re: Pan Am Flight 759 Crash

A guy I know was supposed to be on this flight for a bachelor party in Las Vegas. He was late and missed the flight. I guess it wasn’t his time.

This crash hits home all too well. My Aunt (Dad's Sister) and Uncle's house got hit on the ground. My Aunt and one of their daughters did not make it. My other Cousin was the 16 month old infant that was the only survivor found in the wreckage. My Uncle was at work at the time and was not at home when the crash happened. The story as I was told is that my Cousin the survivor was found under a crib mattress with only her toes burned by a first responder by some miracle. I was only 4 months old at the time of the crash so I am only going from what my family has told me. I know my cousin kept in touch with the first responder that found her throughout the years. I believe he passed away a few years ago if i'm not mistaken. They never rebuilt on the lot in Kenner and I believe they sold it maybe 5 or so years ago. I brought my Cousin to the WWL studio so they could interview her for the 20 year Anniversary of the crash. The interview was pretty tough for her to do for sure. Despite the tragedy and struggles from it she has flourished in life. She graduated college from LSU, got married and has one child in the 8th grade who actually just got valedictorian of her eigth grade class last week. Her Dad (my Uncle) is a retired professor from LSU also. I know a lot was learned from the crash about wind sheer and aviation is safer because of it. It still does not do justice to the people and families that were lost and affected by the crash. My Dad has never been on an airplane till this day and refuses to fly.

I wish cops would go back to driving those boxy long cars

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my Cousin the survivor

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I mentioned her in another post earlier in the thread .. i think her last name was Trahan but im not sure

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This crash hits home all too well. My Aunt (Dad's Sister) and Uncle's house got hit on the ground. My Aunt and one of their daughters did not make it. My other Cousin was the 16 month old infant that was the only survivor found in the wreckage. My Uncle was at work at the time and was not at home when the crash happened. The story as I was told is that my Cousin the survivor was found under a crib mattress with only her toes burned by a first responder by some miracle. I was only 4 months old at the time of the crash so I am only going from what my family has told me. I know my cousin kept in touch with the first responder that found her throughout the years. I believe he passed away a few years ago if i'm not mistaken. They never rebuilt on the lot in Kenner and I believe they sold it maybe 5 or so years ago. I brought my Cousin to the WWL studio so they could interview her for the 20 year Anniversary of the crash. The interview was pretty tough for her to do for sure. Despite the tragedy and struggles from it she has flourished in life. She graduated college from LSU, got married and has one child in the 8th grade who actually just got valedictorian of her eigth grade class last week. Her Dad (my Uncle) is a retired professor from LSU also. I know a lot was learned from the crash about wind sheer and aviation is safer because of it. It still does not do justice to the people and families that were lost and affected by the crash. My Dad has never been on an airplane till this day and refuses to fly.

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I was part of the medical team that transported that baby to East Jefferson Hospital. Indeed, the baby bed and crib had miraculously protected her- the rest of that house had disintegrated into small pieces when the jet cartwheeled through it.
I was blessed because I was able to help, in some small way, a survivor. The rest of it was mostly just picking up the pieces. Literally.

One word:

Boeing

I was 16 years old at that time. lived in Cottonport. A man named Willie Goudeau perished in that crash. And his wife. He owned a business in our area that supplied pool tables, cigarette machines etc. if memory serves. I wanna say it was bound for Los Vegas?

R.I.P
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Also, the same year was the Air Florida flight 90 crash into the Potomac River.

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That was terrible. The news broadcast the aftermath live. People floating in the river, blinded jet fuel and hanging onto blocks of ice. I vividly remember watching that guy jump in and swim the freezing cold river to save a lady who was losing her grip on a life ring and slipping under the surface. She survived. What a hero that guy was!

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that happened at the crash site of AA 965, but it was local injuns, not meth heads, crash was in the mountains, by the time rescue teams could get there, all of the luggage and bodies had been pilfered, including removal of gold teeth, a lot of metal from the plane missing, etc.

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Yeah, but that hill full of gold over there? Sacred land. Can't touch it. Great spirit and all.

"Sacred land" has to be the biggest fricking scam anyone ever thought up.