Plane crash was always Travis Barker’s biggest fear
Posted on October 8th, 2008 by Hot Momma
Former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker, says he’s glad to be alive after suffering severe burns in the fiery plane crash last month that killed four people. He tells US Weekly a plane crash was his personal hell:
“I hate planes. My biggest fear ever is to be involved in a plane crash, so when that happened … well, I’m just thankful to be alive! I’m just grateful to be here at all.”
Barker and celebrity disc jockey DJ AM were the only survivors of the crash just before midnight Sept. 19 at the main airport in Columbia, S.C. Two pilots and two other passengers were killed, including Barker’s assistant Chris Baker. Officials with the National Transportation Safety Board have said a cockpit voice recorder revealed that crew members thought a tire blew out and tried to abort the takeoff.
Barker was released from a Georgia hospital last week and is now being treated at a burn center in Los Angeles. He was not about to get on another plane, so he arranged to travel cross-country by bus with his father and ex-wife Shanna Moakler to keep him company. He looks forward to returning to his life:
“I’m trying to have a quick recovery and play the drums again and be able to hold my kids again,” said Barker, who has two children, Landon, 5, and Alabama, 2, with Moakler.
If all goes well, Barker expects to leave the hospital within two weeks.
“I am doing the best I can possibly be. I’m so anxious to get out of here. … I’ve just been in surgery after surgery. I have third-degree burns basically from my feet up to my waist and both hands. One of my hands has second-degree burns and one has third-degree burns.”
DJ AM (real name: Adam Goldstein) was recently released from the hospital, too and also took a bus back to LA, and continues to be treated for his severe burns.
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