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pat kavanaugh and george pilkington. gentlemen, good morning to both of you. >> good morning. >> so, george, let me start with you. you saw the plane go down. can you describe what happened? >> well, it actually had flown directly over my truck as i was coming down the road. and it was dumping fuel as it was riding over top of me, with the nose up and bottom down. and the engines were screaming. it sounded like they were trying to get this thing back up into the air. >> engines screaming. pat, you were in your apartment, which is part of this complex. you heard the explosions. you ran outside. you saw a pilot on his back. can you describe for us what you saw and what you did in that moment? >> i -- when i went out the book door, i saw the pilot on the ground. i went over to see if he was injured. he was bleeding from the nose a little bit. i'm retired rescue. so, i checked for obvious open bounds, broken limbs. then, i tried to go back inside. but when i bent down next to him, he apologized to me for crashing into our ap
pat kavanaugh and george pilkington. gentlemen, good morning to both of you. >> good morning. >> so, george, let me start with you. you saw the plane go down. can you describe what happened? >> well, it actually had flown directly over my truck as i was coming down the road. and it was dumping fuel as it was riding over top of me, with the nose up and bottom down. and the engines were screaming. it sounded like they were trying to get this thing back up into the air. >>...
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pat kavanaugh found one of the crew members still strapped into his parachute. >> i made sure he didn't have any broken bones. he apologized for crashing into our complex. i chuckled and told him not to worry about it. >> miraculously, only four people on the ground only suffered minor injuries, and there are no reported fatalities. >> the jet had taken off from ociana naval station only seconds before the crash and was only a few blocks from the ocean when it went down. navy officials said the front sea crewman was a student pilot, the back seater, a seasoned instructor, and blamed the crash on a mechanical breakdown. >> initial indications are that the craft suffered a catastrophic mechanical malfunction. the specifics of which i don't want to speculate on. >> the navy has already launched a full-blown investigation. investigators will obviously look for what caused that mechanical breakdown, but they're also going to take a look at the actions of the crew, the student pilot, and instructor. did they do everything possible to try to save the airplane and avoid the crash? since they we
pat kavanaugh found one of the crew members still strapped into his parachute. >> i made sure he didn't have any broken bones. he apologized for crashing into our complex. i chuckled and told him not to worry about it. >> miraculously, only four people on the ground only suffered minor injuries, and there are no reported fatalities. >> the jet had taken off from ociana naval station only seconds before the crash and was only a few blocks from the ocean when it went down. navy...
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. >> pat kavanaugh raced out to help the pilot. >> he apologized very much for hitting our complex and i told him, don't worry about it, everything is going to be fine, let's get you out of here. >> a witness snapped a shot of the jet coming in low and apparently dumping fuel. rescuers say if the plane had crashed with the full tank, the fireball and destruction would have made this far worse. >> i seen him on the other side of these trees over this way, and it just looked basically like he dropped out of the sky. >> firefighters say the blaze was so hot they were unable to get into the apartments quickly to search for the injured. crews rushed several people outside the buildings to the hospital, none with life- threatening injuries. >> a lot of scared ladies wanting their cats, and we couldn't go back in the building after them. we grabbed as many people as we could. >> with scores of navy jets flying almost constant over heavily populated virginia beach the mayor says this is long been one of his nightmares. >> i pray every day that it doesn't happen, but it has. >> five apartment b
. >> pat kavanaugh raced out to help the pilot. >> he apologized very much for hitting our complex and i told him, don't worry about it, everything is going to be fine, let's get you out of here. >> a witness snapped a shot of the jet coming in low and apparently dumping fuel. rescuers say if the plane had crashed with the full tank, the fireball and destruction would have made this far worse. >> i seen him on the other side of these trees over this way, and it just...
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. >> pat kavanaugh raced out of his apartment. >> he apologized very much for hitting our complex, and i told him, don't worry about it, everything is going to be fine, let's get you to safety. >> a witness snapped a shot of the jet just before the crash coming in low and apparently dumping fuel. rescuers say if the plane had crashed with the full tank, the fireball and destruction would have made this far worse. >> i've seen him on the other side of these trees this way and it just looked basically like he dropped out of the sky. pretty much the front end of the plane started going down, then, boom, huge black cloud of smoke. >> firefighters say the blaze was so hot, so intense, they were unable to bet into the apartments quickly to search for the injured. crews rushed several people outside the buildings to the hospital. none with life-threatening injuries. navy investigators declined to speculate on what might have caused the crash but with scores of navy jets flying almost constantly over heavily populated virginia beach, the mayor says this has long been one of his worst nightmare
. >> pat kavanaugh raced out of his apartment. >> he apologized very much for hitting our complex, and i told him, don't worry about it, everything is going to be fine, let's get you to safety. >> a witness snapped a shot of the jet just before the crash coming in low and apparently dumping fuel. rescuers say if the plane had crashed with the full tank, the fireball and destruction would have made this far worse. >> i've seen him on the other side of these trees this way...
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law enforcement officers for tasering five hundred people to death over the last decade and ten kavanaugh the managing director of reason dot com says for americans the first reaction to police is not trust it's fear. there are questions about our situations that in the past might have been resolved by you know let's hang back and wait till this person comes down let's. pick him up at the next block after he runs out of breath or something like that become situations where officers clearly move in and just try and take possession of a person in a way that they wouldn't have in the past so we have a lot of video of that that is the big question i mean we why do we have to have this kind of force against people who are not on and one of the people is a guy in san bernardino county named alan kept part this is a gentle guy that you know the whole community knew him as you know almost like a forrest gump figure he was tasered to death he was tasered nineteen times by. you know there are words that there were probes in his flesh to prove it there's a civil case going on the officers were all e
law enforcement officers for tasering five hundred people to death over the last decade and ten kavanaugh the managing director of reason dot com says for americans the first reaction to police is not trust it's fear. there are questions about our situations that in the past might have been resolved by you know let's hang back and wait till this person comes down let's. pick him up at the next block after he runs out of breath or something like that become situations where officers clearly move...
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pat kavanaugh, on his couch, heard the crash. >> got off the couch and went to the back door, sliding door. and when i looked out i saw the pilot laying there bleeding from the nose and his parachute hanging from the building and i knew exactly what happened. a jet had crashed. >> reporter: the pilot was laying on his patio. and neighbor colby smith came out to see what happened. >> i saw the parachute on the house and he was still connected to it. >> reporter: these two men and others at the apartment complex became the first responders, running to help the two navy men. >> the pilot said, "i'm sorry for destroying your house," and i just bent down and i touched him and i was like, "it's okay, really." "are you okay?" and he was like, "i think i am." >> reporter: the pilots were pulled away leaving their ejector seats scattered in backyards. the two aviators may have waited until the last moment to eject. witnesses believe they were trying to avoid hitting nearby schools. residents were shaken. one man sitting and crying. others taken to the hospital for injuries and smoke inhalation
pat kavanaugh, on his couch, heard the crash. >> got off the couch and went to the back door, sliding door. and when i looked out i saw the pilot laying there bleeding from the nose and his parachute hanging from the building and i knew exactly what happened. a jet had crashed. >> reporter: the pilot was laying on his patio. and neighbor colby smith came out to see what happened. >> i saw the parachute on the house and he was still connected to it. >> reporter: these two...
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. >> reporter: pat kavanaugh raced out of his apartment. >> he apologized very much for hitting our complex, and i told him, don't worry about it, everything is going to be fine, let's get you out of here, get to you safety. >> a witness snapped a shot of the jet just before the crash coming in low and apparently dumping fuel. rescuers say if the plane had crashed with the full tank, the fireball and destruction would have made this far worse. >> i've seen him on the other side of these trees and it looked basically like he dropped out of the sky pretty much. the front end of the plane started going down, then boom, huge black cloud of smoke. >> reporter: firefighters say the blaze was so hot, so intense, they were unable to get into the apartments quickly to search for the injured. crews rushed several people outside the buildings to the hospital, none with life- threatening injuries. navy investigators declined to speculate on what might have caused the crash. but with scores of navy jets flying almost constantly over heavily populated virginia beach, the mayor says this has long been one
. >> reporter: pat kavanaugh raced out of his apartment. >> he apologized very much for hitting our complex, and i told him, don't worry about it, everything is going to be fine, let's get you out of here, get to you safety. >> a witness snapped a shot of the jet just before the crash coming in low and apparently dumping fuel. rescuers say if the plane had crashed with the full tank, the fireball and destruction would have made this far worse. >> i've seen him on the...
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resident pat kavanaugh found one of the crew. >> he was still strapped to his seat. street away from the fire. >> reporter: the plane was from a training squad ron in virginia beach. a witness noted it was flying low and appeared to be releasing fuel. it crashed in an area of apartments and homes about a half mile from the waterfront. crews battled the fire as rescuers searched for survivors. >> our crews, ems fire police have done a superb job. but the citizens of the neighborhood have stepped up and helped tremendously too. all we can do right now is pray that once we get into these buildings that our situation will be minimal as far as injuries or death. >> reporter: in washington, renee marsh, k ron4 news. >>> tim lincecum opens. we have highlights straight ahead. and tiger struggling at the masters. but did he play himself out of contention? we have the story and all the sports next. >>> all right. the no more dress rehearsals, it is go time for the giants. regular season opener. buster. in the first inning threw a walk at his first at-bat since returning from t
resident pat kavanaugh found one of the crew. >> he was still strapped to his seat. street away from the fire. >> reporter: the plane was from a training squad ron in virginia beach. a witness noted it was flying low and appeared to be releasing fuel. it crashed in an area of apartments and homes about a half mile from the waterfront. crews battled the fire as rescuers searched for survivors. >> our crews, ems fire police have done a superb job. but the citizens of the...
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. >> this training and flight instructor were forced to eject leading to the kavanaugh us outboard deck know exactly what happened. he apologized, sincerely. i told him to not worry about it. take care of yourself and take care of you. >> crewmembers taken to the hospital with people on the ground but also the emergency rescue people injured >> with people not accounted for nobody has been reported missing. they will continue to search for the three people that -- have been missing. >> this random attack was a racial motivated hate crime. he was driving a white pickup. they say the victims did not know a call phone number is convinced. >> it appears that we have a person, a white individual that has started and taken shots at black people. >> ysabel: tulsa, the size of 400,000 is roughly the size of oakland. all the kicking percent are african american. >> mitt romney is believed to become the gop candidate. and rick santorum, however is hoping for a victory in his home state of pennsylvania. also, he is behind for the race for delegates. the super delegates showing that mitt romney has
. >> this training and flight instructor were forced to eject leading to the kavanaugh us outboard deck know exactly what happened. he apologized, sincerely. i told him to not worry about it. take care of yourself and take care of you. >> crewmembers taken to the hospital with people on the ground but also the emergency rescue people injured >> with people not accounted for nobody has been reported missing. they will continue to search for the three people that -- have been...