Have you read and followed along with NieNie’s beautiful and tragic story – of their distastrous plane crash, their miraculous survival, their amazing recovery, their beautiful love, the inspiring devotion from their family, the astounding support of the online community? If you haven’t, I warn you now, this is not a story you can read without a Kleenex!
Sweet NieNie is back. Slowly, still healing, but she’s put up her first post today. Let’s love on her just a little bit more. Stop by and welcome her back – or meet her if you haven’t already.
Of course, being a pilot, I was interested in the plane crash. As with any aviation accident, you can read about it on ntsb:
http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20080818X01259&key=1
Apparently, there was a problem with the engine, but they went ahead and tried to take off anyway. It may have been a misprint, but the guy the blog says was the husband’s flight instructor was listed in the accident report as a “commercial pilot,” which is a lower rating than a CFI, or flight instructor.