Family heads to D.C. pushing for greater hot air balloon regulations

LOOKING FOR HELP.ROBERT:AFTER
LOSING TWO FAMILY MEMBERS IN
LAST YEAR'S DEADLY HOT AIR
BALLOON CRASH IN CALDWELL
COUNTY, "PATRICIA MORGAN" IS
PACKING HER BAGS FOR
WASHINGTON D-C.I WILL MOURN
THEM FOREVER, GRIEVE THEM
FOREVER, BUT I WILL FIGHT
UNTIL I CAN NO LONGER FIGHT TO
CHANGE THE LAWSSHE'S GOING FOR
NEXT WEEK'S FINAL HEARING
BEFORE THE NATIONAL
TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD TO
DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE
CRASH MAKE SAFETY
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE
INDUSTRY. KXAN'S "LAUREN
LANMON" REPORTS ON THE CHANGES
FAMILY MEMBERS ARE DEMANDING.
RETIREMENT LOOKS A LITTLE
DIFFERENT FOR THIS GREAT
GRANDMA.PATRICIA MORGAN,
DAUGHTER AND GRANDAUGHTER
KILLED IN CRASH: "SHE KEEPS ME
GOING, ITS ONE GOOD WAY TO
LOSE WEIGHT,"LAST YEAR,
PATRICIA MORGAN PARKED HER RV
AND MOVED TO SAN ANTONIO TO
HELP RAISE HER GRANDCHILDREN
AND HER GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER.
PATRICIA MORGAN, DAUGHTER AND
GRANDAUGHTER KILLED IN
CRASH:"I'M HERE THE MAJORITY
OF TIME."UNDER THE
CIRCUMSTANCES, SHE WOULDN'T
CHANGE A THINGâ| BUT THIS
WASN'T HER CHOICE. PATRICIA'S
DAUGHTER AND GRANDDAUGHTER
WERE TWO OF THE 16 KILLED IN
LAST YEAR'S HOT AIR BALLOON
CRASH. PATRICIA MORGAN,
DAUGHTER AND GRANDAUGHTER
KILLED IN CRASH:"SHE DOESN'T
HAVE A MOMMY, SHE DOESN'T HAVE
A GRANDMA, SO I WILL MAKE SURE
THAT SHE KNOWS HER MOMMY AND
HER GRANDMA,"MORE THAN JUST A
MEMORY, PATRICIA IS HOPING FOR
SOME PERMANENT CHANGES.
PATRICIA MORGAN, DAUGHTER AND
GRANDAUGHTER KILLED IN
CRASH:"IT CAN'T CONTINUE THE
WAY IT IS," PATRICIA IS
TALKING WITH STATE
REPRESENTATIVES AND EVEN
LAUNCHED A WHITE HOUSE
PETITION EARLIER THIS YEAR
CALLING FOR MORE FEDERAL
OVERSIGHT.HER GOAL IS TO
REQUIRE BALLOON PILOTS TO HAVE
THE SAME DRUG TESTS AND HEALTH
CERTIFICATIONS AS OTHER TOUR
PILOTS. PATRICIA MORGAN,
DAUGHTER AND GRANDAUGHTER
KILLED IN CRASH:"IT DOESN'T
MATTER IF IT WAS ONE OR 16,
THEY NEED TO CHANGE THE LAWS,"
A CHANGE SHE HOPES WILL SAVE A
LIFE IN THE FUTURE. PATRICIA
MORGAN, DAUGHTER AND
GRANDAUGHTER KILLED IN
CRASH:"IT COULD TAKE FOREVER,
BUT IT'S A FIGHT THAT WE
CANNOT LET OUR GIRLS DIE IN
VAIN,"LAUREN LANMON, KXAN
NEWS. ROBERT: PATRICIA WILL BE
HEADING TO WASHINGTON DC THIS
WEEKEND. ALONG WITH ATTENDING
THE HEARING ON TUESDAY, SHE
PLANS ON MEETING WITH OTHER
STATE REPRESENTATIVES TO
EXPRESS HER CONCERNS. ROBERT:
"DEADLY" HOT AIR BALLOON
CRASHES ARE RARE.THE N-T-S-B
SAYS SINCE 2000, 37 PEOPLE
LOST THEIR LIVES AFTER A
CRASHES. 16 OF THOSE WERE IN
LOCKHART.IN THAT TIME FRAME,
THE SAFETY BOARD INVESTIGATED
MORE THAN 200 BALLOON CRASHES.
THE TOP CAUSES FOR CRASHES ARE
EXCESSIVE SPEED WHILE LANDING,
THE BALLOON COLLAPSING MID-
FLIGHT AND COMING INTO CONTACT
WITH POWER LINES.IN 2012, THE
N-T-S-B ASKED THE F-A-A TO
PLACE THE SAME LEVEL OF
OVERSIGHT ON HOT AIR BALLOONS,
AS AIRPLANE AND HELICOPTER
COMPANIES.THEN AGAIN IN 2014,
THE N-T-S-B WARNED THE F-A-A
THERE WAS A "HIGH POTENTIAL
FOR A HIGH-FATALITY CRASH".BUT
THE F-A-A REJECTED THE
RECOMMENDATIONS IN 2015,
SAYING IT WOULD NOT MAKE
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Family heads to D.C. pushing for greater hot air balloon regulations

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