Genomgick något riktigt kusligt idag. Från att ha varit hela-jävla-alfabetet-barn idag, till sorg på 2 röda.
Egentligen är det en historisk händelse, som hände 1973.
Kom ner när jag sku ti Annas på käff å jaa.. Den som varit in till oss (vilket e typ ingen förutom familj å släktingar), vet ju att vi har tv-rummet brevid tamburen å tvn "bakom hörnet", så jag kurva in å kolla va päronen såg på.
Vad jag såg då var en förtvivlad man, en F1 chaufför, som desperat försökte släcka en brinnande f1 bil. Denna man var David Purley. Jag tänkte inte destomera utan diskuterade med päronen vad som pågick, när jag blev upplyst om händelsen. En annan förare hade krashat med sin bil, låg upp å ner, å bilen hade börjat brinna. David Purley var den första å se detta, stannade sin bil, avbröt sitt rejs, å sprang fram till Roger Williamson som låg fastklämd i sin bil som brann. Det skede jag såg, stod han desperat och försökte släcka bilen med en skumsläckare, några människor stod alldeles handfallna bakom honom. Sen tog släckaren slut, han viftar å ropar efter hjälp, går mitt på banan medans dom andra förarna helt kallt kör förbi.
Ett misslyckat försök att vända bilen på rätt, och som tidigare, dom som stod bakom, hjälpte inte ens. Man såg hans ilska över bristen på hjälp.
Det var så jävla hemskt å se.
After his Formula One debut at the 1973 British Grand Prix, Williamson's second Formula One appearance was at the 1973 Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort Circuit. On his eighth lap, a suspected tyre failure caused his car to flip upside down and catch fire. Williamson had not been seriously injured by the impact, but was trapped under the car which was quickly engulfed in flame. The track marshals were both poorly trained and badly equipped, and did not assist him.
Another driver, David Purley, upon witnessing the crash of his personal friend, abandoned his own race and pulled over in a desperate and valiant attempt to rescue Williamson. He ran across the track to Williamson's car and tried to turn it upright. When no-one came to help, he crossed the track and returned with a fire extinguisher. He emptied it on the car and signalled for others to help. Purley's efforts to turn the car upright and extinguish the flames were in vain as he received no help from nearby track marshals or emergency workers who merely stood by and looked on, in spite of attempts to encourage them, and other passing drivers, to come to his aid.
Purley later stated he could hear Williamson's screams from underneath the car, but by the time the first fire engine arrived and the fire was extinguished, Williamson had died of asphyxiation. As most racers mistakenly identified Purley as the driver of the crashed car, and therefore thought the burning car to be empty, none of them stopped to help and the race continued, even as Purley stood on the circuit and gestured with his hands for them to stop. Furthermore, the track marshals were wearing normal blazers and not the fire-resistant overalls which the drivers wore, and thus were not willing to go near the large flames.
Purley was later awarded the George Medal for the bravery he displayed in attempting to rescue Williamson. A series of photos of the incident, showing a clearly desperate and ultimately dejected Purley, won that year's World Press Photo award for Photo Sequences. Williamson's incinerated remains would later be cremated with his ashes being sent to an undisclosed area. In the years following the accident, fire-resistant clothing would become mandatory for all trackside marshals so that they would be able to assist in the event of a fire. The next few years also saw a noticeable increase in drivers stopping at accident sites to assist in rescue efforts, notably at the 1976 German Grand Prix.
Jag kan inte ens beskriva hur hemskt det var att se. Mycke olyckor har man sett, men det här var nåt av de värsta jag sett.
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