Formula one driver trying to save fellow driver in car crash
A tribute to Roger Williamson and David Purley, Roger lost the control
of his car and it began to burn. But Purley stoped his car and tryed to
save Roger's life while the Marshalls were watching the fire. Roger
Williamson Was killed by the fire in 1973 in the Dutch GP .
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Added: Sep-21-2012 Occurred On: Sep-21-2012
By: 26thSky
In: Sports, History
Tags: Formula 1, hero, crash accident
Location: Netherlands (load item map)
Marked as: approved
Views: 2917 | Comments: 37 | Votes: 3 | Favorites: 2 | Shared: 2 | Updates: 0 | Times used in channels: 2
By: 26thSky
In: Sports, History
Tags: Formula 1, hero, crash accident
Location: Netherlands (load item map)
Marked as: approved
Views: 2917 | Comments: 37 | Votes: 3 | Favorites: 2 | Shared: 2 | Updates: 0 | Times used in channels: 2
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Dave,a broken man..
I think I can safely say that Roger will look out for him from the other side..
Posted Sep-21-2012 ByDJCool (198.18) 
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Very sad to see the guy struggling on his own whilst someone he probably knows very well is dying in front of him.
Somehow I found this footage more disturbing than a great deal of the bad stuff I've seen over the years.
Posted Sep-21-2012 ByPapaver (134.46) 
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Same here..
Posted Sep-21-2012 ByDJCool (198.18) 
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I suppose the other guys there didn't have fire retardant gear on like the drivers and would have got close enough to help if they could. It doesn't matter how brave or bold a person is, without protection you just can't do it. Really sad footage and one that I never knew about before.
Posted Sep-21-2012 ByPapaver (134.46) 
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Same...the music doesn't help either....
Posted Sep-21-2012 ByBthor420 (829.80) 
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Oh my God, that was horrible. Watching him trying desperately trying to save his friend, brought tears to my eyes.
Posted Sep-21-2012 Bydenvergirl1963 (481.46) 
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After watching for a few seconds, i remembered seeing it before and stopped. Too frustrating and very sad.
Posted Sep-21-2012 ByAlSet-AlOkin (1723.32) AlSet-AlOkin View Channel Send Message
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Yea, I had a harder time watching this then most other videos I have seen on here.
Posted Sep-22-2012 ByBthor420 (829.80) 
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That's what hero's do. David was killed in a plane crash he was piloting in 1985, flying a Pitts Special stunt plane. R.I.P.
Posted Sep-21-2012 Bybs2502 (275.60) 
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fuck, a good man there
Posted Sep-21-2012 ByPocoBueno (1292.18) 
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Seen this years back and its still one of the saddest things I have seen.
Human nature at its best thanks to David Purley
Posted Sep-21-2012 Bytomparko- (126.00) 
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few things sadden me on ll but that really has , fucking ballsy move Sir great attempt
Posted Sep-21-2012 Bybillybobb (669.40) 
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soul dameging
Posted Sep-21-2012 ByLunchBox (30.60) 
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Useless marshals, waving their hands around ineffectively like penguins.
Posted Sep-21-2012 ByX-Tatic (109.06) 
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wow, hard to watch that. Can't imagine how David Purley felt after that.
Posted Sep-21-2012 Byljmcooljay (94.00) 
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A true sportsman and gentleman.You can see in his body language how upset he is with not being able to help.Very sad. :(
Posted Sep-21-2012 ByZeb (632.10) 
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One of F1's darkest moments. Williamson was pretty much uninjured in the crash... just trapped. He could be heard screaming for help (to get the car flipped over & off of him..) He died from smoke asphyxiation. There was apparently a fire truck just 150 yards up track, but race officials would not allow them to back up to wreck. They made them wait 6 minutes until clearing the fire truck to drive all the way around the course. Some fans tried climbing barriers to help, but race officia More..
Posted Sep-21-2012 Byholymakerel (60.68) 
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Thats terrible even back in 1973. :(
Posted Sep-21-2012 ByZeb (632.10) 
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Wow......I didn't know all that..fucked up. Do you know if David kept racing afterwards?
Posted Sep-21-2012 ByBthor420 (829.80) 
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He did. Later on he started to drive those exibition planes and died in crash.
Posted Sep-21-2012 By26thSky (148.50) 
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Definitely a brave guy but I guess he had a flameproof suit on while the marshalls appear to only have Hi viz vests as safety equipment.
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I doubt that Purley was wearing fire retardant overalls. They were introduced to Formula 1 two years after this incident.
A very brave man,he was awarded the George Medal for his attempt to save Williamson's life.
Posted Sep-21-2012 Byruspren (15.26) 
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