A Dallas ISD English teacher was in the right place when a sport balloon in the Gordon Bennett Race crashed in Kaufman County and caught fire.
WARNING: THIS VIDEO CONTAINS PROFANITY. Video from Israel Alfaro shows the moments he came upon a gas balloon that had exploded after hitting a powerline in Kaufman County. The balloon was involved in the Gordon Bennett Gas Balloon Race from New Mexico to Georgia. The two pilots suffered non-life threatening injuries.English teacher was in the right place when a sport balloon in the Gordon Bennett Race crashed in Kaufman County and caught fire.
Israel Alfaro, a Dallas ISD English teacher at Adamson High School was headed to his sister's house in Crandall when he first saw the sport balloon overhead. On board the hydrogen gas aircraft were two pilots from Poland. Two people nearby helped the first pilot to get out, but the second was too badly injured to escape.
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