Jet Landing Gear Kills Mailman at Home in Oakdale Calif. (1959)
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- Опубліковано 23 бер 2024
- Postal carrier Kyle Anderson, 68, was eating dinner in his kitchen on N. Lee Avenue in Oakdale, California when the landing gear of a F-100 Air Force jet came shooting through the door after it crashed and took his life.
The engine bounced into the carport of the Langfords, barely missing their car.
Lt. Patrick Swanson parachuted to safely near Chinese Camp, Calif.
Jeff visits the grave of Kyle Anderson in Valley Home (which he used to frequent is his boyhood days), as well as the odd grave of a man reportedly buried in his limousine. Jeff hears from two witnesses as the Oakdale Historical Museum and sees pieces of the fallen jet that are stored there.
Marygrace Langford, who still lives in the second house hit by the plane parts 63 years later, spoke to Jeff about that day!
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I grew up in Oakdale, and I even know the Langfords. I just don't remember tales of this incident though. I have been in NV for quite awhile now, but family & friends still there. Thank you so much for the great stories you do. I've been watching your episodes from around the gold rush country and just yesterday saw the episode of the mine disaster in Jackson. Hits close to home as I am a NV gold miner. Western history is a passion. A member of 18 chapters of E Clampus Vitus throughout 8 Western States. Bravo to you Jeff.
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Hi Jeff .
A similar thing happened in my home town of Haverhill Massachusetts in 1964. A National Guard F86 experienced smoke in the cockpit, and the pilot ejected. The plane came down on Lackey St., clipping several homes and leaving a large gouge in the street before smashing into a home killing two sleeping children. The parents were sitting on the back porch and were only scorched. This happened a short ways from my grandparents grocery store. I still remember seeing the engine and tail section laying in the wreckage of the burned out house. I was 5 at the time.
A newspaper article many years later, interviewed the pilot. Living with the death of the two children had stayed with him all his life.
Interesting story, great research Jeff.👌
You just never know. Lost my sister in a traffic accident and often thought if she just left home thirty seconds sooner or thirty seconds later she would still be here. See you next week, Jeff.
Have you watched the movie "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button?"
I enjoy so much of your content. But stories like this, featuring regular people in incredible circumstances, are some of my favorites. Thank you for another interesting video.
I really appreciate your comment. I will make efforts to get more people into my videos, but there are a lot of people who shy away from being on camera as you could probably understand. But I was fortunate that the folks at the museum were willing to help talk about this incident. Thank you so much for your nice comment.
Reminds of the jet crash in Fresno in the 90’s missing a school while attempting to land on a city street.
Poor Kyle Anderson, may he rest in peace.
The lady you visited had remarkable great memory for her age.
That man buried in the car reminded me of that 70’s movie “Used Cars” with Kurt Russell.
Thank you for your research and the tour of your home town!
Mrs. Lanngford’s detailed recollection was phenomenal!
Jeff would you fufill my suggestion by visiting the grave of John philip sousa please and you are the sweetest kindest most special guy on earth ♥️♥️
Your recounts of riding your bike to the store and that your parents let you ride that far reminded me if my childhood. We would be gone all day on our bikes all around Eastside of San Jose, CA. Most of the time, we were exploring caves or catching crawdads down at the creek. As long as we were home by dinner, all was good. Those were the days. As for today's episode, I remember jets flying over our house out of Moffett Field Naval Air Station. I never even wondered about those jets crashing. Wow. I feel for the airman too. He had to live with the knowledge his jet killed a person. This episode is amazing, so much information presented. Wonderful. Another hidden gem.
I appreciate your stories, Jeff. I am a teacher in Salinas, CA. (born in 1966), and for a part of my mother’s early life, she lived in Modesto. I’m so glad you found eyewitnesses who were willing to share their accounts of the tragedy. Such a beautiful area and some aspects seem frozen in time. Yes, it was a different time. All the best.
My best friend lives in Salinas (Prunedale actually). She grew up in Keyes.
Thanks Jeff, I was Mrs. Lankford mailman for 5 years and delivered that whole area and never new of the incident . I'll have to ask a retired mailman on my current route if he knew Mr. Lankford. Your story of your grade school teacher reminds me of my 2nd grade teacher, Ms. Fovinci . fresh out of college who owned a convertible Thunderbird. She also loss control of the class room and sounded like Sister Mary Elephant attempting to get control of the classroom.
Class, class... SHUT UP! My aunt, who was just a few years older than me and my favorite person on the planet, had that recording.
Great comment.
Although tragic, another well presented story. Thank you for sharing some personal memories.
Readying ourselves for snow. Great day to stay inside and watch History Hunters! This was fascinating!
Wow, so you guys are getting snow today? Where do you guys live? It actually hailed on us in Central California yesterday and right now it’s overcast and expected to be this way all day. I’m pretty sure that our water woes are over.
Good old Cheyenne. Low of 15 tonight. As we say, "It's before Mother's day; anything can happen." @@jbenziggy
I remember the Hershey Chocolate factory in Oakdale well. I went with my kids on school field trips to visit. It was lots of fun. I'll always associate Oakdale with chocolate!
My oldest also went with his class to the Jelly Belly factory in Solano County. The Hershey factory is long gone, but I believe the Jelly Belly factory still operates.
Thank you for another story from Central California's past! What a day that must have been long ago in August.
This story was so fascinating! Poor man ready to have supper and he’s gone in a flash! Guess when it’s your time…. We are about three miles from our airport. I watch planes come in and out day and night. We’ve had many that had to land here for problems with the planes. No crashes thank goodness. Your 4th grade teacher sounds like she was at the end of her rope that year. I give teachers so much credit for teaching in the world today.
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Great job on the interviews. Actually since you asked, something like that did happen near me when I was growing up in North Dakota. One day me and my friend were playing in my backyard, Suddenly a plane came low over our house and the engine was making a weird sound and suddenly the engine cut off. The plane disappeared. Me and my friend looked at each other like that was weird, but we didn't really comprehend what had happened. Then the town fire siren went off and we went up to the front yard where my dad was talking to a neighbor who was telling him that a plane had just crashed. The fire trucks went by. Then shortly after that a tornado siren went off. Then the fire truck came back by and the firefighters on the truck, yelled that we were in the path of the tornado, and that we should either get in the basement immediately or evacuate the town. My dad decided to put us in the car and leave. After the storm had passed, on the way back we stopped and saw the plane crash. It was sitting on the front lawn of the nursing home which it had narrowly missed. The Police Chief's car and the Fire Chief's pickup truck were parked near it and they were guarding the wreckage. No tornado had hit, but when we got home a bunch of windows in our house had been broken by hail. Overall it was a very eventful day in a small town where nothing like that normally ever happened.
Mrs Langford's telling was brilliant. Her recollection had detail you just can't capture anyway else. What a day, thanks Jeff. A f100 saber is on display at the Atwater Air Museum.
Thanks for bringing up the past of Oakdale, Cowboy Capital of the World!
In 2008 I lived in a mobile home park in a Cincinnati suburb, and the city airport was only a couple of miles away. One afternoon the news break said a small piper airplane and a helicopter had hit head on. The general location was within a 1/4 of a mile of my home, and they said there was a mile or better debris field. My 19 yr old daughter was 8 mos pregnant and home alone. I was terrified by the time she answered the phone, completely oblivious to it all. It had fallen on a busy overpass, with a 4 lane highway under it. And a huge apartment complex next door. Sadly all involved in the crash died, I think it was only the 2 pilots. But by the grace of God, know one on the ground was hurt. Look forward to your videos every Sunday.
When I was 5 in 1958 my family lived in the house next to the church. My dad was a teacher at the grammar school. I went first through third grade at that school. I have great memories of Valley Home.
Another great video, Jeff. You have a knack for finding the hidden gems of history. Thanks!!
In that era my Dad was driving on Bayshore Freeway and witnessed the collision of two jets from Moffett Field. He picked up a piece of a plane and had it for many years. I can remember holding it. It was about 8” long and maybe 4 or 5” wide. Traffic was held up on the Freeway for quite a while.
History that escaped me. Thank you. I’ve lived in the area since 1948.
So sad. 😭
Of all the places to land, it hits his house and not only that but exactly where the man was sitting.
Heartbreaking.
The burnt paper is an "approach plate"...essentially instructions on how to land at a specific airport at night/bad weather without running into anything....and landing succssfully. We use to have to file them in big heavy binders and keep them updated (a big task in itself). Now they're all on an Ipad and update themselves electronically.
Thanks for the information. Are you a former military pilot? Or perhaps a private pilot?
I love it when you present local history. I’m a local girl, and I’m always fascinated by history of the area. Much appreciative Jeff😀😀
Our pleasure! I did not want my channel to be solely concentrated on Central California but at times there’s no way to adventure out and highlight other places but I’m glad you appreciate the local contact.
@@jbenziggy I love it when u present other California history too😀😀I always love seeing photo shots of local sites. Keep up good work😀😀
Such a sad story. It’s really surprising that you never heard this story when you were young. Especially going to school across the street from the incident.
Well, it’s really not that surprising given the fact that the crash happened in 1959 and I didn’t arrive in Oakdale until 1971 which is a span of 13 years.
@@jbenziggy lol - well I live in a small town in Georgia, we talk about stuff for years. Probably because stuff doesn’t happen often, so when it does, we just keep it going.
Very well done Jeff. My son pilots the Cessna 2 and 4 seat planes. One Sunday Aug. 18, 1997 we took a trip to Ocean City Maryland Municipal airport from the Reading, Pa airport. Ocean City airport is right near the resort town of Ocean City Maryland. While there, I videod about 20 or so skydivers landing on the grassy area next to the runway at the airport. A 3 seat sightseeing red biplane was taxiing between the grassy area to the runway. I Thought this was a dangerous thing to do while the skydivers were landing right there, thinking he should wait 5 minutes or so till they were all down safely. I still have the plane on the video with skydivers landing right there too. The following Sunday Aug. 25.1997 that same Biplane crashed into the Atlantic to the horror of beach goers watching, with two 25 year old girls killing all. One girl was from Laureldale, PA. The other from fleetwood, Pa. Both those places are about 2 or so miles from Reading, Pa where my son and I flew out of the week B 4. I remember thinking how reckless the pilot was the week B 4 with the skydivers and the coincidence of the girls living nearby to me. The township I live in is 6 miles East of Reading, PA.
Lucky Mrs. Langford, that was close. On weekends and in the summer as kids we were out the door after breakfast and our parents didn’t expect us back until dinner time with skinned knees, elbows and sunburn. Great story as always.
Awesome video! That piece of paper at the museum was actually a part of an instrument approach procedure chart to some airport nearby. These are used by pilots to fly approaches during IFR (instrument flight rules) operations.
Thanks for the info!
Great video 😊Very interesting. Our childhoods sound very similar. I can remember going up to our little store and buying a sack full of candy for a quarter lol and checking the payphone outside for change lol.
Great video! It's amazing how many flight paths are in the skies. I live close to a small airport and Air Force Base, so there's always air traffic over my house.
There was an interesting crash that happened on Travis Air Force Base back in the 40's. I learned about it a few months ago and researched it. That's how the base got its name. There's a few articles about it online. My grandpa was on the base at the time it happened.
Let’s hope that it never happens where you are, or anywhere for that matter.
I grew up in Fremont CA, and behind Mission San Jose High School, there's a plaque on a rock, documenting an air force plane crash from roughly the same era. Only the pilot perished. He was honored for realizing that someone was probably going to get hurt when the aircraft went in, so he stayed with it as long as he could until he got out. Too low it seems 😢
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Very interesting story. When you go through a event like this you never forget it. I was 7 years old in 1964 on Good Friday living in Anchorage Alaska. I remember that earthquake like it was yesterday. This story is very compelling and a powerful memory to those who witnessed it. Good job on this video, Jeff.
Hey Jeff I’ve lived here all my life and never heard of that before, great video !!
Thank you Jeff for another wonderful by sad story. That was the same year I was born. Unbelievable!!!! What an awful day some sixty- four years ago. Enjoyed your story none the less. I guess all considered, things could have been a lot worse. Until your next story, Jeff. Take care my friend.
Thank you for today's episode. It was touching to hear about your childhood memories. Concerning the plane crash, I thought of the pilot. You know as a military aviator he was trained to respond to every eventual episode. Even so, to think and act "on the fly" had to be nerve wracking.
I was astounded to hear how long it took him to descend from 18,000 feet. And I also did not know that they flew that high. Can you imagine jumping out of a jet not knowing if it’s going to crash into somebody’s house or a town or or what?
Until I was 18, I lived in the flight path of March Air Force Base. Home of the B52. I remember the sound, and seeing the smoke of two B52 crashes. Never a word about them in the news, that I knew of. I enjoy you videos.
That would be scary to witness. What year was this? Surely it was in the news. That’s a pretty big deal.
@@jbenziggy The 1st crash was, I think, 1956. The 2nd 1958. At the time March was the Strategic Air Command Base. My Mom thought they were able to keep it out of the news, by calling it a danger to National Security.
What an interesting story! And Mrs Langford seems to do pretty well for herself! Still living in her home (maybe by herself?) and getting around pretty good for her age! Isn't it nice too to come back to your old neighborhood? I always love stepping back in time!
Hi, Jeff. Thank For doing a video with Video Memorial Park. My family has operated that cemetery since 1968. I grew up in that white trailer. That's out there. My father still operates the cemetery. And I remember when that limo was buried there. My father used to have pictures. He still probably does of the Crane, lowering the limo into the ground. Anyway, I've been watching your videos for years now. And never thought I would see my childhood home in your videos. Thank you very much. It was a blessing I love your work
Nice coverage of a bizarre story. Those kind of stories can be so interesting yet eerie at the same time. I haven't experienced a plane crash but we used to have a cabin in the mountains at Huntington Lake. One spring when we came up to open the cabin we found a part of a military jet laying in the back yard. It was a wing hatch for a fuel tank and had military markings on it. Apparently it just fell off of a passing air craft probably related to the airport in Fresno which had an Air National Guard Unit there. Bizzare things do happen.
Just thinking about the odds of the landing gear coming down in the exact spot where the mailman was seated at the supper table is bizarre. Thanks for another well-done video, Jeff.
Another excellent video, Jeff. As a Californian native, I’ve never heard of this one. I’m sorry I never made it to Oakdale before the Hershey factory closed. Always day late!! Thanks.
Jeff, I used to ride my horse to the Ben Akers Store. Leroy put in the Hitching post on the side so we could tie our horses and go in the store. That huge glass case full of candy was a kids dream. Clara and Helen always there. You sure brought back alot of childhood memories. 😊
My Family resided in Valley Home for 50 years.
Very interesting story, that you were able to talk to witnesses made it special.
Bless Ms Langford, she's still getting around....i couldn't believe how clean and perfect her home was....I bet there wasn't a speck of dust anywhere!
She amazed me for her age!
Fascinating!
Great story, I was raised in Gene Autry, Oklahoma, in 1966 and American Flyers Lockheed Electra crashed in the hills east of town killing 86. If you’re ever in Dallas you need to come to Gene Autry and see our museum and memorial to those 86 who died. My cousin runs the Gene Autry Museum. We are halfway between Dallas and Oklahoma City.
Jeff, I could relate to all parts of this story. It's interesting that you started in Valley Home and the Ben Acker store. My dad has told me many stories of he and his friends riding their bikes from Oakdale in the 1950's. The gentleman who was buried in his car is a most unusual thing. But, now I think I know why my aunt Annie wanted to be buried in her car. When she passed, she was not buried in it, but the gentleman who purchased it from her restored it and brought it to her funeral. I think she would be smiling down at him for that. Then the jet crash, both you and I were not even born! I new Pontiac was a dead end street and had a few friends down there. I lived on Magnolia and I remember when it was time to register for Kindergarten that the registrar wanted me to go to Fair Oaks and my mom said NO. I would have to cross Oak St and Poplar St. Back in 1965/66 those were considered main streets. Thank you, once again, for a very entertaining story about Oakdale. CA.
Thanks for your comment. We were both blessed to live in such a neat little town. I still love Oakdale! In fact, I was in church this morning there, which is like a 20-minute drive from my house! That iconic town clock is such a beautiful cornerstone of hometown!
Must have been a shock to all involved.What a story,jeepers! Thanks again Jeff!
Stuff is still falling off airplanes! What a tragic story! I sometimes hear people say they won’t travel, it’s safer to stay at home. I’d jokingly tell them an airplane could fall on your house! Well, here it goes!
Great episode, Jeff! Cool to be able to interview all these people! Nice trip down memory lane for you, too! Sounds like Mrs Spencer should have retired long before she took on your first grade class! Thank you!
Mrs. Spencer definitely was overdue for retirement. I think one of her antagonists grew up to be a local criminal. He started the crap against her! Thanks for watching, my friend!
Another super job Jeff. Being able to talk to an eye witnesses to such an tragic mishap is amazing. Showing the trajectory of the plane was so surreal. Thanks again for a very enjoyable video, and please….”Keep Hunting” !!!!
I was sure lucky feeling to run into those great folks at the museum!
Good video again. We are from northern Wisconsin but are in Quartzsite az today. Be in Chula Vista California tomorrow till after Easter. Drive out every year for a 3 week vacation to see our daughter and son-in-law and grandchildren grandchildren.
Wow…just wow. Living in close proximity to Fort Campbell we have a variety of aircraft flying overhead constantly. When I lived in Atwater it was the same way with Castle and even in Lemoore with NAS Lemoore. It’s always in the back of my mind whenever they fly over. BTW, I’m totally homesick from your video…
Your biggest Tennessee (formerly California) fans!♥️
I went to Fair Oaks school and so did my kids, lol. I think my mom did too. I am going to have to ask my grandma about what she remembers about the plane crash tragedy. Love your channel. I grew up in the area so it's interesting to learn about things that I never knew happened.
We lived in Norwalk, Ca in the late ‘50s, or so. Suddenly the house shook! Dad thought it was our dog - a chihuahua, wanted in. But my brother, who was on “timeOut” in his bedroom, ran out saying he saw a “fireball” behind the house. A jet had crashed into to parking lot of the police station. As I remember, the pilot had ejected safely.
Years later, in Yuma, AZ. Some some teachers and I were returning from training in Phoenix. As we cleared Telegraph Pass and dropped into Yuma, the radio reported that a Harrier had “crashed” into a neighborhood. My friend’s neighborhood, She was in the car with us, and worried about her her husband. 21:05 The pilot had safely ejected. The Harrier had landed itself in my friend’s neighbor’s backyard with “minimal” damage to the properties. I never saw an explanation of how the Harrier was removed from that backyard.
An interesting video article thats well scripted and filmed and edited. Thanks Jeff for your childhood memories which are a lot like mine. What a great country America was at that time. I grew up in Tennessee around the same time and yet we did a lot of the same things. Thank you once again Jeff!
Another amazing video, Jeff, thank you! So historical, and such a beautiful interview with the lady in her home.😎
Interesting story, and wonderful that you were able to record for history Mrs. Langford's account of that tragic day.
While serving in the Air Force, I remember the F 100's being referred to as "flying coffins" I can see the connection. Great story.
I’m not a mechanic but what you picked up and said, “ pilots would know what that is “, well that’s is a hose fitting. Been around hydraulics all my life. Great video Jeff!
Right on!
Wow! Crazy story! Funny you didn’t know until much later. I enjoyed seeing the store you rode to for candy. Boy, that brought back memories. We rode our bikes all over the place looking for bottles to turn in for a dime for 10 pieces of candy. Penny candy. The good old days! Very interesting story and it was amazing you got to meet the person who still lived in the house where the engine wound up! 👏👏Your channel is great!-Nina
Thanks JEFF 😢SAD
Hi Jeff,
My husband, Victor Rowley, and his family lived at 1331 Pontiac St. The evening of the crash, Victor was drying dishes. When the explosion hit, he thought the spoon he was drying blew up. He remembers that all the neighbors ran to turn on hoses and no water came out. Sad day with the mailman’s death.
Kathy Huhn Rowley
PS After seeing your video, Vic has additional details for you. Let me know if you’d like to talk with him.
You never know when it's your time. Live large! Great vid Jeff
Now this is a History Hunter video, while it was sad, by far I think this was your best video ever. Great to hear the surviving witnesses telling their story of that tragic day.
Well God Sure Blessed you this Day. From the Museum with parts from the plane that the Curator didn't even know about even though he'd been working there 14 years. To 3 people who witnessed it. Including one whose house it hit. AMAZING!! Thank you for sharing this unusual story Jeff.
Wow , that is fascinating and tragic . Never heard about that story , I am so glad you told this story.
Such sad and tragic event..
Thank you Jeff and Sarah
Interesting as usual. Thank you for posting. Being that Van Nuys airport in the San Fernando Valley is one of the busiest small airports, there really have not been that many crashes as you might think there would be.
I lived in North Las Vegas for a number of years, we had several crash into homes in a short period of time. I lived right across from the tiny airport, the helicopters coming in were the worst.
Keep putting out these videos and I'll be watching each one.
Thank you again Jeff and Sara. Take care and be well. 😊
There was (fortunately not a fatal incident) in the later 1950’s about 57 or 58 a pilot going to Moffet Field had to ditch his plane and he ejected out in New Almaden (outskirts of San Jose, very rural at the time) after he touched down he went to closest house which was ours, where my Mom with her baby in her arms opened the door to a very nice gentleman pilot standing in his flight suit with helmet asking if he could call his base as he just “lost” his plane. She, of course, said yes and he sat and called them and they sent a police patrol to pick him up for the ride. My brothers said there was a reward to anyone who could find parts to the plane or ejection seat so as young kids the scoured the area, including Border Mountain. It was quite a big deal back then, all the Cold War stuff going on, Mount Umunhum had the radar tower installation and all the staff up there watching for invasions😮
When I was a teenager, a plane called the Spirit of Modesto made an emergency landing in a cornfield at the corner of Pioneer and Roeding Rds in the outskirts of Hughson. I was 17 or 18 at the time and lived on Pioneer Rd. That plane sat there for many years. I hope the farmer was paid "space rent" and compensation for the loss of most of his corn crop.
Regarding the guy buried in his car, have you ever read or seen the movie Dolan's Cadillac? A nasty guy gets buried in his car, but he's alive at the time. It's Stephen King, so.... There ya go.
Catch you next time Jeff.
I never knew Modesto have a water tower and i been there many time visiting my sister family there, great job today on this tragic in Oakdale, CA and I drive by many of the places you have visited on the 99 Freeway, love all you show and Thank you for making it
EXCELLENT investigative work, Jeff!!! Thought-provoking incident, and you did a very thorough job finding interviewees and covering the geographic areas involved. Absolutely amazing that you found these people who not only remembered the incident firsthand but were also physically impacted by this tragedy. And in your hometown! 👏👏👏⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Thanks for video history of this awful event. In the 1970s a navy fighter jet crashed into an apartment building in Alameda, CA killing the pilot and several people on the ground. A relative of ours in another state saw real time news coverage on TV and phoned another relative who lived in Alameda out of concern for their safety. The Alameda relative was unaware of the crash at the time as it was a few miles from where they lived. They told the out of state relative to hold the line while they checked outside to see they could see anything. Sure enough they saw billowing smoke from the crash coming from another neighborhood in Alameda. The Alameda relative was incredulous that the out of state relative was aware of the crash before they were through the power of television technology.
I was in the navy at that time in Alameda, I remember the story well!
As a USAF vet,Ive heard of stories od pilots plane malfunction over a populated area. Instead of ejecting over peoples houses,they say in to guide the plane way from populated areas. Dying in the crash.
Wow…. Amazing story. Amazing you hadn’t heard about it either, living in the community!
Jeff , sent to fast ( again ) in 1992 - 18 December a lear jet went down in billings Montana it was on its way back from North Dakota with 8 people on it plus pilot and co pilot crashed into the school storage building all were killed it took over one day to put out all the smoldering things stored in there. Before they could get to the people. One of those women on the plane was my friend , and another friend was the fireman who retrieve the body's from the plane ( I'll leave out the details ) my friends didn't know each other till about three years afterwards when I organized a black bear hunt in Canada . I invited those two guys on the 12 hour trip is when it came out that they both had something in common . Tracy had a son who was just learning to walk . I taped him walking and gave her the tape a day before she left for ND. We watched her son a lot . The next morning she gave me back the tape with a big smile and said thank you " you seen him walk before me and I'm his mom " very sad I told her to keep the tape and she left for the airport. I never seen her again. GLAD I TAPED IT FOR HER , THATS DEFINITELY A SIGN FROM GOD. FOR HER THROUGH ME ........
I'm always amazed at the stories you find and relate so expertly. Thank you.
You have never made a bad video Jeff. This was one of your best. Thanks for sharing we are the same age Mom is 96 we both enjoy your channel. World class videos from a fellow boomer. Regards to you and your family. ♥
Very interesting video Jeff. I can imagine all the history that has occurred that we never find out about.
Very interesting! Your home town has some history! Thanks Jeff.
Indeed it does!
This video is just incredible. I spent a lot of time in the Oakdale Museum getting to know the city's history, but I had no idea about this story or the fact that they had artifacts from the accident. Amazing. Thank you for this video!!
So happy to hear that you enjoyed this video! FYI, the main guy at the museum didn’t even know about the parts of the jet picked up after the crash!
Just as soon as you mentioned (at the beginning of your show) "A Man Buried in His Car", I had to watch this immediately!! Jeff, you are a true Master of UA-cam!!! Howdy from TEXAS!!!!
Thank you for sharing.
Jeff a great story and as tragic as it was. Also very interesting. Thank you so much for sharing and interviewing that interesting lady.😊
Thanks again for sharing
I like these locals stories as I grew up in Stockton and can visit these areas without much travel.
That sure is a tragic and sad story. And to think it happened right in your home town! Well told Jeff!
I’m watching you on my favorite morning program today, GoodDay Sacramento. Amazing!!
Thank you! I’m still here with Cody!
Great article Jeff!! Thank you so much.
I got so many in laws buried there. I had just finished doing a grave yard service and the funeral director told me about the guy buried in his car. It’s a true story. My cousin in law is buried not too far away from him. I saw that plot a bunch of times for Mr. Anderson and never knew how he died. Well, I do now.
This crash happened before I was born, but I remember the 1986 Aero Mexico disaster in a residential area in Cerritos like it was yesterday. Really enjoyed this video, particularly the segment with Mrs Langford
Perhaps you saw the video I did on the Cerritos crash?
@jbenziggy Yes Sir, the first video of yours I watched after finding your channel.
Love the local history. Thank for sharing
Thoroughly enjoyed this type of local history. Thanks for all the hard work
Cool story Jeff. Thanks again for bringing our community to light.
Another fascinating story. Thanks so much for all you do!!! Look forward to every new History Hunters show.
I feel sorry for the postman and his family. Nothing good came out of that tragedy apparently.
It's interesting, at 8:25 David remembers that he thought the Japanese had attacked again. In 1959 Americans were obviously still feeling the effects of the Pearl Harbor attack and the aftermath leading to the second world war. I was born in early 1960 and my dad and mom still talked about it. A family of Japanese moved in across the street in the summer of 1969 and I remember my dad's animosity and underlying fear of these Japanese people. Then I became best friends with their son who was a year older than me and his mom treated me like her own son. I developed a severe crush on his younger sister Tammy. The fear was soon over and the family was accepted into our predominantly white neighborhood. I felt good about that.
Jeff Another amazing story that would have been lost unless you dug up the facts. Amazing video and you do such a great job in presenting each story, you really do bring history alive and we thank you for your dedication and hard work.
Thank you so so much, Richard I really appreciate the nice words of support. The reward and doing these videos is hearing how they have impacted so many people and I really appreciate your time watching.