Disaster_Accident

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A furry friend helps Auxiliary Police Cpl. James Murphy demonstrate harness use in a child-safety seat.

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** FILE ** Richard C. Holbrooke (left), the U.S. envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan meets with Afghan President Hamid Karzai in February 2009 as tensions over civilian casualties strain relations between the two countries. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** Flames erupt after Continental Connection Flight 3407 from Newark, N.J., crashed into a house near Buffalo, N.Y., on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2009.

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This image provided by NASA shows an artist concept of an Iridium satellite in earth orbit. Two big communications satellites collided in the first-ever crash of its kind in orbit over Siberia on Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2009, shooting out a pair of massive debris clouds and posing a slight risk to the international space station. The collision involved an Iridium commercial satellite, which was launched in 1997, and a Russian satellite launched in 1993 and believed to be nonfunctioning.

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** FILE ** In this Jan. 29, 2009, file photo, an Early County, Ga. Sheriff's car sits parked in front of the the Peanut Corporation of America processing plant in Blakely, Ga., The Senate is scheduled to hold the first congressional hearing on the national salmonella outbreak Thursday as lawmakers are vowing to press for stronger food safety laws and more money for inspections. The Georgia peanut-processing plant that produces just 1 percent of U.S. peanut products is being blamed for the salmonella outbreak that has sickened at least 550 people, eight of whom have died.

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Associated Press Rock artists (clockwise from the left) Ritchie Valens, J.P. "the Big Bopper" Richardson and Buddy Holly died in a plane crash 50 years ago.

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Memorial Bridge and Roosevelt Bridge, which link Virginia and the District, are among those that will be closed on Inauguration Day. Authorities are asking people to use public transportation, as drivers in the city will face restrictions, including street closures. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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**FILE** Sport utility vehicles sit at a Lincoln Mercury dealership in Northern Virginia on Dec. 17, 2008. (The Washington Times)

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Passengers board an Amtrak Acela train bound for New York at Union Station in Washington in 2008. (The Washington Times)

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The Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge in February 2008. (The Washington Times) ** FILE **

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Redskins safety Sean Taylor. (Peter Lockley/The Washington Times) ** FILE **

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Erosion control devices line the beach in Galveston, Texas. The geotubes had been covered by dunes before Hurricane Ike hit the island last month. Many parts of Galveston remain littered with debris and are not ready to host the crowds that they usually attract. (Associated Press)

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A television screen at the New York Stock Exchange shows the decision of the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates, Wednesday Oct. 8, 2008. The emergency cut led by the Federal Reserve will at least temporarily provide relief for investors who have been battered this week. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

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An F-22 Raptor takes off from Langley Air Force Base in Hampton, Va., as a crew member prepares an F-15 for flight operations. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

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Wreckage from the Maryland State Police medevac helicopter crash that killed four people is scattered on one side in Walter Mill Regional Park in District Heights in September 2008.

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Agence France-Presse/Getty Images The crew of the Enola Gay, including pilot Col. Paul W. TIbbets (center), gathers near the B-29 in the Northern Mariana Islands in August 1945.

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A new study says Americans are endangered by flame retardant chemicals through dust and air in their cars, especially in hotter temperatures. Those chemicals are in seat foam to slow down fire if the car bursts into flames.

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** FILE ** Flags commemorate each of the victims killed at the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001. (Astrid Riecken/The Washington Times)

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A lighted flag hangs on the side of the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2008, where American Airlines Flight 77 hit the building on Sept. 11, 2001. A streak of white in the sky came from a plane departing Reagan National Airport. (The Washington Times)