Thursday, 27 September 2007

Remembering Colin McRae - Rmail

Colin McRae "he flying scotsman" as he was formerly known has been found dead after a helicopter crash last Sunday, I watched this on BBC news and felt a sense of sadness of a man I never knew. He was a World Rally Champion who not only pushed the boundaries of being a rally car driver but was also a loving father to a 5 year old boy Johnny who was also killed in the accident along with another man รข€" believed to be his friend and the man's son.

Ironically he had escaped death with rally driving many times but to die piloting his own helicopter seems also surreal. McRae's father Jimmy spoke about him only "being yards from the front door of his home" and that it was "unbelievable" that his son and grandson's lives had been taken "so prematurely". ... read more >>

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