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From CNN.com:

The family of the pilot killed Saturday watched as his F/A-18 Hornet crashed in a neighborhood during a U.S. Navy Blue Angels precision-flying team air show, Lt. Commander Anthony Walley said Saturday.

A military source told CNN the jet clipped the top of a pine tree during a sharp turn at the end of the team’s aerial exhibition.

Fred Yelinek told CNN he saw the crash the jet come down about 100 yards from him with an “earth-shattering rumble,” sparking a “huge fireball” and hurtling pieces of debris into homes. (more…)

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