A funny thing happened on the way to Montgomery County Airport in Maryland for a pilot and passenger in a Mooney M20J single engine plane on Sunday, local fire department spokesman Pete Piringer reports, adding that both are apparently uninjured but still trapped within the plane as of 7:47 PM EST. Power has been shut off for tens of thousands as firefighters mount a rescue.
This is not the completely random fire department spokesman Piringer’s first appearance in a National Zero story. Nor is it the funniest. That would be the one about the asshole who accidentally burned down his house while trying to smoke out a snake infestation from last December.