“Albert Halluin and Judy Perchonock were 70 and 60 years old, respectively, but their relationship was young. They planned to be married in May — three years after they started dating — and spent every weekend at Halluin’s mountain home west of Yosemite National Park. But the Bay Area couple’s weekly routine turned tragic Friday night, when Halluin’s single- engine plane plummeted into the backyard of a home near Pine Mountain Lake Airport in Groveland (Tuolumne County).”
This lead explains the two main people in the article, Albert Halluin and Judy Perchonock. It also gives us a person perspective into their lives. The article also tells us what has happened, when their plane ran into the backyward of a home. It explains where it happened, near the Pine Mountain Lake Airport in Groveland. It does not tell us when it happened in the lead. It does not tell us the cause of the plane crash, but that it is under investigation. I don’t think that there is a why question to the story, but it is also left unanswered.
“Warriors guard Monta Ellis found himself in an unusual position early in Sunday’s fourth quarter, and then right where he is most comfortable in the final minutes.
After sitting the first 7:53 of the fourth quarter and watching his teammates erase an 18-point deficit, Ellis came off the bench and was right in the middle of every key play in a 108-104 victory over Atlanta.”
This is an indirect lead into the story. It provides the reader with a snapshot of the game, and also provides an anecdotal side-story of one of the players in the game.
