FOR THE RECORD
Survivor recalls ‘tragic crash’ off Molokai in 2013
In his recently released book, Bruce Briley says Health Director Loretta Fuddy ‘died in my arms’
April 17, 2016
By CHRIS SUGIDONO - Staff Writer (csugidono@mauinews.com) , The Maui News
Bruce Briley feared the worst when an unconscious woman resembling his wife was placed beside him inside a helicopter that had just rescued him from a plane crash off Molokai’s Kalaupapa peninsula more than two years ago.
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If one can believe the Medical Examiner, she died of a heart arrhythmia. The clear implication of that is, if Fuddy's no longer breathing, she's had her heart arrhythmia. One does not have a heart arrhythmia, stop breathing, then only expire an hour later when one is conveniently in proximity to a story-teller.
However, there are so many falsehoods and self-aggrandizing stories in this event that it's just laughable after a couple dozen or so of them, that anyone would still give them credence.
I don't know how they can sleep at night. Oh, yeah, I guess I can imagine.