Potomac River
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40 years ago: Air Florida Flight 90 crash & Metro train derailment in Washington, DC
Looking back at January 13, 1982 and two deadly transportation collisions in the nation's capital
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Gene Windsor, US Park Police paramedic who rescued Air Florida victims from Potomac River, dies at age 74
January 1982 rescues were seen live on network TV
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EMS Topics
Inspector General says fireboat capability in nation's capital obsolete. Says DC Fire & EMS Department has no plans to replace 50-year-old vessel.
The John H. Glenn's hull was pierced when it was struck in 2009.
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EMS Topics
30-years-ago today, twin disasters in DC. Air Florida Flight 90 crashes into the Potomac River followed by the first fatal Metro train accident. DCFD radio traffic, lessons learned & more.
Click here to follow STATter911.com on Facebook (hit "like") DCFD radio traffic from Air Florida Flight 90 and Metrorail crashes-…
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911 call: Montgomery County, Maryland kayaker rescue.
Bird watcher finds woman clinging to tree.
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Raw video: Woman clinging to tree in rain swollen Potomac River rescued by Montgomery County, Maryland firefighters. Also, failure to raise Georgetown flood wall swamps restaurants.
Firefighters use boat to get to woman holding onto a tree branch.
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Potomac River rescue: Cable snaps on White's Ferry. Firefighters bring 14 people to safety.
Ferry and vehicles still stranded in the river.
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Train delays water rescue. Video from Brunswick, Maryland.
CSX train blocked crossing leading to boat ramp on the Potomac River in Frederick County, Maryland.
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Washington on ice: Drills, ice breaking & an attempted rescue. Police PIO makes sure firefighters get credit.
Videos and stories about ice breaking and ice rescues on the Potomac and other waterways in the Nation's Capital.
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Firehouse Pranks
A look back to another river crash. Air Florida Flight 90 in DC had a significant impact on regional cooperation and crew resource management.
How another airplane river incident 27 years and two days earlier may have had an impact in a number of…
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