Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Tuesday 04-02-13


Hiker Survived 6 Days in Mt. Hood Snow Cave

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A hardy and determined woman celebrated Easter in the hospital recuperating after spending six nights stranded and injured on Oregon's Mount Hood.
Mary Owen, 23, said her faith in God got her through those six excruciating days alone in the cold on Mount Hood before a National Guard helicopter spotted her Saturday morning, at an elevation of about 4,600 feet. She was flown to a Portland, Ore., hospital and treated for frostbite on her toes.
"It's hard to give up hope when there's so much life inside you," Owen said Sunday from her hospital bed.
Owen was last heard from on Sunday and was reported missing Thursday evening, ABC News affiliate KATU reported. Owen slipped and cut her leg badly after a whiteout last Sunday.
"The first thing I did was pound out a snow cave because you want to get protection from wind and the elements," Owen said.
Owen, an experienced climber, was certain she'd be found soon. But time passed and no one came. She melted snow for water and started fires for warmth. For the next six days, she sat on the mountain alone and injured, occasionally moving to avoid avalanches crumbling around her.
"I'd have these weird dreams about people coming and telling me about how to come off the mountain. And I'd pack my stuff up and get ready to go and then just be like oh there's nobody here," she said.
Alone in her solitude, she began reflecting on the people that mattered most to her and wondered if she would ever see them again.
"I was out there and just thinking of all the loose ends that I left behind and the people that I care about," Owen said. "And that was something that really hit me."
Owen said on Good Friday she saw planes flying overhead and thought her prayers would be answered. Unfortunately, the helicopters didn't spot her, leading to another cold night on Mount Hood. However, Owen's faith remained throughout her time alone on the mountain.
Then on Saturday, nearly a full week on Mt. Hood, she was spotted by a National Guard helicopter.
"I was very much overwhelmed and just screaming for them to come back for me. They finally did and they turned around and came back and that was a good moment," Owen said with tears in her eyes.
Owen spent Easter Sunday with her family at the hospital and received what she wanted most besides being rescued - French toast and a bath.

http://gma.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blogs/hiker-survived-6-days-mt-hood-snow-cave-122209490--abc-news-topstories.html

Police: Son Fatally Shoots Dad During Easter Service, Yells Killing Was ‘Will Of Allah’

ASHTABULA, Ohio (AP) — Witnesses say the 25-year-old man accused of walking into an Ohio church and fatally shooting his father after an Easter service Sunday was yelling about God and Allah after the killing.
Police say Reshad Riddle walked into the Hiawatha Church of God in Christ in Ashtabula and killed his father, 52-year-old Richard Riddle, with a single shot from a handgun Sunday afternoon.
Associate Pastor Sean Adams told The (Ashtabula) Star Beacon newspaper that worshippers started screaming, ducking down and calling 911 on cellphones after the shooting.
”It was terrifying,” Adams told the newspaper. “The children were screaming and people were dialing 911. We were afraid to breathe.”
Adams said Reshad Riddle then continued into the church, still holding the gun, and yelled that the killing was “the will of Allah. This is the will of God.”
Reshad Riddle was quickly subdued by officers, who arrived just moments after the shooting. They say he has been mostly cooperative.
The Plain Dealer newspaper in Cleveland reported that another church pastor said congregants were leaving when they heard a gunshot.

“People pushed me into a back office and said, ‘Somebody’s here with a gun,’” said the Rev. David Howard Jr. “The guy was outside hollering and acting crazy.”
County Coroner Pamela Lancaster said Richard Riddle’s wound was “immediately fatal.”
Ashtabula Police Chief Robert Stell said the younger Riddle offered no motive for the shooting.

“Witnesses at the scene said the shooter entered church and made some references to Allah, but we are not sure if that was a motive or if there was a family problem,” Stell said. “There is no indication that the father and son had a bad relationship. Everyone thinks this was very surprising.”
Court records show Reshad Riddle has an extensive criminal record.
Ashtabula County Common Pleas Court records show he was arrested and charged with two counts of felonious assault, kidnapping, abduction and tampering with evidence in 2006.
Records show that in 2007, Reshad Riddle was charged with felonious assault, and in 2009 he was charged with possession of drugs, tampering with evidence and possession of cocaine.
According to police reports, one of the felonious assault charges stemmed from an incident when Reshad Riddle allegedly attempted to cut his girlfriend’s throat. Capt. Joseph Cellitti said the young woman’s neck had been cut with a knife and she suffered bruising on her side and chest.
Church parishioners said Reshad Riddle was a member of the church as a child, but did not attend services regularly as an adult.
“No one would have thought twice about him being here with his family on Easter,” Adams said. “His family (has) been members here for years and years.”

http://cleveland.cbslocal.com/2013/04/01/police-son-fatally-shoots-dad-during-easter-service-yells-killing-was-will-of-allah/

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