I was reading the paper today, when I came across an obituary for Bruce A. Peterson. He was a test pilot, and his crash of an M2-F2 in 1967 provided the footage for the opening credits of one my families favorite shows when my brothers and I were growing up - "The Six Million Dollar Man". He was quoted in 1975, when the show was in its prime, as saying, "I don't think it cost any $6 million to put me back together." In fact, instead of gaining super bionic vision, he lost sight in one eye. Cheesy 70's TV show aside, I am amazed at the tenacity of the human spirit and how resilient our feeble bodies really are. Bruce lived to be 72 and died of natural causes. Rest in peace.
Friday, May 05, 2006
"6 Million Dollar Man" B. Peterson
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Wow. I was just looking for the real footage of that a few weeks ago. (I don't even remember why. I think I wanted the radio chatter.) I could find lots of footage before the crash, but none of the crash itself.
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