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Near miss with 5 airliners waiting for T/O on taxiway "C" in SFO!

Anyone with more info or possibly the ATC tapes of an incident in SFO, on Friday July 07, just before midnight local time?
Apparently an Air Canada jet cleared to land on 28R had lined up with the parallel taxiway "C".
There were up to 5 "heavies" full of fuel and pax waiting for T/O on that taxiway.
Unconfirmed reports indicate that the Captain of UA 001, (a 787 bound for SIN) may have said something on the Tower frequency to get the pilot's attention and causing them to go around!
Perhaps averting the most horrific aviation disaster in history!
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