Dying in the Scoot Utopia

A self-portrait with some eerie foreshadowing...

Age: 21
Sex: Male
Occupation: Not sure, possibly student, had been attending Longview.
Awards and Accolades: Eagle Scout, Presidential Student Service Award
Interests: Cars [link 1] [link 2], Photography (see "Personal Links" below)
Manner of Death: Lost control of his car early this morning on the ramp from Southwest Boulevard to I-35 in Kansas City, KS. He was wearing his seatbelt but the car rolled and the belt failed to hold him in the car.

Personal Links:

• Jesse's Xanga site


• Jesse's Photo Gallery (Warning, some pics not safe for work)

Posted by ScooterJ at 04:28 PM | Permalink

Age: 17
Sex: Male
Occupation: Student
Awards and Accolades: 2005 Winner of the Why Flying Is Important To Me essay contest / “Be A Pilot” scholarship. (The first-ever winner.) Also a recipient of the Amelia Earhart Award, the second-highest award a cadet can receive from the Civil Air Patrol.
Manner of Death: The Cessna he was piloting crashed in a field while returning to Wichita from a concert in Tulsa on November 4, 2006. Also killed was his 46-year-old father Markham Sageser. Two Ryan's 18-year-old friends survived the crash with serious injuries.

I'll never understand why anyone would think they can get into small aircraft on a regular basis and expect to get to live long enough to die of natural causes.

Posted by ScooterJ at 05:46 PM | Permalink