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Searchers Find, Can't Recover 8th Body

Olympian Torres rode copter over Hudson 2 days before crash

By M. Morris,  Newser Staff

Posted Aug 10, 2009 11:08 PM CDT

(Newser) – Crews searching the Hudson River for the victims of Sunday's collision between a sightseeing helicopter and a small plane located an eighth body yesterday in the submerged plane but were unable to recover it, 1010 WINS radio reports. Rough water and silt impeded the efforts of divers, who suspended work late Monday and planned to resume searching for the ninth and last body Tuesday.

Meanwhile, Olympic swimming champ Dara Torres said she was shocked to realize she and her 3-year-old daughter had taken a helicopter tour of New York last week with the pilot of the doomed aircraft. "I was a little freaked out," Torres tells the AP. "You realize how precious life is. I was just with this guy two days earlier."

Divers in inflatable boats maneuver near the wreckage of a plane off Hoboken, NJ, Monday, Aug.10, 2009. The plane, which collided with a helicopter and crashed in the Hudson River, remains underwater.
Divers in inflatable boats maneuver near the wreckage of a plane off Hoboken, NJ, Monday, Aug.10, 2009. The plane, which collided with a helicopter and crashed in the Hudson River, remains underwater.   (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano)
MTSB Chairman Debbie Hersman updates the media during a press conference in Hoboken, NJ, Monday, Aug. 10, 2009.
MTSB Chairman Debbie Hersman updates the media during a press conference in Hoboken, NJ, Monday, Aug. 10, 2009.   (AP Photo/Louis Lanzano)
The wreckage of a helicopter that was hit by an airplane and crashed in the Hudson River is repositioned by a crane on a pier in Hoboken, N.J., Monday, Aug. 10, 2009.
The wreckage of a helicopter that was hit by an airplane and crashed in the Hudson River is repositioned by a crane on a pier in Hoboken, N.J., Monday, Aug. 10, 2009.   (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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kokuaguy
Aug 12, 2009 12:00 PM CDT
I think I'm pretty good at understanding where deebs is coming from ... of course there's always the other side of the issue and it's a gas extploring it with her and all of you. My first reaction to the post by deebs that led off here was to be concerned about the reactions of others. I feel protective of deebs since she's new at this, and in a way her lifestyle keeps her in a kind of a bubble i think. Plus, I'm older so there's the older brother thing. Plus, I'm more than a little bit in love -- with the idea of being in love with a woman I've never met, but have come to know quite well I think, from her posts here (I've read all of them on the profile pages) and from her email messages and the times we've spoken on the phone, and from her books. I've read two of them now. Well, you all will miss her, that's for sure. I'll be around from time to time, but I really have to try to kick this addiction and find myself a more productive one. Aloha oe.
oldgoat
Aug 11, 2009 10:00 AM CDT
What is so wrong with what she said? Most people will have the same response when somebody dies that they have just seen in the past couple of days.
Ucantusethatname
Aug 11, 2009 8:23 AM CDT
Deebies sounds like a woman with PMS with a GPS: an angry b***h who will find kokuyaguy.
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