Jeremey wrote:Rick wrote:Jeremey wrote:Rip Rokken wrote:Duncan wrote:Isn't that a Lynyrd Skynryd album?
I don't believe the plane crash ever happened - that was a media cover up. Those dudes got raptured.
You do know that Kevin Elson was on that plane, no?
I didn't know that. Really?
Kevin was Skynyrd's road engineer. from a news account of the crash:
Busy Night at Hospital
"We practice disaster drills so many times during the year that when this one came up I wondered if people
would think it was practice too," said Southwest Mississippi Regional Administrator Tom Logue this morning.
"But when the first patient arrived, we went to work. They knew this wasn't a drill. I was real proud of everyone
at the hospital," he said. Logue and most hospital employees, as well as Civil Defense personnel and others
who took part in the rescue operations following Thursday night's plane crash near Gillsburg, had gone
through an almost sleepless night. Six persons died in the crash and of the 20 survivors, four were listed in
critical condition at SMRMC today. Eight others were transferred during the night to Jackson hospitals, seven
were listed in stable condition at SMRMC, and one was not hospitalized. Among the injured were members of
the musical rock group Lynyrd Skynyrd. Three members were killed (see related stories). In critical condition in
the intensive care unit at the McComb hospital were Leon Wilkeson, bass guitarist, with chest injuries, multiple
abrasions and fractured left arm and left leg; Craig Reed, a member of the road crew, chest injury , lacerations
and abrasions, fractured left arm; James Bracy, road crew, chest wound, abrasion, fractured left arm. Listed in
critical condition, but not the intensive care unit, was <i>Kevin Elson</i>, the groups sound engineer, with a fractured
right leg and ankle, fractured pelvis and left leg. Others, still being treated at SMRMC, all in stable condition
this morning. were Ron Eckerman, road manager, chest contusion and rib fractures, and road crew members
Kenneth Peden, multiple contusions, Steve Lawler, chest contusions, facial lacerations; Clayton Johnson,
fractured right clavicle and left elbow; Don Kretzechman, chest injury, abrasions; Joe Osborn, multiple
I had never heard about him being on that chopper. If I did, I don't remember it. Holy shit. Thanks J.