My mother-in-law lives so close to the launch area that when it went down she thought is came down in her back yard. She said the one thing most don’t understand is that had it gone up another few seconds and thousand feet, then failed, it would have destroyed many houses on the island of Chincoteague. Many from Chincoteague were standing at the bottom of the island, watching the launch. I praise God that no one was injured or killed.
Another view of the mishap: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qa6OQ_wNo7E