»The Ramstein Airshow Disaster«
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probably would have found another tragedy to attach themselves to... seems as though they used this sad day to find thier root to exist. i was at Landstuhl and worked triage that afternoon... the words of this song do not quite capture the moment. posted by Seniormiguel |
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| in-my-opinion.orgTechnology, Computers, Science, InternetCars and MachinesThe Ramstein Airshow Disaster |
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Seniormiguel: probably would have found another tragedy to attach themselves to... seems as though they used this sad day to find thier root to exist. i was at Landstuhl and worked triage that afternoon... the words of this song do not quite capture the moment. Yeah,horrible accident,BUT GREAT BAND! posted by EGGMAN |
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I was at that airshow and there is no song in the world that can describe the human torment and suffering that occurred that day in August (28th), 1988. The sirens and the sounds of the helicopters went on day and night for nearly 5 straight days, the telephone system was so congested it shorted out, they had to commandeer private citizens pickups and vans to carry the burned and wounded to the nearest hospital, 7 kilometers away, people were very scared after the crash, every one was running around in a frenzy, looking for loved ones, friends, anyone they knew, the parked cars of the injured and deceased sat in the makeshift grass parking areas for many months, like a dog waiting for their master to come back, before they finally towed them off. I remember it too well, the grass near the control tower, where the solo plane hit the crowd was a brilliant shade of gree, much different than the rest, for years following, it may still be that color, we had gone to a concert the night before that airshow, "Monsters of Rock" in Schweinfurt and didn't get back to Ramstein until 6 that morning, because some girl from our bus tour had left with someone and didn't tell anyone from the bus, so we waited and called and waited. When we got to Ramstein early that morning, we stopped by her house to tell her mom we couldnt find her, she told us she was in bed sleeping. I had to go to the airshow @ 12 to work a concesion stand, I wish I had stayed in bed that day... posted by rob_in_austin |
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 that's deep. sounds like you just survived the Twin Towers crash or something. ok i'll drop the sarcasm. sorry. thank you for imparting your tale of sorrow, panic, and anguish rob from austin. this is live, sangu from california. back at you kupov. posted by sangu |
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 Well Sangu I really don't think someone at that airshow would come to a forum and tell us all about it with very vague descriptions and beck to you Knn. posted by Kupov |
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i underestimated the impact of this incident. blame the media. so many killings going on, it all brushes of my iron skin. posted by sangu |
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perhaps they are a good band,but I can not understand how they can make a song like this about the disaster.They should have been there... posted by Roland |
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    posted by Gordon Tatro |
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True you have underestimated the impact of this crash. The media and the base officials are probably to be blamed but there are more people that I run into that knew someone involved or who was in Germany at the airshow, what a small world. I have been looking for information about the crash and it's victims. I found a site called  Bernard Magnus Ramstein/Homburg Saar 1987 to 1991 sangu: i underestimated the impact of this incident. blame the media. so many killings going on, it all brushes of my iron skin. posted by Beltway1 |
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I was only four years old while my dad was stationed at Ramstein, AFB, but I remember the crash vividly. In particular, the soda can that my brother was holding in front of me as the plane went down and the fireball shot up. We were about 200 feet away, but the heat was intense. posted by Jackal858 |
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roland...you don't have to have personally witnessed something to have it affect you emotionally or mentally. it's called empathy and compassion. posted by kobedog |
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