Abby Sunderland is a 16-year-old girl who attempted to sail around the world but when she lost connections and singled for help created controversy against her trip. “Parents of Rescued Teenage Sailor Abby Sunderland Accused of Risking Her Life” is a news report by Paul Harris on January 23, 2010 saying that 16 year old Abigail Sunderland attempted to sail around the world and inevitably got in trouble and signaled for help. Starting in Marina del Rey, found in the Indian Ocean, back to Marina del Rey, California was Abby's attempted trip. Abby Sunderland caused controversy on whether or not she should have attempted the trip around the world and people are debating on if her parents should have allowed it to happen. Abby Sunderland should have made the trip around the world. …show more content…
“She has a very resilient spirit and she enjoys heavy winds and big seas..” (Abby's parents in an interview called “Was Abby too young to sail?”) This statement proves that she in fact does enjoy sailing in the weather she was caught in, and therefore, has experience with. She also is said to have a tough spirit saying that, if something did happen, she would survive. “Risk is a fact of life.” (“Should Kids be Allowed to do Extreme Sports?”) Risk is a fact of life. Since everything has a risk, just some more than others, Abby took one. Abby wanted to inspire others and follow in her brother's footsteps, so she took a risk that she was prepared to
exonerating Burton, Centurion Ministries found and interviewed the gas stations cashier, an African American woman named Joan who was working the night of the shooting and plainly saw the shooter and informed officers that they had gotten the wrong man, since the shooter was of lighter complexation rather than Burton whom was of much darker complexation. After many attempts to exonerate Burton, he finally was allowed an evidentiary hearing in April 2007, and was later released and all charges dropped in August 2008. The decision of the judge ruled that “the evidence of guilt presented at trial was extremely weak” and, that eyewitnesses were “repeatedly impeached”. The judge found the evidentiary hearing testimony of the cashier, Joan Williams
Who was the killer of of Abby and Andrew Borden? On August 4, 1892 Andrew and Abby borden were killed due to murder. The two were murdered with a axe, Abby was struck 19 time while Andrew was struck 10 or 11 times. The bodies were both found in the house, Abby was found upstairs with her head bashed into pieces. While, Andrew was found in a pool of blood on the living room couch.
Amanda Knox was once an average, college student from Seattle before studying abroad in Perugia, Italy. However, on November 2, 2007 her life changed forever. Knox reported that she returned to her house, which she shared with three other women, to find one of her roommates, twenty-year old Meredith Kercher, dead from exsanguination, or severe blood loss. Knox was immediately a suspect due to her odd behavior before finding Kercher’s body; finding the door to her home open along with a broken window in one of the bedrooms, blood drops on the floor in the bathroom, but still Amanda decided to shower. When Knox was taken in for questioning her odd behavior continued when she reportedly did cartwheels in the hallway of the police station.
Susan Cox Powell mysteriously disappeared one night after her husband and two sons went on a camping trip. On the morning of December 7, 2009, Susan did not show up to daycare with the boys which is not like her. People became concerned as to where she was and eventually found out that she disappeared and nobody, including her husband Josh, knew where she was. Although there was no evidence against Josh Powell for the murder of his wife Susan, it is highly possible he committed the crime based on his behavior and what his children shared about that night.
Seen happily attending Halloween parties with her friends the previous night, Meredith Kercher was tragically murdered sometime after 8:30 on the evening of November 1st. After receiving a call about a supposed break-in the next morning, police found Kercher's body wrapped in a blanket with a slashed throat. During the trials following this investigation, main suspects Amanda Knox, the victim's roommate, and Raffaele Sollecito, Knox’s boyfriend at the time, maintained innocence while the night of November 1st became a point of intense controversy. The evidence the police found, though much of it deemed unreliable, was used to prove Knox guilty in the first two trials; the third and final verdict, however, acquitted them of their crimes due
After several days of no communication and concern about Travis Alexander’s wellbeing, a couple of his friends went to his residence in Mesa, Arizona. They did in fact find their friend but he was lying in a pool of blood. One June 9, 2008, Travis was found with many wounds, including a slit neck, multiple stab wounds and a gunshot in the head. Police investigated the crime and came to the conclusion that he was killed five days earlier.
Andrea Yates crime moved the United States in an astonishing way. This crime impacted both the officers and the families all around the United States due to the horrendous Crime Andrea committed. Andre killed her 5 children including her precious baby girl. What most the the American public ask themselves was, what lead her to kill her children and how can we stop it for ever happening to a family again. Even though Andrea Yates was affected by a combination of Social,Biological, and Psychological factors the factor that triggered her insanity was Biological and Psychological.
Risk is when someone is taking a chance where there is something to gain or lose. For many people, like Chris McCandless and Jon Krakauer, are willing to take those risks even if there was a chance they would have to die for them. This quote was written by Krakauer describing the time he went to Colorado and planned to climbed Devil’s Thumb. “As I formulated a plan to climb the Thumb, I was dimly aware I might be getting in over my head.
Hello Ladies and Gentlemen, and welcome back to CTV News at 9:00 PM. I am Lisa LaFlamme. Tonight we are looking at the trial that is causing interest all over the country. The trial for the murder of Candy Kane. Mine Mean is the accused and he is presumed to be the killer of Kane.
Abby Sunderland Essay - Cody #4 Abby Sunderland is a teenager that has been sailing her entire life and wanted to sail around the world solo, to be the youngest to do it. 16 year old, Abby Sunderland, should not have been able to sail around the world by herself. One reason why she should not have been able to sail around the world by herself is because she wasn’t prepared with the right equipment, such as, the kind of boat she had. The boat Abby had was a racing sailboat, not a boat to sail around the world.
Was there any time you wanted to take a risk, but were either too scared, or maybe when you did want to take a risk and you did it, but it didn't work out as you wanted it to? Or you may have taken a risk and it ended perfectly for you. When it comes to risks people do them daily especially when it comes to things such as getting treated unfairly or wanting to be dedicated to doing something. Some people have even made history by taking one of the biggest risks like, going to space, or escaping slave masters, or it can even be by learning. The authors used many different methods of media to explain to the reader about their story and took major risks and small risks.
In November 2007, Meredith kercher was found dead in the apartment she shared with Amanda Knox. She had been stabbed. the knife wounds and a slashed neck leading to a lack of oxygen. But who could do this? Who would do this?
In the case of Mary Barnett, I agree with the courts decision to find her guilty of second degree murder and manslaughter. This is largely based on my analysis of the witnesses presented during the trial and the demeanor and actions of the defendant. Having an associates degree in psychology helped me formulate decisions about the role of each character and what part they were to play during the course of the trial. I utilized the teaching from the text book as well as the concepts from my social psychology class which required me to people watch and analyze the surroundings, body language, and actions of others.
Risk-taking is someone doing a task and not knowing what will happen after, whether it ends in a good or bad way. People can take risks for many different reasons, the satisfaction of themselves, to help somebody else, etc. When people take risks there is no way to know what the result is going to be, I think that’s why a lot of people are willing to take risks, the majority of people believe that the result will be profitable to them. In Alan Gratz’s book ‘Refugee’ Josef, a young Jewish boy lives through his life as a refugee with his family as they try to escape to Cuba while Nazis try to confiscate Germany. In ‘When the Waters Rise’ by Alex Shultz, 4 teenage boys help + rescue a world full of people after a devastating hurricane hits Houston,
In Salem, Massachusetts a series of hearings and prosecutions started, commonly known as the Salem Witchcraft Trials. The witchcraft trials in Salem became a big concern after two-hundred innocent people were accused and twenty people were executed. Many people of Salem believed the court was just in accusing all these victims. A seldom amount of people went against the court in saying that the court was a fraud and that the decisions were biased being made. Abigail Williams held all the power in the court and determined who was “guilty” or not.