Posted on 11/05/2009 11:16:54 AM PST by xp38
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The lone survivor of a helicopter crash that killed 17 people off Newfoundland's east coast says he escaped the submerged chopper through a broken window, ascended to the surface and sang to himself as he waited to be rescued.
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What a horrific death the others must have faced. A crash like that could be deadly in three ways - people could die on impact, of drowning, or of hypothermia.
They must have all been terrified on the way down. Prayers for their familes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndwEOIaeuGo
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