Reply #9: Quick Ground Reaction

[KharmaTrain]

I just spoke with someone who was on the scene. He, like me, wondered WTF the airport was open after it had gotten nearly 9 inches of snow and visibility was next to zero. He said this plane should have either gone to O'Hare or anther airport...this was an accident that didn't have to happen.

Fortunately the plane went off a far runway and where it left the airport is an industrial area. It's a shame and poor fate that family happened to be driving down that street at that particular moment. However, ground response was almost immediate. He said despite all the snow, emergency crews were on the scene in seconds. The real drama was the family trapped by an engine in their car...the one the boy died in...and that jaws of life were needed to pry the car open.

Yep, the cable networks went ape-shit on this story, but what do you expect. We're in an age where it's not the quality of the 'news' but the speed and quantity....and when there isn't quantity, well, there's still speed.

Honestly, CNN gave this story more coverage than the local stations. After the story first broke, I had to search around to find any local coverage...even they were back to regular network programming. We do take air situations seriosuly here...remember, Chicago is where Flight 191...the worst single plane disaster in American history took place.