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Savitch was one of the first women to anchor an evening network newscast alone, following in the footsteps of Marlene Sanders of ABC News and Catherine Mackin of NBC News. She also hosted PBS's public affairs program Frontline from its January 1983 debut until her death in a car crash the following October. [1]
Kara S. Hultgreen [1] (October 5, 1965 – October 25, 1994) was an American naval aviator who served as a lieutenant in the United States Navy and was the first female carrier-based fighter pilot in the U.S. Navy. She was also the first female fighter pilot in the U.S. military to die in a crash. [2]
Elsa Teresia Andersson (27 April 1897 in Strövelstorp, Sweden – 22 January 1922) was Sweden's first female aviator and stunt parachutist. She was the daughter of a poor farmer in Strövelstorp in the Scanian countryside. Her mother died when she was aged six. Her elder brother left the family and sought a new life in America.
A U.S. Navy parachutists crashed into a crowd of spectators at San Francisco's Fleet Week on Sunday, injuring a mother and her daughter. The parachutist, a member of the Navy's Leap Frogs ...
February 25, 1899 – United Kingdom – Edwin Sewell and Major Richer are thrown from their vehicle on Harrow on the Hill, Middlesex, and killed. Sewell's death is the first recorded fatality of a driver. [6] September 13, 1899 – United States – Henry H. Bliss is the first person killed by a car in the United States.
Unfortunately, the parachutist was pronounced dead at the scene.” Related: 80-Year-Old Woman Goes Skydiving for the First Time — and Sums Up the Experience with One Word
A female Tesla driver was killed and her passenger seriously injured after they were tossed from the car in a fiery crash in Manhattan that left huge chunks of the vehicle scattered across the ...
In 2014, while preparing for her 20,000th parachute jump, Stearns was hit by a car while riding her bike. [15] She suffered a traumatic brain injury, which had a wide ranging impact on her memory and cognitive function. It took two years and one week after the accident for Stearns to recover her medical certification to fly.