from cbs13
SACRAMENTO (CBS13) ―
For the second month in a row, the 13th has landed on a Friday. But some people see this superstitious day as lucky.
A triple threat like this only comes around once every eleven years. Today we celebrate or commiserate about 2009's second of 'three' Friday the 13th's. Did you notice?
"I told the office, and they said 'why did you say that?" says Pat, one Sacramento resident.
A study out of England found that the chance of hospital admission because of a car accident increases by more than 50 percent on this date. Its conclusion is that Friday the 13th is, in fact, unlucky for some reason.
But is it bad for your health? Do you have a fear of Friday the 13th? What about the fear of the 'number' 13?
Our nation had 13 original colonies, but don't remind our 31st President, Herbert Hoover. He reportedly had Triskaidekaphobia. And maybe it was something in the water at the White House, because his successor, F.D.R, refused to travel on the 13th of any month. Our 13th President, Millard Fillmore didn't have Triskaidekaphobia, but he did admit our 31st state into the union, California.
The superstition is all around our society or 'not' around. Like the U.S. Bank building, many structures don't have a 13th floor. CBS13 doesn't have one either, but frankly, some of us never had a chance.
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