It’s just Virginia Beach, guys. Nothing to see here.
Today in slightly-amusing stalking: So, Tom Hanks is shooting a movie in Virginia Beach. In honor of this, the local paper, The Virginian-Pilot, has set up a mini-site where you can track Hanks sightings in the Hampton Roads region. If you’re in the area and spot a two-time Oscar winner walking down the street, go here and tell them. First sighting? A breakfast joint in Norfolk.
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Virginia Beach Police guard one of the ejection seats which landed about 100 yards from the crash site, after an F/A-18D fighter jet crashed into an apartment complex in Virginia Beach April 6, 2012. The plane was part of a training squadron at Naval Air Station Oceana for Navy and Marine aviators in Virginia Beach. [REUTERS/Thomas Slusser]
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More from the scene of a fairly crazy crash.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m22rfydtkO1qmaoalo1_500.jpg)
Virginia Beach Police guard one of the ejection seats which landed about 100 yards from the crash site, after an F/A-18D fighter jet crashed into an apartment complex in Virginia Beach April 6, 2012. The plane was part of a training squadron at Naval Air Station Oceana for Navy and Marine aviators in Virginia Beach. [REUTERS/Thomas Slusser]
READ MORE: Navy F-18 crashes, sets Virginia buildings aflame
More from the scene of a fairly crazy crash.
His chute was still on top of the building and it was still attached to him. He wasn’t coherent, he had blood on his face.Virginia Beach resident Ted Laffkas • Describing the initial condition of a Navy pilot who jumped out of his plane before it crashed into a residential building Friday afternoon. (There was also a second pilot involved.) Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Nick Beane, who happened to be nearby when the crash happened, helped the pilot remove his parachute cables as he regained consciousness. The pilot seemed in awe about what just happened, according to Beane. Laffkas also assisted in rescue efforts.
An Virginia-based Navy F-18 Hornet crashed into an elderly apartment complex in Virginia Beach today. Five buildings were set ablaze. Both pilots ejected safely, however, and no fatalities have been reported.
ABC News 7 says 6 people, including the pilots, were taken to a local hospital and treated for injuries.
Check out 10 insane pictures from the crash site.
As a former resident of the Hampton Roads region, this was pretty much the worst-case scenario that could happen when living there. Quite scary. Glad to hear that there have been no fatalities thus far.
In which, in an effort to raise money for the Wounded Warrior Project, a woman singlehandedly drags an F/A-18C fighter jet behind her at a naval air station. Raise your hand if you can do this. (via PilotOnline)
From Sandbridge, Virginia Beach: Roof damage from the Virginia Beach area. There have been reports of a possible tornado touchdown in the region — including a report from one of the local news stations, WAVY. Three homes reportedly had their roofs torn off. (photo via @wattsupbrent of Roanoke, Va. station WDBJ; tip via brosephstalin)
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