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JFK runway shut for crossing turtles, delaying flights for over an hour

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Takeoffs were delayed at JFK, America's largest international airport, when New York authorities were forced to close a runway to make way for a pack of turtles attempting to cross on Wednesday morning.

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{"commentId":8150072,"authorDomain":"wordsperswade"}

That's just goofy!

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    Reply#1 - Fri Jul 10, 2009 9:23 PM EDT
    {"commentId":8151192,"authorDomain":"zomzom"}

    I see a made-for-tv-movie, waiting to happen.

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    Reply#2 - Fri Jul 10, 2009 10:48 PM EDT
    {"commentId":8153956,"authorDomain":"darreth"}

    BOY... I'll bet there were a LOT of upset business travelers on THAT flight!!! *GRIN*

    TURTLES GOTTA LIVE TOO DAMMIT!!! *GRIN*

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    Reply#3 - Sat Jul 11, 2009 7:17 AM EDT
    {"commentId":8239932,"authorDomain":"blayde"}

    I'll give you the view of a stone age man (you are all stone age by the way); let the Turtles pass with out consequence, build them an underpass, accommodate them, or else people will die. If you do not understand this logic, then you do not understand the way that nature resets the balance when there is an extinction.

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      Reply#4 - Wed Jul 15, 2009 9:39 PM EDT
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