Compelling witness testimony from Reno

[nadinbrzezinski]

I'm alive

Friday September 16, 2011
Just fucking barely. I'm at the air races in Reno with a bunch of friends and a horrific accident just happened. One of the very high end racers, going about 500 mph, lost control and nose dived straight into the audience. The news is currently saying that the plane missed the grandstand, but that's only technically true: in front of the grandstand there are several rows of box seats. It impacted right in the middle of them. I was in a box seat with my friends only 50 feet from the impact. I was watching the plane as it lost control, so I saw the whole thing. The impact happened so fast, there was hardly any sound: just one huge shock wave. No fireball. The plane, and many people, disintegrated instantly, right in front of me. There were bodies everywhere. No crash you've ever seen in a movie is even remotely authentic.

http://nighthacks.com/roller/jag/entry/i_m_alive

[lob1]

1. I'm thankful you're okay. That's a close call.

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. Not me, just found it, I think this guy developed Java

[elleng]

3. Thank goodness; had a couple of us scrambling, trying to open link.

:hi:

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. Danke... nah I am at home

watching with the rest, over the twitter...

and these guys

http://www.ktvn.com/global/video/flash/popupplayer.asp?vt1=l&d1=0&ClipId1=mms://a853.l3173335588.c31733.n.lm.akamaistream.net/D/853/31733/v0001/reflector:35588&LiveURI=mms://a853.l3173335588.c31733.n.lm.akamaistream.net/D/853/31733/v0001/reflector:35588&h1=Watch%20LIVE%20Coverage&at1=News&LiveURITitle=Watch%20LIVE%20Coverage&LaunchPageAdTag=News&fvCatNo=undefined&secure=undefined&akPort=undefined&akProfile=undefined&rnd=66566981

[elleng]

5. Bitte. Gute nacht.

:hi:

[eomer]

6. Yes, it is James Gosling, inventor of Java. /eom