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United passengers en route to Denver wait hours on tarmac
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DENVER — Some passengers en path to Denver Worldwide Airport Sunday afternoon needed to wait hours on a tarmac in Cheyenne, Wyoming, after being diverted due to climate.
“We had been actually trapped,” passenger Mara Vacation stated Monday.
She and her two daughters are pleased to be again dwelling in Centennial after a nightmare of a flight following a visit to Walt Disney World. Their United Airways flight again dwelling was going effectively till they approached Denver. That’s when the pilot got here on and stated they needed to land in Cheyenne as a result of the FAA had issued a floor cease as a consequence of “unfavorable winds” within the space.
“At that time, nobody had any alarm. You realize, we’re pleased to be touring safely at that time,” Vacation stated.
Dave Cunningham, director of operations at Denver’s airport, says planes diverting for climate is extra widespread than individuals might imagine.
“Any time there’s thunderstorm exercise over or within the neighborhood of the airport, we have now the potential of this taking place,” he stated.
However what passengers like Vacation thought can be a fast cease was hours of desperation. For about seven hours, she says she and her fellow passengers sat inside a scorching aircraft on Cheyenne Regional Airport’s tarmac with no meals or water, no solutions and no technique to deplane.
“One particular person begins having a diabetic emergency. A child does not have diapers,” Vacation stated. “An individual begins having a panic assault. They begin punching and hitting the wall of the aircraft, screaming.”
Vacation says, in keeping with the pilot, the runway in Cheyenne was below development and was too brief to take off from safely with all of the passengers and baggage on board. They needed to look ahead to a rescue aircraft to come back from Denver to choose up among the passengers to scale back the burden.
“I stayed on the aircraft. Twenty individuals bought off, and the entire baggage [was removed and those passengers were moved] onto the opposite rescue flight,” Vacation stated.
On-line flight information present her flight landed at DIA about 2 a.m. Monday. Now, she desires United to take accountability, as she feels her rights as a passenger, below U.S. Division of Transportation guidelines, had been violated. These guidelines “prohibit most U.S. airways from permitting a home flight to stay on the tarmac for greater than three hours,” barring a number of exceptions, in keeping with the DOT.
“This was such a breakdown on so many ranges on the a part of United in that they did not have any thought what to do,” she stated.
United Airways despatched Denver7 the next assertion about Sunday’s occasions, however a spokesperson didn’t reply to follow-up questions:
On Sunday, July 10 Denver Worldwide Airport skilled difficult climate circumstances resulting in quite a few diversions by a number of airways. United skilled 29 diversions primarily to Cheyenne Regional Airport, Pueblo Memorial Airport and Grand Junction Regional Airport. We’re making preparations to get prospects to their ultimate vacation spot as quickly as doable through different routes.
Different airways, together with Southwest, additionally skilled climate diversions.
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Denver, CO
Payton Sounds Off on Broncos WR Tim Patrick’s Big Preseason Night
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Amid the Denver Broncos‘ 27-2 preseason win over the Green Bay Packers, the Mile High Faithful were treated to the sight of veteran wide receiver Tim Patrick out on the field, running routes, and catching passes. Even though it was naught but a preseason game, Patrick’s appearance was a triumph of the human spirit, after he spent the last two seasons recovering and rehabbing from grievous injuries.
Just when it seemed like Lady Luck had turned her back on Patrick, there he was out on the grass, and not just running routes, but leading the Broncos in receptions and catching rookie quarterback Bo Nix’s first touchdown pass at home. Everyone, including head coach Sean Payton, was happy for Patrick post-game.
“Players were excited in there for him,” Payton said of Patrick. “He had a big smile on his face. When you have one of those injuries, it’s quiet, it’s lonely, everything goes on, it’s difficult. When you have it for two [seasons]… You can really go back historically and then try to find players that have been out for two years and it’s tough. It’s a long time in this sport. So when he has a moment like that or when he has a practice where you see him getting back to form, it’s encouraging.”
To make Payton’s point about a two-year absence being a long time in the NFL, the Broncos themselves were ready to get off the Patrick train. The team approached him early this past offseason about a restructure. The implicit threat: restructure or release.
Patrick accepted a one-year deal that’ll pay him $1.125 million in 2024, which is a precipitous step down from the, roughly, $10 million he was set to earn in the final year of the three-year, $30 million extension he signed in 2021. The logic being that if the Broncos could stay patient just a little while longer, he would reward their support with a return to the field.
So far, so good.
“Obviously, I’m happy,” Patrick said post-game. “I have a higher standard of myself. Just trying to be a better story. So, it’s a step in the right direction… And obviously, I want to go out during the preseason and make plays, but what’s most important is making plays when the season starts and getting wins. Not just making plays and losing but getting wins.”
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Fellow wideout Courtland Sutton was thrilled to see Patrick out there in live-bullet action, albeit with a new jersey number. As he rehabbed on injured reserve, Patrick relinquished the No. 81 last year to former Broncos receiver Tre’Quan Smith. Patrick emerged in 2024 OTAs with the No. 12 jersey.
“Man, I was so happy for him,” Sutton said. “I could have celebrated with him the rest of the game if I could. I was just so happy to see him be able to get in the end zone. He’s been working his butt off— you guys probably know it just as well. The journey he’s been on the last couple of years and to see him get in the end zone, see the excitement—you could almost feel the juice of him.”
Even Nix, who’s only been around Patrick since May, could feel the joy in the achievement of catching a pass in an exhibition game.
“Obviously, he’s been through a lot,” Nix said of Patrick. “It’s not easy to overcome the things that he has, and then to get out there and be able to contribute like he did tonight was just really cool to see. He’s a gamer. He does a really good job when his number is called. It was good to see him in the end zone.”
Patrick threw a few props the rookie’s way, too.
“He was good. He’s been consistent these last couple of days,” Patrick said. “He’s been Bo Nix. He doesn’t try and be somebody that he’s not.”
Patrick will turn 31 in November, so while he continues his race against Father Time, he’s still quite obviously at the top of the Broncos’ wide receiver pecking order. While we’ve yet to receive an official Broncos depth chart, it would seem that Payton views Patrick as his No. 2 receiver behind Sutton.
That says a lot about Patrick’s character and talent — going two years without seeing the field due to injury, and your head coach, whom you’ve technically never gone to war with, installs you as the WR2, which means your a starter… it’s impressive. Here’s to hoping Patrick can stay out of the injury bug’s line of sight and finally go on to give the Broncos a return on the $20M investment paid to him a couple of years ago.
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Denver man arrested for investigation of domestic-violence related homicide on N. Adams Street
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DENVER — A 50-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the domestic violence-related homicide of his wife on Monday evening in Denver, according to the Denver Police Department (DPD).
Shortly after 6 p.m. on Monday, Brian Mervin, 50, flagged down a person to call 911 after he said he found his wife on the ground struggling to breathe along the 4000 block of N. Adams Street, DPD said.
Police and paramedics responded and transported the woman to the hospital, where she died.
The police department said the first responders saw several injuries on the woman that were consistent with an assault. As a result, her death was investigated as a homicide.
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Based on the evidence collected and information gathered during the investigation, police arrested Mervin. He is being held for investigation of first-degree murder. The Denver District Attorney’s Office will determine formal charges.
The woman’s name has not been released. The Office of the Medical Examiner will determine her identity and cause and manner of death.
According to court documents, Mervin had been arrested for investigation of a domestic violence-related violation of a protection order earlier this year at the same address on N. Adams Street.
No other details were immediately available on Tuesday afternoon.
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Denver City Council votes to put sales tax measure aimed at growing affordable housing on the ballot
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In November Denver voters will decide on whether or not to increase the city’s sales tax in an action aimed at growing affordable housing in the city. The Denver City Council approved the measure that put the question on the ballot in a 9-4 vote in their meeting on Monday night.
Denver Mayor Mike Johnston has been pushing for the tax increase. He says it’s greatly needed in Denver because it would provide funding to building thousands more affordable housing units in the city.
Proponents say the .05% sales tax increase would raise $100 million to support 20,000 affordable units over 10 years.
The area media income — or AMI — in Denver is $91,280 for a single person. For a family of four, it’s $130,400.
Council member Shontel Lewis debated the council on what percentage of that income should have this money directed to them, while others said that there is a difference between market rate apartments and rates reflecting the median income, and that fewer and fewer people are not able to afford market rent nowadays.
One Denver resident said he believes more affordable housing is needed if the money is being directed properly.
“I think most people have no issues paying a little more and doing their fair share to help everyone else, but I absolutely want to see results and not just lining some politicians’ pockets,” said Blake Malone.
Voters will have the final say in November.
If approved by voters, the affordable housing tax would be the eighth dedicated tax in the city and the largest to date.
Voters have also approved sales taxes for parks, college scholarships, mental health care, healthy food for kids, climate change action and ending homelessness.
Last week former Denver Mayor Wellington Webb said he thinks now is not the time to be putting this issue before voters.
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