Travis Barker has spoken to Us Weekly magazine about surviving that recent and much previously reported plane crash. The former Blink-182 drummer said in the interview: "I hate planes. My biggest fear ever is to be involved in a plane crash, so when that happened ... well, I'm just thankful to be alive! I'm just grateful to be here at all".
Barker was released from hospital in Georgia last week, but was too afraid to fly home, and instead travelled by bus with his father and ex-wife Shanna Moakler. He is now being treated at a burns centre in Los Angeles, and is expected to leave the facility within two weeks. Speaking about the treatment he's been having, he continued: "I am doing the best I can possibly be. I'm so anxious to get out of here ... I've just been in surgery after surgery. I have third-degree burns basically from my feet up to my waist and both hands. One of my hands has second-degree burns and one has third-degree burns. I'm trying to have a quick recovery and play the drums again and be able to hold my kids again". Barker has two children, aged five and two, with the aforementioned ex-wife Moakler.
You'll no doubt remember that Barker's fellow survivor DJ AM, aka Adam Goldstein, was released from the hospital in Georgia a few days before the drummer, so it would seem that his injuries were less severe. Four people died in the 19 Sep crash, of course, passengers Chris Baker and Charles Still, pilot Sarah Lemmon and co-pilot James Bland.