As he walked along the runway, he came upon a United Airlines pilot. “He tried to sit up,” Martz said. “I saw a huge tri — Laurence Gonzales, Flight 232: A Story of Disaster and Survival
As he walked along the runway, he came upon a United Airlines pilot. “He tried to sit up,” Martz said. “I saw a huge tri — Laurence Gonzales, Flight 232: A Story of Disaster and Survival
As he walked along the runway, he came upon a United Airlines pilot. “He tried to sit up,” Martz said. “I saw a huge tri — Laurence Gonzales, Flight 232: A Story of Disaster and Survival
As he walked along the runway, he came upon a United Airlines pilot. “He tried to sit up,” Martz said. “I saw a huge tri — Laurence Gonzales, Flight 232: A Story of Disaster and Survival
As he walked along the runway, he came upon a United Airlines pilot. “He tried to sit up,” Martz said. “I saw a huge tri — Laurence Gonzales, Flight 232: A Story of Disaster and Survival
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As he walked along the runway, he came upon a United Airlines pilot. “He tried to sit up,” Martz said. “I saw a huge triangular hole in his forehead and I told him to just lie still and that help was on the way, but it was too late for him.

— Laurence Gonzales, Flight 232: A Story of Disaster and Survival
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