Road closure: Keeping California's scenic Highway 1 open
CBSN
On the California coast where the mountains cascade into the sea, a ribbon of road rides down the edge of the continent. Driving on Highway 1 is a singular experience, and this winding 70-mile stretch hugging the steep coastline of Big Sur is why bucket lists exist.
For tourists like Linda Carroll, of St. Paul, Minnesota, the feeling from driving Highway 1 is divine. "I think it's phenomenal," she said. "If you didn't believe in God and you were down here, you definitely would have to, because it's just spectacular."
Henry Miller helped put the area on the map in the 1950s, writing in his memoir, "Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch," "This is the California that men dreamed of years ago. … This is the face of the earth as the Creator intended it to look."
An American Airlines jet with 60 passengers and four crew members aboard collided with an Army helicopter Wednesday night while coming in for a landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington. The Black Hawk helicopter was carrying a crew of three. Officials said early Thursday that everyone on board both aircraft is believed dead, which would make it the deadliest U.S. air crash in nearly a quarter century.