Lost Collection With a Twist

[stlcardsfan]

I remember that crash. A tragic event including this story.

[Butch7999]

The article ultimately makes good points as it relates to collectors and their collections, but it's poorly researched
and ineptly written (seriously, this was from Forbes?). We know the story vividly not only because of its tragic effect
on so many fellow Western New Yorkers, but because the plane pancaked (not "nose-dived") just a couple of blocks
from the suburban Clarence family home of the daughter-in-law of one of us here.

The crash was hardly a small item "confined to local news coverage" (and that would have been The Buffalo News,
not "The Buffalo Express," since the Express was the local paper written and edited by Mark Twain just, oh,
a few years earlier). The crash was caused in large part by inexperienced, poorly-trained pilots, and the families of
the victims had to bravely carry on a bitter legal battle for years (as fairly well covered in the national media) in order
to win legal regulations forcing reluctant major airlines to have better-experienced, better-trained pilots operating
their aircraft (regulations the airlines continue to this day to chisel away at).

[Volod]

Thanks for that clarification, Butch. I watched an episode of "Aircraft Disasters" on that event, but I don't believe that the cable tv production mentioned the homeowner's extreme misfortune regarding his collectibles.