Showing posts with label Survivor of 1987 Mich. plane crash breaks silence. Show all posts
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Wednesday, 15 May 2013

Survivor of 1987 Mich. plane crash breaks silence

Associated Press/Sole Survivor Film - Cecelia Crocker, the lone survivor of a 1987 plane crash near Detroit Metropolitan Airport that killed 156 people, shows an airplane tattoo on her left wrist in a September 2011 photo provided by Sole Survivor Film. Crocker, then Cichan, was was 4 years old when Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashed in Romulus, Mich. Crocker, now 30, breaks her silence in the new documentary, “Sole Survivor,” discussing how the crash of the Phoenix-bound jetliner has affected her. "I got this tattoo as a reminder of where I've come from. I see it as — so many scars were put on my body against my will — and I decided to put this on my body for myself," she says in the film. (AP Photo/Sole Survivor Film)
DETROIT (AP) — Cecelia Crocker's body provides her with a constant reminder of the most traumatic event of her life — one that she doesn't otherwise remember.
At only 4 years old, Crocker was the lone survivor of a 1987 plane crash that killed 154 people aboard and two on the ground nearDetroit Metropolitan Airport.