03-07-2013, 05:22 AM
I lived on Long Island when Flight 800 happened.
Very shortly after the incident happened and news as just coming through, Long Island Newsday had included some interesting information in one of the first articles. They quoted someone hearing a story from a Bartender who served a fellow that claimed to have a cousin in the navy at the time. Apparently this navy guy was all out of sorts because he said he accidentally sent a missile into that aircraft. It was mentioned that he was distraught enough to have been taken away probably not for his condition but to keep him quiet. That information disappeared very quickly and was not repeated. I don't remember all of the mention in the paper very well but that was the gist of the item.
I remember that incident very well as I lived in the same county at the time and was trying to sign up for Amateur Radio Emergency Services as I had a ham license. The guy i contacted didn't respond to me fast enough and I sat there for a week or so sulking while my ham friends were out there assisting with emergency communications as we do. I caught up with it all later on and we got involved in many public events like marathons as training coordination.. But i missed Flight 800. It was chaos with all the emergency groups out there. they moved in many mules, which are portable cell towers that are used for such emergency situations. Those cell towers loaded up very fast. One of our guys was standing there talking to the headquarters that they set up for this incident and an FBI guy was standing next to him. He said "hey, who are you talking to?" He said "the command post". "Can you get through with some inquiries for me" "sure" and we made a bit of history and scored a lot of points with the local authorities with that incident.
Anyway I wonder if anyone has the resources to search Newsday newspaper for that stuff that i read. If i remember it requires a paid subscription. I am sure its there, if my memory is correct and it was in print. I know i heard the story from a friend and remember reading a version of that in the paper right away. Not vouching for its authenticy, i just remember the incident where the bartender remembers hearing this from a patron. I guess news reporters spend time in taverns covering those events :-)
All i remember from the whole thing after it was over and talking to people I can say most people on LI don't believe the standard explanation.
Very shortly after the incident happened and news as just coming through, Long Island Newsday had included some interesting information in one of the first articles. They quoted someone hearing a story from a Bartender who served a fellow that claimed to have a cousin in the navy at the time. Apparently this navy guy was all out of sorts because he said he accidentally sent a missile into that aircraft. It was mentioned that he was distraught enough to have been taken away probably not for his condition but to keep him quiet. That information disappeared very quickly and was not repeated. I don't remember all of the mention in the paper very well but that was the gist of the item.
I remember that incident very well as I lived in the same county at the time and was trying to sign up for Amateur Radio Emergency Services as I had a ham license. The guy i contacted didn't respond to me fast enough and I sat there for a week or so sulking while my ham friends were out there assisting with emergency communications as we do. I caught up with it all later on and we got involved in many public events like marathons as training coordination.. But i missed Flight 800. It was chaos with all the emergency groups out there. they moved in many mules, which are portable cell towers that are used for such emergency situations. Those cell towers loaded up very fast. One of our guys was standing there talking to the headquarters that they set up for this incident and an FBI guy was standing next to him. He said "hey, who are you talking to?" He said "the command post". "Can you get through with some inquiries for me" "sure" and we made a bit of history and scored a lot of points with the local authorities with that incident.
Anyway I wonder if anyone has the resources to search Newsday newspaper for that stuff that i read. If i remember it requires a paid subscription. I am sure its there, if my memory is correct and it was in print. I know i heard the story from a friend and remember reading a version of that in the paper right away. Not vouching for its authenticy, i just remember the incident where the bartender remembers hearing this from a patron. I guess news reporters spend time in taverns covering those events :-)
All i remember from the whole thing after it was over and talking to people I can say most people on LI don't believe the standard explanation.