Re: Worst Commute in Fairfax County?
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It was Awful
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Date: June 30, 2015 01:17AM
Double Action Jackson Wrote:
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> 1982 Jan. 13th The day Air Florida flight 90 hit
> the 14th st bridge after heavy icing brought it
> down. The day was a lousy one with snow gray skies
> and ice. I was a fed and just before I got off at
> 4 pm a wreck occurred on Metro with 3 deaths which
> were Metros first. The subway system was jammed. I
> usually caught a bus at 14th and C in front of the
> Bureau of Engraving and Printing, But the streets
> were jammed packed as the plane hit about 4:03 pm.
> As I got to 14th street sirens were everywhere,
> and traffic was jammed . I thought a bus had slid
> off one of the icy Potomac bridges and hoofed it
> toward the Pentagon to catch my next bus in my
> commute. As I got near the 14st bridge I saw news
> people with cameras and started to hear that a
> plane had crashed. I saw the Eagle 1 US Park
> Police helo hovering over the river. I made it all
> the way across one of the bridges the one the
> plane hit when I was about 50 feet from that spot
> the police took command and closed the bridge. I
> saw cars torn up, but did not see the carnage
> inside, Boy am I ever glad for that. No one needs
> to see that kind of tragedy . I had to go back to
> the DC side then come across the other bridge all
> with my foot killing me as I had had cryosurgery
> on my foot to remove a planters wart. Finally I
> was stopped on the bridge, They would not let us
> walk across, they were afraid of fuel tanks
> blowing or something but cars could pass. We
> people walking there got rides on what ever would
> give us one. I landed up on a flat bed truck with
> construction workers driving with about 20 of us
> hanging on to it. The cops gave up on it after
> seeing that and let others walk out. I heard a
> supervisor yelling about it. Let um go let um
> walk. On the Va side I saw a US Air Force helo
> landing in a cloud of snow about dusk. I saw the
> tail of the AF plane in the icy water. I got to
> the Gong and caught my bus right off lucky as can
> be, but the highway was jammed, there was a spot
> in the Jersey wall to get to the other bus lanes &
> HOV, the bus driver angled that Metro bus thru
> that spot with mere inches to spare and we all
> cheered him as "The Worlds Greatest Bus Driver".
> Then we were off going slow in the ice and I got
> back home about 45 minutes later about 9 pm. Later
> that night I saw Lenny Skutnik's rescue save of
> the people from the icy river.
> That was the "Commute of my life".
Same here, pretty much. Glad I did not see the carnage. I'll never forget that day.