Aero-News: Quote of the Day

ANN's Quote of the Day usually derives from current news, though we reserve the right to pick quotes out of history that have a bearing on the day's events and issues.

Sometimes, you'll find them timely and in keeping with the content of the day's news... and sometimes, they'll just be thought-provoking.

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Aero-News Quote of the Day

"It's just an unbelievable miracle. You look at that crash site, that wreckage, you'd never believe anyone could have survived."

Source: Flathead County (MT) Sheriff Jim Dupont, after learning that two Forest Service workers thought to have died in the mountainside crash of a Cessna 206 Monday night had walked down from the mountain and were hitchiking along a nearby road. Jodee Hogg, 23, of Billings (MT), and Matthew Ramige, 29, of Jackson Hole (WY), were both hospitalized after they were found, both burned. The other three people aboard the Cessna were killed in the accident.

FMI: www.ntsb.gov