BREAKING: Blimp at U.S. Open crashes, catches fire

[Mosby]

Early Thursday afternoon, a blimp floating over the U.S. Open at Erin Hills caught fire and crashed to the ground. Spectators who witnessed the blimp's descent posted videos and photos to Twitter showing the blimp falling out of the sky and smoke curling over the horizon. The incident occurred around 11:15 a.m. CDT. The blimp landed in an open field outside the golf course grounds, according to a statement from the USGA.

The USGA tweeted the that blimp was unaffiliated with the U.S. Open or Fox Sports, and said that the pilot had been injured. In a statement the USGA reiterated that the blimp was not affiliated with the tournament. "First responders were quick to arrive at the scene and the pilot is currently being treated for unknown injuries," it reads. "No other people were involved in the incident and local law enforcement is currently investigating. Our thoughts and prayers are with the pilot at this time."


http://www.golf.com/tour-news/2017/06/15/reports-blimp-us-open-crashes-catches-fire

Link to tweet

[leftstreet]

1. I was going to accuse you of fat-shaming Trump

...but I see it's about a real blimp crash



Hope the pilot's ok

[Vinca]

2. Wow - that's something you don't see every day. How does anyone survive that???

[sabbat hunter]

4. People survived

The Hindenburg disaster.

[unblock]

3. oh, the humanity!

i know i'm going to hell for saying that, but i figure my good deed is sparing anyone else from going to hell over this because *someone* was going to say it....

[defacto7]

7. Damn.. I was gonna say that....

No hell for me.

[Zoonart]

9. Yup

Thank you for your sacrifice.

[Coventina]

12. Your noble sacrifice will be sung for generations!

[Ilsa]

16. And for that I shall pledge my loyalty to you.

You are a great, thoughtful, selfless leader. Your contribution to humanity will endure eons. There is no one who could have accomplished what you did, and in a record amount of time. All of humanity should bow before your greatness, sing ballads of your bright enduring spirit through the ages.


(Can I keep my job?)

[unblock]

17. why thank you! thank you very much! you're fired!

loyalty is a one-way street. i learned that from dear leader.

[Ilsa]

18. Aw shucks. I bet you'll unblock my blocking of you, too. LOL nt

[unblock]

20. not me personally, but i have russian friends i hardly know who are good that that sort of thing.

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

5. What does one need to watch a Twitter video?

"The media could not be played."

[marybourg]

24. Something you and I don't have, evidently.

I get the same message and always have. I have to go to my iPad if I want to see it. Which I usually don't.

[Sneederbunk]

6. Pilot survived by parachute

[MindPilot]

8. That is a very misleading headline...it is about an airship that crashed and burst into flames.

But reading it, one is led to believe that *45 fell out of a golf cart or something.








Good thoughts for the pilot's recovery.

[underpants]

10. (Whispering) looks like a 2 iron...not sure where's he's aiming...

[leftstreet]

11. ...

[OnDoutside]

13. Hindenburg

[JoeStuckInOH]

14. So the flaming blimp is a free drop zone, right?

[Lochloosa]

15. Still in the hazard though.

[Nevernose]

19. "Unaffiliated?" He was a freelance blimp pilot?

Who knew such a thing existed? I mean, if you told me to come up with a list of weird-but-real jobs, that wouldn't have made my list.

[Blue_Tires]

22. I am curious to know how "unaffiliated" airships can just cruise around the U.S. Open

unless of course he was just passing through or something...

I'm guessing this is the guy:

Link to tweet

[jmowreader]

23. According to the article, that's the one

[marybourg]

25. Wow! I'm glad I cashed out my Penfed CDs. nt

[Blue_Tires]

21. Isn't he supposed to crash into the Super Bowl instead?

I think I saw a documentary on that incident...