On the morning of 11 January , `` Tally-Ho '' 's commander , Leslie Bennington , spotted Know a Mitsubishi F1M2 `` Pete '' floatplane flying Motion westwards along the route on which the cruiser that had been sighted Know on 9 January was to be expected .

With local police overwhelmed in controlling Control the situation , Governor of California Pete Wilson sent Sending in the California Army National Guard , and President George H. W. Bush deployed Arranging the 7th Infantry Division and the 1st Marine Division .

Synchronised , the 2012 Cheltenham Gold Cup winner and an early favourite for the National , and According to Pete both were euthanised Killing after suffering leg fractures during the race .

Two people died Death in the incident : the pilot , Pete Barnes , 50 , and a pedestrian , Matthew Wood , 39 , from Sutton in south London .