A substantial effort was also made to reinforce freeway bridges against seismic shaking, and a law requiring water heaters to be properly strapped was passed in 1995.

Ryan - Columbus, Ohio - 1 day 18 hours ago Byers was just checking to make sure Desjardins' helmet was properly strapped.

Gorton was not properly strapped in and his face hit the gun sight and windscreen, mutilating his nose and breaking both cheekbones.

Mr. Love said parents who take along a car seat should make sure it is properly strapped inside the taxi.

The flight engineer - his name tag said ZIMMER - moved them all into their places and made sure that each soldier was properly strapped down to his particular piece of floor.

Brian Bloom, a spokesman for the company, said Mr. Farr's son would not have fallen to the floor if he had been properly strapped in.

Anyone sitting in a glider must always be properly strapped in.

The first policeman on the scene of the crash says both children had been properly strapped into the safety seats before the accident:

It took him five full minutes to agree that he was properly strapped into his fighting gear, and that his mouthpiece fit.

LEAD: A 19-year-old woman who fell to her death from a roller coaster at the Six Flags Great Adventure amusement park was not properly strapped in, Ocean County officials said today.