Two Medical choppers collide over flagstaff '08

Arizona Daily Sun  link

Sometimes stories hit way too close to home... This one literally in my backyard. Down the road from me, the city of Flagstaff had been blasting dynamite for a new development located up on a plateau overlooking the city. Loud bangs had been commonplace. I remember crystal clear that Sunday afternoon, KABOOM! Sound waves from the crash burst thru the neighborhood. The high altitude certainly intensified the concussion. It felt like a bolt of lighting hit a ponderosa pine tree slamming into the house. Moments later... Sirens!!! Obviously something terrible had happened.

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