Virginia Beach Mayor Will Sessoms is marking the anniversary of when a Navy jet crashed into an apartment complex.
No one was killed when the F/A-18D Hornet crashed into the Mayfair
Mews apartment complex, although the impact destroyed 27 apartments,
displaced dozens and injured seven.
A Navy investigation found that a rare dual-engine failure caused the jet to crash shortly after taking off from a nearby base.
Navy officials say the jet's two-man crew ejected at the last second possible to survive, 50 feet above ground.
Sessoms said in a statement Friday the fact that nobody died was the
result of the community working together. He's calling for the city to
celebrate the spirit of community that turned a tragic event into what
he's calling a Good Friday miracle.
The crash happened on April 6, 2012.
Coming next week: The Virginian-Pilot looks back at the jet crash.
Story and Photo: http://hamptonroads.com
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