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Posted: 1/13/2022 11:28:00 AM EDT
 Air Florida 90 Crash In 1982 - Washington, DC 40 years ago I was a kid playing in the snow when a neighbor told me about a plane crashing into the Potomac River.  |
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Posted: 1/13/2022 7:20:36 PM EDT
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I remember that like it was yesterday. It had been snowing like crazy that day. If I recall correctly, The Greaseman (DC101) called the Air Florida counter the following day and asked for a one way ticket to the 14th St. Bridge. I think that was the last day The Greaseman worked at DC101.
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Posted: 1/13/2022 7:47:49 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I remember that like it was yesterday. It had been snowing like crazy that day. If I recall correctly, The Greaseman (DC101) called the Air Florida counter the following day and asked for a one way ticket to the 14th St. Bridge. I think that was the last day The Greaseman worked at DC101. That was Howard Stern who called about a ticket to the 14th St Bridge. He caught flak for it.. but wasn't fired. Stern left DC101 about a year later and the Greaseman was hired.... only to be fired by DC101 TWICE, a couple years apart, for inappropriate comments. |
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Posted: 1/15/2022 8:04:27 PM EDT
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For some reason I thought it was the Greaseman who did that.
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Posted: 1/24/2022 3:47:17 PM EDT
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There were some real heroes in the river that day.
I think the first or many fatal Metrorail crashes happened the same day. |
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Posted: 1/24/2022 9:02:58 PM EDT
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If I remember correctly, a Metro train derailed that day too.
Duh, got beat by a mile. Looked it up and yeah, fatal derailment on the same day. |
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Posted: 1/24/2022 9:31:06 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: If I remember correctly, a Metro train derailed that day too. Duh, got beat by a mile. Looked it up and yeah, fatal derailment on the same day. Back then Metro was only six years old. It was shiny, new, and the trains ran on time. |
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Posted: 1/25/2022 2:11:20 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: There were some real heroes in the river that day. I still remember the story of the guy repeatedly passing the life ring to the next person down the line. He drowned before they could get him out. |
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Posted: 1/25/2022 5:11:26 PM EDT
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 https://today.citadel.edu/remembering-air-florida-flight-90-hero-arland-williams-jr-citadel-class-of-1957/ Arland Dean Williams, the definition of a hero. I'm very jaded, but re-reading his story has me getting choked up 40 years later.  |
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