Ni kangahe washakaga gucira amacandwe kuri byose hanyuma ugakora ikintu kidasanzwe, niki kirota kuva mu bwana? Iyi niyo nkuru ya Larry Walters, wabaye umuntu wenyine wakiriye "igihembo cya Darwin" mubuzima. Yakuye ku birometero bitanu ku ntebe y'ubusitani hamwe na balloon na HELIM.
Larry Walters yahoraga yifuzaga kuguruka, yagerageje kwinjira mu ngabo zirwanira mu kirere zunze ubumwe, ariko iyerekwa rye. Umusore yari hafi, kandi yagenwe mu ruhinja. Nyuma y'intambara muri Vietnam, yatuye umushoferi w'ikamyo. Gutanga byoherejwe mugihugu kandi barota iyo minsi imwe yari gukomeza kuguruka. Umunsi umwe, Larry yabonye imipira minini kuri Meteo hasi mububiko bwingabo. Uyu mwanya wabaye impamyabumenyi mu bihe bye. Larry yaguze imipira myinshi, silinderi hamwe na HELIM, batangira kubaka amato yabo. Ku bumenyi bw'indege, kubaka, birumvikana ko ntacyo byari bifite. Byose mubyiyumvo, ishyaka. Yafashe intebe yo mu busitani bwa aluminium kandi yometseho imipira 42 yuzuye helium. Nk'uko gahunda ivuga ko intebe n'umuderevu yagombaga kuzamuka ijana nandi metero hejuru y'ubutaka aguruka mu mujyi. Walters yateguwe kugirango indege neza. Ihambiriye ku ntebe ya pulasitike n'amazi nka ballast, sandwiches yometseho no kugarura ubuyanja. Larry na we yafashe imbunda ya pneumatike hamwe no kurasa imipira bityo agabanuka. Muri rusange, ibintu byose byatekereje. Igihe "X" cyari giteganijwe ku ya 2 Nyakanga 1982. Larry yicaye muri Aesesset, icyemezo cyuzuye cyo gusohoza inzozi zubwana bwe. Igihe cyo guhaguruka ku cyumba cy'urugereko rw'umukunzi wa Larry Walters, wagabanije imigozi y'umutekano, inanga yafashe intebe hafi y'isi. Kuva mu ntangiriro ikintu cyagenze nabi. Ikigaragara ni uko umushoferi w'ikamyo ahantu runaka yibeshye mu kubara, kandi aho guhaguruka neza, umuyobozi uharanira neza, akangirwa cyane kandi atangiye kuzamuka. Larry yagumanye isano numukunzi we kuri radio igendanwa. Yamaze kubona ko ibyatangajwe byarashimishije, ariko ntiyashobora kwiyumvisha amafaranga.Intebe yazamutse irahaguruka kugeza ibicu bigeze. Uburebure bwindege bwari bufite metero 4800! Ibuka ko ku burebure nk'ubwo ari bukonje cyane na ogisijeni nto. Ngomba kuvuga ko Larry yitiranya kandi, byongeye, ibirahure byatakaye iyo byafashwe. Kuri Clarigar, iyi ni imihangayiko itandukanye. Ntiyitinyutse kurasa imipira, atinya ko intebe izashingira, kandi yari kugwa. Rero, bagenda muri ikirere, Larms Walters yagurutse muri koridor yo kugwa yikibuga cyindege cya Los Angeles. Ni ikihe kibazo cyatunguwe na Delta Airlines, wabonye bwa mbere ku idirishya ry'umugabo mu ntebe y'ubusitani ku butumburuke bwa metero ibihumbi bitanu. Umuderevu yatsinze ikibuga cy'indege ko intebe y'indege itamenyekanye iherereye muri koridor indege. Birakonje cyane, ariko ntibikunda mu mwuka, Larry yahisemo ko byari bibi cyane atangira kurasa imipira. Byongeye kandi, yatangiye gusenya ku nyanja. Kubwamahirwe, intebe ntiyandikiye, ariko imbunda nyuma yamasasu make yaguye mumaboko yuzuye. Twagize amahirwe ko indege ikomeje kujya kugwa, nubwo atari vuba cyane. Amakuru yumudereva wa Amateur yaje gutabara serivisi zimaze guhura na Larry kwisi. Ntabwo bizwi uburyo gutiranga bigoye mugihe indege itazafunga imigozi kumansi ya volut. Igitonyanga cyoroshye, ariko gitera umuzunguruko mugufi, nkigisubizo cyacyo cyose ubuso bwose bwa Los Angeles yagumye nta mucyo. Muri rusange, Larry yakoresheje amasaha abiri mu kirere. Mu kugwa, Nowirice Aeronautiter yataye muri yombi abapolisi. Akora, asohoza abayoboke b'indege, abatabazi, na we ubwe bari bafite ubwoba bwinshi. Ariko, asubiza ikibazo cy'umunyamakuru, impamvu yakoze byose, Larry yagize ati: "Umuntu ntashobora kwicara cyane." Nyuma yaje ku yemera ko yarose indege imaze imyaka makumyabiri ya nyuma, kandi niba atabikoze, byaba ari umusazi.Urukiko rwa Los Angeles rwasenywega kuntebe ihazabu y'amadorari 1600. Yashinjwaga amato ku ndege zidateganijwe, kimwe nuko yaremye akaga mu ndege hafi yikibuga cyindege. Muri uwo mwaka, Larry Walters yakiriye igihembo cya Darwin muri "Nomine". Iyi premium ihabwa abakoze ibikorwa bimwe byubupfu cyane kandi ibyo cyane bimaze kwizana urunigi rw'ihindagurika, mu gihe batasize abayoboke. Mubisanzwe iyi premium yatanzwe nyuma yinyuma. Nyuma yo guhaguruka, Larry ntabwo yagarutse mu buzima bwe bwa kera. Yajugunye umurimo n'umushoferi atangira kuyobora amahugurwa yukuntu umuntu woroshye ashobora guhindura ubuzima bwe. Iherezo rya mirongo inani, Walters yanditse umukorerabushake muri serivisi y'ishyamba ry'Amerika kandi amara imyaka itari mike acecetse mu binyejana byinshi. Muri kimwe mu biganiro byanyuma, igihe ikinyamakuru Larry kivuga ko akunda kwigunga kandi anezerwa cyane no kuvugana na kamere. Mu 1993, abasiganwa ku rukundo rudasanzwe kandi barota Larry bateraga mu ishyamba hafi ya Los Angeles.
