I worked Crash Recovery in the Navy for a Year , and I have never seen a Crash as Bad as that the whole time I worked in that Job. It is a Miracle that anybody got out alive !
I bought their first album from a record club in 1973 while at Penn State, based purely on the description, hoping to discover another Allman Brothers Band. I took the album home to NJ to let my buddies hear it. One of my buddies borrowed it and I didn't get it back for months. I moved to Atlantic Beach in Jacksonville in 1974. When Second Helping came out. We were all hooked for life. When we lost them, a piece of my childhood died with them. To this day, it remains a landmark event in my life.
This band was cursed more than they deserved. So many tragic events in their lives. I will never ever forget racing around town in my fast cars and hot ladies with Lynyrd Skynyrd blasting from my powerful and loud car stereo. The way they hung together and practiced in garages and living rooms brings back so many fond memories. That's the way real bands were formed. The 70s were great and Lynyrd Skynyrd contributed to much of that greatness!!!
Or...Gene could have not panicked and focused on Ronnie instead of arguing w the pilots. Ronnie was the last thing attended to,not the first. Grifting fake bro.😢
God bless them all! I was just gonna say that when you said Steve Gaines passed it was a picture of Allen Collins. You may want to change that. God bless them it is a tragedy that any of them passed. Just think three of the best guitarists in southern rock well any rock was on that plane and one was lost. Steve rest in peace. Allen whom I believe passed in 1990 rest in peace. Mr Rossington so glad that you are still here, and get to hear you play what a talent.
I remember that night vividly. I just turned 18. I was sitting at my moms kitchen table. Coloring a doodle art. (If anyone remembers them from back then.) A news report came on and told the country. I had just seen them in concert about 3 months before hand. My oldest daughter is named Tuesday, after their song Tuesday’s Gone. I just watched the documentary last night. Really good.
I'm Stephen i love lynyrd sky nyrd. W;hen second helping came out istoped the air guitar 🎸 and and. Went to school to go catch the bus home to play along with side one over and over my mom got me a nice guild electric so i got all rythym parts on one side then came leads me bloody fingers were getting harder n calises on em side 2 was easier i dropped out of that damredneck school to learn everything skynyrd came out with I'm membering Street surviors icalled a player matt Quinn and said matt can u come buy them Steve Gaines licks in I know a little shit ithink igot arthritis man iam having trouble in the intro. He laughed and said im on my way get yur peace pipes ready and a 6er of tall malt licour man he showed me all them licks Steve Gaines Allen :Gary sh@$€%= Who's ed (king man its 2o19 November in 2009 in Nashville I wrote ma ma love s. Skynyrd with !Darren Taylor on vocals hank jr s [old drummer assstompin brian Barnett i did all guitar]parts and bass )lynyrd skynyrd is more than a band more. Than a phase those people were beyond any substance music of them when i. Went through tragedy s. Of all types skynyrd did the magical healings no others could :god bless them and tell them i love em and watch over there loved ones Gary ricky sparky Johnny the rest of the best we love you all
It's amazing they are able to talk about it even after all these years. Such a shame. Goes to show, if you have a feeling something isn't right, pull the plug, no matter what's at stake.
Cassie and Steve's brother died a few months ago. What a tragedy that was for his family and then to lose his mother near the cemetery visiting her kids :( that poor guy lost his whole family too soon because of someone else's negligence.
Ronnie Van Zant wrote the songs without Ronnie there wouldn't be a Lynyrd Skynyrd....... Ronnie was a high quality person he cared about people his band and he had a good head on his shoulders a really nice guy...... Brilliant guy big heart nice guy why does God take out such high quality people.... Sad I cry when I think about Ronnie he was a gem RIP
They all helped write. A hippie from CA penned part of Sweet Home Alabama but L S died when Ronnie died. I saw them close to 15 times before the crash. A couple times in a nightclub in Nashville before they were super stars. I knew they would be big.
"If I leave here tomorrow Would you still remember me? For I must be traveling on now 'Cause there's too many places I've got to see. But, if I stay here with you, girl Things just couldn't be the same. 'Cause, I'm as free as a bird now And this bird you cannot change. Ronnie and the five others are certainly free as a bird now. 🕊️
The first responders and the rescuers they just did an amazing job. Had they not more would have died.Very caring people who stepped up in this horrible situation. And the hospital. They too were really on top of their game they too saved many. When you hear this story it kills you inside to see the loss of these six people. It just is a shame it happened. But also you are thinking of how these rescuers and responders along with the hospital came together and were very effective. They had deep compassion and that males you see the other side of this. They were great that night and saved more from dying. This not only was a loss for music but a tragedy that could have been avoided.
I agree. My family dates back to many years ago to a tiny town just north of you. What I have seen of the people from there was not only loving people, but there were 4 to 6 men that were first on the scene that got the injured off the plane and to the hospital. Because of this not one person that was injured lost their lives. Now go see one of the most wonderful monuments in black granite they have erected there at the site. Beyond words, it is so beautiful. Those are the kind of people that make us all very proud of this country. Thank you to each and every one of you. God bless you.
Seven days before my eighteenth birthday the crash happened. To this day it is still one of this old Georgia boy's saddest memories. R.I.P. to each of the families that lost loved ones. Thank you to Lynyrd Skynyrd for the timeless music that won't ever die.
i met artimus pyle in summer of 1978 at a bar called papa docs , he was playing in a band with a friend or relative, i cant remember.he was just filling in. he was a nice guy. he wouldnt talk about any of the accident or the Lynard Skynard band,and most people respected that. ive been to whole lot of concerts in my younger days but never got to see Lynard Skynard .It was nice meeting Artimus
The funny thing is, and we don't like to think this way, but we never know what we've been spared when we die young. Sometimes there's mercy in not being here.
And many have said that he’s just making money off of the Skynyrd name. He doesn’t want anyone else to make money but he does tours of Jax for money. Let them all rest in peace for God sake. He has a ton of videos on TH-cam. Pick one and you’ll hear all you need to hear in just that one video. Nothing new
My dad was in the business. We went to Mark Howard's house in 1987 for dinner. I wish I was old enough to have understood the gravity of it all at the time. Really good guy. Thanks for the books Mark. Sorry about your friends, our heroes.
God give special blessings to the first responders! To come upon such devastation and still having the presence of mind to tend to the victims and the deceased in a kind and efficient way. They probably suffer from unsettling dreams still. They are the real rock stars indeed! Ronnie would totally agree and totally love these people for their kind assistance. That is real. Very well covered, Whitney! Thank you!
This is all so true. I am so happy you said this. You may enjoy something that I found. Those same people have now put up a beautiful black granite monument that you must see to believe. They never stop giving. The people in that area of the country are just raised that way. Kind, caring and loving individuals. May God bless them, you, and your family.
Thank you to those brave men who survived to tell their stories. I didn’t have a dry eye and also to those who helped save their lives. It’s because of all of you that these beautiful stories are heard ❤️
I was overseas in the navy at the time of the crash. My friends and i loved the band from jump and they were really hitting their stride with street survivors. We were devastated to hear the news. A big part of my musical history gone. ❤
Wait till what Artimus has put together for us, plus music that has the Lynyrd Skynyrd sound, but this music is every bit as good. He is a stand-up hero that this country should be very proud of. Served in the U.S. Marines, survived this, his third plane crash, crawled into the dead of night where there was no light, only to get shot, so he could get help for those injured and still onboard the plane. I salute you Artimus Pyle.
@@timtimbs1914 He did not get shot the farmer shoot warning shot into air. Artimus was in shock and pain, in middle of all that he thought he been shot, but the injury his shoulder came from plane crash.
My husband n I were in Baton Rouge in April, on our way home to Alabama n we stopped in Mcomb to visit the memorable. It was so humbling. It is worth the trip!
I was a fan of LS from the first time I ever heard one of their songs, long before they ever became popular or famous. Back when no one would give them a start.... Denver CO welcomed them as Marshal Tucker forerunner and Freddie King in LS's first major concert anywhere. Denver gave them a chance when no one else would. I was in that concert. I basically lied to my mom to go to that concert and i never regretted it!! A 20-minute rendition of Freebird that was transcendental!! There were no words. There was never a band like them before and there will never be a band like them again. Its been really hard trying to listen to the re-make of LS. I know.... they all have their story and they are survivors.... but in my heart there is no one like the original.
I just watched Street Survivors, it really affected me it felt like you were with them on that plane. I saw them twice in Pgh Pa. The first time we won tickets from WDVE second time we saw them was at Three Rivers Stadium. Never will I ever forget these guys.
FREEDOM SAVETHEKIDS but there’s two separate pilots and a whole team of staff on the plane too it’s more likely you’d die getting hit buy a drunk driver
Has there ever been a better name than Ronnie Van Zandt? What a voice. I once thought I was smart, then I heard “Tuesday’s Gone,” and I realized what true genius was.
I saw Lynyrd Skynyrd in 1977 at the Mile HIgh Stadium in Denver...will never forget it...7 bands and they were last, when they were singing Free Bird an airplane flew right over the stadium and the whole stadium was on it's feet screaming their fool heads off, never knew if that was part of the act or just happened, but the concert was the most memorable of all the dozens of concerts I had been too, even better than the Stones in the same stadium, cocaine was everywhere, people were giving it away in the infield to total strangers..it was almost like a Woodstock atmosphere.... it was like the end of an era....
Omg! My Sister and her BF were at that show. I was 7 in 1977 lol. I have told my Sister so many times how lucky there were to have seen them with RVZ. I saw them for the reunion tour at Red Rocks. And it was very sad how they had RVZ's hat on the mic stand. It was a good show. Such nice ppl always at Country or South Blues Rock shows. They were huge when the crash happened and are absolute legend now. But I just always think about how big they would have become had the crash not happened. Certainly they would have reached the status of the very best classic rock bands of all time. They reaches that anyway after the crash. But they absolutely were musically worthy of that status when they all were alive and playing together before the crash. I wish I could have seen them before that. I wish that awful day never happened.
I very happy they had the chance to pray before the plane crashed. For the ones that died it’s comforting to know they are With our Father in Heaven. God heard them. We must remember not everyone had the chance to ask for help or forgiveness, so we must be prepared and follow Christ to the best of our ability each day. If it sounds like I’m preaching I only trying to inform people. Don’t want to angry anyone but got to tell it like it is. ☮️
My sister and I...both just wept ...they announced it on the radio station ..a station out of Oxford MS..who played blues and and rock n roll ..all I could think of was the reality of Ronnie calling himself the Mississippi Kid ..and how he had said he'd die with his boots on....🕯🕯🕯🕯🕯🕯🎵..if I leave here tomorrow would you still remember me ?..🎵....Damn straight . We will....we will never ever forget you ...Ronnie , Steve , Cassie, Dean..and even the 2 pilots ..☮✝️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️🌠
Then she passed away two years later just outside of where her children were buried in a car accident. She was buried next to them ! Such an absolute tragedy in to many ways !
Frank is right, in those minutes, seconds you're taking in so much of what's happening. Then impact, shock, injury pain, seeing your comrades deceased or near death, and crashing in the thick woods. I can't imagine how any of them can recount the details.
I have always maintained that All Aircraft ( fixed wing) should have back up rotary fans built into the wings near the middle of the Wing with the express purpose of getting a plane down in one piece it could be powered by a ram air generator charge by the air flow around it. Kind of like the old A-6 Intruder emergency Generators
Till this day i still love there songs like free as a bird i was only 20 when it happened but i remember on the TV miss Ronnie n his band ill never forget their concerts or the crash RIP guys
On one of the shows about it, a man says, "I seen the fuel coming out" And that he believed it was the pilot dumping the fuel so that a fire would not occur after.
After hearing one of the rescuers say he use to leave a beer at the site. Makes me wonder if those were the cans people found there instead of beer cans the band had
With the publication year of 2018, this is much more recent than other videos I have seen. If this filming was done ca. 2018 then that farm owner who took over after the Motes must have finally acquiesced to allowing the crash site to be visited, so a big thanks to them for that.
My father in law passed away recently. Nobody wanted his belongings. Low and behold at the very bottom of albums stack layed original Street Survivors album. How lucky is that.
Mark Frank backs up Artemis's story about running for help. I know some of the guys said that Artemis did not but Mark says right here that he followed him.
They started the first leg of the Street Survivors tour at the Hollywood Sportatorium in Hollywood, Fl on October 15th '77. A friend of mine had invited me to go but I declined because I was going to see Kansas and ARS on October 29th. So I told my friend I would see them the next time they were in town. Five days later, which was my 16th birthday, about nine 0'clock that night, another friend called to tell me about the crash. I was totally shocked! When I went to see Kansas and ARS, it was as though a black cloud of grief and sadness hung over the crowd. And ARS lead singer addressed the crowd through tears and made some comments about Ronnie and the band. I wish to God I wouldn't have declined my friend's invitation to go see them. They were such a great band.
It took me quite awhile to take the full impact of the news. I tried to be strong and carry on, only to be plagued by panic attacks later for not fully acknowledging my grief. In my heart ❤ forever
John Kyle hey man don’t be a fucking dick!!! You have no fucking clue what this lady went through. Just take her word and move along. But please remember... DO NOT BE A DICK!!! DICK.
One of the survivors recalled seeing fuel being dumped when the pilot realized they were going to crash to avoid the plane and crash site from being consumed by flames.
Or just not got back on that plane in South Carolina damn it!!!!!so much music stole from us what couldve been just think they had only recorded 6 years
@@slabbusterrtr7690 Did you really just say that? Your concern for the Music that was stolen from you ? Good Lord we are talking about peoples children parents and friends and siblings who are gone.. LIVES
NTSB Findings: "PROBABLE CAUSE: Fuel exhaustion and a total loss of power on both engines due to crew inattention of fuel supply. Contributing to the fuel exhaustion were inadequate flight planning and an engine malfunction of undetermined nature in the right engine which resulted in a higher than normal fuel consumption."
Plus there is more. Questions that were never answered. The pilots did a fuel dump to prevent a fire during the crash. What would the FAA find in the fuel tanks? Nothing, empty, because the fuel had been dumped. The engine on the right had problems on the flight before this, and a mechanic was waiting in Dallas on them so he could service the plane. What was the mechanic told needed attention? Only a few minutes after the engine on the right flamed out, the engine on the left also experienced a flameout, yet there was still fuel in the tanks. Two engines both out within minutes of each other. Why? Should the FAA open this case and review it again with the eyewitnesses that have now come forward. Next week this will be our questions to the FAA. Reopen the case and take a look and hear the onboard eyewitness accounts of what they saw. All we want is the truth no matter how it comes out. Many other factors come into play like the weight of the plane, how much fuel was in the fuel tanks before the 400 gallons was added, when was this plane last certified to fly, what liability did the J & J Co. have as to the safety of this plane. Too many questions for us to just allow this to be the final findings. Maybe in the end they can prove their current findings, but this just does not add up. All we ask for is the truth.
Hopefully aviation laws have become more stringent since as a result of 'accidents' like this, tho' too late for this 1, sadly. Was it a fuel dump, or accidental loss while trying to divert to left engine? Or unforeseen leak; Rossingtom said “The plane ran out of gas. There was a leak, so when the pilot cut out the one engine to use the other it had been spewing fuel. Nobody knew that. You can’t blame the pilots; they obviously wouldn’t have flown if they knew what was gonna happen.”
@@TheMercury-13 Mr. Rossington knows nothing about aviation. The NTSB found no fuel leak. There was a known malfunctioning carburetor on the right engine. 2. The one change in FAA procedure was to require charter leases to be filed 24 hour prior to first operation. This to establish responsibility for operation and maintenance. 3. All the regulation cannot stop unscrupulous or negligent pilots/operators/owners from doing stupid and illegal things. 4. This flight should never have taken off without repairing the engine.
Lyrnyrd Skynrd music, I am still enjoying.. Listening here in Biloxi, Mississippi. OMG, I was finally able to spell. Mississippi. As a third grader, the first word I was ever able to spell was Mississippi.
9:23 The band member they showed as Steve Gaines looked like Allen Collins. Steve had the curly hair and beard. I was watching an Ed King video the other day and he said he and Steve had the same birthdate, which kind of flipped me out. Steve replaced Ed in the band. I think poor Allen suffered the most of the survivors? His luck never did get any better after the crash.
I agree the fuel gauges had problems. So, if the engines, both engines had flamed out, there was no power, and then later the pilots dump fuel to prevent fire during the crash, how is out of fuel a final conclusion by the FAA? Why did both engines flame out? The engine on the right-hand side was having trouble running on the previous flight. Maybe we need to look into this more. What was the mechanic on stand by in Dallas going to service on the plane? I would say if when the pilots did the fuel dump and then the FAA on the ground after the fact for sure found no fuel. But does this make it the cause? We are going to the FAA and ask that this report be opened for review, along with the eyewitness accounts we now have. Wish us luck. All we ever asked for was the truth.
they were only just getting started. Ronnie would have written 80 more songs or collaborated on that many...i guarantee it. 5 of which would have probably went Gold or higher.... he was that talented.
Oh how I wish they would’ve turned that plane down like Aerosmith did ! This is some final destination stuff because tragic death still came back looking for some . Just sad and eerie . My favorite member was Allen. But I loved them all
I was an aircraft troubleshooter in the Navy. I had to know mechanics, hydraulics, and electronics If the plane had problems right before take off It was my responsibility to make a quick repair or determine if the plane was safe to fly. There is no way I would have let that plane take off. it was doomed from the beginning.
Rip to those who died that faithful day.. the greatest southern rock band ever...
I worked Crash Recovery in the Navy for a Year , and I have never seen a Crash as Bad as that the whole time I worked in that Job. It is a Miracle that anybody got out alive !
No fire, no fuel left, just blunt force trauma - so to speak.
This STILL is so heartbreaking. What a tragedy.
I remember it like it was yesterday...We lost ELVIS in August '77 .... Skynyrd in October...Sad year for music.... RIP you'all.
Don't forget Marc Bolan on september 16th .!
I bought their first album from a record club in 1973 while at Penn State, based purely on the description, hoping to discover another Allman Brothers Band. I took the album home to NJ to let my buddies hear it. One of my buddies borrowed it and I didn't get it back for months. I moved to Atlantic Beach in Jacksonville in 1974. When Second Helping came out. We were all hooked for life. When we lost them, a piece of my childhood died with them. To this day, it remains a landmark event in my life.
I want to thank the people that helped Skynyrd at the plane crash site God bless all of you
This band was cursed more than they deserved. So many tragic events in their lives. I will never ever forget racing around town in my fast cars and hot ladies with Lynyrd Skynyrd blasting from my powerful and loud car stereo. The way they hung together and practiced in garages and living rooms brings back so many fond memories. That's the way real bands were formed. The 70s were great and Lynyrd Skynyrd contributed to much of that greatness!!!
@Chad Mathers totally sick & twisted comment
So many I'm sure u know Allen's story dude couldn't catch a break no wonder he was a drunk it would be hard not to be after what he had to deal with
God tests those He trusts❤
Gene tried to save Ronnie’s life, What a wonderful friendship they had..
I know Gene, his friendship with Ronnie was real and ran deep, he loved him as a brother.
Great band, shame they never played Belfast.
He even slapped him to wake him up
@@jamesmcwha6328🇮🇪
Or...Gene could have not panicked and focused on Ronnie instead of arguing w the pilots. Ronnie was the last thing attended to,not the first. Grifting fake bro.😢
Even young as I am a tear rolled out of eye hearing about plane crash its a band that will always influence and never be forgoton about keep rocking
God bless them all! I was just gonna say that when you said Steve Gaines passed it was a picture of Allen Collins. You may want to change that. God bless them it is a tragedy that any of them passed. Just think three of the best guitarists in southern rock well any rock was on that plane and one was lost. Steve rest in peace. Allen whom I believe passed in 1990 rest in peace. Mr Rossington so glad that you are still here, and get to hear you play what a talent.
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I remember that night vividly. I just turned 18. I was sitting at my moms kitchen table. Coloring a doodle art. (If anyone remembers them from back then.) A news report came on and told the country. I had just seen them in concert about 3 months before hand.
My oldest daughter is named Tuesday, after their song Tuesday’s Gone. I just watched the documentary last night. Really good.
The world has never been the same without Ronnie. He was just 110% Real original southern rock. Never another even close to Ronnie VanZant.
agreed 100%
Agree and we got chested outta so much more great songs fom him
When you have to use a broomstick to check your fuel ..Its time to stay and get it fixed!
God bless the guys that lived around the crash site that took such care of the survivors.
jacobabrownful regular southern folks 🇺🇸⚓️
I'm Stephen i love lynyrd sky nyrd. W;hen second helping came out istoped the air guitar 🎸 and and. Went to school to go catch the bus home to play along with side one over and over my mom got me a nice guild electric so i got all rythym parts on one side then came leads me bloody fingers were getting harder n calises on em side 2 was easier i dropped out of that damredneck school to learn everything skynyrd came out with I'm membering Street surviors icalled a player matt Quinn and said matt can u come buy them Steve Gaines licks in I know a little shit ithink igot arthritis man iam having trouble in the intro. He laughed and said im on my way get yur peace pipes ready and a 6er of tall malt licour man he showed me all them licks Steve Gaines Allen :Gary sh@$€%=
Who's ed (king man its 2o19 November in 2009 in Nashville I wrote ma ma love s. Skynyrd with !Darren Taylor on vocals hank jr s [old drummer assstompin brian Barnett i did all guitar]parts and bass )lynyrd skynyrd is more than a band more. Than a phase those people were beyond any substance music of them when i. Went through tragedy s. Of all types skynyrd did the magical healings no others could :god bless them and tell them i love em and watch over there loved ones Gary ricky sparky Johnny the rest of the best we love you all
Maybe the guy who shot Artimus could have been a little more chill.
@@heatherdanielle85 agreed!
Watch the other film Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Last Stop with a better version of the crash rescue & first responders of McComb Mississippi.
It’s a terrible thing. God bless the men who came to the rescue.
Simple man was first song I ever learned how to pick on guitat 20 years ago when hearing that song it brings back what true songs is all about.
It's amazing they are able to talk about it even after all these years. Such a shame. Goes to show, if you have a feeling something isn't right, pull the plug, no matter what's at stake.
You're exactly right!!!
Right Coast Agree 100%
Always go with your gut feeling!!!!
Yeah you are right. We call it Stop Work Authority
“It takes you about 45 seconds to become a born again Christian”
Priceless
you're right...PRICELESS!!!
That’s if you have a chance to call out to God. Many don’t get that chance. That’s why we need to become Christians before tragedy.
Sorry but you show a picture of Collens & say it's Steve Gains. L
Agreed!!
The answer to the first stanza of the song is yes yes we do remember you. Thank you for the music.
That verse should be on a beautiful headstone with a picture of Ronnie on it for Ronnie's grave. His grave site should look beautiful!
Damn. This comment made me cry.
Cassie and Steve's brother died a few months ago. What a tragedy that was for his family and then to lose his mother near the cemetery visiting her kids :( that poor guy lost his whole family too soon because of someone else's negligence.
God Bless them all.
God Bless them..
Prayers
Ronnie Van Zant wrote the songs without Ronnie there wouldn't be a Lynyrd Skynyrd....... Ronnie was a high quality person he cared about people his band and he had a good head on his shoulders a really nice guy...... Brilliant guy big heart nice guy why does God take out such high quality people.... Sad I cry when I think about Ronnie he was a gem RIP
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Until he drank!
They all helped write. A hippie from CA penned part of Sweet Home Alabama but L S died when Ronnie died. I saw them close to 15 times before the crash. A couple times in a nightclub in Nashville before they were super stars. I knew they would be big.
"If I leave here tomorrow
Would you still remember me?
For I must be traveling on now
'Cause there's too many places I've got to see.
But, if I stay here with you, girl
Things just couldn't be the same.
'Cause, I'm as free as a bird now
And this bird you cannot change.
Ronnie and the five others are certainly free as a bird now. 🕊️
They're ALL pretty much free now.
The first responders and the rescuers they just did an amazing job. Had they not more would have died.Very caring people who stepped up in this horrible situation. And the hospital. They too were really on top of their game they too saved many. When you hear this story it kills you inside to see the loss of these six people. It just is a shame it happened. But also you are thinking of how these rescuers and responders along with the hospital came together and were very effective. They had deep compassion and that males you see the other side of this. They were great that night and saved more from dying. This not only was a loss for music but a tragedy that could have been avoided.
Long Live Lynyrd Skynyrd!!!
I'm from McComb and remember this day well. It was a sad day for our community and the world.
I agree. My family dates back to many years ago to a tiny town just north of you. What I have seen of the people from there was not only loving people, but there were 4 to 6 men that were first on the scene that got the injured off the plane and to the hospital. Because of this not one person that was injured lost their lives. Now go see one of the most wonderful monuments in black granite they have erected there at the site. Beyond words, it is so beautiful. Those are the kind of people that make us all very proud of this country. Thank you to each and every one of you. God bless you.
Seven days before my eighteenth birthday the crash happened. To this day it is still one of this old Georgia boy's saddest memories. R.I.P. to each of the families that lost loved ones. Thank you to Lynyrd Skynyrd for the timeless music that won't ever die.
i met artimus pyle in summer of 1978 at a bar called papa docs , he was playing in a band with a friend or relative, i cant remember.he was just filling in. he was a nice guy. he wouldnt talk about any of the accident or the Lynard Skynard band,and most people respected that. ive been to whole lot of concerts in my younger days but never got to see Lynard Skynard .It was nice meeting Artimus
As a friend of Marc Frank, this is especially a special video! Lynyrd Skynyrd is forever in our hearts and minds!🙏
Mad respect for this band and their crew. That was a sad day , no doubt, but ronnie and the boys would not like this world worth a damn as it is today
Omg now that is the truth! RVZ would roll in his grave seeing the mess thud Country is in now!
People bitch , why I listen , to Skynard so much, you listen to the music 2022, kid Rock, close, u reading this u know
The funny thing is, and we don't like to think this way, but we never know what we've been spared when we die young. Sometimes there's mercy in not being here.
Why?
and less so today .. i wish we could go back to those good ol days when ronnie was around
Old Gene Odom. I could listen to that guy's stories forever.
He like to exaggerate alot.
@@hardcorehunter9438 I disagree. Many have said the exact opposite about Gene. He’s as real as it gets according to them
I ❤ Gene Odom ❤
And many have said that he’s just making money off of the Skynyrd name. He doesn’t want anyone else to make money but he does tours of Jax for money. Let them all rest in peace for God sake. He has a ton of videos on TH-cam. Pick one and you’ll hear all you need to hear in just that one video. Nothing new
God Bless you all ....Lynyrd Skynyrd Band here and Angels in Heaven
I still remember the day when I heard the news, devastating, that day is still etched in my mind
GOD BLESS THE TOWN AND PEOPLE FOR EVERYTHING THEY DID! ✌🎸
My dad was in the business. We went to Mark Howard's house in 1987 for dinner. I wish I was old enough to have understood the gravity of it all at the time. Really good guy. Thanks for the books Mark. Sorry about your friends, our heroes.
Mark and I dated in the 80s ❤
God give special blessings to the first responders! To come upon such devastation and still having the presence of mind to tend to the victims and the deceased in a kind and efficient way. They probably suffer from unsettling dreams still. They are the real rock stars indeed! Ronnie would totally agree and totally love these people for their kind assistance. That is real. Very well covered, Whitney! Thank you!
This is all so true. I am so happy you said this. You may enjoy something that I found. Those same people have now put up a beautiful black granite monument that you must see to believe. They never stop giving. The people in that area of the country are just raised that way. Kind, caring and loving individuals. May God bless them, you, and your family.
It was a volunteer fire department and bunch of farmers.
I remember every moment of that tragic 1977 crash.
ROCK IN PEACE RVZ AND THE OTHER ROCKIN' BROTHERS 😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Thank you to those brave men who survived to tell their stories. I didn’t have a dry eye and also to those who helped save their lives. It’s because of all of you that these beautiful stories are heard ❤️
What a story, I hate that this happened to such an amazing band but what a legacy they left behind. So sad but I’m glad they left us they’re music.
That&family&friends.
God bless the souls lost and the survivors!
May the manager who demanded the band take this plane after reports of malfunction, rot in hell!
@@trhester1958 The person who ordered them to take the plane to Baton Rouge was Ronnie Van Zant himself.
I was overseas in the navy at the time of the crash. My friends and i loved the band from jump and they were really hitting their stride with street survivors. We were devastated to hear the news. A big part of my musical history gone. ❤
This band is a southern legacy long live the Lynard Skynard Band!!!!
*Lynyrd Skynyrd Band
Skynyrd died when Ronnie died.
Rip Lynyrd Skynyrd love you always and forever and ever pam
Met Artimus last year. Has no bad feelings towards the band. I thanked him for what he did after the crash by going for help.
Wait till what Artimus has put together for us, plus music that has the Lynyrd Skynyrd sound, but this music is every bit as good. He is a stand-up hero that this country should be very proud of. Served in the U.S. Marines, survived this, his third plane crash, crawled into the dead of night where there was no light, only to get shot, so he could get help for those injured and still onboard the plane. I salute you Artimus Pyle.
Arty was the best
He did get shot in the left shoulder
@matchpoint yes he did. Did you do any research?
@@timtimbs1914 He did not get shot the farmer shoot warning shot into air. Artimus was in shock and pain, in middle of all that he thought he been shot, but the injury his shoulder came from plane crash.
A senseless tragedy that could have easily been avoided.
RIP Ronnie , Cassie and Steve
And "Dean".
Them people in Mississippi , are salt of the earth . God bless the south 🇺🇸⚓️
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My husband n I were in Baton Rouge in April, on our way home to Alabama n we stopped in Mcomb to visit the memorable. It was so humbling. It is worth the trip!
Can it really be over 41 years ? R.I.P. and thanks for all the great music.
OMG, I'm getting really old. I thought the mirror was lieing this morning. I remember when this happened
I was a fan of LS from the first time I ever heard one of their songs, long before they ever became popular or famous. Back when no one would give them a start.... Denver CO welcomed them as Marshal Tucker forerunner and Freddie King in LS's first major concert anywhere. Denver gave them a chance when no one else would. I was in that concert. I basically lied to my mom to go to that concert and i never regretted it!! A 20-minute rendition of Freebird that was transcendental!! There were no words. There was never a band like them before and there will never be a band like them again. Its been really hard trying to listen to the re-make of LS. I know.... they all have their story and they are survivors.... but in my heart there is no one like the original.
I just watched Street Survivors, it really affected me it felt like you were with them on that plane. I saw them twice in Pgh Pa. The first time we won tickets from WDVE second time we saw them was at Three Rivers Stadium. Never will I ever forget these guys.
The pilots were idiots I will never fly anywhere. Great band and they should be here today. RIP LS.
The pilots are strangers you are putting your life in the hands of a person who could be a drunk or on drugs.... No one ever thinks about that
FREEDOM SAVETHEKIDS but there’s two separate pilots and a whole team of staff on the plane too it’s more likely you’d die getting hit buy a drunk driver
Has there ever been a better name than Ronnie Van Zandt? What a voice. I once thought I was smart, then I heard “Tuesday’s Gone,” and I realized what true genius was.
Yes and he never wrote anything down he said if I can't remember it its not good enough to sing
Yea there has been
Ronnie Van Zant is better
Lynryd Skynyrd will always be the epitome of Southern Rock for me!! I've often wondered what else they would have done. If only....
@ginaintegrityseeker true, but I was talking about music wise
I saw Lynyrd Skynyrd in 1977 at the Mile HIgh Stadium in Denver...will never forget it...7 bands and they were last, when they were singing Free Bird an airplane flew right over the stadium and the whole stadium was on it's feet screaming their fool heads off, never knew if that was part of the act or just happened, but the concert was the most memorable of all the dozens of concerts I had been too, even better than the Stones in the same stadium, cocaine was everywhere, people were giving it away in the infield to total strangers..it was almost like a Woodstock atmosphere.... it was like the end of an era....
Omg! My Sister and her BF were at that show. I was 7 in 1977 lol. I have told my Sister so many times how lucky there were to have seen them with RVZ. I saw them for the reunion tour at Red Rocks. And it was very sad how they had RVZ's hat on the mic stand. It was a good show. Such nice ppl always at Country or South Blues Rock shows. They were huge when the crash happened and are absolute legend now. But I just always think about how big they would have become had the crash not happened. Certainly they would have reached the status of the very best classic rock bands of all time. They reaches that anyway after the crash. But they absolutely were musically worthy of that status when they all were alive and playing together before the crash. I wish I could have seen them before that. I wish that awful day never happened.
I was at a friend's house when another friend, a huge Skynard fan, came bursting through the door in tears telling us what happened. A very sad day !
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Bullshit
Aw so sorry for the heart break.
I was 3 so I'm glad I really didn't know at the time
I very happy they had the chance to pray before the plane crashed. For the ones that died it’s comforting to know they are With our Father in Heaven. God heard them. We must remember not everyone had the chance to ask for help or forgiveness, so we must be prepared and follow Christ to the best of our ability each day. If it sounds like I’m preaching I only trying to inform people. Don’t want to angry anyone but got to tell it like it is. ☮️
Yes we do. They do need to hear it.
Right on I hear you loud and clear.
Amen
My sister and I...both just wept ...they announced it on the radio station ..a station out of Oxford MS..who played blues and and rock n roll ..all I could think of was the reality of Ronnie calling himself the Mississippi Kid ..and how he had said he'd die with his boots on....🕯🕯🕯🕯🕯🕯🎵..if I leave here tomorrow would you still remember me ?..🎵....Damn straight . We will....we will never ever forget you ...Ronnie , Steve , Cassie, Dean..and even the 2 pilots ..☮✝️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️🌠
I saw their St. Petersburg show on 10/17/77. Still have the stub. $7.95. 😔
I remember hash was $50 an ounce in 77
That’s so cool!!!
Alan Levesque Awwwwwwww!
I was there to
If concerts could still be this cheap or affordable
Wow a poor mother lost two of her babies at one times..The brother and sister Gaines..
Then she passed away two years later just outside of where her children were buried in a car accident. She was buried next to them ! Such an absolute tragedy in to many ways !
Frank is right, in those minutes, seconds you're taking in so much of what's happening. Then impact, shock, injury pain, seeing your comrades deceased or near death, and crashing in the thick woods. I can't imagine how any of them can recount the details.
Once the second engine flamed out, there were 10 minutes of dead silence as the plane began to fall out of the sky. Many began to pray.
I have always maintained that All Aircraft ( fixed wing) should have back up rotary fans built into the wings near the middle of the Wing with the express purpose of getting a plane down in one piece it could be powered by a ram air generator charge by the air flow around it. Kind of like the old A-6 Intruder emergency Generators
Till this day i still love there songs like free as a bird i was only 20 when it happened but i remember on the TV miss Ronnie n his band ill never forget their concerts or the crash RIP guys
The song is "Free Bird" ! 😄
I was at the memorial last night with my son. Very intense and very introspective. Bless those who passed.
What a horrible tragedy. How they could have ran out of fuel is beyond me.
On one of the shows about it, a man says, "I seen the fuel coming out" And that he believed it was the pilot dumping the fuel so that a fire would not occur after.
@@snowman374thif they ran out of gas how could they dump fuel
Thanks for sharing! Loved it and wish i couldve been to a concert before all this happened
After hearing one of the rescuers say he use to leave a beer at the site. Makes me wonder if those were the cans people found there instead of beer cans the band had
Saw the current Lynyrd Skynyrd and it was phenomenal!
yes so did i and i was pleasantly satisfied with a killer show...it really was...
Im 64 and a survivor of many things but wow just wow what a great bunch of people.
Thanks for putting this up.
I worked with Mark Frank on this video, I've always wondered what happened to him, nice guy
My heart will still be broken about Ronnie's death til the day I die. I really miss him!
loser
You're the loser.
I gotta pee
Definitely!
With the publication year of 2018, this is much more recent than other videos I have seen. If this filming was done ca. 2018 then that farm owner who took over after the Motes must have finally acquiesced to allowing the crash site to be visited, so a big thanks to them for that.
Their music lives on forever......
So goddamn sad. So negligent, the lack of gas. These amazing rockstars in the hands of guys who ignored the f**king gas gauge. UGH.
Watch your filthy mouth. Don't use the lords name in vain.
@@brandonpowell1613 ok chill out grampa
My father in law passed away recently. Nobody wanted his belongings. Low and behold at the very bottom of albums stack layed original Street Survivors album. How lucky is that.
Mark Frank backs up Artemis's story about running for help. I know some of the guys said that Artemis did not but Mark says right here that he followed him.
Artimus Pyle
@@edsteward4363 what a weird name, eh..
But he Neva got shot still hasn't showed scare
@@pauleasterbrook841 Are you speaking English?
@@joeg5414 are U an English teacher Bitch
You can really tell the survivor's are tortured souls, the hurt in their eyes
Thank you kindly for sharing this.
(aka) DJ Whisper ~ My heart breaks everytime I hear this. Just heart wrenching, what a terrible loss to mankind. 😪
I absolutely love original Lynyrd Skynyrd and I absolutely still miss them to this day. I was 14 on that day
They started the first leg of the Street Survivors tour at the Hollywood Sportatorium in Hollywood, Fl on October 15th '77. A friend of mine had invited me to go but I declined because I was going to see Kansas and ARS on October 29th. So I told my friend I would see them the next time they were in town. Five days later, which was my 16th birthday, about nine 0'clock that night, another friend called to tell me about the crash. I was totally shocked! When I went to see Kansas and ARS, it was as though a black cloud of grief and sadness hung over the crowd. And ARS lead singer addressed the crowd through tears and made some comments about Ronnie and the band. I wish to God I wouldn't have declined my friend's invitation to go see them. They were such a great band.
Thanks for doing this video! It's brought back a lot of memories. God bless! 💞
I was a Senior in HS. All day I thought I was experiencing a bad dream, very sad.
It took me quite awhile to take the full impact of the news. I tried to be strong and carry on, only to be plagued by panic attacks later for not fully acknowledging my grief. In my heart ❤ forever
@@joleneloveland2942 its a fucking band get over yourself
John Kyle hey man don’t be a fucking dick!!! You have no fucking clue what this lady went through. Just take her word and move along. But please remember... DO NOT BE A DICK!!! DICK.
sad day in music History🇺🇸🇺🇸
Bubba Hazelitt I remember that day, was in my first year of college! Devastated
At least their in a better place where they get the woman and the cars the music anything
Dam,about all I can say , and also a good vid, RIP to the 6 people who died.
I can’t believe that the pilots would be so reckless to run out of gas on a plane. I’ve never done that in a vehicle. Such a senseless tragedy
One of the survivors recalled seeing fuel being dumped when the pilot realized they were going to crash to avoid the plane and crash site from being consumed by flames.
Their music lives in my heart
Wish they would have just chartered a bus instead of flying, S Carolina to Louisiana isn't really that far.
Or just spoke to Aerosmith band members who inspected that same plane and did not charter it as they felt the plane and the pilots were not safe.
Or just not got back on that plane in South Carolina damn it!!!!!so much music stole from us what couldve been just think they had only recorded 6 years
@@slabbusterrtr7690 Did you really just say that? Your concern for the Music that was stolen from you ? Good Lord we are talking about peoples children parents and friends and siblings who are gone.. LIVES
C'mon man 10 hrs via bus, straight thru no stopping or 671 miles then do a 115 minute show ??? Illogical
@@lindamorgan2678 shut up lady. It was Ronnie's call ultimately , compiled then with management + pilots feeding his ears into a bad judgement call.
NTSB Findings: "PROBABLE CAUSE: Fuel exhaustion and a total loss of power on both engines due to crew inattention of fuel supply. Contributing to the fuel exhaustion were inadequate flight planning and an engine malfunction of undetermined nature in the right engine which resulted in a higher than normal fuel consumption."
Thanks for posting the report.
Plus there is more. Questions that were never answered. The pilots did a fuel dump to prevent a fire during the crash. What would the FAA find in the fuel tanks? Nothing, empty, because the fuel had been dumped. The engine on the right had problems on the flight before this, and a mechanic was waiting in Dallas on them so he could service the plane. What was the mechanic told needed attention? Only a few minutes after the engine on the right flamed out, the engine on the left also experienced a flameout, yet there was still fuel in the tanks. Two engines both out within minutes of each other. Why? Should the FAA open this case and review it again with the eyewitnesses that have now come forward. Next week this will be our questions to the FAA. Reopen the case and take a look and hear the onboard eyewitness accounts of what they saw. All we want is the truth no matter how it comes out. Many other factors come into play like the weight of the plane, how much fuel was in the fuel tanks before the 400 gallons was added, when was this plane last certified to fly, what liability did the J & J Co. have as to the safety of this plane. Too many questions for us to just allow this to be the final findings. Maybe in the end they can prove their current findings, but this just does not add up. All we ask for is the truth.
Hopefully aviation laws have become more stringent since as a result of 'accidents' like this, tho' too late for this 1, sadly. Was it a fuel dump, or accidental loss while trying to divert to left engine? Or unforeseen leak; Rossingtom said “The plane ran out of gas. There was a leak, so when the pilot cut out the one engine to use the other it had been spewing fuel. Nobody knew that. You can’t blame the pilots; they obviously wouldn’t have flown if they knew what was gonna happen.”
@@TheMercury-13 Mr. Rossington knows nothing about aviation. The NTSB found no fuel leak. There was a known malfunctioning carburetor on the right engine. 2. The one change in FAA procedure was to require charter leases to be filed 24 hour prior to first operation. This to establish responsibility for operation and maintenance. 3. All the regulation cannot stop unscrupulous or negligent pilots/operators/owners from doing stupid and illegal things. 4. This flight should never have taken off without repairing the engine.
Lyrnyrd Skynrd music, I am still enjoying.. Listening here in Biloxi, Mississippi. OMG, I was finally able to spell. Mississippi. As a third grader, the first word I was ever able to spell was Mississippi.
More to this story than revealed but its a sad story. The triumph is their music is still going strong.
And it's his young bro how apporarate is that his wee brother it's brilliant great band love from Scotland
9:23 The band member they showed as Steve Gaines looked like Allen Collins. Steve had the curly hair and beard. I was watching an Ed King video the other day and he said he and Steve had the same birthdate, which kind of flipped me out. Steve replaced Ed in the band. I think poor Allen suffered the most of the survivors? His luck never did get any better after the crash.
(Also, Ed King & Billy Powell both joined "LS" the same day...)
This makes me cry.
Great job and very well done, thank you.
Fuel guages didnt work, they had to stick the tank before flights. Aerosmith looked at the plane to buy it but it was junk.
I agree the fuel gauges had problems. So, if the engines, both engines had flamed out, there was no power, and then later the pilots dump fuel to prevent fire during the crash, how is out of fuel a final conclusion by the FAA? Why did both engines flame out? The engine on the right-hand side was having trouble running on the previous flight. Maybe we need to look into this more. What was the mechanic on stand by in Dallas going to service on the plane? I would say if when the pilots did the fuel dump and then the FAA on the ground after the fact for sure found no fuel. But does this make it the cause? We are going to the FAA and ask that this report be opened for review, along with the eyewitness accounts we now have. Wish us luck. All we ever asked for was the truth.
Johnny Van Z has done a great job honouring LS. Thanks to all the band members. 🎧🎥🎤🎵🎙🎵🎼🎶🎶🎶😎🤘
Strong for all, tributes shld not end in tragedy.Icons of rock Artists.Why do we start singing a song when no music is playing?Energy of Art Angel's.
To this day I still weep at what could've been.
they were only just getting started. Ronnie would have written 80 more songs or collaborated on that many...i guarantee it. 5 of which would have probably went Gold or higher.... he was that talented.
At least the surviving members keep it alive
Oh how I wish they would’ve turned that plane down like Aerosmith did ! This is some final destination stuff because tragic death still came back looking for some . Just sad and eerie . My favorite member was Allen. But I loved them all
I was an aircraft troubleshooter in the Navy. I had to know mechanics, hydraulics, and electronics If the plane had problems right before take off It was my responsibility to make a quick repair or determine if the plane was safe to fly. There is no way I would have let that plane take off. it was doomed from the beginning.
So tragic. . . . . Still Listen, Still Love