Thursday, October 24, 2013

1 Killed in Florida Train Derailment

One person was killed when a train derailed in Florida.

It happened Thursday morning, near Sanford.

The train was carrying gravel to a construction site when it became unsteady and four of it's cars tipped over.

A spotter for the train was caught under one of the cars and killed.

The accident is under investigation.

2 US Citizens Kidnapped by Pirates Off Nigeria

The C-Retriever
Two Americans have been kidnapped off the coast of Nigeria, by pirates.

Wednesday's attack, was confirmed on Thursday by the US government.

Pirates attacked the C-Retriever, an oil platform supply boat out of Louisiana, and took the ship's captain and chief engineer with them.

Their identities have not been released.

No information was released about the rest of the crew, or the C-Retriever's condition.

This was the forty-first pirate attack in the Gulf of Guinea, in 2013.

In those attacks, one hundred and thirty-two people have been taken hostage.