File image courtesy: U.S. NavyAbout 80 miles from where I am typing this post is the site of a national tragedy. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, at least three people are dead after a U.S. Navy T-39 Sabreliner crashed near Blue Ridge Lake in north Georgia. The article said a fourth person aboard the aircraft is missing. Nobody on the ground, including a man visiting the area who heard the crash, was injured.
"I didn't think much about it," said [Scott] Parks, who lives in Vancouver. "Who's going to think an airplane hit here?"
Parks said he didn't realize what had happened until later in the evening.
"I go up to the local restaurant to have dinner, and I was asked, did you hear about the plane crash, and I was real surprised," he said.
While the Navy has not officially released why the Pensacola-based aircraft was flying in north Georgia, training flights are often routed through the region. The Pentagon will not publish names of any personnel killed in the crash until their families have been notified.
We pray for everyone affected by this tragedy, and The Unknown Soldiers will have more on the lives of these fallen heroes when the proper information is available.
The comments on the CNN story the other day were just KILLING ME. People were making snide comments about the military flying too low "all the time", "always" taking training missions over populated areas, making fun of the plane having "brakes by Toyota", etc. Made me sick.
ReplyDeleteThank you for taking the time to truly honor their loss and not make assumptions, other than it's a tragic event.
I appreciate your comment very much. But you don't have to thank me for relaying the facts and giving our military the benefit of the doubt. It's something you can always expect from this website.
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