Terrible... Fatal BHM accident..

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http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2013/03/post_898.html#incart_big-photo

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- A flight information sign at the newly renovated Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport fell on a mother and her four children on Friday afternoon, killing one child, and injuring the mother and her three other children. The sign reportedly fell on them as they were walking by.

"The 300-plus pound sign toppled and hit the family without warning," said Albert Osorio, who was walking by at the same time.

"The whole thing flipped down on those kids. It took all of us here to stand it back up. Everybody started screaming," he said.

Airport spokeswoman Toni Herrera-Bast confirmed that an incident had occurred, but did not provide any details.

"There has been a collapse. It occurred pre-security inside the terminal," Herrera-Bast said.

An AL.com reporter on the scene observed the collapse near the Southwest ticket counter. The incident occurred in the newly-renovated portion of the airport. The older parts of the airport are now shuttered to everyone but construction crews.

One child has already been transported via ambulance to an area hospital and another child was being loaded into an ambulance. The mother appeared to have injuries to both legs.

The airport opened the newly renovated Concourses A and B on March 13upon completing the first phase of a $201.6 million effort to modernize and upgrade the facility to post-Sept. 11 security standards.

Construction began in June 2011 under the management of Brasfield & Gorrie-Bloc Global Services Group.
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It's BHM. Have you been there? I'm more surprised the whole terminal didn't collapse and the people outside started looting.
I've been to third world countries that have better infrastructure than BHM, and I certainly don't mean just the airport.
 
a buddy of mine was just approaching the escalator when it happened. he said the screams were unimaginable.
 
tiredcfi said:
Minus New Orleans?? That is possibly one of the worst offenders! Truly a filthy place!
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Nah I love MSY, it's a fun kind of filthy, and I'm not talking about bourbon street. Obviously there are places you don't want to go, but the French quarter is great.
 
z987k said:
It's BHM. Have you been there? I'm more surprised the whole terminal didn't collapse and the people outside started looting.
I've been to third world countries that have better infrastructure than BHM, and I certainly don't mean just the airport.
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I was based there for three years with Airnet. Only time I've ever seen a hangar shot up, the fbo held up at gunpoint, and several things I probably shouldn't mention on a public forum.

It is that bad there.

Very sad story.
 
Very sad indeed...... Thank goodness no one else got hurt..... Could have been much worse..... Thankfully UAB medical center is near by to treat..... A top notch facility.
 
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