They never found out if it really was a heart attack that felled the pilot of the Piper Archer that slammed directly into the underbelly of the Aeroméxico DC-9. There were no survivors. Fiery wreckage from the collision cascaded onto homes in the quiet Cerritos neighborhood on Labor Day, 1986. Fifteen on the ground died instantly when their homes were engulfed by burning... More >>>
Nick Waplington
Nick Waplington recalls, “What struck me was the distaste for authority. I found Los Angeles to be a paradise for young people compared to Thatcher’s Britain, and I couldn’t quite work out what the problem was.”