In United States of America a
seven-year-old girl Sailor Gutzlor of
Nashville, Illinois survived a plane crash in the US state of Kentucky and
walked barefoot almost a mile (1.6km)
through a dark, dense wood in temperatures of about 40F (4C) to find help
.
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Larry Wilkins who was watching TV at that time heard a faint knock at his door. He opened it to see a young girl, her nose bloody, her arms and legs scratched up.
She was barefoot, only had one
sock on," he said.
"She told me that her mom
and dad were dead," Wilkins said. "And that she had been in a plane
crash."
Wilkins called 911 and the
girl was taken to hospital.
Wilkins believes the girl saw his
street lights through the woods and, thankfully, found him -- in one of only
three homes in his neighborhood. Wilkins said, Thinking about what the
7-year-old went through brings tears to
my eyes.
"I just feel so sorry for that
little girl, I can't understand it," Wilkins said. "I just can't
imagine (going through) that, for someone that young."
Kentucky State Police identified the
dead early Saturday as Marty Gutzler, 48; Kimberly Gutzler, 46; and 9-year-old
Piper Gutzler -- a husband, wife, their daughter and 14-year-old Sierra Wilder,
the survivor's cousin.
All were from Nashville,
Illinois.
The plane, Sailor Gutzler was on had
left the warm, sunny climes of Key West earlier Friday, heading for Mount
Vernon, Illinois.
Something went wrong. Air traffic controllers
lost contact with a Piper PA-34 aircraft ... shortly after the pilot reported
engine problems and (said) that” he was diverting to the Kentucky Dam State
(Park) Airport.”
The light aircraft came down in a
heavily wooded area of Lyon County, in western Kentucky.
"She's a terribly brave little girl, I'll
tell you that," Wilkins said. "I can't imagine a 7-year-old doing
that."
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