years later? i thought commander fraver did an excellent job of recounting the details. we were in california, we were a large carrier strike group, this battle of several ships and spotters of aircraft. that is why it was such a big deal that we had this unidentified aircraft or something in our airspace operating so close to a military exercise. and the only thing that i would add to the story that he tells is what happened in the moments and hours and days afterwards, which was disappointing. it was underwhelming in terms of the debrief that we received and so, again, you know, i would advocate for a process in place so that when operators, whether
essentially one of the workers as you just heard officials describe said that the crane was bringing up heavy concrete that was needing to be poured on this high-rise as they continue construction when they believe there was some sort of mechanical fire. this person describes it to me as they saw the cab of the crane start to smoke and actually fill up with smoke. frank, you can go up and show where that crane did collapse. they said the cab started to smoke, filled up with smoke and he said once he saw the crane operator evacuate that cab, that s when he knew it was not a good sign. so he said that s when the building started to quickly evacuate of all of those workers who are now all standing on the streets here around me. one of the workers described to me that actually as they were trying to escape that building, they could feel the rumble of that crane swinging, as you see in that dramatic video, hitting that opposite side building and then eventually collapsing. i was told again
ISTALIF, Afghanistan: Twice a month, Noor Agha Faqiri lights up the kiln at his small workshop around 50 kilometers (30 miles) northwest of the Afghan capital to fire a fresh batch of pottery.