Passion Fruit & Melanie Thornton - Then and Now | Damals und heute [German TV Report] (2021)
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This is a report from German TV that aired on November 28th, 2021 and commemorates the 20th anniversary of the passing of La Bouche frontwoman Melanie Thornton as well as Maria Serrano Serrano and Nathaly van het Ende of Passion Fruit. The lone surviving member Deborah "Debby" St. Maarten as well as members of Melanie Thornton's live band Groovin' Affairs give an insight on what happened on that fateful night on November 24th, 2001 as well as what they have been up to recently. 
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I saw some comments asking for subtitles. I can't make that happen but I wrote a transcript. Melanie's answers from the interview should be accurate (since I was able to transcribe them from the actual interview). As for Debbie's answers, I hope I'm doing her justice. I had to go off of the German voice-over, which doesn't seem to be a very exact translation. Anyways, it should get the gist of what she's saying.
We talk now to a woman who survived THE plane crash in which Melanie Thornton died years ago. This week, exactly 20 years ago, she lost her life. It happened shortly after the singer had released her Christmas song „Wonderful Dream“.
This Christmas season her song will constantly be playing everywhere again and maybe you feel the same as I do, that because of this song every year we are reminded of her tragic death. One person who witnessed her final minutes is Debbie St Maarten. She is also a singer and she sat together with Melanie Thornton in that very airplane.
Every look into the mirror reminds Deborah St. Maarten of what she went through that day.
„It’s never gonna be the same.“
This week, 20 years ago, it happened. The memories of the crash are still fresh. Deborah St. Maarten is one of the passengers of the Crossair flight. The flight that cost Melanie Thornton and 23 more people their lives.
Scheveningen, Netherlands, here lives Deborah St Maarten.
„Hi! Welcome to my home. Come on in!“
Some items in her apartment are still reminders of her past singing career. In the early 2000s Deborah, also called Debbie, was a member of the well-known girl band Passion Fruit. To this day their hit „The Rigga-Ding-Dong-Song“ is as catchy a tune as ever.
„It was really a dream come true for me. We were having so much fun and we were friends instantly.“
At the same time pop star Melanie Thornton was having great success with her Christmas hymn „Wonderful Dream“.
Debbie knows Melanie. „Melanie was very humble. She was quiet and nice. She always had a smile on her face. She was a little bit older than us, so she wasn’t as hectic. She was a real professional. She had already her career with „La bouche“ under her belt.“
In the 90s Melanie Thornton was the front woman of the duo „La Bouche“. „Sweet dreams“ and „Be my lover“ were two of their most successful hits. After the Euro Dance era the singer reinvents herself. The song „Wonderful Dream“ was the start to her long-awaited solo career.
Saturday, 24th November 2001, in Leipzig, this is Melanie Thornton’s last performance. She opened the concert with her hit „I love how you love me“. Forty thousand people in the audience are cheering for her. In the subsequent interview the singer sounds reflective, as if she had a sort of premonition of what was to come:
„We all know that tomorrow is not promised. You know, it’s… We have to give the most that we possibly can from all of our gifts and talents from god and whenever, wherever, enjoy as much as we possibly can.“
Melanie’s biggest wish back then, celebrating Christmas with her family. „I will spend Christmas with my family in Atlanta. After my last show with Coca Cola which is on the 23rd in Nürnberg, I will fly to Atlanta on the 24th which is our Christmas Eve (…) and have a nice Christmas morning on the 25th with my mom, my sister and her family and lots of friends. Just having a great time.“
Melanie won’t get to see her family again. Only a few hours after this interview she steps on board an airplane to Zürich. She needs to head to her next concert. Her band doesn’t fly with her.
Sascha Neuhardt (Guitarist): „It was kinda disappointing for us at the time because we enjoyed travelling together.“
Pietro Ramaglia (Drumer): „Normally we would’ve accompanied her…so eventually that saved our lives.“
Also on board the plane, Deborah and her fellow band members.
„It was snowing and the airport was relatively empty because it was the last flight of the day. We were tired. It was a relatively relaxed day, nothing special. We went on board. My band and I, we were relatively loud. Our tour manager went to sit in the back because of that. And I still remember telling my girls: Come, we are gonna tease him a bit and go sit with him. So, I sat down next to him and the other two girls were sitting in front of us. Everything was normal and then we took off.“
At 21:06 flight 3597 suddenly vanishes from the radar.
Female voice: During the plane’s approach to Zürich, airstrip 28, the plane crashed in a wooded area.
„My tour manager and I ordered a drink, that’s the last thing I remember then I fell asleep. Three minutes before the landing I woke up, put on my safety belt and then I doze off. When I woke up again, the plane was already on fire. It all happened very quickly. This all happened three minutes before the landing.“
The weather conditions in Zürich are bad. The pilot pulls too far down, too early. the airplane first touches upon the tree tops, then it crashes.
„I passed out because there was a lot of kerosine. Only once we were already on the ground I woke back up again. I was still sitting strapped to my seat. I took off the safety belt, got up and walked out of the plane.“
As if in trance, it seems like a miracle but Deborah remains unharmed (?). Others are not as lucky as her.
Male voice: „The crash cost 24 people their lives. Nine people survived miraculously.“
According to the examination report, the pilots were overtired. Human failure, the reason for the crash.
Melanie Thornton and Debbie’s band members, Maria and Nathalie, are among the victims of the crash.
„Right away I knew that they were gone. I was shouting their names. When they didn’t answer I knew that they were gone.“
Debbie suffered severe burns to her hands and her face.
„This finger was burned badly and my palm. This part here was pretty much a hole. The doctors took skin from my side and put it here.“
Deborah is in hospital for eight weeks. To keep on making music after the crash is out of the question for her.
„It took me six years to figure out who I am and what else I wanted to do instead of performing.“
Nowadays the 48 year-old is working as a social worker. For nearly twenty years, the 24th November was connected to pain for her until Loki became part of her life this January.
„This year for the first time the 24th of November was not a bad day because it’s also Loki’s birthday. He turned one.“
Deborah St Maarten is thankful for her second chance. She enjoys every moment even more. Although the sight in the mirror shows her scars, it reminds her every day of the fact that she got a second chance.
„I see my scars, my body, and I’m thankful and I am proud to be here.“
Enjoying life, being thankful, this mindset had Melanie Thornton, too.
„We have to give the most that we possibly can from all of our gifts and talents from god and whenever, wherever, enjoy as much as we possibly can.“
With this mindset the singer passed away, at only 34 years of age, much too early but her Christmas hit, „Wonderful Dream“ still makes it into the charts, this year too, and it brings Melanie Thornton back into our memories.
Thanks for taking the time to do this
Wow, this is amazing! Thank you for your work. Will pin this comment in a moment for everyone to see. :)
thank you so much you're a life saver !
If she was sitting next to Melanie Thornton how did she survive and melonie didn't???
@@ENOUGH_BEST_SONG I was just wondering the same
Ich war eigentlich Melanies Tontechniker, hatte aber an dem Tag keine Zeit und musste mich vertreten lassen. Das hat mir, wie auch der Band, das Leben gerettet. Seitdem ist der 24.11. sowas wie mein zweiter Geburtstag. Und zu dem Interview, ich glaube nicht, dass Melanie eine Vorahnung hatte, was sie da gesagt hat, war einfach ihre Lebenseinstellung.
wahrscheinlich...
Gänsehaut!!
Stimmt wohl,war ihre Lebenseinstellung.
Das es ein paar Stunden später, zu diesem tragischen Unglück kommen sollte, das konnte doch niemand voraus ahnen.
Es gibt einfach gewisse Dinge im Leben die man einfach nicht beeinflussen kann...
Es ist unglaublich dass es mittlerweile 20 Jahre her ist 😢 es macht mich jedes Jahr aufs neue traurig, der Beitrag hat mir Gänsehaut beschert.
Liebe Debby, ich wünsche dir alles Gute, es ist toll zu wissen dass es dir mittlerweile besser geht. Ruht in Frieden, liebe Melanie, Maria & Nathaly... Danke für die Musik und Erinnerungen die ihr uns auch 20 Jahre später noch schenkt ❤️
My mum knows Debby
Ruhet in Frieden für alle die beim Absturz umgekommen sind. Für Deborah wünsche ich viel Kraft im Leben
Egal wie lange es her ist, es wird uns immer in Erinnerung bleiben, dass an diesem Tag durch einen Flugzeugabsturz viele Menschen ums Leben kamen ,darunter Melanie Thornton eine wunderbare Sängerin und die Band Mitglieder zwei hübsche Frauen , die auch wunderbar waren. Die Band fand ich auch toll .
Debbie meinen aller größten Respekt hast du verdient, dass du des schweren Ereignis noch soviel Kraft hast, positiv denkst und mit deinem kleinen Hund Loki ein neues Leben beginnen tust. Ich wünsche dir alles Gute. 😉🙋
RIP Melanie Thornton ,Maria and Natalie. I'll never forget you .😢
I'm happy to see Debbie find joy and peace in her life.
I'm a 80ies - Kid, and was in the 90ies a Teenager. For me was la Bouche a great Band! I like her Voice so much! I din't know, that Her Name was Melanie Thornton. I realize it today! When she died, I feel so sad. And in my Country she have to died, thats soo crazy for me. She was so Young! I ask me often in the past , if la bouche will start again to sing. But today, I know, she really never come back to sing! I think she had the best voices in Europe. A great singer is gone. R.I.P. la Bouche- Melanie Thornton. And R.I.P. to all the Passangers,who left they lifes in this Plane!
This brought tears to my eyes because she survived a terrible plane crash that claim her bandmates life and the legendary singer Mel Thornton
The best and most thorough report I've seen on this. I'm glad they're remembered 20 years on, and that Debby is doing so well. Thanks for uploading.
Always so tragic
Young beautiful and talented
Rising Stars in Music Business
I Love the Bongo Song
So spired Ladies gone in a flash At least Debbie beat the
odds and survived Forever remembered and Eulogized by their talent
How do you know? You don't even know German.
@@31redorange08 Ich bin Engländer, hab aber 11 Jahre in Deutschland gewohnt und arbeite seit 2005 als Übersetzer. Den Kommentar hab ich absichtlich auf Englisch geschrieben, weil Passion Fruit und Melanie Thornton ja viele internationale Fans haben.
@@eurovicious Das ändert nichts daran, dass Anglophone nichts mit diesem Video werden anfangen können.
@@31redorange08Was laberst du für einen Müll
Wow I did not know the extent of Debbie's injuries. I wish her all the best.
Ich kann mich noch gut an ihren Auftritt bei der 9/11 Gedenkveranstaltung vor dem Brandenburger Tor erinnern !
War sehr bewegend ...
RIP Melanie
So glad to see that she is fine🙏
Alles Liebe du wundervoller Mensch. Zum Glück bist du der Welt geblieben
She physically healed beautifully. I'm glad she is okay. Events like this can change your live forever. RIP to the victims on the plane.
No, she is one of those who died in the crash. A sad story for sure! RIP Melanie!
Ich war heute(1.1.2022) das erste mal an der Gedenkstätte. Schaade kann ich hier kein Foto Posten. Liebe Grüsse aus der Schweiz
wahnsinn einfach schon 20 jahre her,ich war damals 15 jahre alt.Es war echt ein schock!!
Es war so traurig, als ich damals in den Nachrichten gehört habe, den 24.11.2001 werde ich nie vergessen
Danke für diesen tollen Bericht❤❤❤😪
Dieser Videoclip ist Golt und mega Geile!
Poland memory the best Melani Thorton🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱White Angels
Sie ist super hübsch die Deborah , ich kann keine narben mehr erkennen, wünsche ihr nur das Allerbeste . Ich wohne nicht weit von der Absturzstelle. La Bouche war meine Jugendzeit ...rip an alle Opfer
Omg hatte Gänsehaut als sie sagt .. man soll jeden Tag nutzen, den man weiss nicht wie lange es geht ...
...😢😢😢
Hunde geben einem soviel , so ein süsser schatz, wünsche dir viel freude mit ihm falls du das liest deborah. Und ich finde dich super hübsch genau so wie du bist
Subtitles please!!!
Que triste final, todos nos tenemos que ir en algún momento pero siempre esperamos vivir más, excelente voz de Melanie
immer in unserezen und nie vergessen !!!!!!!!
Very strong and brave woman! Good luck to her!
Это лучшая музыка.Мы русские помним и любим.Царствие небесное.
Muzyka pozostanie, serce ❤️💓❤️
Glad Debbie was able to fill us in on her recollection of the events and I'm happy she's doing better! Hope the victims are all resting well including Melanie, Maria and Nat. 2001 was a bad year for everybody man.
Me gustaría una traducción de este informe al idioma Español. Seguramente es muy importante el desarrollo sobre el tema de la tragedia. Saludos desde Argentina.
Me hubiese gustado mucho subtitulos en Español. Es solo una sujerencia , encuentro que este detalle hubiera hecho que este mismo reportaje hubiese tenido un alcance de cobertura mayor y a mayor publico..
Anybody know if there's an English version of this... It almost sounds like it's been dubbed. Or is anyone here know how to update it with English subtitles for US followers of these fantastic but sadly late artists?
Debby's voice is dubbed. I could try giving you a transcript or something, but I seem to be unable to add any subtitles.
@Gabriela Statt yeah I'm interested in that too, it's just hard to understand with the German voice talking at thr same time as her
danke
So furchtbar. 😢
Deborah hug you 🇮🇹😢
Surving such a dramatic experience always ever is life changing. I think surving it is for the individual person as tough as for the bereaved. Don't know about those who are gone.
No option for English subtitles?
Can you add English subtitles?
Frau St Maarten: Die Narben sind egal, Sie sind immer noch eine sehr schöne Frau.
Die inneren Narben sind wahrscheinlich schlimmer... wünsche noch ein gutes, langes (zweites) Leben!
🙏🙏🖤🖤💔💔😭😭😭
Wow, she was the one who survived that plane crash!
The one from Passion Fruit. Crash survived 9 people.
please can somebody translate
Hi! Those scoundrels from Swiss International Air Lines have a RUclips channel...
Scheveningen schöne Ort oft war Ich dort
Desinformationen entstehen durch falsche Tatsachen-Behauptungen:
Das Album mit den Lied "Wonderful Dreams" ist erst am 26. November 2001 - 2 Tage nach dem Absturz in den Handel gekommen.
maria wird leicht vergessen habe ich das gefühl...
Is it spoken English in German ??
Yes
Wish was in English
I'm upset about two things. 1. No one was held responsible for the accident. 2. Jacqueline did not give birth to children.
Bei diesem Flugzeugabsturz kam auch Jamule's mutter ums leben
Rip😢
Sie war glaub Mitglied von Passion Fruit
Ja , schrecklich...war ein gravierender Piloten Fehler
6.11 she looks like that black actress from the movie SAW 6 Tanedra Howard
All because of an incompetent pilot
Illuminati
Ich bekomme gänsehaut