Mike Wilson of Denver, Colorado, seems like a regular kind of guy. Recently he's been doing his shopping in the run up to Christmas, visiting the doctor etc (all played out, inevitably, on his Twitter page).
Two days ago, however, he found himself leaping from a burning Boeing 737-500 in a ravine by the edge of the runway at Denver Airport.
Not only did he manage to take a picture of the crash site, but he Twittered the aftermath of the event in minute detail from almost the second he jumped out of the plane - covering how he felt after the crash to what happened to other passengers and how the airline was treating the survivors (NB: all surivived).On the spot reporting in the extreme.
Here is an official news report with a terrifying picture. Wilson is a lucky boy.
Some more detail about the incident here...
http://riverscrap.typepad.com/home/2008/12/plane-crash-victim-updates-twitter-before-fleeing.html
Good on Mr Wilson for securing his 15mins of fame, but personally I'd leave the gadgetry aside until I was totally out of harm's way!
Web 2.0 has changed somewhat how people would get the news. No one could imagine to receive quickest news from twitter years ago. Great that all surivived.