I was on the DC-9 that crashed near Charlotte in 1974. It was foggy and I looked out the window and saw a tree. Then a large explosion. Apparently the tail section (I was in tail sec.) flew over the rest of the plane. It was so hot I started to run. I could hear screams but couldn’t see anyone. I ended up on a porch of an old couple’s house. I had burns over 38 percent of my body. Needless to say I will never fly again. It was pilot error. When they recovered the black box they could hear warning buzzer that they were flying to low, but they were busy talking about Watergate. Go figure.

--Scott

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I'm so sorry you had to go through such a horrendous experience.
Steven Colbert of TV's Comedy Central was in the news a lot this week after his controversial speech/performance at the Whitehouse Correspondent"s Dinner which was shown on CSpan and is available on the Web at thankyoustevencolbert.org.
He next appeared on 60 Minutes (also available online) where he told Morley Safir that his satirical comedic style probably was shaped by a general mistrust of "authority" figures
which developed at the age of ten when his father and two brothers were killed in an Eastern Airlines crash. He said that he then took on the task of trying to cheer up his mother in the aftermath of their ( I gathered that he also felt "seemingly senseless") loss.
Wikipedia has a biography of Steven with this entry:
           Colbert was raised in Charleston, South Carolina, the youngest of eleven children. Colbert's father, who was a doctor, and two of his older brothers, died in the crash of Eastern Airlines Flight 212 on September 11, 1974 when Colbert was 10 years old.

The 911 terrorist attack must have been doubly traumatic to you both!

 

Hi, My brother was on that flight.  I know its been a long time but maybe you remember seeing him?  He was 14, brown hair, his name was Ned - he was going off to boarding school.  I know noone really knows anyone one a plane with them, but I just thought I'd ask.  For some reason this anniversay of the crash is really hard.  Thanks.

Who the hell is bluebird? This is a completely phony post.