The sights and sounds of the small plane crash in Pembroke Pines bring back painful reminders for a mother who lost her child in another plane crash four years ago.
“The crash feels like yesterday, but it feels like five lifetimes since I got to see my baby,” Megan Bishop said.
In March 2021, Bishop and her son, 4-year-old Taylor, were driving near Southwest 72nd Avenue and 13th Street in Pembroke Pines when a small plane crashed into their SUV and burst into flames.
The impact killed Taylor, along with two people on board.
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“I don’t remember the actual impact of the crash,” she said. “I just remember trying to get out the car and get to Taylor.”
Bishop moved to Tallahassee, far away from North Perry Airport – an area where the mayor says there have been dozens of crashes in the past five years.
“The time has run out on our patience, this community wants to feel safe, and I’m calling on the Broward County Commission to conduct a full, complete, and independent investigation of safety at this airport,” Pembroke Pines Mayor Angelo Castillo said. “We are very, very concerned about safety, and these residents are constantly fearing that in the middle of the night some plane is gonna knock into their homes and create a problem.”
“It’s becoming a norm,” Bishop reflected.
Sunday night’s crash happened while the Cessna carrying a family of four was on approach to North Perry, National Transportation Safety Board officials said.
Miraculously, no one on board or the ground was killed.
