Good morning Her Campus! With a break-neck news cycle, there is no possible way for you to stay on top of every story that comes across your feeds—we’re all only human, after all.
But, life comes at you fast. So grab a cup of coffee and settle in for this quick and dirty guide to stories you might’ve been sleeping on (like, literally. It’s early.)
Three Are Dead in a Grand Canyon Helicopter Crash
Three people died when a sightseeing helicopter crashed on late Saturday afternoon within the Grand Canyon, CNN reports. In total, a pilot and six passengers were riding on the aircraft, while four survivors were rescued in the early hours of Sunday morning.
The rescue of the survivors was delayed due to dark and windy weather conditions, but the remaining passengers were taken to a medical center afterward.
The sightseeing company, Papillon Airways, described itself as “the only way to tour the Grand Canyon,” flying about 600,000 passengers a year on tours of the Grand Canyon.
A Grand Canyon sight-seeing helicopter crashed early Saturday evening, killing four people and seriously injuring three others, according to police. https://t.co/WL8avpoIFG
— NPR (@NPR) February 11, 2018
Justin Trudeau’s Motorcade Was in a Minor Crash
Keep calm, but Candian prime minister Justin Trudeau was unharmed after his motorcade was involved in a minor accident in Simi Valley, California. The New York Times reports that the government motorcade had just left the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute when a police motorcycle blocking the road was hit by a passenger vehicle trying to make a left turn. The police officer riding the motorcycle fell into another police vehicle in the motorcade, but the upset didn’t disturb Trudeau’s car.
The injured police officer was taken to a hospital with minor injuries and, although the female driver of the passenger vehicle wasn’t given a summons, authorities believe that she will likely be found at fault in the crash.
Trudeau was in California for a four-day trip to the United States focusing on the two countries’ economies.
Police officer hospitalized after Justin Trudeau’s motorcade involved in multiple injury crash in California https://t.co/kszuOJ5YmL pic.twitter.com/uljFoA76ZU
— Metro News Canada (@MetroNewsCanada) February 11, 2018
U.S. Wins First Gold Medal in PyeongChang Olympics
17-year-old snowboarder Red Gerard won the United States’ first gold medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics. Gerard snatched up the gold in Saturday’s men’s slopestyle event, becoming the youngest U.S. snowboarder to win an Olympic medal. As of now, he’s also the youngest gold medalist in snowboarding out of all involved nations.
That podium feeling. #WinterOlympics #BestOfUS pic.twitter.com/c6L9ZruSQL
— NBC Olympics (@NBCOlympics) February 11, 2018
What to look out for…
Today is known as Clean Out Your Computer Day, which is a message that we definitely need to take more notice of. We forgot just how much is stored on our computers, so now is time to delete any duplicate or junk files and organize important documents.