Posted on 08/22/2011 12:44:03 AM PDT by rawhide
A stunt wing walker fell to his death while attempting to cross from a bi-plane to a helicopter during the Selfridge Air Show this afternoon in Harrison Township.
Wing walker Todd Green who was flying on John Mohr's Steerman aircraft, fell off the plane as he attempted to transfer from his aircraft to a helicopter, at approximately 1:30 p.m. He fell about 200 feet to the ground.
A number of medical personnel from Selfridge Air National Guard Base and Medstar Ambulance rushed to Green as thousands of stunned spectators sat in silence, some praying. After treating Green on the ground for about 15 minutes, rescue personnel transported him to Mount Clemens Regional Medical Center.
Green was pronounced dead at the hospital.
Moments before Green fell, the show announcer on the public address system mentioned winds were becoming a factor in the performance, reminding the audience about the inherent risk of danger in the stunt maneuvers.
Show-goers who saw the accident initially thought it was a stunt as part of the event, but learned from the show announcer that in fact something had gone horribly wrong.
“There were lots of tears,” said Jennifer Bradley of Linden, Mich., who was at the show with her sons, ages 7 and 11. “We sat and prayed together.”
Green leaves behind his wife, Dawn, his son Tyler and his stepson Derrick.
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Where is Macomb?
Michigan?
RIP.
Northeast of Detroit by about 35 miles - next to Lake St. Clair.
Northeast of Detroit by about 35 miles - next to Lake St. Clair.
Why do people DO these things?? I mean, RIP and sad and all that but geez, who decided this was a good idea to begin with?
Thank you for the clarification. I wish that some of these websites would just give a little more information as to location of the events they cover. I guess that they forget that it's not just the hometown crowd that reads the stories.
Some people worry about getting killed, others don’t, including me.
Apparently you are one that won’t do things that could kill you.
The only reason people do stunts like this, or watch them, is the high probability that someone will fall to his death. Then, when it happens, people get upset. People is the craziest people.
>>or watch them, is the high probability that someone will fall to his death.<<
Not really.
This was our third time going to this Airshow. And only the first time this act was there. There were 750,000 people in attendence, a lot of which were children. We came to see the planes.
This was the first ——and last -—time this act will be there.
“Some people worry about getting killed, others don’t, including me.
“Apparently you are one that won’t do things that could kill you.”
Almost everything you do can get you killed. Some things can get you killed deader quicker. Do you engage in extremely risky activities? wing walk, ride a motorcycle without a helmet, etc. ?
Parachute.
I agree. Most TV and newspaper sites seem to avoid listing their state.
Uh.. No. Mt. Clemens is just North of 16 Mile. Detroit ends at 8 Mile. My last business was near to Selfridge Field. Ten miles at the best. I used to watch the C-130's doing their approaches to the field from my back door.
A friend witnessed this first hand. The crowd was in shock.
If he fell only 200 feet, I don’t think a parachute would’ve helped.
Not a good week for air shows, 2 dead.
“Do you engage in extremely risky activities?”
absolutely, have all my life.
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