My dad was the MPO (ECC) on the second due engine (16) that morning. Among the many facts that he related to me during the future years, he stated the fog was like pea soup and one of the engines of the plane fell down the south side of the building crashing through the roof of a restaurant on...
Paul's break came as a 17-year-old when he and his dad came from Canada and visited "Cousin" Bruce Morrow who at the time was on 1010 WINS AM in NYC. The song that Paul wrote, "Diana", was previewed on the air during that visit and the rest is history.
Another Oak Ridge member passed away recently as well. William Golden??? I don't recall definitely. This was another great group that were just a bit more up-tempo in their songs than the Statler Brothers.
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