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theage.com.au — IT WAS like a scene out of a movie. A small cargo plane, flying over a busy highway, began losing steam and doing cartwheels in the sky over Florida. Then it struck a warehouse, clipping its right wing, and crashed into a grassy swale on the side of the road — just metres from oncoming traffic.

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  • cindylauper, on 10/10/2007, -2/+173The only thing better than being that guy...is having your plane not crash
  • krizzle, on 10/10/2007, -12/+182"Witnesses said that as police and paramedics approached him he yelled DONT TAZE ME BRO"
  • Lixie, on 10/10/2007, -1/+135They ought to replace the "Click it, Or Ticket" campaign with just that photo.
  • tehpwnerofn00bs, on 10/10/2007, -2/+88That's one of the oddest pictures I've seen in a while. Guy was very lucky...
  • zyklon, on 10/10/2007, -0/+75And here we have it. The world's luckiest man.
  • MagicCake, on 10/10/2007, -1/+72Dugg for the guy being called Robert Robertson
  • Wacer, on 10/10/2007, -35/+99I know I will get dugg down but God was definitely on his side that day.
  • Joe_rigby, on 10/10/2007, -3/+54"Click it, OR WE'RE GOING TO PUT YOU IN A PLANE AND MAKE THE ENGINE CUT OUT AND YOU MIGHT LIVE."
  • DooM, on 10/10/2007, -2/+46See? It really IS safer than driving...
  • HiCaP, on 10/10/2007, -0/+42You just know he is gonna have a blow-up of that pic at home and work.
  • ryrysofly, on 10/10/2007, -2/+43haha the dude in the photo is like "Huh? That didn't happen when I took the online course."
  • LloydBentsen, on 10/10/2007, -0/+34God, Fate, Chance, Physics, whatever... It's just good he survived.
    No worries, this non-believer dugg you up.
  • justdru, on 10/10/2007, -2/+36He looks like he's on an amusement park ride gone bad... really REALLY bad.
  • Alex2, on 10/10/2007, -1/+29I'd remain seated too if I crapped my pants and the news media showed up.
    Nothing worse than everyone seeing your poopy pants on national tv.
  • diggimator, on 10/10/2007, -2/+29At which point he was tazed and arrested for "inciting a riot."
  • adolfojp, on 10/10/2007, -2/+29If he was so lucky then why did he crash in the first place?
  • cyssero, on 04/18/2009, -0/+25To prove his luck by not dying.
  • lintmonkey, on 10/10/2007, -2/+26I survived a plane crash and all I got was this crappy t-shirt. (And I'm not dead.)
  • chyya, on 10/10/2007, -0/+23thatll buff right out
  • toastgodsupreme, on 10/10/2007, -1/+22Technically, he did it. He just had a plane strapped to him instead of a parachute.
  • Influsion, on 10/10/2007, -0/+18Imagine waking up from this crash and not knowing for a moment how you got there; then realizing you just survived a plane crash but not being sure...

    That's got to be the most intense and confusing sense of relief, ever.
  • rafaelmagu, on 10/10/2007, -0/+18I'd rather be me, getting a kick out of reading comments on the story about that guy that didn't die when the plane crashed.
  • rafaelmagu, on 10/10/2007, -5/+23He broke his arm, leg and nose because God was on his side.

    Now, if God was in front of him...
  • firebhaal, on 10/10/2007, -0/+17...and into the abyss you go
  • wbbb617, on 10/10/2007, -0/+17"The entire front of the plane was gone, and he was left sitting in his seat with his seatbelt on."
    See Kids... Seatbelts Save Lives
  • m4rk0551, on 10/10/2007, -3/+18Are we there yet...?
  • addbo, on 10/10/2007, -0/+14Insurance?
  • jimmiss, on 10/10/2007, -1/+14I would have t-shirts made.
  • Cloned, on 10/10/2007, -0/+13[pic] was the reason I clicked on it.
  • CanceledCzech, on 10/10/2007, -0/+12Well, I think it's safe to say that mechanics wasn't on his side.
  • insomniac8400, on 10/10/2007, -0/+12Sounds like a standard landing at chicago's midway.
  • L4WL3RS34L, on 10/10/2007, -2/+14But I'd rather be the guy that owns a plane who doesn't crash.
  • djvchris, on 10/10/2007, -0/+11Wow! I sort of wish there was a text-only version of this article dugg first and that this picture was the response to somebody's request of "pics or it didn't happen."

    I think I'd need a change of pants after that..and a new seat cushion for that matter.
  • viewtiful4ever, on 10/10/2007, -2/+12If i was him, I would attempt to break the most lethal world records. starting with longest parachute-less skydive.
  • nipplering69, on 10/10/2007, -2/+12This would make a dope Allstate commercial!Accident forgiveness?I think so.
  • onedigg, on 10/10/2007, -0/+10Not sure if you were serious or not, but my first move probably would'nt be to run into the burning wreck of a crashed plane and yank the guy out, not knowing if he had broken bones or anything. That's the kind of stuff you leave to the professionals..
  • TurboTex, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8Definitely know his parents don't love him.
  • mrASSMAN, on 10/10/2007, -2/+10Simply remarkable. Definitely a good digg to sleep on. Thank you all and goodnight.
  • i208khonsu, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7What is even more amazing is that the police were able to get there and yellow tape off the scene before the rescue workers arrived to help him.
  • KillTheRhythm, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7Touche.
  • Zeonix, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7All hail his noodly appendage.
  • bashar129, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7Too bad it wasn't the crapper when he took off.
  • hatepirate, on 10/10/2007, -14/+21If God was on his side, why did He let the engines fail in the first place? Plus the guy broke an arm, leg, and his nose...yep, God was on his side.
  • GawtMilk, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7Robert, Son of Robert

    If only it was Robert Robertson Jr.
  • CatsAreGods, on 10/10/2007, -2/+9Serves him right for flying a steam-powered plane in the first place!
  • mannymix03, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6This happened literally just a few blocks from my school in Ft. Lauderdale, driving home that day was a mess, even though it didn't go onto the road, they still shut down BOTH north and south I-95
  • NoShameInc, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6look likes that thing when through a blendtec blender...
  • inactive, on 10/10/2007, -3/+9I Dugg you up simply for having the courage to mention God in a digg post. normally you would get slammed with -500 diggs and comments slamming god by the non-believers here (which i have no problem with. to each his own.)
  • Rtsight, on 10/10/2007, -3/+9now i know where was my missing luggage.
  • Dylan47, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5How was this printed in my local paper before it reached digg? =/
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