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12-21-2006, 05:44 PM
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From DR1 news on the front pge of DR1.com Thursday December 21 2006
Firefighters don't return
Four Dominican firefighters out of a group of five who were sent to the United States for training have not returned to the DR. The firefighting team departed from the Cibao International Airport in Santiago. In the second trip to the US, three firefighters left for training and only one, Pedro Bautista, returned. He has since been promoted to the rank of captain as a result. The authorities are investigating the incident and want to find out whether airport personnel were responsible for aiding the firefighters' escape. Emilio Antonio Filion and Pedro Antonio Almonte are among the four who stayed in the US. The Cibao Airport firefighting corps is an independent firefighting group started by authorities at the airport and has previously sponsored two training courses in New York.
Bad choice of words. Escape? Escape from where? Escape from what?
I taught DR is Paradise, escape from Paradise?
Yours,
J.T.
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12-21-2006, 06:03 PM
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How about 'defection'? 
'Flight' would have been the obvious choice, but it doesn't work because of the confusion with 'flight' as in air travel. |
12-21-2006, 06:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Chirimoya
How about 'defection'?
'Flight' would have been the obvious choice, but it doesn't work because of the confusion with 'flight' as in air travel. |
I would suggest 'deflection'. Their return trip was 'deflected' by their desire for a better life in the US. Or even 'deviation'. Their return trip was aborted, due to 'deviation' from their original official plans...
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12-21-2006, 06:19 PM
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"to find out whether airport personnel were responsible for aiding the firefighters' deviation"
has a certain ring to it, but...
Why would they need the airport staff to help them, anyway? Wouldn't it be just a question of not turning up for the return flight?
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12-21-2006, 07:14 PM
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Maybe Cousin.s Ha Ha
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12-21-2006, 07:19 PM
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"to find out whether airport personnel were responsible for aiding the firefighters' disappearance"
- maybe?
"to find out whether airport personnel were responsible for aiding the firefighters' loss"
- no!
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12-21-2006, 09:24 PM
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The message for the next fire fighter trainee is come back and you will become a captain..... big deal, probably could make more money driving a taxi in New York.....  |
12-21-2006, 10:44 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JoeTurist
Firefighters don't return
Four Dominican firefighters out of a group of five who were sent to the United States for training have not returned to the DR...
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And people wonder why Dominicans have such a tough time getting tourist visas to the US.
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12-22-2006, 12:27 AM
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True, why should the US Consulate go through the trouble of a tourist visa? Just give every damn one of them a Green Card on the first try.
Maybe these guys had a burning desire to stay in NYC. And then they went and extinguished any hope of also becoming fire captains here. And if they are caught by Homeland Security, they will be hosed. And axed after they are returned to the DR.
Maybe they can become police officers.
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12-22-2006, 04:31 AM
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RD$35 and a Ham Sandwich!
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Police Officers??
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Originally Posted by GringoCArlos
True, why should the US Consulate go through the trouble of a tourist visa? Just give every damn one of them a Green Card on the first try.
Maybe these guys had a burning desire to stay in NYC. And then they went and extinguished any hope of also becoming fire captains here. And if they are caught by Homeland Security, they will be hosed. And axed after they are returned to the DR.
Maybe they can become police officers.
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Too Too funny!
 
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