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The MLB Broadcaster Who Survived A Deadly Plane Crash & Saved A Life
This is a pretty amazing story, even if you've never heard of Jerry Schemmel. He's the play-by-play voice of the Colorado Rockies, the Major League Baseball team located in Denver. But he's also something else - lucky to be here at all.
In amazing story of survival and determination, Schemmel recounts in fairly graphic detail the day in 1989 that he survived a major catastrophic plane crash that killed 112 people, somehow escaped the burning wreckage - and then went back into the inferno to save the life of a baby girl he never met.
A pretty inspiring and fascinating story for a Thanksgiving weekend, even if part of it didn't have a completely happy ending. If you've ever wondered how you'd react in an emergency, this may be an eye-opener.
Rockies Announcer Jerry Schemmel Shares How Plane Crash Changed His Life
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Well, so much for being a hero...
iHeartRadio lays off longtime Rockies radio voice Jerry Schemmel
This is all part of a series of major layoffs at iHeart in the U.S., which saw 5% of its 10,000-plus workforce laid off in huge cost cutting moves.
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