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A 21-year-old Redditor named Devin says that her house was destroyed by the horrific F-18 plane crash on Friday. That circled wreckage above? Her crib. She took it upon herself to start an Ask Me Anything thread on Reddit to share her crazy and disturbing story.
Mashable first found Devin's AMA, which begins, as many do, with a shocking moment that changed her life: not cancer, not the death of a loved one, but a huge military aircraft literally crashing into her life.
Hi my name is Devin and I'm 21 years old. I can't even begin to wrap my mind around what has happened. Who thinks they're gonna wake up one morning then have their house destroyed by a jet?? My brother was the one who saved the pilot (Colby Smith) The amount of support I have gotten has been incredible. I decided to turn to reddit since I knew it was such a new and weird story. It's even crazier that no one died. But I guess I wanted to see how many people have had anything similar....tornado, fire, etc of their house and how did you feel? When did it get better? How was it seeing your house?
The first thing you have to ask yourself when reading this kind of post is whether or not this person is for real. Based on the evidence Devin can provide about the crash, we think there's a pretty good chance she is. Her brother was there when the F-18 crashed, and was even interviewed by local ABC affiliate WVEC. She even provides a thank you video with her brother in it that's pretty hard to refute.
Her brother's story, as she points out, was pretty remarkable. He apparently helped one of the pilots considerably, and is planning to reunite with the pilot at some point in the future.
He was playing guitar hero in his room then got up to go put his contacts in. He was standing in the bathroom when the jet hit. He said it was a loud thunder noise and huge explosion and the house started shaking and the power cut off. He popped his head out of the doorway and saw his room on fire. He ran down the stairs and out the house without shoes on. Ran to my neighbor's house and then found the pilot right beside that house. That's when the pilot said he was sorry for hitting our home and my brother told him it was alright and they needed to move him to safety. There had to be a reason he got up at that precise moment to put his contacts in, it's freaky to think what would have happened to him if he decided to play one more song....
According to Devin, the Navy has them living on a pittance—especially considering they basically just destroyed her life.
They have given us an $89 allowance a day for lodging and $30 for food. And just a $200 for clothing. I have so much paperwork I have to do through them and they told us yesterday that we will eventually get money back for our losses….but that could take up to two years.
The whole AMA is very long, but it's inspiring to see so many Redditors lending their support. Devin and her family are in touch with lawyers who are going to help them get the good treatment that they deserve from the Navy. After all, their lives have been turned upside down by this mess. We're just glad they're safe.
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Wow...
Who plays guitar hero anymore?
Wow I feel so sorry for her, I hope she is okay an-
[quote]A 21-year-old [B]Redditor[/B] named Devin says that her house was destroyed by the horrific F-18 plane crash on Friday[/quote]
Fuck she lived.
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"Before buying/renting the apartments they were warned that they were near an airfield and that this can happen. The city and the customers continued to buy up the property and ignored that fact. The Navy warned them.......honestly the Navy shouldn't have to pay a dime. Let the city and the insurance companies pay for their incompetence and malfeasance."
WHAT THE FUCK, THIS WAS ONE OF THE COMMENTS.
[QUOTE=WittyUsername;35502799]Wow I feel so sorry for her, I hope she is okay an-
Fuck she lived.[/QUOTE]
Yes, someone deserves to die based on the websites they visit.
[QUOTE=WittyUsername;35502799]Wow I feel so sorry for her, I hope she is okay an-
Fuck she lived.[/QUOTE]
Not funny.
If I had to have my house destroyed, an F-18 wouldn't be a bad way to do it.
Wow, this is the only thread ever on FP where people are not bashing reddit senselessly upon its name being brought up, then.
[QUOTE=WittyUsername;35502799]Wow I feel so sorry for her, I hope she is okay an-
Fuck she lived.[/QUOTE]
i don't like reddit either but wow you're an idiot
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[QUOTE=AJisAwesome15;35502774]Who plays guitar hero anymore?[/QUOTE]
Well he didn't want to say he was in his room polishing his knob, did he?
[QUOTE=WittyUsername;35502799]Wow I feel so sorry for her, I hope she is okay an-
Fuck she lived.[/QUOTE]
You are a fucking idiot
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[quote]That's when the pilot said he was sorry for hitting our home and my brother told him it was alright and they needed to move him to safety.[/quote]
"hey man i just flew a jet into your house, sorry"
"eh accidents happen"
Ten minutes after the crash someone else on reddit had a front page post about a jet crashing into the house next to them.
Does Gizmodo lift 99.999% of its news from reddit's front page or something? :v:
[QUOTE=WittyUsername;35502844]Wow, this is the only thread ever on FP where people are not bashing reddit senselessly upon its name being brought up, then.[/QUOTE]
Reddit is awful but that was in bad taste
Damn, I wish I could say I managed to drag out a pilot from a hazardous area that could have possibly killed both of us.
[QUOTE=Doneeh;35502923]Damn, I wish I could say I managed to drag out a pilot from a hazardous area that could have possibly killed both of us.[/QUOTE]
Me too, I like helping people.
God damn it takes one cool motherfucker to aid the one who just crashed a fucking jet in to your house
Oh my god shut the fuck up about reddit, you've wasted half of the damn thread talking about a single word in the article that has no relevance to the story at all.
[QUOTE=AJisAwesome15;35502891]Reddit is awful but that was in bad taste[/QUOTE]
As long as you hang round the lesser known subreddits (sysadmin, talesfromtechsupport,linux) its a great site. Athiesm and funny are fucking awful.
This will be a great story for the grandkids
Why are they crashing the new jets. That's a very expensive way to demolish houses.
[QUOTE=DainBramageStudios;35502877]"hey man i just flew a jet into your house, sorry"
"eh accidents happen"[/QUOTE]
What, did this accident take place in Canada?
Ok, bad joke.
[QUOTE=WittyUsername;35502799]Wow I feel so sorry for her, I hope she is okay an-
Fuck she lived.[/QUOTE]
Hurrr a rival forum user? WISH SHE DIED! Durrrr IM FUNNY RIGHT GUYS!?
Okay, I don't know what is up with the shit FPers have with Reddit. I only discovered reddit a few months ago and man, was I amazed. Reddit has a shitload of content to go through and is enjoyable every time.
On the side note, I hope she gets a lot of compensation for this event.
[QUOTE]House blows the fuck up[/QUOTE]
That would be pretty strange to have to say.
"sorry for hitting your house" with a fucking fighter jet.
[QUOTE=teh pirate;35502859]i don't like reddit either but wow you're an idiot
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Sorry but how is saying you're an idiot banworthy but being upset about an innocent person not dying not banworthy?
Wait, why does she need so much for clothes? They gave her more for clothes then they did for food and lodging combined.
'sry i was lerning how 2 fly pls dont ban me 4 ramming'
-BF3
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