Troopers: 4 dead in W. Alaska plane crash

[Reader]

http://centurylink.net/news/read/ca...p-troopers_plane_crash_in_w_alaska_10_aboa-ap

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A plane crash near the remote western Alaska village of Saint Marys killed four of the 10 people aboard, including an infant boy, an Alaska State Troopers spokeswoman said Saturday.

The pilot and three passengers died in the Friday night crash, spokeswoman Megan Peters said..........more.......


The other six were injured. Names are given.

 

[Blondie in Spokane]

This just breaks my heart.....

"Mother had to walk a MILE for help after surviving Alaska plane crash and watching helplessly as her baby died in wreckage"

"When efforts by the 25-year-old to revive her five-month-old son Wyatt failed, Miss Coffee made the agonizing decision to go in search of rescuers."

'I believe she's the real hero in this,' Saint Mary's Village Police Officer Fred Lamont Jr said. The village, like many in the remote region, is off the road system and residents rely on aircraft to get around."


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ear-remote-Alaskan-village.html#ixzz2mEIYf3WT

 

[Reader]

Thanks Blondie in Spokane, for the link. Those pictures of Ms. Coffee and her baby just break my heart. He looked so happy and healthy. She truly is a hero to guide the rescuers there and help with other wounded people.

 

[newone]

this is a tragic update to the story

the wonderful mother who walked towards the lights to get help for the crash survivors has died in an ATV accident

http://www.azfamily.com/news/national/278721121.html

''A 26-year-old woman who survived a plane crash in southwest last year has died in an all-terrain vehicle crash.

Alaska State Troopers say the body of Melanie Coffee of Marshall was found Wednesday in the village.''