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Balloon disaster at Latonia tracks thrills wind storm
Eyewitness account of a runaway air balloon at Latonia Kentucky November 2 as high winds disabled two of three entrants. The Baddack balloon carried Mr. Gooren Howard and passenger Campbell Cory. The craft drifted over the city and lake with crew struggling to control it before finally crashing, leaving responders to recover bodies and salvage remains.
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