Walking miracles: 7 people who survived horrific plane crashes
Sailor Gutzler
In early 2015, 7-year-old Gutzler was the only survivor of a crash that killed her parents, sister and cousin. The family was flying from Florida to Illinois, with Gutzlers dad piloting the plane. The flight went down in Kentucky. Gutzler pulled herself from the wreckage and walked a mile through cold, dark woods to a strangers home.
Harrison Ford
Earlier this year, the actor broke his pelvis and ankle when he crashed his World War II era plane on a golf course. Since recovering, he has been spotted flying yet again.
Austin Hatch
Hatch, a college student at the University of Michigan survived not one, but two plane crashes, according to ABC. The first crash in 2003 killed his mom and two siblings. The second, in 2011, killed his father and stepmother. While the second crash left him with brain and other injuries, he was able to recover and play college basketball.
Jim Polehinke
In 2006, Polehinke was the only survivor of a crash at a Lexington, Kentucky airport. According to USA Today, forty-nine other people lost their lives when the plane tried to take off from a runway that was too short. Polehinke was the co-pilot of the plane.
Cecelia Crocker
At only 4 years old, Crocker was the only survivor of a 1987 plane crash that killed 154 people near Detroit. Her entire family died in the crash, including her parents and brother.
George Lamson Jr.
In 1985, George Lamson survived a charter flight in Reno that crashed shortly after takeoff. Lamson was only 17. According to CNN, Lamson was thrown from the plane but managed to survive when 70 of his fellow passengers, including his father, did not.
