DJ AM reveals details of last moments in the plane crash
Posted on October 16th, 2008 by Hot Momma
DJ AM (real name: Adam Goldstein) has revealed what happened to him, during the the fiery plane crash in South Carolina that left him and his friend Travis Barker badly burned and killed four passengers. was jolted from a nap by a real-life nightmare:
The celebrity disc jockey tells People magazine that he dozed off as they waited on the runway for the plane to take off:
“The next thing I remember is us crashing into something. I woke up to (fellow survivor Travis Barker) screaming and the plane engulfed in flames. I remember thinking it was like `Miami Vice,’ where a car is on fire and you run before the gas tank explodes _ we gotta get out of here!”
Goldstein said he jumped through a fireball while rushing out of the plane after former Blink-182 drummer Barker opened a door. They stopped, dropped and rolled but Barker remained on fire.
“I finally put the flames out by smothering him with my body,” he says. “Some of my burns are from that. His sock was on fire and I burned my fingers taking it off.”
They were treated at a burn center in Augusta, Ga., where visitors included DJ AM’s mother, sister and actress Mandy Moore.
“People must have looked at me and wanted to fall apart,” he said. “I asked a doctor for a mirror to see myself. The bandages were like a ski mask. But I thought I’d be OK. I didn’t think, `I’ll be disfigured for life.’”
Recovering from the final of three surgeries Goldstein, 35, has undergone procedures to treat his second- and third-degree burns. He says he’s coping one day at a time.
“My emotions go back and forth. I can’t believe I made it. I’m just grateful.”
He and Barker were the only survivors of the Sept. 19 crash at the main airport in Columbia. Two pilots and two other passengers were killed, including Barker’s assistant Chris Baker. As for the crash victims,
“All I wanted to know was what I already knew: They died on impact. I wanted to know they didn’t feel any pain. That was almost a relief,” he said.
Hard to believe, but the plane crash that nearly killed DJ AM and Travis Barker may actually have saved AM’s life. Doctors at the burn center found a blood clot in his leg that could’ve killed him if it hadn’t been treated. AM says the clot “could have traveled to my heart and I could have died” but docs put a filter in his vein and gave him blood thinners.
“I have a great deal of faith that everything happens for a reason,” he says.
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