[Scan-DC] I remember this one well

[Frank Carson]

I was with a rescue squad in Calvert County at the time, and we were
monitoring it.  We were even told to stand by, that we may be needed there.
Not that anyone actually believed that we would be going...

Frank

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Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2007 12:25 AM
Subject: [Scan-DC] I remember this one well


> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_13
>
> 1982 - Shortly after takeoff, Air Florida Flight 90 737 jet crashes into
> Washington, DC's 14th Street Bridge and falls into the Potomac River,
> killing 78 including four motorists. In a freaky coincidence, a
> Washington DC Metro Rail train derailed, killing 3 people.
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>
> That night, I walked from the middle of Alexandria to the crash site. No
> one was expected to show up, so I was able to walk onto the 14th Street
> Bridge. A car that had been hit by the plane was still there - a Renault
> Le Car, I believe. The snow was quite deep, so a long walk was made even
> more arduous.
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>
> Who listened to his scanner that day? I did not have public service
> crystals for my scanner, a four-channel Montgomery Ward scanner made by
> Sharp.
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