Tuesday, September 4, 2007

Man in rowboat saves boy After Lake Erie plane crash


KELLEYS ISLAND OH - Chuck Herndon grabbed his boat when he saw the small plane crash into Lake Erie and quickly rowed out to try to help. A father and his two young sons had been aboard the plane when it took off minutes earlier from the island's airport.
"I heard this faint cry and followed it," Herndon recalled Tuesday.
About a half-mile off shore, a 7-year-old boy pulled himself into the boat.
"He said, 'My father and my brother were killed in a plane crash,' just like that," Herndon said. Full Story - Boating World Magazine - CigarettesAmerica.com - Booksfree