'They didn't have time to jump' - Witnesses recall skydiving plane crash
Eleven skydivers and a pilot were killed after the aircraft spun out of control and crashed shortly after takeoff in Missouri.
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"They didn't have time to jump."
— Bailey Reed , Other
"Everybody on that plane was somebody that I know."
— Charles Crinklaw , Other
"This is the beginning of a long process."
— Michael Graham , Other
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Eleven skydivers and a pilot were killed after the aircraft spun out of control and crashed shortly after takeoff in Missouri.
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