Obviously, Sully happened to be vacationing in the area and pulled off the amazing rescue, diving hundreds of feet into the ocean to pluck this little child from his/her seat. Afterwards, he simply shrugged, noted that he was just doing what any person would do, re-applied his sunscreen, and went back to his beachchair to read a book.
Galaxy Airlines Fl203 in 1985, one 17-year old was the only survivor... but there's another US one where 200+ people were aboard and a 3 or 4 year old girl was the only survivor, as she was shielded from all the shit by a parent. Can't find it though..
@SeniorPonzologist_GitEmSteveDa...: an 11 year old boy was the only survivor of the Park Slope plane crash in 1960. Thank god it happened in 1960 and not 2009 when the reports of his survival would have been met with rabid message board postings about imposing gender binaries on the child.
The lone survivor of the aircraft was four-year-old Cecelia Cichan of Tempe, Arizona. Cecelia Cichan's mother, Paula Cichan, died in the crash, along with her father, Michael, and her 6-year-old brother, David. After the crash, Cecelia Cichan-Lumpkin lived with relatives in Birmingham, Alabama, who shielded her from public attention. She graduated from the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama in the spring of 2006 with a bachelor's degree in psychology.
@lobstr: That story scarred me for life. I was just old enough at the time to see all the news stories and understand what they were saying, and I was terrified of flying after that. All I could think about was my whole family dying, and that IF I survived it would probably be at the cost of my parents' lives. (Her mother covered the baby seat with her body and absorbed the impact.)
@Colonel Mustard: I was reading the account, and it said the plane rolled 40 degrees as it stalled during takeoff. I don't think she could have intentionally covered the seat w/all the forces at work, but it seems the plane may have moved her into that position, which makes it all the more miraculous.
@Colonel Mustard: I was on a plane that took off from Detroit several minutes before that flight. I don't remember being aware that anything was happening, so we must have been far enough ahead by that time, but I was a kid so, who knows.
It pretty much scarred me for life too. I loved flying before that day. After? Not so much.
@minou: I remember when Delta flight 191 crash-landed at DFW in '86-ish splitting the plane in half and killing over 80 people, the wreckage was left at the scene of the crash for at least two days, and I remember the news footage showing planes in the background taking off behind it..
WTF must anyone think strapped in a plane and seeing two halves of a charred fuselage out the window and body markers everywhere?
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Anyone see Kris Kristofferson?
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Galaxy Airlines Fl203 in 1985, one 17-year old was the only survivor... but there's another US one where 200+ people were aboard and a 3 or 4 year old girl was the only survivor, as she was shielded from all the shit by a parent. Can't find it though..
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here we go:
[en.wikipedia.org]
Northwest Flight 225, Michigan to Cali, 1987:
The lone survivor of the aircraft was four-year-old Cecelia Cichan of Tempe, Arizona. Cecelia Cichan's mother, Paula Cichan, died in the crash, along with her father, Michael, and her 6-year-old brother, David. After the crash, Cecelia Cichan-Lumpkin lived with relatives in Birmingham, Alabama, who shielded her from public attention. She graduated from the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama in the spring of 2006 with a bachelor's degree in psychology.
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It pretty much scarred me for life too. I loved flying before that day. After? Not so much.
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WTF must anyone think strapped in a plane and seeing two halves of a charred fuselage out the window and body markers everywhere?
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repræsentet eas in lucem sanctam,
quam olim Abrahæ promisisti et Yemini ejus.
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@Mount_Prion:she really is.
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