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50 Shades Of Blue

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2. I was just thinking about this and Lenny Skutnik the other day...

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Original post)

Sun Jan 13, 2019, 10:14 AM

Jan 2019

I lived in VA and worked in DC then, and will never forget the horror of listening to that story unfolding on the radio while my own carpool struggled to get home that night. I still think of it on the rare occasion I use the 14th Street Bridge. Lenny Skutnik was such a hero!

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37 Years Ago Today; Air Florida Flight 90 plunges into Potomac River after takeoff [View all] Dennis Donovan Jan 2019 OP

I remember that tragedy malaise Jan 2019 #1

IIRC, it happened the first or 2nd week after Dan Rather took over for Walter Cronkite... Dennis Donovan Jan 2019 #4

I learn new things here daily malaise Jan 2019 #6

I was just thinking about this and Lenny Skutnik the other day... 50 Shades Of Blue Jan 2019 #2

Me, too. brer cat Jan 2019 #13

I was in the same traffic as you. My carpool members were stunned and we passed the bridge CTyankee Jan 2019 #19

I remember this so well. Chemisse Jan 2019 #3

Oh my god that was 37 years ago? If you would doc03 Jan 2019 #5

Cause RAB910 Jan 2019 #7

Ice - the airfoil's natural enemy... Dennis Donovan Jan 2019 #9

I am hooked on the TV Program- Air Disasters RAB910 Jan 2019 #10

I watched two episodes of that series back to back a couple of weeks, and BOTH of bullwinkle428 Jan 2019 #12

I lived in Northern Virginia. Are_grits_groceries Jan 2019 #8

lived in No Va at the time. there was also a fatal crash in the Merto (subway). big bad day. KG Jan 2019 #11

Wow. I had forgotten about that. Gore1FL Jan 2019 #14

That runaway approach to DCA is something else.. HipChick Jan 2019 #15

Living on a kibbutz in Israel. bikebloke Jan 2019 #16

Every single time I had driven across that bridge, MrScorpio Jan 2019 #17

One of my biggest fears. What a nightmare for the people on board that flight. smirkymonkey Jan 2019 #18

... Scurrilous Jan 2019 #20

FAA has a great site called Lessons Learned hardluck Jan 2019 #21