HELICOPTER CRASH IN THE TENNNESSEE RIVER KILLED ONE OF FOUR PEOPLE WHO WERE ON BOARD.
>> THIS VIDEO SHOWS PEOPLE ON A
PONTOON BOAT RESCUING THE
PASSENGERS4@.
THAT CRASH HAPPENED ONCE AGAIN
ON THE TENNNESSEE RIVER WEST OF
ALCOA4@ HIGHWAY BEHIND LAKEVIEW
DRIVE IN KNOXVILLE.
THAT'S OFF KINGS KINGSTON PIKE
10:00 NEWS ANCHOR JOHN BECKER
IS LIVE IN WEST KNOXVILLE4@ NEAR
THE SCENE OF THAT CRASH WITH
THE VERY LATEST.
JOHN.
ROBIN, THE HELIPAD IS JUST
ACROSS THE RIVER FROM US OVER
MY SHOULDER.
THE WRECKAGE FROM THAT
HELICOPTER4@ IS ABOUT 30 TO 40
FEET DOWN IN THE TENNNESSEE
RIVER ABOUT 200 OR SO YARDS
DOWNSTREAM ONBOARD THAT
HELICOPTER LAST NIGHT AS WE'VE
BEEN REPORTING, TWO BROTHERS,
JOE AND JIM CLAYTON4@ BOTH IN
THEIR MID 80S AS WELL AS A
KLAYTON GRANDSON4@ AND A FAMILY
FRIEND.
THREE OF THE PEOPLE ON BOARD
WERE ABLE4@ TO ESCAPE THAT
WRECKAGE THROUGH THE HELP OF
SOME BY STANDARDS.
4@ONE DID NOT AND THAT WAS JOE
CLAYTON.
YOU MAY KNOW THE CLAYTON
BROTHERS FROM THE MANUFACTURE4@D
HOME BUSINESS BUT JOE CLAYTON4@
WAS SORT OF THE UNDERS STATED
BROTHER.
HE WAS THE ONE WHO RAN4@ THE AUO
BUSINESS FOR SO MANY YEARS AND
STILL SELLING CARS AFTER
DECADES.
WE LEARNED4@ A LOT MORE ABOUT HS
LIFE GROWING UP AS THE SON OF A
SHARECROPPER FROM AN INTERVIEW
HE DID BACK IN 2012 WITH
HALLERIN HILTON4@ HILL.
HERE'S A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW
HE GOT INTO THE CAR BUSINESS
CAME TO UTI AT YOUR4@ AT YOUR
BROTHER'S 4@REQUEST AND YOU END
UP IN THE CAR BUSINESS.
>> NOW YOU GUYS HAD SPENT SOME
TIME THOUGH IN T4@HE TV WORLD,
RIGHT?
>> WELL, ACTUALLY JIM PURCHASED
A VERY NICE STUDEBAKER4@ TWO FOR
TWO TUTONE STUDEBAKER, A VERY
NICE CAR AND HE ASSURED ME THAT
HE COULDN'T MAKE THE PAYMENTS.
SO HE KONW ME INTO TAKING OVER4@
HIS PAVEMENT'S WHICH I WAS
HAPPY TO4@ DO UNTIL I FIGURED OT
HOW HARD IT WAS TO MAKE THOSE
PAYMENTS.
4@I SOLD THAT CAR AND HE HAD
ACTUALLY TAKEN4@ ONE THAT I HAD
AN OAKD TRADE AND HE SOLD IT.
SO4@ MADE IT SOUND VERY EASY.
SO I SOLD THE STUDEBAKER AND IT
WAS EASY.
AND SO FROM THERE WE4@ STARTED
SELLING SOME CARS ON THE SIDE.
AND WHERE WOULD YOU GET THE
CARS4@?
WELL, WE RAN INTO A FRIEND.
>> HE WOULD TAKE US DOWN TO
NORTH CITY TO BUY THEM.
AND SO WE'D BUY CARS IN HIS
NAME, BRING THEM BACK TO
CLINTON HIGHWAY AND SELL.
SO THAT'S WHERE WE GOT INTO THE
BUSINESS.
AND IT JUST.
NOW YOU DID IT OUT OF NECESSITY
THOUGH BECAUSE YOU NEEDED MONEY
.
IS4@ THAT WAS THAT THE STORY?
IT WAS A LITERARY REAL NET4@
NECESSITY.
YES.
NECESSITY. YES. RIGHT.
YES. RIGHT. SO YOU START IN THE CAR
BUSINESS AND YOU GUYS GO
PICKING COTTON SHARECROPPING,
SELLING CARS4@.
>> WELL, I GUESS T4@HAT DID CROS
MY WAY IN THE4@ MATH IN THE CAR
BUSINESS WAS PRETTY4@ PRETTY GOD
IN THOSE DAYS BACK IN 57 58.
>> SO YOU COME INTO THE
BUSINESS NOW YOU SAID YOU TOOK
OVER THE BUSINESS4@.
YOU STARTED RUNNING THE
BUSINESS.
AND YOU SAID IT WAS4@ A LITTLE
BIT OF TROUBLE.
I THINK YOU MENTIONED A COUPLE
OF WRECKS.
YES.
WELL, THERE WAS SOME CARS AND
VOLKSWAGENS THAT HAD4@ BEEN
PURCHASED DOWN IN JACKSONVILLE,
FLORIDA AND THEY WERE DRIVING
BACK AND SOME ACCIDENTS
OCCURRED.
AND SO I FELT LIKE IT WAS TIME
FOR ME TO JUMP IN FULL TIME.
JIM HAD ACTUALLY STARTED THE
BUSINESS4@ SO IN FACT IT WAS
NAMED J.
JIM CLAYTON MOTORS AT THAT TIME
.
SO YOU COME IN TO THE BUSINESS
.
AND DID YOU THINK YOU'D BE
THERE4@ FOR 50 YEARS?
I MEAN DID YOU THINK THIS WOULD
BE YOUR LIFE YOUR CAREER?
WELL, I LEARNED IN 614@ AFTER
SOME BUSINESS FAILURE THERE
THAT THAT4@ IN ORDER TO PAY OFF
SOME BUSINESS FAILURE THERE THAT THAT4@ IN ORDER TO PAY OFF@ OUR DEBTS AND SO FORTH THAT I
HAD TO GO TO WORK AND I DID
LIKE I LIKE SELLING4@ CARS.
>> I REALLY ENJOY IT.
STILL DO STILL ENJOY EVERY4@ DA.
>> SO THAT'S SET MY COURSE4@ AT
THAT POINT IN TIME.
>>4@ BACK LIVE HERE ON THE BANKS
OF THE TENNNESSEE RIVER4@ AGAIN
JOE CLAYT4@ONS, TWO SONS AND
DAUGHTER4@ FOLLOWED HIM IN TO TE
FAMILY CAR BUSINESS.