crash

Just before noon yesterday, an F/A-18D Hornet crashed into a residential neighborhood in San Diego, killing at least three people. The jet was coming back from a carrier in the Pacific and suffered an engine failure on it's way to Marine Corps Air Station Miramar. From what i've gathered, after the first engine failed, the pilot attempted to crash it into an unpopulated ravine when the second engine failed and the jet dropped from the sky like a rock. Kids from a nearby playground were so close, they heard the pops of the canopy being blown off as the pilot ejected (you'll no doubt remember that's what killed Goose). He was found hanging by his parachute from a tree in a canyon.

Guess something like that puts things in perspective. Makes worrying about things like money or your job seem small when you consider the fact that you could have your lunch interrupted by a fucking fighter jet hurling itself through your kitchen.

note- i changed the title b/c this accident was actually pretty tragic.