"My own feeling -- and I wasn't there -- was knowing
Mike and knowing the situation that something developed at a point
where no response was possible. It was either fly into the power
line or try to get over the power line. I suppose most anybody
would try to get over the power line."
Source: Col. Daniel O'Toole, USAF (Ret.).
talking about his son, Col. Michael J. O'Toole, USAF, and
his fatal crash in a Cessna 182. The crash took his life but spared
those of his wife and daughter. The NTSB has just released the
final report on the crash.