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Video shows fiery small plane crash into WA waters near Orcas Island
A former astronaut who was part of the Apollo 8 crew reportedly died as he piloted a plane that crashed into Puget Sound near Orcas Island on Friday.
Bill Anders, the Apollo 8 astronaut who was one of the first humans to orbit the moon and who took the iconic first photo of Earth rising over the lunar surface, died Friday when a plane he was piloting crashed near the San Juan Islands off the coast of Washington state. He was 90.![]()
Video shows fiery small plane crash into WA waters near Orcas Island
A former astronaut who was part of the Apollo 8 crew reportedly died as he piloted a plane that crashed into Puget Sound near Orcas Island on Friday.www.fox13seattle.com
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Bill Anders [...] died Friday when a plane he was piloting crashed near the San Juan Islands off the coast of Washington state. He was 90.
It's just (relatively) lucky he went into Puget Sound and not a house, school, dry conditions forest or something worse yet.It's better than the nursing home, no?
It may not have had anything to do with luck. His plane may have gone exactly where he wanted it to.It's just (relatively) lucky he went into Puget Sound and not a house, school, dry conditions forest or something worse yet.
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It may not have had anything to do with luck. His plane may have gone exactly where he wanted it to.
Oh, I don't know. When one hits 90 and and realizes taking care of one's self is only going to keep getting harder, maybe one last thrill with a quick finish is the way to go.Oh for cripes' sake. I'm sure there will be plenty of "he died doing what he loved", but for reals he died doing something no 90 year old has any business doing.
There's a woman related to me somehow on my mother's side who is now 104. She has been saying that she wants to die for at least four years. I'm not close enough with her to even broach the subject, but when somebody says that at a Thanksgiving gathering, well -- people should probably take the sentiment more seriously than they'd like to.Oh, I don't know. When one hits 90 and and realizes taking care of one's self is only going to keep getting harder, maybe one last thrill with a quick finish is the way to go.
One last Oregon vacation!There's a woman related to me somehow on my mother's side who is now 104. She has been saying that she wants to die for at least four years. I'm not close enough with her to even broach the subject, but when somebody says that at a Thanksgiving gathering, well -- people should probably take the sentiment more seriously than they'd like to.