San Diego Plane Crash: Music Industry Mourns Loss of Dave Shapiro and Daniel Williams
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00:00A deadly plane crash in San Diego military neighborhood has people talking this afternoon.
00:06All six people on board were killed.
00:09NBC's Liz Kreutz is at the scene.
00:12The cause of a deadly plane crash in San Diego under investigation.
00:15The impact sparking a massive fireball that engulfed cars on the street.
00:20The explosion shown in new surveillance video from the neighborhood and sending families fleeing into the darkness.
00:26We have multiple explosions over there. We're doing evacuation.
00:28We have multiple houses on fire.
00:31Eight people on the ground injured.
00:33Ben and Sujana McCarty's home took a direct hit.
00:36The plane slamming into their living room.
00:38What a terrifying way to be jolted away.
00:41Thirteen years in the military.
00:43I've seen a lot of scary things.
00:44It's the scariest thing that I think I'll ever experience.
00:46The couple and their children scrambling out of their home with the help of neighbors.
00:50Turn the ladder. Turn the ladder. I can't, bro.
00:53So they got a stepladder, threw it over the fence.
00:57They hung it over the side.
00:57And then we sent the kids up first.
01:00About 100 residents evacuated and pets impacted, too, covered in jet fuel.
01:05The crash happened early Thursday morning as the private Cessna attempted to land at a small nearby airport during dense fog.
01:12Struck power lines about two miles southeast of the airport, then collided with a house.
01:17The plane heard communicating about the weather before the incident.
01:20In a statement, a representative for Sound Talent Group says three of its employees were killed in the crash, including co-founder and music agent Dave Shapiro.
01:37The agency writing, we are devastated by the loss.
01:40No one could say a bad word about him.
01:42He was just a beautiful, beautiful guy.
01:44And the father of drummer Daniel Williams, a former member of the metal group The Devil Wears Prada, telling TMZ his son was among the victims.
01:52Williams had posted shots from the cockpit shortly before takeoff.
01:55The band writing, no words.
01:57We owe you everything.
01:58Love you forever.