This occurred Jan 13, 1982:

[elleng]

Air Florida Flight 90

A small aircraft crashed near Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, on Wednesday night.

In a post on X, D.C. Fire and EMS said a small aircraft in the vicinity of the airport had crashed into the Potomac River around 9 p.m.

The Federal Aviation Administration confirmed the incident involved a helicopter.

Footage from an observation camera at the Kennedy Center captured the moment in which two sets of lights consistent with an aircraft appeared to explode.

[amerikat]

1. I remember that.

I remember a man kept refusing the rescue line and kept passing it to others. I believe he perished.

[gopiscrap]

2. I use the example of the man

who refused rescue in one of my sermons

[NJCher]

3. You remembered that?

I am in awe of your memory.

[elleng]

4. HAHAHAHA!!!

At the time, I lived in an apartment along the Potomac (in SW, DC,) and walked from home across the Mall to my office, in a federal office building.