More on the Plane Crash

Well, I guess there are a lot of lucky folks in my neighborhood. Initial reports are that nobody on the ground was injured other than about 6 people who had some very minor cuts and bruises from falling debris. They are currently reporting two dead in one plane and one dead in the other. These planes both came down right in the middle of the neighborhood right at rush hour. That no one on the ground was seriously injured is amazing.

As you can see from the image (originally from here), I am almost equidistant from both crashes. The two planes must have hit each other nearly right above my place. Not right above, as the early reports are that the planes dropped pretty much straight out of the sky. One was maneuvering and diving while the other was reportedly in a flat spin. Still it was close - really close.

At this point they have shut down all traffic into the area bordered by 23rd Avenue, 38th Avenue, Lowell, and Federal Boulevard. And closer to crash to the south, they have shut off all power. There is apparently a gas leak that was caused by the impact of the plane.

At this point the news is kind of rolling in slowly. I'm sure there will well compiled reports by the morning with all of the details. I was unable to get close enough to get any pictures, but I did see the house that had been hit by the plane. Unfortunately it was too dark and far for my digital camera to take a decent shot.

I just received my reverse 911 call from the police. They are encouraging any eye witnesses to contact the police so that the information can be compiled for the NTSB. More importantly, they are asking anyone who finds any wreckage to leave it alone and call the cops who will send someone out to photograph it and take it into possession. When the Jerry Whitman, the chief of Denver police was on television, he had added that it was not just wreckage they were looking for but also bodies or parts of bodies. Luckily at this point, it doesn't look like there are many fatalities.

The first guy at the scene though has done interviews for a number of the TV and radio stations. He is reporting to have tried unsuccessfully to open the door to one of the planes or to force his way in. He says that he heard screaming. Eerie.



Jonathan 1/24/2003 08:31:00 PM