Travis Barker Recalls Daughter Alabama’s Fear Before His 2008 Plane Crash: ‘The Roof’s Gonna Come Off!’
The Blink-182 drummer spoke to Jay Shetty about the deadly accident while promoting his upcoming Hulu doc Travis Barker: Louder Than Fear .
Travis Barker shared a harrowing tale with Jay Shetty on the On Purpose with Jay Shetty podcast, recounting the day his daughter Alabama expressed a chilling foreboding about the upcoming plane crash that took his life. On September 19, 2008, Alabama, then three or four years old, cried out "The roof's gonna come off!" when asked if her dad would be flying to South Carolina for a gig.
Barker, then a dad, felt uneasy about leaving his children but obliged to his manager's insistence that he couldn't back out of the performance. Despite his fears, he flew to South Carolina with manager DJ AM, leaving Alabama behind with a sense of dread. The plane took off into a foggy night, but Barker noticed another small plane in the distance and expressed his unease to his dad, who reassured him.
Minutes later, the plane crashed, killing two of Barker's closest friends and two others, leaving Barker and DJ AM as the sole survivors with severe injuries. Barker's new documentary, "Travis Barker: Louder Than Fear," delves into the events leading up to the crash, highlighting the moments that should have alerted him to the danger.
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