1-30-25 Hour 1 - A Tragic Crash above the Potomac
The Chris Plante Show
WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington
4.6 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 30 January 2025
⏱️ 40 minutes
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| 0:33.9 | Well, good Thursday to you, not a happy Thursday. |
| 0:40.2 | Nothing to be celebrated this morning, |
| 0:44.1 | I'm sorry to say, especially in my hometown of Washington, D.C. |
| 0:53.6 | Or a tragedy at Reagan National Airport last night has shut down the city. |
| 1:03.6 | And air traffic and the airport is closed at least until 11 a.m. Eastern time they're saying that may be extended. |
| 1:10.2 | Have not seen the skies silent in Washington, D.C., as they are this morning, since shortly after September 11, 2001, |
| 1:18.0 | when all air traffic in and out of Washington, D.C. was shut down for weeks, weeks on end. |
| 1:24.3 | And I've got a story to tell here because you are doubtless aware at this point |
| 1:29.8 | of the aviation accident at Ronald Reagan, Washington National Airport just across the Potomac River |
| 1:38.6 | from Washington, D.C. proper. And a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter with a crew of three aboard colliding with an American |
| 1:47.9 | Eagle, a Canadian commuter jet, and everyone aboard both aircraft killed, a total of 67 people |
| 1:57.2 | killed, 64 aboard the American Eagle aircraft, and three aboard the U.S. Army Black Hawk |
| 2:03.9 | helicopter. It is a shockingly improbable collision, the likes of which you just don't see. |
| 2:15.8 | And I've got to, I want to say that last night at home with |
| 2:19.5 | my best girl, we had a moment that we later realized was in all probability. And I think in |
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