>> Devin: TONIGHT A LOOK AT HER
>> Devin: TONIGHT A LOOK AT HER LIFE AND LEGACY AS WE SHARE
LIFE AND LEGACY AS WE SHARE
LOCAL TRIBUTE BY GROUP OF
DETROIT SINGERS. >> OUR BABY GIRL WE LOVE YOU SO.
>> OUR BABY GIRL WE LOVE YOU SO.
>> Devin: AALIYAH WAS A STRAIGHT
A STUDENT DID ATTENDED DETROIT I
SCHOOL OF THE PERFORMING ARTS. AT 22 BEGINNING MUSICAL FORCE
AT 22 BEGINNING MUSICAL FORCE
MAKING HER MARK AROUND THE
WORLD’S 1520 YEARS AGO ALL THOSE
CAME TO A TRAGIC END WHEN SHE HEADED TO THE BAHAMAS FOR HER
HEADED TO THE BAHAMAS FOR HER
LATEST MUSIC VIDEO.
THE OCEAN BREEZES AND THE
TROPICAL ISLAND SEEM TO BE THE
PERFECT CHOICE FOR AALIYAH AND
DANCERS TO RECORD HER NEXT MUSIC
VIDEO.
>> YOU WANT TO THE BAHAMAS TO
FILM.
>> DAMON - REMEMBERED HOW WE DID
NOT WANT HIS GIRLFRIEND TO MAKE
THE TRIP. >> Man: THE WHOLE SITUATION WAS
>> Man: THE WHOLE SITUATION WAS
TERRIBLE IT COULD HAVE BEEN
AVOIDED.
>> Devin: I KNOW YOU MENTIONED BEFORE IF YOU WERE THERE NO ONE
BEFORE IF YOU WERE THERE NO ONE
WOULD HAVE GOTTEN ON THAT PLANE.
TALK TO ME ABOUT THAT.
>> Man: I WAS TRYING TO STOP THE WHOLE VIDEO SHOOT.
WHOLE VIDEO SHOOT.
I SAID ANOTHER DAY AND HAVE HUGO
SOMEPLACE.
THAN HAVE YOU IT A MESSED UP
SITUATION WITH THAT PLANE’S 15 THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED AALIYAH
THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED AALIYAH
FINISHED SHOOTING EARLIER THAN
EXPECTED.
IN THE EVENING OF AUGUST 25,
2001, SHE AND EIGHT OTHERS BOARDED A TWIN ENGINE CESSNA.
BOARDED A TWIN ENGINE CESSNA.
WITHIN MOMENTS OF TAKEOFF FROM
MARSH HARBOR IT CRASHED NEAR THE
RUNWAY.
ACCORDING TO THIS FAA REPORT THE
AIRPORT WAS SEEN LIFTING OFF THE
RUNWAY.
AND THEN NOSEDOWN IMPACTING AND A MARSH.
A MARSH.
THE REPORT WENT ON TO SAY THE
TOTAL GROSS WEIGHT WAS
SUBSTANTIALLY EXCEEDEDWOMAN I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY SOMEONE DID
NOT UNDERSTAND WHY SOMEONE DID
NOT SPEAK UP AND SAY THIS ISN’T
WORTH IT. WE EITHER HAVE TO BE ON A
WE EITHER HAVE TO BE ON A
COMMERCIAL GRADE JET WERE SPLIT
THIS UP OVER THREE CESSNA’S.
>> ACCORDING TO THE FAA THE
PILOT WAS NOT APPROVED TO ACT AS
PILOT IN COMMAND.
ALL NINE PEOPLE ON BOARD DIED.
>> Man: AND I SAT THERE AND CRIED.
I WAS IN DISBELIEF.
>> I REMEMBER GOING TO MY CAR
AND TURNING ON THE RADIO AND JUST HERE’S THE TRIBUTES.
JUST HERE’S THE TRIBUTES.
>> THE MUSIC WORLD TOOK A COLLECTIVE GASP.
COLLECTIVE GASP.
MARCUS DIVINE WAS IN HIS DETROIT
MUSIC STUDIO WHEN HE GOT THE
NEWS.
SINGER-SONGWRITER PRODUCER NEW
WHAT HE HAD TO DO TO HONOR HIS
FRIEND.
>> I HAD 50 DETROIT RAPPERS AT MY STUDIO THE NEXT DAY.
MY STUDIO THE NEXT DAY.
>> THEY ALL JOIN TOGETHER
RECORDING THIS SONG IN AALIYAH’S MEMORY.
>> BABY GIRL WE LOVE YOU SO.
>> FROM THE RECORDING STUDIO TO
THE STREETS OF DETROIT. AALIYAH GOT LOVE AND RESPECT.
AALIYAH GOT LOVE AND RESPECT.
>> HE IS A FANWOMAN SHE WAS
GREAT FOR FEMALES. >> ESPECIALLY AFRICAN AMERICANS.
>> ESPECIALLY AFRICAN AMERICANS.
>> FANS LINED UP TO PAY TRIBUTE
QUICK THIS IS SOMETHING SO TRAGIC.
>> THE FUNERAL WAS CLOSE TO THE
PUBLIC BUT THAT DID NOT STOP
FANS AS THE CASKET WAS BROUGHT
TO THE CHURCH. 22 DOVES RELEASED FOR THE 22
22 DOVES RELEASED FOR THE 22
YEARS THE SINGERS LIVED.
>> Man: MOM HAS NEVER GOTTEN
OVER IT EVER.
IT TOOK HER YEARS JUST TO GO TO HER APARTMENT TO CLEAN IT OUT.
HER APARTMENT TO CLEAN IT OUT. >> A LEO’S FANS LOVE FANS AND
>> A LEO’S FANS LOVE FANS AND
OTHERS WONDERING WHAT COULD HAVE
BEEN.
TOMORROW AT 5:30 WILL WILL TAKE
A LOOK AT THE LEGACY OF AALIYAH.
WE SPENT SPENT MONTHS TRACKING DOWN PEOPLE.
DOWN PEOPLE.
WE PUT EVERYTHING TOGETHER ON
OUR WEBSITE CLICKONDETROIT.com.
EXTENDED INTERVIEWS.
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