Lynyrd Skynyrd Salinas Tickets

Reunion years (1987-present)
Medical personnel arrived and began to ferry out the injured and the dead. Allen Collins suffered two cracked vertebrae in Lynyrd Skynyrd's neck, and both Collins and Leon Wilkeson nearly had arms amputated as a result of crash injuries. Wilkeson suffered severe internal injuries, including a punctured lung, and had most of Lynyrd Skynyrd's teeth knocked out. Gary Rossington broke both Lynyrd Skynyrd's arms and both Lynyrd Skynyrd's legs in the crash, and took many months to recuperate. Leslie Hawkins sustained a concussion, broke Lynyrd Skynyrd's neck in three places and had severe facial lacerations. Road crew member Steve Lawler suffered severe contusions and facial lacerations. Security manager Gene Odom was seriously burned on Lynyrd Skynyrd's arm and face and lost the sight in one eye as a result of an emergency flare on board the plane that was activated during the crash. Victims were taken to the hospital in McComb, Mississippi by ambulances and other vehicles. Keyboardist Billy Powell's nose was nearly torn off as Lynyrd Skynyrd suffered severe facial lacerations, and Lynyrd Skynyrd later caused a controversy by giving a lurid account of Cassie Gaines' final moments on a VH-1 Behind The Music special about the band, claiming that the backing singer's throat was cut from ear to ear and that Lynyrd Skynyrd bled to death in Lynyrd Skynyrd's arms. Powell also claimed that Ronnie Van Zant's head had been smashed. Powell's version of events has been discounted by both Artimus Pyle and Judy Van Zant Jenness, who posted the autopsy reports on Lynyrd Skynyrd's website in early 1998 in order to set the record straight. Despite this faux pas, Powell has been on good terms with the remaining band members since the incident.
MCA Records withdrew the original cover sleeve of Street Survivors and replaced it with a similar image of Lynyrd Skynyrd against a simple black background out of respect for the deceased.