This is probably the worst example of unclear and illogical writing I've ran across.
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SANFORD, Fla. -- NASCAR officials said they have reached an oral settlement with the family of the pilot in last year's deadly plane crash in Sanford.
The attorney for pilot Michael Klemm's family declined to name an amount, but said it will be finalized quickly.
Klemm was a senior pilot with NASCAR, flying with Nascar relative Dr. Bruce Kennedy when their plane crashed into a Sanford subdivision.
How the hell is someone a relative of an organization? I know that familial terms are used figuratively at times, but this is just stupid.
It is still unclear who was flying the plane when the crash occurred, but a pilot declared an emergency when smoke filled the cockpit just after 8:30 a.m. Within two minutes, the plane disappeared from radar, according to the crash report.
The report also stated NASCAR's pilot was told of the radar problem before the crash, but he said he "didn't care about the radar" in a phone conversation on the morning of the crash. A NASCAR spokesman said Klemm meant that he didn't need the radar and on a clear day and could fly without radar for a short trip.
Investigators scrutinized the records of the two pilots aboard the plane.
This is all sorts of fucked. The author doesn't clarify that there were two pilots on the plane until after referring to confusion over who was actually piloting, which initially leads one to consider the possibility that there was some sort of circus in the cockpit. "Who is flying? Oh my god, Bear is flying! How can that be?"
Worse than that, the second paragraph in this section refers to a "radar problem" that isn't explained anywhere else in the article. The only other reference to radar is that the plane fell off the radar before the crash. But the pilot had been warned of the radar problem that morning, before the flight. So someone saw the future and warned the pilot about the radar, but didn't bother to mention the crashing part?
I had to read this article three times to figure out what was going on. The most important part of the story was completely left out: why was NASCAR held responsible? Just because they employed the pilot and owned or leased the plane? Did they leave a lugnut off during a pit stop, causing the crash? What the fuck happened? I think I'm gonna sue the author of this article for intentionally and willfully trying to kill my brain.
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How about that "oral agreement?" I liked it when they were called "verbal agreements."
I can't believe that famed Nascar relative Dr. Kennedy is gone. Being that he was, what, Nascar's uncle or something?
A dark day for the Nascar family, indeed.
He was indeed Nascar's uncle by marriage to Nascar's Mother's Sister. I hear he was an abusive alcoholic, so he won't be missed at any of Nascar's family reunions.
This article looks like it was written by that character on Crank Yankers, the elderly black guy who spoke in completely unintelligible sentences.
"We're gonna take all the electricity in the area and harness it to create a monster."
"We're gonna get to vinegar, sausage, and all the filing cabinets you can eat."
"Lemme ask you something: 401K? How bout #2 pencil?"
"This Saturday, we're gonna get involved with the unemployed. Big pants - minimum wage, minimum wage!!!"
This "journalist" should be beaten within an inch of his life, and then banished to Bybee, TN for the rest of his days.
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