25 September 1978 The Worst Day in San Diego's History I remember what a beautiful morning it was, Santa Ana conditions, hot and clear! I was on my way home from work when I passed near the intersection of 32nd St & Polk. I was shocked to see the wreckage of the Cessna that collided with the PSA jetliner. A body from the Cessna had demolished the roof over the front door entrance of a house and was lying under a yellow tarp. I turned on my car radio to learn what had happened! I was shocked! Looking back on this day after more than 30 years had elapsed, I think of it as the day that my beloved San Diego had lost her virginal purity! I had witnessed death and destruction during the riots in Watts, Detroit, and other large American cities that had large ghetto neighborhoods, but San Diego was never affected by social upheavals! Death and destruction on a massive scale visited my home town that day! San Diego would never be the same!

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