I still remember one woman, horrified nearly senseless, walking through the wreckage screaming My baby, my baby, where is my baby? The police took charge and emptied the playground of mothers and gawkers. If youd prefer a larger file, wav. And about those exams: STOP WORRYING. Thank you. Thanks.
1985 Pacoima Junior High Yearbook/ California | #1843787040 Im wondering if I had him as a teacher. to destination. Interesting you said Wollensak.I can still see the cover of that reel to reel tape and it was 3M. You lived on Van Nuys Blvd. We heard the crash and our windows shook. Debris was also strewn across the grounds of Terra Bella Elementary School, adjacent to the junior high, and Pacoima Congregational Church, next door to the school. dressed in a white suit walking through the crash site with his head down holding what looks like a violin case as persons stand in the background against the fence (on Terra Bella St.). . The fates were definitely with you and Pam. For weeks after the crash there were people on the field, on hands and knees, picking up pieces of the wreckage. As we ran outside I could see the carnage from the crash, some bodies and pieces of plane laying everywhere. Russ, Thinking back it was rather eerie, like the sound of a plane plummeting out of the sky in a movie scene. If I ever brought it up or talked about it, people in Northern California didnt know anything about it and thought I was being overly dramatic, so I just didnt talk about it. 2. Gary. Someone at Madison might have recorded CBS (I think) broadcast of the recording decades ago or maybe my dad distributed copies to schools in the area. My name is Mark Masek, and Im the author of Hollywood Remains to Be Seen: A Guide to the Movie Stars Final Homes, a guidebook to find the final resting places of hundreds of Hollywood celebrities. Regarding Valens friends: According to a remembrance of that day by a friend of Valens, the young singers best friend was one of the three students killed. Thank you for adding your vivid account to the discussion. I was glad to hear this recording of the sound. She wanted to tell us about the crash before anyone else at the school. It made an impact on me. Pacoima Junior High School Panthers mascot, Pacoima, 1967-1969 Creator Dunitz, Robin J Unknown Date Created and/or Issued 1967-1969 Publication Information University of Southern California. My memory does not allow me to recall what they said. I was in a special class at Montague Street School when it happened. Ill tell her you said hello. Like Randal said, I did not know where it crashed till I got home. My name is Nick Waite and I have managed to avoid being too public about the Pacoima plane crash (because it is not a very happy place to go). I was able to clean it up and add some extra effects. Small wonder. B 118. I went to Maclay from 5-8 when the gates were closed and the lights were off. START is now a module of the National Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) curriculum. My brother, Marvin, who was also at Pacoima Jr. High that day, may be able to tell you something about one of the boys who was injured. Im sure you know that your dad has been commended by many for his heroic action during his final moments, guiding the airplane toward the small swath of green that was the gym field thereby avoiding the surrounding classrooms and residential areas. Im glad everything went well with your studies. Once I approve a comment, it is there for good unless the commenter requests that I remove it. locker rooms, I started searching for our dad. The scenario was an airplane crash out of John Wayne Airport. Thank you for your recollection. Were you afraid of planes because of that event? Some kids hid under their desks, others dog-piled on the floor in front of the teacher, I was one of those. If you were an 8th grader when this happened, you must be in your 70s now. I was a few blocks away at Montegue Elementary School (I believe 1st Grade) when I heard the roaring noise of the impending crash. Directions Advertisement. I now know. But every life is an interesting story that deserves to be told and remembered. I still remember some of the kids in my classes like Craig Bentley, Walter Gorse, Jeff Abraham, Pam Gates, Scott Roberts, Suzanne Maltz, Dennis Liff, Jim Roubal, As far as teachers, I remember Mr. Marto, Mrs. Oshatz, Mrs. Stowsky and I believe it was Mr. Praglin who taught class and kept his pack of cigarettes in his front shirt pocket. My uncles story was one that has not been told and I think it added to your blog rather than detracting from it. Say goodbye to everybody were going in. The navigator of the F-89 had parachuted safely to the ground immediately after his jets near head-on collision with the larger aircraft. We were still in the classroom and the teacher must have been scared to death. I felt comfortable enough with her at that point to poke around a little. And this was 2 years before the Buddy Holly crash. He charged us with ensuring that "ALL our students graduate READY FOR THE WORLD . Jan. 31, 2018 1 AM PT In January 1957, a Douglas DC-7B collided with a U.S. Air Force F-89 jet over the San Fernando Valley. For some reason I stopped running and put my head down on the back of the portable bleachers. One of the engines slide into the next set of bleached, where I would have been If I had not stopped. I read the reports and listened to your Dads tape. The horror of what happened that day comes through clearly in this recording. I remember watching the news that evening, and one of the Mothers of one of the boys killed was crying and said I didnt even kiss him goodbye this morning This interview was on TV. well the show did an episode covering the collision between a f-4b of the usmc and hughes airwest 706 a dc-9 in 1971 and from the animation it must have horrible as the dc-9 come down like a falling leaf till impact with mount bliss, i honestly wonder to myself if we take how safe flying is today for granted cause an accident like this has becoming very rare nowadays with tcas and improved radars. We crossed the Pacific Ocean four times in DC-7s. As you are probably aware, many credit your father for managing to avoid nearby buildings and preventing a much larger calamity. Terry Brown. Thank you for posting this. As far as I know, this is the only recording of the Pacoima crash: Click on following link: [This recording is the property of Russ Buchanan. P.S. But, you may recall, you posted your comment on the Eyewitness to the Carnage A Personal Account of the 1957 Pacoima Crash page, not the page containing Pacoima Jr. High School Airplane Crash of 1957 (audio recording as it happened). Youve come to the right place. In 2009 I was working as a behavioral specialist for the Summit County (Ohio) Juvenile Court. But, there was also a lot of humanity and caring for others on that day, as well. He told me Douglas Aircraft offered his folks some token settlement and its too bad they didnt know better than to sign off. Id never heard of him before. I think it may have been city council. Since Id missed most of the 7th grade in Pacoima I had to start over in the 7th in Palmdale. Im fairly sure that a few commenters here were remembering you when they wrote about seeing a kid drenched in smoking oil walking/hobbling past them as they ran. I still have all of my Beachy class photos. We got in the car and drove to the Pacoima Junior High. I was soaked in oil, my heavy coat was ripped up from flying bits of metal but had no real injuries. I have accrued over 2500 hours of flight and still an active civilian pilot. I have seen La Bamba a few times and its reference to this crash always makes me think about my roots again. Provo Recreation Center . The more people who comment on this story, the more I understand how traumatic this awful event was for the kids who witnessed it. Elementary School opened and I had to go there. God bless the lost souls, the injured and their families. It was so long ago and still a vibrant memory. We learned that we both grew up in the Valley. Thank you for your kind words about dad. He had red hair and freckles, and a great sense of humor. We entered the playground through the faculty parking lot and beheld a twisted, scorched and oil-soaked landscape. Website. The image of a hunk of metal slicing through an elementary school classroom is terrifying. Not to mention, the lifelong fear of flying that many witnesses have to this day. I remember how frightened she was about it. Shoreline Junior High School. If you would like to help Terry fill in the blank spots in his memory, just write a comment on this page to that effect and I will pass the info along to Terry. Pingback: The Day the Music Died: The Amazing Two-Way Hot Rodding Connection - Hot Rod Magazine Blog. My recollection is that there were windows all along the wall of the library looking toward Pacoima Jr. Hi. I rarely get to southern California but I will be in the area on June 4 and June 5. The last transmission from the co-pilot was from Archie Twitchell, an uncle of mine. Our class just got off the bus on Terra Bella St to go through the north side gate of the school along the walk in front of the bungalows by the fence that divided the jr hight and elementary. We didnt know if the plane parts had landed in the elementary school classrooms. Thanks for sharing, Russ. I believe Evan was in one of dads classes. Its interesting to read all of the comments. Youre right, fate definitely was on your and your classmates side that day. He had good social skills at an early age. Also, I think a number of other contributors here remembered seeing you that day. In other words, if a comment disappears, it is due to some technological hiccup, not yours truly. I saw the planes collide mid-air. or aiff. 8 -- 1 of 2 occupants of the F-89J Scorpion jet; all 4 crew members aboard the DC-7B airliner; and 3 junior high school students on the ground. After wed been there for a while a man named Kurt Adams came to see me.he told me he was the navigator that ejected from the jet and the only survivor of the two planes. We were all taken out as if a fire drill and watched a parachute decending. Recently, I added the story of the Pacoima Junior High School plane crash, and profiled the eight people who were killed, using newspaper archives and websites like yours to tell their stories. It seems many of the commenters here have vivid recollections of that day. Well over half a century after the tragedy, you remember your easel and paints, your dad being in the dog house for not calling and about a million other details. June 15, 2015 at 7:15 am. Thank you for this site. It was a closed room with only transom windows. As an emergency responder, you may be interested to know that an organization of responders EMT, firefighters, medics, etc.
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