Chuck...I've been off list for abit and just came back on board...It sounds
as though you've had quite an ordeal...Please add my wishes for your son's
speedy recovery, Martin
-----Original Message-----
From: Chuck Norcutt <norcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Olympus mail list <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Monday, January 14, 2002 6:18 PM
Subject: [OM] RE: Probably the last note on the helicopter pilot
>Thanks to all who have offered their wishes for my son's further
>recovery. This morning I was relaying the news about his loss of flight
>status to a co-worker and was sounding a bit down in the mouth. He just
>looked at me and said: "You should keep in mind that he's still here."
>That brought my up short and cheered me up substantially.
>
>I've never told the full story here since it's very long but he is still
>here and it's due to a succession of about six miracles. Since the
>difference between life and death was about 20 minutes he'd very
>certainly be dead without either of the six. For starters, how do you
>fall 205 feet and not get killed? Or, how do you fall into 98 gallons
>of your own jet fuel with a hot engine and electrical system and not
>start a fire? When you've crashed in mountainous, forested wilderness
>how do you get found? There are more but I'll stop here.
>
>Cheers all,
>Chuck Norcutt
>Woburn, Massachusetts, USA
>
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