7 marines die in crash - San Diego Union
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7 marines die in crash - San Diego Union
mobile money c 1 • Near field communication chips let you pay with a tap, but not many smartphones have them yet. SECTIONS inside B • Local C • Business D • Sports E • Weekend F r i day • F e b rua ry 2 4 , 2 0 1 2 • • T H E WO R L D ’S G R E AT E S T C O U N T RY & A M E R I CA’S F I N E S T C I T Y Coming Sunday U T S a n D i e go . c o m San Diego mayoral candidates discuss how to improve local schools 7 Marines die in crash in depth A3 revenue surge erases budget deficit City to boost library, rec hours, install new fire alert system Craig Gustafson & Jen Lebron Kuhney • U-T Mayor Jerry Sanders declared an end to San Diego’s lingering budget woes Thursday, saying an unexpected revenue surge erases a longstanding deficit and allows him to begin restoring services he had been forced to cut in recent years. The city has an additional $16.5 million to spend for the current fiscal year because of better-than-expected tax revenue and measures implemented by Sanders to reduce costs in the $1.1 billion operating budget. Sanders said part of the new revenue — $5 million — will be used to expand hours at city libraries and recreation centers, increase the size of the next police academy class, bolster reserves and finally implement a new fire alert system that had lacked funding. The rest will A video framegrab provided Thursday by KPNX-12 News shows an aerial view of the helicopter crash site near Yuma. AP • KPNX-12 News Two helicopters collide during training in Imperial County, killing servicemen from air wing based at Miramar Gretel C. Kovach & Kristina Davis • U-T YUMA Seven Marines from a San Diego-based air wing died after two helicopters collided Wednesday night in a remote desert area of southeastern California. It is one of the Corps’ deadliest aviation training acci- dents in years. Six of the men killed in the Imperial County crash were from Camp Pendleton. The other was from the Marine air station at Yuma. There were no survivors aboard either aircraft. Preliminary reports indicated a collision, but the cause of the crash is under investigation, the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing announced at sunrise Thursday. The AH-1W Cobra and UH-1Y Huey went down about 8 p.m. during routine training on a military range along the California-Arizona state line, about an hour and a half drive from Yuma Marine Corps Air Station, said Gunnery Sgt. Dustin SEE Crash • A7 RIVERSIDE COUNTY Camp Pendleton SAN DIEGO COUNTY 5 Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range 111 Salton Sea 78 Miramar Marine Approximate area of Corps Air Station helicopter collision 8 San Diego 94 50 miles IMPERIAL COUNTY El Centro CALIFORNIA er rd U.S.-Mexico bo ARIZONA Glamis Yuma 8 Yuma Marine Corps Air Station 20 miles Sources: ESRI; Tele Atlas; USGS U-T SEE budget • a3 Basic Police work at state care homes often missing Family of La Mesa man who died calls special force ‘incompetent, horrendous’ Ryan Gabrielson California Watch coming Sunday No one was ever held to account for the death of Van Ingraham of La Mesa. Wat c h d o g California has assembled a unique police force to protect about 1,800 of its most vulnerable patients — men and women with cerebral palsy, severe autism and other mental disabilities who live in state institutions and require round-the-clock monitoring and protection. aimed at Israel in India and the attempted terrorist attack in Georgia. The bombing in New Delhi injured the wife of an Israeli diplomat while an attempted attack the same day in Georgia was thwarted. ted Gabe Watson, 34, accused of drowning his newlywed wife during a honeymoon diving trip to Australia eight years ago. The judge said prosecutors did not prove the man intentionally killed his wife to collect on a life insurance policy. today’s deal Today’s deal is brought to you by our paid advertising partner World Curry. Get $30 to spend on curry dishes from around the world for only $15 today at utsandiegodeals.com The World attacks on Israelis condemned by U.n.: The U.N. 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Most abuse cases are logged but never prosecutSEE watchdog • A7 U -T In d e x Bridge C6 Classifieds C4 Comics C8 Crossword C7 Dear Abby C7 Editorials B6 Horoscope C7 Lottery A2 Movies E8 Obituaries B5 Television E7 Weather B8 The FURNITURE RE WAREHOUSE E No Credit? Bad Credit? No Problem. In-House Program. ram No Credit Check Needed CHULA VISTA KEARNY MESA ESCONDIDO 619-426-2727 858-495-3300 760-745-2200 www.tfwarehouse.com 2 Piece Sectional $ 799 SALE PRICE Dominique Gambale works to strengthen her right shoulder where muscle tissue was removed to be placed in her injured right leg. CHARLIE NEUMAN • U-T Surgeon’s military background saved accident victim’s leg Encinitas resident was struck by taxi outside nightclub PETER ROWE • U-T At an international gathering of orthopedic surgeons in San Francisco this month, Encinitas’ Dominique Gambale enjoyed treatment worthy of a Nobel Prize winner. Surgeons applauded her speech, attended a panel discussion focusing on her, cheered a public service announcement that tells her story, and posed for fan photos with her. From near and far, doctors flocked to Gambale. “One surgeon from Baghdad shared the story of his son, who had been electrocuted and lost a piece of his skull,” she said. “Because of what I had been through, he felt he could relate this story to me.” Gambale, though, is no doctor. The 46-year-old mother of two is a case study in how medical techniques pioneered on the U.S. military fighting abroad can assist civilians suffering at home. A year ago, Gambale and her husband, patent attorney James Gambale Jr., were leaving the Stingaree nightclub in the Gaslamp Quarter when an out-of-control taxi hit her, shattering her right leg. Initial news reports said that her leg had been amputated. 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