Article: Man's cash goes flying; bystanders rush to help

Article: Money rains down in Torrance
Daily Breeze;  July 22, 2008 ;     329 words ......in no time," Geier said. "I had flip-flops on and couldn't run that fast." But almost immediately, about a dozen bystanders rushed to the Rancho Palos Verdes resident - not to pocket the wafting cash, but instead to help Geier retrieve it...

Article: Gunmen on Rampage Leave 8 Dead in Guyana
AP Online;  February 28, 2006 ;     197 words ......Guyana Gunmen on a rampage left eight people dead and a dozen bystanders wounded on the outskirts of Guyana's capital, police said...security guards and a man in a passing vehicle died, while a dozen bystanders were wounded, police spokesman John Sauers said. "Our men...

Article: AS GEN Bangladesh Explosions
AP Worldstream;  December 7, 2002 ;     60 words ......theater after the evening show. Two other bombs went off at two other theaters, where the shows were still on. Panicked people ran for shelter screaming for help while commuters and bystanders rushed to take injured people to hospital. (fh-rkm)

Article: Crowd lift up lorry to save crush student.(News)
Sunday Mirror (London, England);  March 14, 1999 ;     75 words ......under the lorry's wheels as it pulled a float in a student rag-week procession in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. Students and bystanders rushed to his aid and kept the lorry's weight off him until fire fighters arrived. A police spokesman said: If they hadn't acted...

Article: Deadly Cameroon Train Collision
The Washington Post;  February 15, 1998 ;     96 words ......reported. As many as 100 people were killed. The trains collided in mid-afternoon, and before the explosion, hundreds of bystanders rushed to scoop up oil gushing from the ruptured tankers. It wasn't clear if the tankers, near Yaounde's central petroleum depot...

Article: Skater killed crossing road in Braintree.(News)
The Boston Herald;  June 11, 2004 ;     85 words ......friend. Meaghan Flaherty, 22, was hit and pulled under a Ford Taurus on Washington Street at about 8:45 p.m., police said. Bystanders rushed to lift the car off the girl. Flaherty was pronounced dead at South Shore Hospital. A man who was with her suffered non-life-threate...

Article: 20 killed by blasts in Iraq.(News)
Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland);  August 14, 2006 ;     129 words ......struck an apartment building in the Zafraniyah neighbourhood. About 10 minutes later, a car bomb exploded as police and bystanders rushed to the scene. And a bomb strapped to a motorcycle went off in the same area minutes later. First reports said eight people...

Article: 47 killed by blasts in Iraq.(News)
Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland);  August 14, 2006 ;     121 words ......struck an apartment building in the Zafraniyah neighbourhood. About 10 minutes later, a car bomb exploded as police and bystanders rushed to the scene. And a bomb strapped to a motorcycle went off in the same area minutes later. First reports said eight people...

Article: Driver may be charged
The Press;  June 16, 2007 ;     94 words ......caused the accident on Thursday night. Police said the bus collided with a pedestrian on St Asaph Street about 6.20pm. Bystanders rushed to the aid of the man, who was taken to Christchurch Hospital. The Christchurch man remained in a critical condition last...

Article: Explosions in Iraq Kill 20, Wound 70
AP Online;  August 13, 2006 ;     77 words ......neighborhood about 7:15 p.m., police Lt. Thaer Mahmoud said. About 10 minutes later, a car bomb exploded as police and bystanders rushed to the scene, he said. Minutes later a bomb strapped to a motorcycle went off in the same area, he said.

Article: As many as 100 killed when oil train explodes in Cameroon
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  February 15, 1998 ;     209 words ......rescue workers scrambled to extinguish the fire. The trains collided in mid-afternoon. Before the explosion, hundreds of bystanders rushed to scoop up oil gushing from the ruptured tankers. Witnesses and doctors at several Yaounde hospitals said at least 100...

Article: 3 Explosions in Iraq Kill 20, Wound 70
AP Online;  August 13, 2006 ;     102 words ......in the Zafraniyah neighborhood, police Lt. Thaer Mahmoud said. About 10 minutes later, a car bomb exploded as police and bystanders rushed to the scene, he said. A bomb strapped to a motorcycle went off in the same area minutes later, he said. First reports...

Article: 3 Successive Explosions in Iraq Kill 20
AP Online;  August 13, 2006 ;     219 words ......in the Zafraniyah neighborhood, police Lt. Thaer Mahmoud said. About 10 minutes later, a car bomb exploded as police and bystanders rushed to the scene, he said. A bomb strapped to a motorcycle went off in the same area minutes later, he said. First reports...

Article: Bombs kill dozens in southern Iraq
Charleston Gazette;  December 13, 2007 ;     700+ words ......apart and seemed to be timed to bring maximum carnage. Bystanders rushed to help victims of the first blast, only to suffer death...Mohammed Saleh, a provincial council spokesman. Saleh said bystanders rushed to the scene to care for the handful of wounded when a...