“That was pretty much what happened to JFK Jr., as I recall.”
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Yes,it was.
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Saddest part is that his hubris brought two others down with him.
I met the last guy to talk to JFK Jr. He told me John had preflighted his airplane and his elbows had some of that greasy dirt on them, where it’s hard to see without a mirror. The guy told John about the dirt and offered him a shop rag, and JFK, Jr said, “ No thanks, I’ll was up on Martha’s Vineyard”.
(rimshot)