Dec. 5 Plane Crash 2010

It started out as a perfectly normal Fast Sunday. Get up, get ready for church, go to church, and then off to choir for the Christmas Program. By the time I finally got home is was about 5:30. Kaitlyn had come home early to get dinner ready while we were at choir so when we came home, we started to eat. We were talking, and laughing, and discussing things that happened that Sunday when all of a sudden. It went pitch black. I am not kidding it was so dark, I couldnt see my hand in front of my face. It reminded me of being in Mt. Timp Caves. Right after the power went out we heard this "Ta Ta Ta" it was like something was hitting the ground really hard, and then this lightning like light flashing outside. We were dead silent. Not a house light, or street light were on. Nothing was, and with the fog it proved to be quite an eery scene. We finally got up and got a propane lamp so we can finish our dinner. We heard sirens coming down the road and decided when we were done we would go see what all the comotion was about.
We finished our dinner and hauled into the Suburban with Rudy and drove down the street. It was about a block and a half from my house where the chaos was. We stopped and asked this guy what had happened, He kinda was hesitant but he finally got out "It was another plane crash" I was struck dumb. "What? are you serious" was what was pulsing through my mind. So we went and parked in the church parking lot and headed to where the scene was. This is what we found.



There were 4 different Fire Trucks there as well as Police Vehicle. I was somewhat stunned, but quickly came to the relization that this is what I would see if I wanted to be a cop. So I calmed myself down "They know what there doing." We got there just as they brought the Pilot out on a stretcher. from acrossed the street we could see he was badly burned and he was trembling. The news sad, yesterday, is in critical yet stable condition with 2nd and 3rd degree burns to his hand, arms and face. He apparently tried to make a landing but the fog was really thick and he came in at an angle. Hitting the powerlines and landing at the trees. They still havent said the cause of the crash, but I belieive he missed judged. He was too close to the airstrip.
After that we went to grandmas to watch the news and get warm. We decided we'd sleep at our house anyway. We got home and the power came back on about 11 pm.
The next day I went for a walk to take some pictures of the airplane and the damage, here is what I saw.




I realized after seeing this that life can change in a blink of an eye. I hope that the pilot recovers, which I believe he will. Someone was watching over him and still is. I pray for those families that houses got ruined.