Episode 28
3/9/2009
Edison, NJ – an asphalt plant gasline catches fire next to the Durham Woods apartments. They are told to evacuate, then the line explodes. John records it and tries to escape. A backhoe damaged it and it finally ruptured. It makes a 75-foot crater, 8 buildings are gone.
Peekskill, NY – the town is moving a 118-year-old fire house to expand the road and make it into a museum across town. An end starts to crack, then a lift fails and the whole building collapses into rubble. Workers need to be accounted for, but are OK.
Weston Beach Race, England – Chris wants to do a backflip on his ATV and trains with a foam pit. He does the ramp to ramp jump and lands hard. He does it again in Pomona, CA, but falls off midway, hits the ramp from 40 feet and the ATV lands on him. The rainy dirt ground slowed him down. He sprained his wrist and broke his leg.
Imnha, OR 1/1/97 – John H films flooding as it tears up roads and houses. Then a red house is ripped away and floats down river into a bridge breaking it up.
Donington Park, England – TVR Tusken challenge – cars bump, spin out, then on lap 5 Troy Dunlop #4 hits Stanton’s car, he turns over, then flips again and again ripping apart.
MO 1/7/09 – A helicopter follows police chasing a stolen red pickup on the freeway, he gets off, then goes back on and hits a white car, goes thrown town at high speeds, hits a bump, is launched, loses it, hits a parked car, wheels fly off, it flips over, hits a tree and rips in half.
Victoria, Australia – Bangalore Air show. An ultralight loses control, takes off and goes across the tarmac into the crowd knocking people over. It goes around in circles until it hits a parked plane. A woman is knocked out. The plane was unmanned, the gear stuck.
DE – International Speedway dirt modified race. Car 6 skids, hits 55 and it hits 54 with John Keller into the walk, launching him high in the air into a fence and tires fly off. He is stuck upside down and a tow truck flips him over.
