Adirondack
Air Crash
(This
1093rd Buffalo Sunday News column was
first published on March 4, 2012.)
Mild
winters have not always been the norm here and Lawrence Gooley
has recently written about a New York State adventure that took place during a
violent blizzard 77 years ago. To me it belongs in the category of
hair-raising.
I
summarize the story here but I direct you to the Adirondack Almanack
website for Gooley's full narrative.
* * *
My
Buffalo News column then went on to
relate an abridgement of Gooley's narrative. Mr. Gooley and John Warren, founder and editor of Adirondack Almanack
feel that my story went too far, simply retelling Gooley's
story.
While
my intent was to call attention to Gooley's carefully
researched story, which I understand will shortly appear in book form, in retrospect I believe that my story may instead have
deflected interest to my own. For that reason I am not posting the column here.
Instead I direct you to the excellent Adirondack Almanack website, to Gooley's
first,
second
and third
posting about this episode and to Gooley's own
website, Bloated Toe
Enterprises.-- Gerry
Rising