The brief piece I read on The Daily Beast, with a snippet from an AP story, gave a few details on the airplane crash in Alaska that killed former Sen. Ted Stevens.

The quote:

“Former Senator Ted Stevens lay dead in the mangled fuselage of the plane,” according to its report, while nearby 13-year-old William Phillips Jr. watched his father die. The four survivors, including former NASA chief Sean O’Keefe and his son, were forced to endure the Alaskan cold for hours with broken bones. Some rescuers credited their survival to the heavy-duty waders they were wearing (the passengers were embarking on a fishing trip); they helped to protect them from the rain and cold as rescuers struggled against bad weather to reach the site. Of the survivors, Sean O’Keefe is the only one currently listed in critical condition.


That's a nightmare scenario, and I'd love to hear Doug Ritter's comments on that. How do you prepare for something like that? I don't fly, but I know I carry in my car several blankets, extra warm socks, first aid kit, and in winter extra fleece hoodies.

Tim