But to celebrate them is to be silent about the people who sit and sleep underneath them, the homeless poor who are hauled away by the city like trash, except it has no place to dump them. Aircrash Confidential also covered the accident in one of their episodes. Duncan woke up in the hospital the morning after the crash without knowing what had really happened. "You've got to go out and do it," he said. He soon learned from his wife at home that Mrs. Tirado had been seen by friends in Washington as she was rescued from the icy water of the Potomac River. TAMPA, Fla. -- Priscilla Tirado, 22, one of the survivors of the Air Florida plane crash in Washington Wednesday, had returned to this country in October from Madrid, Spain, with her 26-year-old immigrant husband, Jose. The National Transportation Safety Board ruled that the relatively inexperienced pilots made critical mistakes before and during their 4 p.m. takeoff from National Airport: They underestimated the danger of ice on the plane's wings. That had become a stale joke. Joe Stiley, one of the survivors, was an experienced pilot. The images would becomeseared intothe memories of Washingtonians through the years: the Potomac swallowing the planeexcept for a slice of its tail section;the dazedeyes of a passenger, her head barely abovewater as she gripped a safety ring during a rescue attempt;a truck hanging over the bridge after being struck by the jetliner;a survivor clinging to a rope line dangled from a U.S. Park Policehelicopter. On January 13, 1982, the Boeing 737-200 registered as N62AF, crashed into the 14th Street Bridge over the Potomac River. His divorce. As the plane became briefly airborne, the voice recorder picked up the following from the cockpit, with the sound of the stick-shaker (a device that warns that the plane is in danger of stalling) in the background: 16:00:39 [SOUND OF STICKSHAKER STARTS AND CONTINUES UNTIL IMPACT]. Airplane survivor Priscilla Tirado, a 22-year-old American who lives in Spain, was visited by her father at the Arlington hospital yesterday and told that her husband and her2-month-old son had . (Photo by David Hume Kennerly/Getty Images) Embed Save Learn more local office for all commercial or promotional uses. CNN had just introduced what became a new phenomenon the 24-hour news channel. Priscilla Tirado was too weak to grab the line when the helicopter dropped the line to her again. He resumed his duties after passing a retest on August 27, 1980. Her husband Jose and their 9-week-old son Jason were among the 78 people who died. [24] Kelly Duncan, the only surviving flight attendant, was recognized in the NTSB accident report for her "unselfish act" of giving the only life vest she could find to a passenger. I wanted out in the worst way.. It was being deiced with a film crew outside filming us. On two occasions, the crew recalled last night, he handed away a lifeline from the hovering machine that could have dragged him to safety. For the survivors, life was forever changed. In an ABC News article following the crash, he said he knew something was not right while the plane hurtled down the runway: You could see out one side, but not really the other side. [4]:11,92, The pilot, Captain Larry M. Wheaton, aged 34, was hired by Air Florida in October 1978 as a first officer. Air Florida Flight 90 was a scheduled U.S. domestic passenger flight from Washington National Airport to Fort Lauderdale - Hollywood International Airport with an intermediate stopover at Tampa International Airport. From October 1977 to October 1980, he had been a fighter pilot in the US Air Force, accumulating 669 hours as a flight examiner, instructor pilot, and ground instructor in an F-15 fighter unit. 'He had never been on an airplane until he left Madrid to fly to Washington,' he said. "I don't anymore.". The Capstan was considerably farther downriver on another search-and-rescue mission. Flight 90, operated by the now-defunct Air Florida, was headedtoFort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, a popular winter weather escape route. Tirado, meanwhile . 16:00:48 CAM-1 Come on forward.forward, just barely climb. The helicopter then proceeded to where Felch had fallen, and paramedic Gene Windsor dropped from the safety of the helicopter into the water to attach a line to her. Jan. 13, 1982, hada second reason to be a dark day inWashington, D.C., history: About 30 minutes after the Air Florida incident, a subway train derailment in the heart of downtown led to the deaths of three passengers, the first fatalities involving the city's Metro system. Organize, control, distribute and measure all of your digital content. The flight was due to depart at 14:15, but prolonged heavy snowfall, accompanied by . A sixth person initially survived the crash but, according to U.S. Park Police helicopter rescuers, refused their lifeline, indicating it should go to the others. According to the affidavits, she said she had been drinking and smoking marijuana and crack, a potent form of cocaine. [22], The Coast Guard awarded a Silver Lifesaving Medal to two crewmen of the U.S. Park Police helicopter Eagle 1. Here, Emily Yoffe. Martin Leonard Skutnik III (born 1953 in Mississippi, known as Lenny) is a retired employee of the United States Congressional Budget Office who, on January 13, 1982, saved the life of Priscilla Tirado following the crash of Air Florida Flight 90 into the frozen Potomac River, Washington, D.C. As passengers were being rescued, Tirado was too weak to take hold of the line dropped from a helicopter. Im a commuter. As the U.S. Park Police are part of the United States Department of the Interior, pilot Donald W. Usher and paramedic Melvin E. Windsor also received the Interior Department's Valor Award, presented in a special ceremony soon after the accident by Secretary of the Interior James G. Watt. Moore said she overcame a long-term feeling of guilt for having survived while others died. Before it reached the shore, both Tirado and Felch lost their grip and fell back into the water. The pilots failed to switch on the engines' internal ice protection systems, used reverse thrust in a snowstorm prior to takeoff, tried to use the jet exhaust of a plane in front of them to melt their ice, and failed to abandon the takeoff even after detecting a power problem while taxiing and having ice and snow build up on the wings. "She lost the most," Moore said. The survivors received substantial, undisclosed settlements, as did the families of the 74 who perished on the plane and the four motorists who died. [4]:59. Rescuers who reached the site were unable to assist survivors in the water because they did not have adequate equipment to reach them. But aTV crew stuck in gridlocked traffic nearbycaptured the graphic footage after theBoeing 737 struck the 14th Street Bridge, just a few miles from the White House. Moore, who returned to her flight attendant job six months after the crash, left it 18 months later. The National Transportation Safety Board blamed the accident on the pilots' failure to abort the takeoff and have the wings properly de-iced. Nevertheless, "Life has so much more meaning now. It made me feel like I was giving something.". Well, I was a commuter, before COVID. His body and those of the other occupants were later recovered. Air Florida Flight 90 was a scheduled U.S. domestic passenger flight operated by Air Florida from Washington National Airport (now Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport) to Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, with an intermediate stopover at Tampa International Airport. 'I've only been here in America a month and already I'm there,' Keefer quoted him as saying. [11] His body and those of the other occupants were recovered later. He does remember the vividness of life after the crash. Four passengers and one flight attendant were rescued; four motorists on the bridge were killed. By the way, this is actually the 2nd crash at National. TAMPA, Fla. -- Priscilla Tirado, 22, one of the survivors of the Air Florida plane crash in Washington Wednesday, had. The helicopter returned to the aircraft's tail, and this time Arland D. Williams Jr. (sometimes referred to as "the sixth passenger") caught the line. Five people aboard the plane survived the day. . Streamline your workflow with our best-in-class digital asset management system. The Boeing 737 slammed into the 14th Street Bridge, shearing off the tops of cars, and then crashed into the icy river. On January 13, 1982, Air Florida Flight 90 crashes into the 14th Street Bridge over the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., resulting in 78 fatalities. Fort LauderdaleHollywood International Airport, Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Learn how and when to remove this template message, "Air Florida, Inc., Boeing 737-222, N62AF, Collision with 14th Street Bridge near Washington National Airport, Washington, D.C., January 13, 1982", "AirDisaster.Com: Special Report: Air Florida Flight 90", "Air Florida disaster still chilling 27 years later", "Emergency Services Reacted Quickly to Jetliner's Crash", "A look back to another river crash. Beirne Keefer of Clearwater was waiting at Tampa International Airport for his daughter and her family when he learned of the crash. Of the motorists on the bridge involved: 4 sustained fatal injuries 1 sustained serious injuries 3 sustained minor injuries Clinging to the tail section of the broken airliner in the ice-choked Potomac River were flight attendant Kelly Duncan and four passengers: Patricia "Nikki" Felch, Joe Stiley, Arland D. Williams Jr. (strapped and tangled . The pilot apparently decided not to return to the gate for reapplication of deicing, fearing that the flight's departure would be even further delayed. Boards are the best place to save images and video clips. The only part of the plane that held together was the rear of the cabin by the flight attendants jump seat. Stiley, then a vice president at General Telephone & Electronics, had grim news to deliver to employees in Huntsville, Ala. Flight 90 was nearly two hours late when it lifted off National Airport's slushy main runway. At the time of the accident, he had around 3,353 flight hours, 992 with Air Florida, all on the 737. [27] Thomas Canning, a senior airline analyst for Standard & Poor's, said, "I don't believe one crash can make or break an airline; there were a lot of other factors involved in Air Florida's bankruptcy. Tirado was 43 and traveling with her husband and 2-month old son. "You could see out one side, but not really the other side," said Stiley, now 63. will never be normal again," said Hamilton, 51, of Melbourne Beach, Fla. By then some fire/rescue personnel had arrived, but military personnel and civilians were key in pulling the survivors from the shore up to waiting ambulances. Survivors Remember Flight 90, ABC News (ABC News Network, January 6, 2006), Lipman, Don. We only want five hundred. It began as an intrastate operation, but soon expanded to the east coast and, eventually, international destinations. At approximately 4:20 p.m. EST, Eagle 1, a United States Park Police Bell 206L-1 Long Ranger helicopter (registry number N22PP) based at the "Eagles Nest" at Anacostia Park in Washington, and manned by pilot Donald W. Usher and paramedic Melvin E. Windsor, arrived and began attempting to airlift the survivors to shore. Joseph Stiley breaks into tears spontaneously. At 4:01 PM on January 13, 1982, Air Florida Flight 90 crashed into the icy Potomac River during a Washington snowstorm. "I wanted out in the worst way.". He was real good for me.". In all, there were five survivors: Joe Stiley, his coworker Nikki Felch, flight attendant Kelly Duncan, Priscilla Tirado, and Bert Hamilton. At the time of the accident, he had about 8,300 total flight hours, with 2,322 hours of commercial jet experience, all logged at Air Florida. The helicopter returned to the aircraft's tail, and this time Arland D. Williams Jr. (sometimes referred to as "the sixth passenger") caught the line. The Metrorail accident near Federal Triangle shortly after the crash killed three people and was attributed to safety procedure violations by the train's operator, a supervisor and control room workers. Read more about this topic: Air Florida Flight 90, In this country, you never pull the emergency brake, even when there is an emergency. At the same time, several military personnel from the PentagonSteve Raynes, Aldo De La Cruz, and Steve Bellran down to the water's edge to help Olian. Duncan was a flight attendant aboard Air Florida Flight 90 when it scraped a bridge and crashed into the river on Jan. 13, 1982. Roger Olian, a sheet metal worker ensnared in a nearby traffic jam,was believed to be the first person to jump into the waterwith a rope entwined around his waist, but he had to be reeled back in when he got stuck on ice. Air Florida, Sunshine Skies, accessed August 29, 2020. On Jan. 13, 1982, Tirado was pulled from the Potomac River after Air Florida Flight 90 crashed in a snowstorm. Required fields are marked *. To me, that bridge was always the 14th Street Bridge. As a result, the industry formalized a concept known as "crew resource management," which means if either pilot, but notably the co-pilot, spots trouble, he should voice it loudly. Stiley slipped the line around his waist and grabbed Priscilla Tirado, who was hysterical, having lost her husband and baby. Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac: Directed by Robert Michael Lewis. 15:59:49 CAM-1 Holler if you need the wipers. Tap into Getty Images' global scale, data-driven insights, and network of more than 340,000 creators to create content exclusively for your brand. [27] Turk argued, "Air Florida would have folded without the crash". The plane hit six cars and a truck on the bridge, and tore away 97ft (30m) of the bridge's rail and 41ft (12m) of the bridge's wall. Replied pilot Larry Wheaton: "I know it.". The Air Florida accident led to the carrier's eventual demise. Virtually everyone who was in the area that day recalls where they were when they heard the news. While running through the takeoff checklist, the following conversation snippet took place (CAM-1 is the captain, CAM-2 is the first officer): Despite the icing conditions with weather temperature of about 24F (-4C), the crew failed to activate the engine anti-ice systems,[6] which caused the engine pressure ratio (EPR) thrust indicators to provide false readings. Someone grabbed some short rope and battery cables and he went out again, maybe only going 30 feet. First to receive the line was Bert Hamilton, who was treading water about ten feet from the plane's floating tail. Recorders later indicated that the aircraft was airborne for just 30 seconds. The 14th Street Bridge that. Or purchase a subscription for unlimited access to real news you can count on. A vibrating elevator can unnerve Bert Hamilton. 2023 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Satellite Information Network, LLC. "[27], The Discovery Channel Canada/National Geographic TV series Mayday (also called Air Crash Investigation or Air Emergency) dramatized the accident in an episode titled "Disaster on the Potomac" (aired in some countries as "Tragedy on the Potomac"). Elementary School was dedicated in his hometown of Mattoon in Coles County, Illinois. He was the first to jump into the water to attempt to reach the survivors. On May 8, 1980, though, he was suspended after failing a Boeing 737 company line check and was found to be unsatisfactory in these areas: adherence to regulations, checklist usage, flight procedures such as departures and cruise control, and approaches and landings. The Weather during the Titanic Disaster: Looking Back 100 Years., Associated Press, Potomac Mystery Hero Identified,. 24/7 coverage of breaking news and live events. "It was the same seat assignment as the day of the crash." Thus, there was a massive backup of traffic on almost all of the city's roads, making it very difficult for ambulances to reach the crash site. Five people on board the plane survived the day. [30] Timoner retired the following year and was replaced by Donald Lloyd-Jones. The report also notes that the planes proximity to another aircraft while taxiing turned the snow on the plane to slush, which then froze in several critical areas. He was the first to jump into the water to attempt to reach the survivors. I remember a lot of other things related to the Air Florida crash, but I dont know how much of that was because of the coverage.. [23], Roger Olian, Lenny Skutnik, Donald Usher, and Melvin Windsor each received the Carnegie Hero Fund Medal. 1924), Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. The National Geographic Channel series Seconds From Disaster also dramatized the accident entitled "Plane Crash in the Potomac". "I have relived that 34 minutes in the water many times," said Stiley, 52, a telecommunications consultant who now lives in Spokane, Wash. "There is a distinct emotional effect that is permanent, and that I'm not professionally prepared to describe. Seventy-eight passengers, motorists and crew members died. I never knew that it actually had a name until nowor that it was named after an incredible man who gave his life so selflessly only a few feet from where thousands of commuters cross into DC every day. A voice recorder captured the final moments before the plane crashed on Jan. 13, 1982. Stiley's co-worker, Nikki Felch, took the second line. Typical of upstart, low-cost carriers, Air Florida frequently hired youthful pilots who worked for less money than veterans, and were for the most part seeking to gain flight experience prior to joining a major airline. For the film, see, An Air Florida Boeing 737-222 similar to the one involved. [4]:55. In fact, the plane had visible snow on the wings and the fuselage at the time of takeoff. The helicopter crew lowered a line to survivors to tow them to shore. Oh gosh, Ive enjoyed my kids, she said. Duncan was a flight attendant aboard Air Florida Flight 90 when it scraped a bridge and crashed into the river on Jan. 13, 1982. Twenty-one years ago tomorrow, Air Florida flight 90 clipped the 14th Street Bridge and plunged into the icy waters of Washinton's Potomac River. . [4]:59 Boeing operations bulletins had warned against using reverse thrust in those kinds of conditions. no one from the front of the plane survived. In an interview after the crash, Duncan said, My next feeling was that I was just floating through white and I felt like I was dying and I just thought Im not really ready to die. She, along with Stiley and Hamilton, were rescued from a lifeline thrown from a helicopter. Yet each of the five has found at least a scrap of salvation amid the emotional wreckage. More snow and ice accumulated on the wings during that period, and the crew was aware of that fact when they decided to take off. All charges were later dismissed. This action, which went specifically against flight-manual recommendations for an icing situation, actually contributed to icing on the 737. The coroner determined that he had drowned; the only victim of the crash to do so. Cockpit tapes recovered later produced these chilling words from copilot Roger Alan Pettit as the aircraft stalled: "We're going down, Larry." I cant even recall seeing any other name for the bridge other than 14th Street. Priscilla Tirado works with homeless animals to cushion the loss of her husband and infant son. Multiple attempts to throw a makeshift lifeline (made out of belts and any other things available that could be tied together) out to the survivors proved ineffective. I remember the (rescue) helicopter. She and some friends drank their way down the Florida Keys the weekend before the accident. Her most vivid memories of the crash and aftermath are of panic, and then of praying for the first time in her life. To speak of one thing is to suppress another.Lisel Mueller (b. The other two survivors are no longer living. Bystander Lenny Skutnik, a Congressional Budget Office assistant whotore off his coat and cowboy boots and plunged into the Potomac,was able to tow onepassenger, Priscilla Tirado, to shore. Roger Olian, a sheet-metal foreman at St. Elizabeths Hospital, a Washington psychiatric hospital, was on his way home across the 14th Street Bridge in his truck when he heard a man yelling that an aircraft was in the water. Before it reached the shore, both Tirado and Felch lost their grip and fell back into the water. The repaired span of the 14th Street Bridge complex over the Potomac River at the crash site, then named the Rochambeau Bridge, was renamed the Arland D. Williams Jr. Memorial Bridge in his honor. As the takeoff roll began, the first officer noted several times to the captain that the instrument panel readings he was seeing did not seem to reflect reality (he was referring to the fact that the plane did not appear to have developed as much power as it needed for takeoff, despite the instruments indicating otherwise). Notably, The Washington Post published a story about the then-unidentified survivor of the crash, Arland D. Williams Jr., who had handed the lifeline to others and drowned before he could be rescued: He was about 50 years old, one of half a dozen survivors clinging to twisted wreckage bobbing in the icy Potomac when the first helicopter arrived. the small crash was probably eclipsed by the Air Florida one. Duncan inflated the only flotation device they could find, and passed it to the severely injured Felch. Tirado, Priscilla, 23, of Spain CONFIRMED DEAD Nine bodies thought to be from Flight 90 have been recovered from the Potomac River. He and his assistant, Patricia Felch, were aboard Flight 90 when it crashed. Felch, who recently moved back to the area after divorcing a man she married less than a year after the crash, is job hunting. . For roughly 30 to 90 seconds, the crew attempted to back away from the gate using the reverse thrust of the engines (a powerback), which proved futile. The 14th Street Bridge was renamed in his honor in 1985. The National Transportation Safety Board report later noted that the cabin separated from the cockpit and broke into three large sections and many smaller pieces. None of the cabin floor remained intact; most seats were extensively damaged and separated from the floor. Seventy-eight. The report continued, the flight crews failure to turn on engine anti-ice was a direct cause of the accident and suggested the accident may have been avoided had the crew turned it on. The temperature of the river that day was only 34 degrees Fahrenheit. Hamilton gives inspirational speeches to service clubs and other organizations throughout the country based on his crash experience, emphasizing how a brush with death can force a person to reexamine priorities in life. With a sickening sound that witnesses likened to a pane of glass shattering, the burning aircraft hit the river, broke apart and began to sink. Give us this day our daily bread. Instead of wrapping it around himself, however, he passed it to flight attendant Kelly Duncan. [4]:5 The following is a transcript of Flight 90's cockpit voice recorder during the plane's acceleration down the runway. Many federal offices in downtown Washington had closed early that day in response to quickly developing blizzard conditions. Air Florida Flight 90 in DC had a significant impact on regional cooperation and crew resource management", "WTOP-TV The One & Only Channel 9's History", "Video: 1982 report on Air Florida crash", "Air Florida Flight 90 Crash: 30th Anniversary | wusa9.com", "Stern on Stern: 'I Had a Lot of Rage, and I Was Going to Let It Out. Stiley, a pilot himself, said he realized that something was wrong as the plane headed down the runway. He changed seats quickly, but still took the flight. The factory there was to be sold, and GTE would only keep a handful of engineers. "I remember thinking to myself at the time: I wonder what I'll be doing 10 years from now," she said. The operator had no means to determine if the proportioning valves were operating properly because no "mix monitor" was installed on the nozzle. The National Law Enforcement Museum, which opened in Washington, DC, in 2018, has footage of the crash on display along with interviews of survivors and other first-hand accounts. On January 13, 1982, the Boeing 737-222 registered as N62AF crashed into the 14th Street Bridge over the Potomac River.[3]. Stiley slipped the line around his waist and grabbed Priscilla Tirado, who was hysterical, having lost her husband and baby. [4]:82, The "sixth passenger", who had survived the crash and had repeatedly given up the rescue lines to other survivors before drowning, was later identified as 46-year-old bank examiner Arland D. Williams, Jr. Joe Stiley told ABCNEWS in 1982, that the freezing water jarred him into consciousness. [21], Civilians Roger Olian and Lenny Skutnik received the Coast Guard's Gold Lifesaving Medal. [5] This system uses heat from the engines to prevent sensors from freezing, ensuring accurate readings. a Capitol Hill errand-runner, pulled off his cowboy boots, dove in, swam to survivor Priscilla Tirado and tugged her back to the shore. National Transportation Safety Board, Aircraft Accident Report: Air Florida, Inc. Boeing 737-222, N62AF, Collision with 14th Street Bridge, Near Washington National Airport, Washington, D.C., January 13, 1982, National Transportation Safety Board Aviation Accident Report, accessed August 29, 2020. The tail of the Air Florida jet that crashed into the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., is hoisted from the water by a crane, Jan. 18, 1982, during salvage efforts. He had been in the water for twenty-nine minutes. Air Florida is gone. From the very first I felt confident that I could trust the great, friendly public. The point of impact was only approximately 4500 feet from the end of the airport runway. I pass by the same landmarks and historical places every single day, and I dont even know it. Save. To me, that bridge was always the 14th Street Bridge. This meant that Washington's nearest airport, one of its main bridges in or out of the city, and one of its busiest subway lines were all closed simultaneously, paralyzing much of the metropolitan area. The New York Times Magazine featured the survivors' story this past Sunday. She now works at Christ Fellowship in Miami, where she ministers to children and oversees stage productions and skits. At this point, flight controllers were aware only that the plane had disappeared from radar and was not responding to radio calls, but had no idea of either what had happened or the plane's location. [4]:82, Contributing to the accident were the prolonged ground delay between deicing and the receipt of ATC takeoff clearance during which the aircraft was exposed to continual precipitation, the known inherent pitch up characteristics of the B-737 aircraft when the leading edge is contaminated with even small amounts of snow or ice, and the limited experience of the flight crew in jet transport winter operations. The National Transportation Safety Board report stated that the deicing process used was inconsistent with recommended practices so the plane was not deiced properly. [18], The day after the crash, on Washington, DC, radio, WWDC shock jock Howard Stern pretended[19] to call the Air Florida ticket counter to ask about buying tickets to the 14th Street Bridge.[20]. Immediately after the crash, she said, "no one wanted to hire me back" because of concerns that she was physically and emotionally impaired. [33], "Flight 90" redirects here. Striking the bridge, which carries Interstate 395 between Washington, DC, and Arlington County, Virginia, it hit seven occupied vehicles and destroyed 97 feet (30m) of guard rail[4]:5 before plunging through the ice into the Potomac River. (Photo by David Hume Kennerly/Getty Images) Embed PURCHASE A LICENSE Stiley said he often feels odd when he isnt sure a memory is something he went through or saw on television. The aircraft involved, a Boeing 737-222, registered as N62AF, was manufactured in 1969 and previously flown by United Airlines under the registration N9050U. She was in the Potomac for 20 minutes. There are no markers or plaques commemorating him. After leaving the gate, the aircraft waited in a taxi line with many other aircraft for 49 minutes before reaching the takeoff runway. He was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for his photography. Though all of this, I cant help but wonder what the 79 passengers aboard were thinking. [26], Air Florida began lowering its service and reducing the number of its employees to cope with decreasing finances and fare wars. It turns out, there was a pretty notable accident at National Airport in 1982: the crash of Air Florida Flight 90. "I really feel that my life has been blessed.". By 6:45am Id be headed to the metro for my trip to DC. [4]:20. WASHINGTON D.C. - NOVEMBER 15: (NO U.S. TABLOID SALES) Air Florida Flight 90 survivors Priscilla Tirado(L) and Lenny Skutnik(R) pose for a photo on November 15, 1982 in Washington, DC. FAA. Someone had backed up their jeep and we picked him up and put him in there. The cable network provided live images of survivors struggling in the water as viewers at home watched and waited for what they knew would be a devastating death toll. The crash "was so avoidable," he said. Just five people escaped. Stiley suffered hypothermia, a broken arm, leg, a skull fracture, broken jaw and spinal injuries. "Emotions that you withheld come out years later, when you least expect it. The snow on the banks was easily two feet high and your legs and feet would fall deep into it every time you moved from the water. But the emotional devastation of the Jan. 13, 1982, disaster continues to surface, and in some cases continues to grow, as the survivors struggle to get on with their lives.
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