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Rich Dusek, manager of a gas station about 100 yds. from the crash site, heard "a big explosion" and saw flames shoot up 400 to 500 ft. in the air. "Then we felt the concussion," he said. "About five seconds later we felt a blast of heat. It was like sitting in front of a fireplace." The first rescue units were on the scene within three minutes. One aircraft engine still was flaming, and the aircraft fuel had ignited, starting fires in several nearby house trailers. Most of the plane was smashed into small scraps of metal. Many...
...Oasis Mobile Home Park, which contains 1,200 homes, would have been devastated if the plane had not broken up so quickly. Donna Freer, 33, was baking a pecan pie when her mobile home was rocked by the explosion just 150 yds. away. She ran outside to see an elderly couple, John and Mary Bielski, standing in their underwear just outside their flaming house. They were shaken but unhurt. Two other residents of the park were burned, one critically...
...city where the late rightfielder Roberto Clemente became a mythic figure, that is quite a tribute. But Parker seems more than equal to the memories of Clemente. Despite his bulk (6 ft. 5 in., 230 Ibs.), his speed (100 yds. in 9.6 sec.) ranks him among the fastest in the major leagues, and he can throw screamers to the plate from the fence...
Week after week, they tumbled in startling succession. The lean and limber 19-year-old broke the world indoor records for the high hurdles five times, at distances between 50 yds. and 60 meters. His assault on the record book paused at the Millrose Games in Madison Square Garden when he could not resist proudly lifting his index finger at the tape. That gesture of triumph may have cost him another world record-he finished the 60 yds. in 6.89 sec., just .01 off his best time-but Renaldo Nehemiah has no regrets: "Up to this point, there were still...
...baby, and he's already run these miraculous times," marvels Villanova's Coach Jim ("Jumbo") Elliott, one of the leading coaches in the sport. Last Friday night the youngster further embellished his indoor record this year by winning the national Amateur Athletic Union Championship at 60 yds...