Freaky Buffalo plane crash

So it's just about 3am. Not exactly sure when this story broke (as I missed the 11pm news), but I just learned about an hour ago that a Continental plane from Newark crashed near Buffalo about 10:30pm. All 48 on board killed, along with one person in the house the plane crashed into. Heavy sigh. WELL...I just dropped off good friends at Newark late this afternoon...for THEIR Continental flight...to Columbus, OH. Too close to home. My friends were in the airport at the same time as 48 people about to lose their lives. Yup, doesn't get more freaky than that. Disturbing way to end the day. Naturally, I did what's become my online habit...look up the dead...THIS time by typing in "check flight status" of the plane...which I'd been doing all night anyway, as my friends' flight was delayed FIVE hours. When I checked on the doomed plane, Continental gave a handy 800 number to call to gauge "the status of this flight." Jesus Christ, I can't even fathom this. Well, I think the Miracle on the Hudson story has juuuuuuust about run its course.