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The Farrell's Ice Cream Parlour Disaster | A Short Documentary | Fascinating Horror

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"On the 24th of September, 1972, the Golden West Sport Aviation Air Show was in full swing at Sacramento Executive Airport in Sacramento, California..."

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CHAPTERS: 🔖
► 00:00 - Intro
► 00:49 - Background and Context
► 03:13 - The Crash
► 06:29 - The Aftermath

MUSIC: 🎵
► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory
► "Sing Swing Bada Bing" by Doug Maxwell/Media Right Productions

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20 Comments

@zetrocj1 9 months ago

At 25, I was at the airshow with my husband. He was a pilot and knew exactly that this plane was not going to be airborne. He ran from my side and he was an official witness and testified at NTSB hearing. Later, we found out a family friend’s daughters were at Farrell ‘s at a birthday party. One of the sister’s escaped the building, went back in to get her sister and unfortunately they both perished. I will never forget that horrible day.

@TheFoolishSamurai 5 years ago

"How do you possibly have a disaster in an ice cream parlor?"
Rams an airplane into the wall.
"Oh... Yeah. That would do it."

@lillipop080501 5 years ago

I feel so bad for those grandparents who ran across the street to help and got hit my a truck. I bet they were so focused on the disaster that they didn’t even consider checking the street

@NancyD_If_You_Please 4 years ago

My former neighbor Kerri, who lost her twin, was the one that campaigned for and got the memorial installed. She was a lovely woman. You would not have known she had such a tragedy in her life. I remember when this happened. We were frequent customers of Farrell’s and Sacramento was a regular stop on family vacations. Kerri spoke of “the accident” but never elaborated. When I found out WHICH accident, my heart broke for her. I was sad to hear she had passed away several years after her family moved away. (Natural causes) The twins are together again.

@DerpsWithWolves 5 years ago

"Farrell's Ice Cream Parlour"
[Thumbnail is a fighter jet]

Something's wrong, I can feel it...

@copperlocke 5 years ago

Seeing all those matching last names in the list really showed how families were devastated.

@CometCereal 5 years ago

I cannot imagine the heartbreak that sole survivor of the family of nine went through. They didn’t just lose one loved one that day, they lost them all.

@guntherultraboltnovacrunch5248 3 years ago

I loved Ferrells as a kid growing up in the 70's. It was a magical place, I can't imagine such horror erupting from such a happy experience.

@MegaHater93 5 years ago

A lot of regulations and procedures we have today are written in blood of our forefathers, especially in regards to aviation.

@TinyScorpion44 5 years ago

I'm honestly super impressed that more than a memorial plaque came out of this. A major charity being set up in response to this so that other burn victims can recieve better medical treatment is just about the best memorial possible

@SHARK-EATINGCAT 5 years ago

My father grew up in Sacramento, and was about 11 years old when this happened. The way his generation remembers it, Farrell's was so popular most people in town could claim they had either recently visited the shop, or were planning to within the near future. "Either you had just come from Farrell's, or you were just about to go."

@mollygoodwin4327 5 years ago

Imagine going out for ice cream only to lose your entire family in just a few short moments, especially at such a young age. I hope that poor kid was able to live a full life afterwards, though I doubt anyone would ever be the same again after suffering that kind of trauma.

@averyeml 5 years ago

The survivor’s guilt the pilot must have felt is something I can’t imagine. Especially considering that it was families and children and that several probably died from burns which is a horrific way to go. This might be one of the most upsetting stories I’ve heard from this channel in a long time.

@blackosprey2219 5 years ago

"Ice cream parlor disaster."
Oh, it's gonna be a structural failure or fire or-
[Picture of jet plane]
Oh. Oh no

@flowerfulfox2271 5 years ago (edited)

My parents are friends with the eight year old who survived who lost his whole family in this video, he is now happily married with children, i grew up with his son. They are a happy family.

@justsayen2024 2 years ago

Farrell's Ice Cream Parlour was very fun and The Banana Splits were legendary both in size and lavish toppings.

@shannenredman9191 5 years ago

The one kid losing essentially their whole family in an instant just ripped my heart to pieces. I couldn't even imagine the grief and despair that little one had.

@joewilson4740 5 years ago

Imagine losing both parents, grandparents and most your siblings in a flash. That’s the definition of losing everything

@DragonSt3alth 5 years ago (edited)

My dad's best friend was working at Farrells when this happened, he didn't like to talk about it, but one time he did tell us about how he ended up tossing children through a broken window to get them out of the burning building, he had burns all over his arms from it, such a terrible tragedy.

@KingCarva 5 years ago

Oh my god. I live in Sacramento, and my grandpa was a morgue worker all his life. He was on the scene of this, collecting the bodies. He talked about it as his most traumatizing moment at his job, in over 40 years of work. I've heard about this all my life, surreal to see a video on it