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The Jewish Home | JUNE 30, 2022
Fatal Amtrak Crash
On Monday, three people lost their lives when an Amtrak train struck a dump truck and jumped the tracks in Mendon, Missouri. Seven of the eight train cars derailed. Train 4 was carrying 243 passengers and 12 crew members from Los Angeles to Chicago when the crash occurred around 12:45 p.m. Two people on the train were killed, in addition to a person who was in the truck. The collision happened at an “uncontrolled crossing,” Missouri State Highway Patrol Cpl. Justin Dunn said. NTSB chair Jennifer Homendy noted that there is a recorder on the train that will provide information and that investigators will look into whether there were forward- and internal-facing cameras.
Another Amtrak train was involved in a fatal crash on Sunday. During that incident, three people were killed and two others were injured when the train crashed into a vehicle obstructing rail tracks near Brentwood, California.
Flying Animals
ABC Soup Two women in Bangkok were pulled over by agents after their luggage went through the X-ray machines in the airport. No, they didn’t forget to pull out their water bottles from their bags. The
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officials had found 109 live animals in their two suitcases. Yup, between these two women, they had been smuggling two white porcupines, two armadillos, 35 turtles, 50 lizards and 20 snakes in their baggage. Thai authorities said the suitcases belonged to two Indian women: Nithya Raja, 38, and Zakia Sulthana Ebrahim, 24, who were due to board a flight to the Indian city of Chennai. Animal trafficking via airports has long been an issue in the region. In 2019, a man arriving in Chennai, India, from Bangkok was reportedly detained at the airport after customs officers found a month-old leopard cub in his luggage. More than 70,000 native and exotic wild animals – including their body parts or derivatives – were discovered in 140 seizures at 18 Indian airports between 2011 and 2020. I smell a rat.
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This guy just broke a “word” record – and a world record, too. Jacob Chandler is now a world champion, according to Guinness World Record, after he found and alphabetized all
26 letters in a can of alphabet soup in 2 minutes and 8.6 seconds. “I was intrigued by the idea of alphabetizing a can soup. I’ve eaten plenty of alphabet soup in my life but never stopped to think someone would make a challenge out of organizing the letters,” Chandler said.
The man from Oregon made preparations, including finding the perfect-sized bowl and spoon, identifying the right kind of alphabet soup with large and easily recognizable letters, and studying up to make sure he could tell the difference between letters like “M” and “W.” “Many of the letters had similar features, and I needed to know that before the attempt,” he said. Yes, it’s the little things in life that are just so important. Chandler said there were some factors that were impossible to predict. “The most difficult part was not be-
