Episode 37: Air Florida Flight 90 and the Washington Metro Train Collision

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🗓️ 16 May 2017

⏱️ 57 minutes

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They say God never gives you more than you can handle. On January 13, 1982, He sure as hell attempted to do so to the city of Washington, DC. Snow cascaded from the sky, making driving home from work to the suburbs a treacherous undertaking. At National Airport, an Air Florida flight with a crew inexperienced in flying under winter conditions waited impatiently for takeoff. And underneath the city, an improperly closed rail switch and a subway train packed to the gills would have a devastating introduction to one another.

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1:39.5	Episode 30. Episode 37, Air Florida Flight 90 and the Washington Metro train collision, January 13, 1982.
1:44.3	81 deceased, 31 injured between both incidents.
1:50.5	I had a skull fracture, my nose was broken, my cheeks were broken, my jaw was broken,
1:56.1	all my fingers and thumb on my left hand were broken, my right leg was fractured, my left leg was shattered,
1:57.3	both feet were broken.
1:59.2	Other than that, I was fine.
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