Video footage shows a blimp falling out of the sky near the US Open
A blimp appears to have fallen out of the sky and crashed near the US Open, according to video accounts on Twitter.
Details of what occurred are still scarce, but eye witnesses on Twitter say the blimp caught fire and crashed in the woods near the US Open. Some say that people parachuted out of the blimp. Emergency responders are reportedly on scene.
Media representatives at the US Open did not immediately respond to Business Insider's request for comment.
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Blimp just popped & crashed at the US open, holy shit pic.twitter.com/dlRymV2fTr
- Sam Schmitt (@SamwellSchmeet) June 15, 2017Jesus this blimp at the US Open just crashed in my Grandma's farm field (this is the only picture I got 2 hours before excuse the caption) pic.twitter.com/1yQuRIsRyO
- Alex Grimm (@AlexGrimm4) June 15, 2017US Open blimp just went down and crashed in the woods @usopengolf @NoLayingUp @TronCarterNLU pic.twitter.com/zug9BnfqD3
- Joe Clark (@JoeClarkGolf) June 15, 2017Reports: The blimp caught fire and crashed at the #USOpen. Emergency crew is on the scene: https://t.co/Zh7wOrNtEl pic.twitter.com/nRihpgwlXy
- Golf Channel (@GolfChannel) June 15, 2017Just got to the #USOpen and the blimp caught fire and crashed. People parachuted out. pic.twitter.com/1lDi3VkXCu
- madison seigworth (@msiggyy) June 15, 2017
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