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The Leaning Tower of Dallas was born on Feb. 16 when the planned implosion of the former Affiliated Computer Services building didn t fully collapse upon detonation. When the dust settled the building s core, containing the stairwell and elevator shaft, remained upright at an angle. For the next two weeks, people traveled from near and far to take whimsical photographs with the tower in the background. The building finally collapsed in a cloud of dust on March 2 after two weeks of being whacked with a 5,600-pound wrecking ball.
Jason & Jenn Baskett
Halley, age 7, was excited to get a chance to see Dallas’ own Leaning Tower after hearing about the implosion gone wrong on the radio and the news. Who needs a trip to Italy when you can take a family day in the big city?!?
Grand Prairie plane crash victim identified
The second person who died hasn’t been named yet by the Tarrant County medical examiner’s office.
Grand Prairie firefighters at the scene of a fatal plane crash near the intersection of Mayfield Road and Highway 360 on Monday, December 21, 2020 in Grand Prairie, Texas.(Vernon Bryant / Staff Photographer)
Authorities have identified one of the victims who died Monday in a small-plane crash in Grand Prairie.
Larry Ronald Vieregge of Grapevine, 71, was killed when the plane crashed about 3 p.m. near a Sonic Drive-In parking lot along the service road of State Highway 360 near East Mayfield Road, according to the Tarrant County medical examiner’s office.
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In this Monday, Dec. 21, 2020 photo, officials work at the scene of the fatal plane crash of a single-engine Wheeler Express CT near the intersection of Mayfield Road and Highway 360 in Grand Prairie, Texas. ()
Two people were killed when a small plane crashed along a highway service road in North Texas shortly after taking off, authorities said.
The Federal Aviation Administration said the single-engine Wheeler Express CT crashed Monday afternoon about 1 mile west of the Grand Prairie Municipal Airport, just west of Dallas.
Grand Prairie Fire Chief Robert Fite said witnesses said the plane came down rapidly, hit a telephone pole and then struggled another 500 feet hitting the concrete multiple times before hitting a pickup truck traveling on the service road.