there were so many gut wrenching scenes out of a dentist in that many are drawing comparisons to the fall of saigon in 75 but to be very honest, it s far worse. let me give you this viewer warning, some of what you are about to see is incredibly graphic. take a look. what do you see any parallel between this withdrawal and president biden: none whatsoever. zero. there will be no circumstance when we see people being lifted off of the roof of the embassy of the united states from afghanistan. helicopters and black smoke visible, the american diplomat including the investor that committed to the airport and at least 500 staff, the embassy shuttle and the flag is coming down. the evacuation of america is interrupted by sporadic gunfire.
may god guide you home safely. and every other person behind enemy lines tonight. there were so many gut wrenching scenes out of the afghanistan and many are drawing comparisons to the fall of saigon in 75 but to be very honest, it s far worse. let me give you this viewer warning, some of what you are about to see is incredibly graphic. take a look. do you see any parallel between this withdrawal and president biden: none whatsoever. zero. there will be no circumstance when we see people being lifted off of the roof of the embassy of the united states from afghanistan. helicopters and black smoke visible, the american diplomat including the evacuation to the airport, and at least 500 staff. the embassy shuttle and the flag
reporter: minutes after takeoff, a deadly and fiery crash. the black smoke visible for miles. there is a fire at one of the runways over here. reporter: a b-17 world war ii era bomber, part of a vintage plane exhibition offering flights to the public, crashed and slid off the runway striking a maintenance building three crew and ten passengers aboard. i was worried it was a passenger flight i had no idea. i saw this thick, black smoke. i was like something happened here, there is a fire or something. reporter: the crash so intense, rescuers struggled to idfy war planes brought it to connecticut this week for an exhibition in a statement saying our thoughts and prayere the heroic efforts of the first responders the b-17 nicknamed the flying fortress featured in the film memphis belle. this plane took off at 9:45 a.m. five minutes later, the pilot told the tower he wasn t gaining
column of black smoke visible for miles. the fire burning in a facility that contains propylene, an extremely flammable gas. we re seeing it lean a little bit more, it appears. reporter: officials ordering area residents and schools to shelter in place, turn off their air conditioning and keep their windows closed. i just want him out. reporter: mary landry raced to the scene after an urgent call from her son. he said, a tank blew up. i m trapped in the back and i can t get out. he said, kiss my babies and tell them i love them. reporter: moments later, our station ktrk finding her son, a contract employee, safe. you thought there was a chance that you were not goi 100%. reporter: off accounted for. we do not know what the cause of that incident is, but i can tell you, we re going to work diligently to figure it out. reporter: david, as you can see, the fire is out and officials are monitoring the air quality tonight.