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Dennis Donovan

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16. Holy shit! Like Seth MacFarlane...

Sat May 25, 2019, 01:42 PM

May 2019

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seth_MacFarlane#September_11,_2001_experience

September 11, 2001 experience
On the morning of September 11, 2001, MacFarlane was scheduled to return to Los Angeles on American Airlines Flight 11 from Boston. Suffering from a hangover after the previous night's celebrations that followed his speech at his alma mater, the Rhode Island School of Design,[189] and with an incorrect departure time (8:15 a.m. instead of 7:45 a.m.) from his travel agent, he arrived at Logan International Airport about ten minutes too late to board the flight, as the gates had been closed. Fifteen minutes after departure, American Airlines Flight 11 was hijacked, and at 8:46 a.m. it was flown into the North Tower of the World Trade Center, killing everyone on board. MacFarlane said:

"The only reason it hasn't really affected me as it maybe could have is I didn't really know that I was in any danger until after it was over, so I never had that panic moment. After the fact, it was sobering, but people have a lot of close calls; you're crossing the street and you almost get hit by a car . . . this one just happened to be related to something massive. I really can't let it affect me because I'm a comedy writer. I have to put that in the back of my head."

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40 Years Ago Today; American Airlines Flight 191 [View all] Dennis Donovan May 2019 OP

I knew someone on that flight. smirkymonkey May 2019 #1

Wow! malaise May 2019 #2

If I remember from my 1983 Aircraft Powerplants college course, there were only 3 engine bolts. TheBlackAdder May 2019 #5

The bolt didn't fail, it was the bracket that failed. NutmegYankee May 2019 #7

The pylon bracket itself failed because when the engine had been removed for maintenance The Velveteen Ocelot May 2019 #9

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music May 2019 #3

My sister was a flight attendant on that route, by strange events, she was not on that flight. TheBlackAdder May 2019 #4

Wow. Amazing story all around. Efilroft Sul May 2019 #6

Talk about a weird twist of fate. 3catwoman3 May 2019 #8

Yes. She's struggled for a while. Incensed at the man who unknowingly set of a chain that saved her. TheBlackAdder May 2019 #11

"Now, she doesn't take shit from anybody." 3catwoman3 May 2019 #18

What a strange twist of fate. The Velveteen Ocelot May 2019 #10

She would tell me how she would get written up if she told someone to keep their hands off. TheBlackAdder May 2019 #12

I was on one of the last DC 10s to take off before they were grounded. redwitch May 2019 #13

I had a ticket on that flight. Chipper Chat May 2019 #14

Holy shit! Like Seth MacFarlane... Dennis Donovan May 2019 #16

I was in a drug store on King street that morning when I heard on the radio about a plane crash in Chipper Chat May 2019 #17

I was 14 then but remember it well. Horrible. book_worm May 2019 #15

I remember it well, too DFW May 2019 #19

Remembering Flight 191 mahatmakanejeeves May 2019 #20