A VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER FROM LAWTON, IOWA WAS THE FIRST PERSON TO RESPOND TO THE SCENE WHEN A SMALL PLANE CRASHED IN A SIOUX FALLS NEIGHBORHOOD LAST TUESDAY.
AMY NIEWOHNER WAS VISITING RELATIVES TWO HOUSES AWAY FROM WHERE THE SMALL PLANE STRUCK THE GROUND AND BURST INTO FLAMES:
OC………..OUT OF THE HOUSE. :20
NIEWOHNER’S FIREFIGHTER TRAINING THEN TOOK OVER AS SHE RAN TO THE CRASH TO CHECK FOR SURVIVORS:
OC……………WAS ENGULFED. :16
SHE WAS JOINED BY ANOTHER NEIGHBOR WITH A FIRE EXTINGUISHER, AND THEY STARTED CHECKING NEARBY HOMES TO SEE IF ANYONE ELSE WAS INJURED:
OC……….WAS SAFE. :19
SIOUX FALLS FIRE CREWS SHOWED UP A FEW MOMENTS LATER AND BEGAN FIGHTING THE BLAZE WITHING 10 MINUTES OF THE CRASH.
NIEWOHNER SAYS IT’S WAS MIRACULOUS THAT MORE PEOPLE WEREN’T INJURED:
OC……..PHILANTHROPIC PEOPLE. :21
THE CRASH ON TUESDAY KILLED 68-YEAR-OLD VAUGHN AND JOANN MEYER OF SIOUX FALLS.
