The Disaster Aircraft type:Boeing 737-222 Operator:Air Florida Passengers:74 Crew:5 Date:January 13,1982 Type:Crash on takeoff Accident site:Washington,D.C. Fatalities:78(4 on ground) Injuries:10 Survivors:5
The Disaster ❖ Aircraft type: Boeing 737-222 ❖ Operator: Air Florida ❖ Passengers: 74 ❖ Crew: 5 ❖ Date: January 13, 1982 ❖ Type: Crash on takeoff ❖ Accident site: Washington, D.C. ❖ Fatalities: 78 (4 on ground) ❖ Injuries: 10 ❖ Survivors: 5
Responses in the media News media outlets followed the story with diligence; it made headlines "A Hero-Passenger Aids Others,Then Dies," Washington Post,January 14,1982 &“the sixth man”,“the man in the water
Responses in the media ❖News media outlets followed the story with diligence; it made headlines ❖ "A Hero - Passenger Aids Others, Then Dies," Washington Post, January 14, 1982 ❖“the sixth man”, “the man in the water
The Man in the Water "He was about 50 years old,one of half a dozen survivors clinging to twisted wreckage bobbing in the icy Potomac when the first helicopter arrived.To the copter's two-man Park Police crew he seemed the most alert.Life vests were dropped,then a flotation ball.The man passed them to the others.On two occasions,the crew recalled last night,he handed away a life line from the hovering machine that could have dragged him to safety.and the helicopter pilot,Donald W.Usher,returned to the scene,but the man was gone
The Man in the Water "He was about 50 years old, one of half a dozen survivors clinging to twisted wreckage bobbing in the icy Potomac when the first helicopter arrived. To the copter's two-man Park Police crew he seemed the most alert. Life vests were dropped, then a flotation ball. The man passed them to the others. On two occasions, the crew recalled last night, he handed away a life line from the hovering machine that could have dragged him to safety. . and the helicopter pilot, Donald W. Usher, returned to the scene, but the man was gone
The Man in the Water The man was later identified as Arland D. Williams Jr.,a bank examiner working for the Federal Reserve system in Atlanta.The 14th Street Bridge was renamed in his honor. In June of 1983,Williams was awarded a medal by President Reagan
The Man in the Water ❖The man was later identified as Arland D. Williams Jr., a bank examiner working for the Federal Reserve system in Atlanta. The 14th Street Bridge was renamed in his honor. ❖In June of 1983, Williams was awarded a medal by President Reagan
Washington D.C. formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington,"the District",or simply D.C.,is the capital of the United States Located along the Potomac River on the country's East Coast,it is a federal district under the exclusive jurisdiction of the Congress and the District is therefore not a part of any U.S.state. Washington,D.C.,had an estimated population of 658,893 in 2014,the 23rd-most populous city in the United States
Washington D.C. ❖ formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States ❖ Located along the Potomac River on the country's East Coast, it is a federal district under the exclusive jurisdiction of the Congress and the District is therefore not a part of any U.S. state. ❖ Washington, D.C., had an estimated population of 658,893 in 2014, the 23rd-most populous city in the United States