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I flew from Atlanta to Los Angeles on a Delta L-1011 around the time the aircraft was literally in its final days with the airline's fleet. An off-duty FA, seated near me, told me she knew people who had experiences.

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This crash took place only weeks after my employment by the Miami-Dade Police Department—CSI. (Known at the time as the Dade County Public Safety Department—Pennsylvanian Ken Purdy, Director).

It was as a Crime Scene Investigator that this Everglades crash came into my life. CSI was tasked in retrieving bodies, mapping the scene, and recovering evidence from the crash site.

The scene was a vast expanse of tall, sharp-edged sawgrass growing in 18" of water with deep potholes in the porous limestone rock every few feet. Jet fuel covered everything.

Rows of aircraft seats—ejected fully from the split fuselage—had bodies still strapped in them. Most were stripped of their clothing and shoes by the crash. Many of us suffered skin eruptions from hours immersed in the fuel at the scene. It took many days to fully detail the scene, recover bodies, and recover evidence.