Footage of 120-car pileup appears in 'Final Destination 2'
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Posted 11:05AM on Friday 31st January 2003 ( 22 years ago )
CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE - Video footage of the fog-related 120-car pileup on Interstate 75 that killed five people and injured 39 last March appears in the horror movie ``Final Destination 2,'' which opened Friday. <br>
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``I hate to get famous off something so tragic, but not every job has a silver lining in it,'' said Butch Johnson of Chattanooga, who sold the footage to movie producers. <br>
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Johnson owns Butch Johnson's Eye in the Sky, which broadcasts live footage of Chattanooga area traffic on television and on the Internet. <br>
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His helicopter was the first on the scene after the March 14 crash in northwest Georgia close to the Tennessee line. His footage was shown on CNN and other television stations. <br>
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Johnson did not say how much he was paid, but said it was ``a nice chunk of change.''
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