25th anniversary of destructive tank rampage

[Zorro]

25 years ago, a jaw-dropping sight rolled through San Diego streets: a tank crushing everything in its path.

Stunned residents in a Kearny Mesa neigborhood described a 'rumbling, grinding noise' as the M60 tank carved a path of destruction.

10news photojournalist Rett Lawrence was at dinner with co-workers when he got the page.

"You've never seen so many guys run out to the door so fast," said Lawrence.

As a police helicopter flew overhead, the 60-ton tank ripped through cars, signs, traffic lights, hydrants and whatever was in its path. In one sequence, the tank destroyed a trailer and a van, before sheering through a mobile home like scissors.

https://www.10news.com/news/local-news/25th-anniversary-of-destructive-tank-rampage

[LeftInTX]

1. I do not remember this!

[NameAlreadyTaken]

2. I lived in San Diego then

and I remember it vividly.

[captain queeg]

3. I remember seeing that in the news. It's surprising what some people have.

I can’t remember if that guy was a reservist or something or a hobbiest, but people with the right kind of license can own all sorts of military hardware.

[Massacure]

4. He stole it from a national guard armory