Plane kills beach jogger in SC emergency landing

[DieselDragRacer]

This is one odd story....


http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/plane-kills-beach-jogger-373343.html

 

[Amish RakeFight]

Fate... Had he another bowl of cereal... it still would've happened.

 

[Way2Broke]

When it is your time, it is your time. Who wants to bet they go after the pilot?

 

[OneBadLT123]

Man, I mean I dont know whether to feel sorry for the jogger or laugh at this situation. Am I cruel?

 

[OneBadLT123]

Whoa whoa whoa! Ok I just reread the article and did anyone else catch this?

Marshall Clary was sitting in his home office overlooking the beach when the crash happened about 6:10 p.m. He said he heard nothing when the plane hit Jones and didn't realize something was wrong until he heard emergency helicopters overhead a short time later. From his back deck,he saw the plane in the water about 100 yards from where emergency responders used a sheet to cover the bloodied body of a man wearing jogging shorts

So let me get this straight... This guy/girl saw the airplane hit the runner on the beach then crash and didn't think anything was wrong until AFTER emergency personnel showed up? I mean, I'm no rocket scientist but even I know a small plane flying 5 feet above the ground hitting somebody is something to be concerned about.

Or am I reading too much into that paragraph?

 

[dhc8fo]

Whoa whoa whoa! Ok I just reread the article and did anyone else catch this?

So let me get this straight... This guy/girl saw the airplane hit the runner on the beach then crash and didn't think anything was wrong until AFTER emergency personnel showed up? I mean, I'm no rocket scientist but even I know a small plane flying 5 feet above the ground hitting somebody is something to be concerned about.

Or am I reading too much into that paragraph?

I didn't see that he/she actually SAW the plane hit anyone, just that it was coming down. He/she figured out that someone had been hit later when the helos came....

That was my take.

 

[pair_of_pratts]

It is a poorly written statement. The first sentence should have been written:

Marshall Clary was sitting in his home office which overlooks the beach when the crash happened about 6:10 p.m.

instead of

Marshall Clary was sitting in his home office overlooking the beach when the crash happened about 6:10 p.m.

He didn't see or hear the crash happen and it wasn't until he went outside that he noticed something wrong:

He said he heard nothing when the plane hit Jones and didn't realize something was wrong until he heard emergency helicopters overhead a short time later. From his back deck,he saw the plane in the water about 100 yards from where emergency responders used a sheet to cover the bloodied body of a man wearing jogging shorts.