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==History== [[File:West Columbia, SC overlooking Columbia, SC.jpg|thumb|West Columbia overlooking [[Columbia, South Carolina|Columbia]] over the [[Congaree River]] and the [[Gervais Street Bridge]]]] [[File:West Columbia, SC from Richland Coutny.jpg|thumb|West Columbia from [[Richland County, South Carolina|Richland County]]; includes the [[Congaree River]] and the [[Gervais Street Bridge]]]] West Columbia was incorporated in 1894 as "Brookland", but the U.S. Postal Service called the town "New Brookland" since there was another town called Brookland. In 1936, the name was changed to "West Columbia" to emphasize its proximity to Columbia, the capital.<ref name="westcolumbiasc.gov"/> Numerous businesses, churches and a high school retain the Brookland and New Brookland names. The [[Gervais Street Bridge]], [[Mount Hebron Temperance Hall]], [[New Brookland Historic District]], and [[Saluda Factory Historic District]] are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref> The [[2008 South Carolina Learjet 60 crash]] occurred just before midnight on September 19, 2008, when a [[Learjet 60]] ([[Aircraft registration|registration]] {{Airreg|N|999LJ}}) crashed while taking off from [[Columbia Metropolitan Airport]].<ref name=MSNBCcrash>[http://www.today.com/id/26803108 4 killed, 2 hurt as rock star's jet crashes], as well as Today.com News Live, 8:30 AM, September 20, 2008.</ref><ref name="Newsday">Meg Kinnard [http://www.newsday.com/news/experts-pilots-should-have-taken-off-1.764908 "Experts: Pilots of doomed Learjet should've lifted off SC runway instead of trying to stop"], ''NewsDay'', (Associated Press) October 22, 2008</ref> The weather at the time was cool, dry, and clear. The plane hit runway lights and crashed through the boundary fence, crossing South Carolina Highway 302 (SC 302/Edmund Highway/Airport Boulevard), and coming to rest on an embankment by the side of the highway. No one on the ground was hurt, but four of the six people on the plane (including both [[aviator|pilot]]s) died in the crash, while the other two, [[Travis Barker]] (the drummer of [[Blink-182]]) and [[DJ AM|Adam Goldstein]] (DJ AM of [[Crazy Town]]), suffered severe burns. The plane was a [[charter flight]] taken by Barker, Goldstein and their entourage following a performance by their musical group [[TRV$DJAM]] at a free concert in [[Five Points (Columbia)|Five Points]] earlier that night to [[Van Nuys, California]].
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