Video from the scene showed people clambering on the wreckage -- including parts of the fallen plane -- and working together to hold up what appeared to be a fire hose.
Ford also didn't flinch when the Federal Reserve's anti-inflation tightening plunged the U.S. into its worst economic downturn since the 1930s. (Sadly, the gains against inflation--the rate had fallen almost three-fourths by the time Ford left office--were lost, and then some, under President Jimmy Carter.) And, unlike the current White House occupant, President Ford readily used his veto pen on excessive spending bills and other legislation he thought harmful.
For example, while the DJIA is off just a fraction from its highs (-0.13 to be exact), the NASDAQ is off -2.2% over the past two days, the Midcaps have fallen -2.5%, and the Russell 2000 smallcap index has been tagged for a loss of -3.7%.
However, this picture has steadily improved over recent months - the overhang of unsold properties has fallen to a 13-year low, while the average interest rate on new mortgages has fallen to an all-time low thanks to interventions by the US Federal Reserve.
"The system failed all of us again, " she said, adding that her family grieved for the fallen firefighters -- one of whom her two daughters knew from school -- and Cheryl Spengler.
But in recent years, the quality of the mussels have fallen - and 2010's landings were the lowest on record.
He admitted that the school roll had fallen - but blamed the uncertainty caused by previous closure plans.
And it's not just the London market that's fallen - the Nikkei in Japan down nearly 30%, even the mighty Dow Jones industrial average in New York, down more than 6% on the year, and that's its' worst performance since l981.
But they were out-fought by a hungrier Fermanagh in the provincial semi-finals and now have fallen at the first hurdle in the back-door system.
But we can say that - on borrowing, growth, and the rebalancing of the economy - the coalition has fallen far short of its hopes.
At the risk of over-interpreting the figures, it is still fair to point out that the overall engagement index - the one highlighted at the top of the survey - has fallen sharply since 2010.
One reason is that, although the dollar has fallen sharply against the euro, its broad trade-weighted value has fallen by only 8% over the past 12 months.
Third, the demand for labour has fallen since the mid-1980s as technological change reduced the need for unskilled workers and as companies have restructured.
You can see that the facing -- the marble, the glass -- has fallen.
The highflyers of 1993 -- Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines -- have flared and fallen.
Uprooted trees line the streets and fallen fences surround the one-story homes, some with shredded patios or roofs blown off.
But the number of employees working full-time has fallen 120, 000 and the number of self-employed people working full time has risen by 132, 000.
The number of adoptions has fallen six-fold in the last 30 years.
Disclosure: The author is co-manager of the Fallen Angels Value Fund (FAVLX) which as of writing, owns Citigroup.
Now the GDP per head in West Wales and the Valleys, as a percentage of the average across all EU regions, has fallen - according to the latest, official, Eurostat figures, to 68.4%.
By the mid-1990s the area had fallen on hard times, and today that industry is all but gone.
So to all of them -- to our veterans, to the fallen, and to their families -- there is no tribute, no commemoration, no praise that can truly match the magnitude of your service and your sacrifice.
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The number of people taking their main holiday in Britain has fallen over the past 20-odd years: it was 27m in 1975, but only 16.5m in 1996.
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The share of middle-income jobs in the U.S. has fallen significantly as low-income jobs have increased.
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Since the go-go days of the late 1990s, trading volumes have fallen by two-thirds.
"The number of child pedestrians aged 0-15 killed on Britain's roads has fallen by 57% since the mid-1990s, showing that the work of local authorities, the emergency services and national government is making a real difference, " she said.
Comparing Australia with Mexico won us few friends, yet to some extent we were right: the Australian dollar has fallen by almost two-fifths against the greenback since 1996.
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The Jan. 9 collapse in Queens didn't cause any life-threatening injuries, but three workers had to be extricated from beneath fallen machinery after the 170-foot-long boom fell and mowed down part of the building's wooden framework, according to officials and witnesses.
According to the government, the number of Britain's largest publicly quoted companies with all-male boards has fallen from 21 to seven in the past two-and-a-half years.
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