REID SANFORD
Redmond, Oregon

Tuesday, January 13, 2026 at 7:21:48 AM PST

This Day In History
On January 13, 1982, Air Florida Flight 90 (Boeing 737 jet) crashed into Washington, D.C.'s 14th Street Bridge shortly after takeoff, then plunged into the Potomac River; 78 people, including 4 motorists, were killed.

Quote Of The Day
"My next feeling was that I was just floating through white and I felt like I was dying and I just thought I'm not really ready to die." Flight attendant Kelly Duncan, the only crew member to survive.

Image Of The Day

A U.S. Park Police helicopter pulls two people from the wreckage of an Air Florida jetliner that crashed into the Potomac River when it hit a bridge after taking off from National Airport in Washington,D.C., on January 13th, 1982. Charles Pereira, AP