CNN Hero Of The Hero!

Liz McCartney is CNN hero of the year because she helped survivors of Hurricane Katrina rebuild thier homes. She recieved $100,000 to continue her work out of New Orleans. She was one of the top 10 CNN heros thier as more than 1 million votes and she won with the most votes. Liz lived in Wahington and she was haunted by images of the storms destruction and stories of people. In Febuary 2006, Liz and her boyfriend went to volunteer at New Orleans. Thier experience thier changed thier lifes. By, June 2006 they quit thier jobs and moved to St.Bernard Parish. Now thier still dedicated to help people rebuild thier homes and move back into thier homes. Within two months of thier arrival they opened the nonprofit organization St. Bernard Project they put Senior citizens and families with children first on thier list. The St. Bernard Project can transform a gutted house into a livable home in just eight to 12 weeks for an average cost of $12,000. More than 6,000 volunteers have worked with the St. Bernard Project, helping more than 120 families to move back into their homes. Liz McVartney and her boyfriend plan on working till they can get everyone back into thier homes.

Terrorist Attacks In Mumbai

The Terrorist attack in Mumbhai, India left many killed 195 people killed plus 300 injured people. The attacks started on November 26th and ended on 29th November 2008. At least 195 people killed and 300 were injures in the attacks. Police belive that 12 terrorists were responsible for the attacks at 10 different locations. The terriorist used a fishing boat to travel to the city by sea to avoid gujrat security patrols and checkpoints. At 9:15 PM five terrorists armed with AK-47'S barged into Leopold Cafe. At 9:20 PM two men on a motor bike threw a grenade at a petrol station and killed two people and took number of hostages from a pub. At 9:24 they attacked CST Railway station gunmen started shooting at the reservation counter and nu,ber of people were killed and dozens wounded in this attack then the terrorists ran out of the station (tells you how secured indian railway stations are!). At 9.30 PM Armed men walked into the hotel throught the service entrance and started firing and throwing grenades. They took about 100 british and american hostages. At least two terriosts were killed during the attack at the Taj Mahal palace hotel. At 9:35 PM the same thing happend at Oberoi Trident Hotel and most of the city's expensive hotels. At 9:55 a taxi blew up in Vile Parle but this city was north than the rest of the attacks. At 10:15 Terrorists began firing inside and outside of Cama Hospital a police inspector, two security police men, two security men were killed. At 10:30 gunmen fired two police men near Mtero Cinema before hijacking a police vehicle. At 10:45 another taxi blew up and at least 3 people killed and 25 other people were injured. At 10:50 PM two terriorists opened fire after being confronted by police but, both gunmen were killed and police discovered two rib-type boats filled with explosives.

Twilight Post#1 :D

I am currently reading twilight because a lot of people said it was really good. I am on page 270. I’m pretty addicted to it now. Well, the book is about a boy named Edward who is a vampire and Bella who is a normal teenage girl that moved to a small town in Washington called Forks. First, he doesn’t seem to like her because when he was in biology he would move as much away from her as possible and would always clench his fists. After a week went by he introduces himself as Edward Cullen and is totally nice to her now. One day he saves her from a van that was sliding on ice with his strong powers. When Bella confronts him being strong and blazing fast he denies it. She finds out stuff about the Cullen’s through friend named Jacob black who knows a lot about them. But eventually he tells her that he is a vampire and what is allowed to do and what his appetite is. He even tells her what he can do for example he can read minds except for Bella’s. Even as Bella and Edward try to get to know each other more it is hard for him to be near her because he a total different person.