Beaver Island: Bunda A 11-year-old girl who is the only survivor from an airplane on Beaver Island Michigan who killed his father and three others, believes her husband protects him from a more serious injury by holding it strongly.
Down on Saturday.
Christina Perdue said Laney “had a long way in front of him” and remained hospitalized with five broken bones he suffered in an accident on the island in Lake Michigan.
He said his late husband, Mike Perdue of Gaylord, held Laney closely when the commuter aircraft twin machines fell on Beaver Island, located in the west of the city of Mackinaw.
“Laney told me at the hospital that his last memory was that the father had just grabbed it and hugged him really tight, and in my heart I knew that protecting him,” he said in an interview that was aired on Tuesday on “Good Morning America” ​​in ABC.
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Because his daughter’s injury was on one side of his body, he said he believed his hug by her husband, who was known for his warm arms, protected by Laney from a more severe injury.
“I believe that it would make sense to me that his wounds were on the one hand, and the other party was with his father, that he held it,” said Christina Perdue, choking.
After Laney was flown to Helen Devos a children’s hospital at the Grand Rapids, Christie Perku rushed there did not know the extent to which her daughter’s injury.
He said he was relieved when he arrived beside his bed.
“He just said,” Hi, ma’am, Hi, mother, “and I only knew at that time that part would be fine,” he said.
Saturday’s accident killed the Perdue husband, which was a real estate agent, as well as a pilot of twin-engine aircraft and couples planning to open wine and vineyards on the island.
The plane flew from Charlevoix to the island when it fell, the federal flight administration said.
The Federal Agency said it would take part in an investigation led by the National Transportation Safety Board.