5A - Identifying Local Opportunities

Local Newspaper(s) :
The Gainesville Sun - https://gainesville.com/
The Independent Florida Gator - https://www.alligator.org/

1) Crash Report: Pilot flew in turbulence to get to daughters birthday- https://www.gainesville.com/news/20200130/crash-report-pilot-flew-in-turbulence-to-get-to-daughterrsquos-birthday

Description: Herman Steele, 73 year-old pilot, was in an accident while in flight due to poor weather conditions, he "lost control during flight." He was told not to fly due to these conditions, but said he wanted to be home for his daughters birthday as well as the Thanksgiving holiday.
Problem: The issue of flying a plane during poor weather conditions, despite being advised not to at that time.
Who has the problem: The pilots family, and any other passengers of that plane would have this problem.

2) Pedestrian, 16, dies after being hit by car- https://www.gainesville.com/news/20200130/pedestrian-16-dies-after-being-hit-by-car

Description: The Gainesville police department reports that a 16-year-old pedestrian died this past week from injuries he sustained after a car had hit him. While his name wasn't released, the 16-year-old man was walking the same direction the car was traveling, when he got hit by this car. He was taken to UF Health Shands Hospital in critical condition, where he died later that day. 
Problem: This young teen was killed by a car, this effects his friends and family.
Who has the problem: Many people, old and young, who cross the street or walk places have this issue. This is not the first time something like this has happened.

3) 4 injured two-vehicle crash Friday morning- https://www.gainesville.com/news/20200126/4-injured-in-two-vehicle-crash-friday-morning

Description: Two vehicles got into a crash and left 4 people inured in the process of the crash.
This occurred on Friday morning, there isn't much information on how this happened.
Problem: People need to pay closer attention when they are driving, accidents are caused by lack of attention as well as various other reasons.
Who has the problem: people who are driving on the road at any time of day have this problem and must be aware of others at all times.

4) Campus blue lights are not used for emergency situations often, data shows- https://www.alligator.org/news/campus-blue-lights-not-used-for-emergency-situations-often-data/article_18d5adfa-4407-11ea-8944-73d007b022df.html

Description: Emergency phones have been added to the entire campus, as requested by UF students. 508 blue light activation's were recorded on campus from January 2017-2019, but only 14 blue-light activation's resulted in a police report.
Problem: There is high demand for these resources, but not enough people are using them.  These each cost UF $15,000-$20,000 to install.
Who has the problem: UF students and faculty that help pay for these installations

5) UF Health monitors rumors of corona-virus spreading to Gainesville-https://www.alligator.org/news/uf-health-monitors-rumors-of-coronavirus-spreading-to-gainesville/article_69a9b1a0-426c-11ea-86b2-87354e5a2a4e.html

Description: Wuhan, China has been quarantined due to the virus, but UF Student Health Center received word that a UF students parent traveled from China to Gainesville before this quarantine took effect. The UF Health is carefully monitoring those who had contact with this parent. So far, no one is displaying signs of the virus yet.
Problem:  There could be a possibility of the virus, killing many, has traveled to Gainesville.
Who has the problem: everyone living/working in the city of Gainesville, mostly those who came into contact with the individual from China.