Pilot/firefighter who crashed into house he once owned tells his story
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Brian Veatch, the firefighter from Colorado’s South Metro Fire who was piloting a banner plane that crashed into a home he once owned on Tuesday, now tells his remarkable story.
Just a half hour into his flight, Veatch knew something was terribly wrong. He had minutes to get his plane down. He released his banner and was looking toward soccer fields in the area – he ever got there.
“I watched it the whole way going into the house, and then everything stopped,” he said. “I did an immediate assessment on myself and realized that I wasn’t injured.”
“I ran up to the back screen door and tried to see if it was unlocked. I pounded on the door. At that point I went into firefighter mode,” Veatch explained.
He realized he crashed into a home he once owned when he got to the side of the house. He acknowledged the odds of a pilot crashing into their own home is astronomical.
It was an unbelievable set of circumstances that he’s just beginning to digest.
