mexico couple returned home from a week-long vacation to find the legs of a dead man dangling from their ceiling, police said.
The man was identified as Carl Smith, 81, and he was the former husband of the woman who lived in the home, said Trish Ahrensfield, a spokeswoman for the Albuquerque police.
'He was stuck in an air conditioner duct,' Ahrensfield said, adding a cause of death has not yet been determined.
Police said it appears the man was trying to break into the home from the roof and died while attempting to get in through the air conditioner duct.
The couple, who were not identified, said their home was cold when they returned on Tuesday and they went to the bathroom to see if the heater had been shut off. When they looked up, they saw the legs hanging from the ceiling. "
