Travis Barker Speaks About Tragedy

Former Blink-182 Drummer Opens Up About Fatal Crash For the first time since the fatal plane crash that killed four and left two severely burned, Barker is talking about his experience. On September 19, 2008, Travis Barker, former Blink-182 drummer and star of MTV's Meet the Barker's and his friend D.J. AM (Adam Goldstein), a popular Los Angeles area disc jockey, were in a fatal plane crash in Columbia, South Carolina. The duo had just finished a free concert at a college in Columbia and chartered a plane back to Van Nuys, Calif. so AM could disc jockey for a friends wedding the next evening. Fatal Crash Barker, D.J. AM, Barker’s assistant Chris Baker, and Barker’s bodyguard Charles Still boarded a private Learjet just before midnight but something went horribly wrong during takeoff and the plane skidded off the 8600-foot... [read full story]                    

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