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A plane crash that killed four in Kentucky spared a 7-year-old girl Friday night. Juliane Koepcke was flying over the Peruvian rainforest with her mother when her plane was hit by lightning. Please pray for us, especially for Sailor Gutzler," the family said in a statement. Her survival of the crash was considered unexplainable and miraculous by many, including airline crash investigators. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. The girl was treated at Lourdes Hospital in Paducah, Kentucky, and released early Saturday to a relative, Kentucky State Police said. Sailor Gutzler. He met her for the first time on her wedding day when he watched her walk down the aisle to become Cecelia Crocker. Nina Pahomova, director of Nelkan School, believes that the child only survived because a teacher covered her child's body with her own, shortly before impact. "Another girl … And the disoriented little girl walked away from the wreckage and reported the crash to a local resident, authorities said. By Carey Gillam (Reuters) - A seven-year-old girl survived when a small plane in which she was flying with her family crashed in the Kentucky woods, killing her parents, an older sister and a teenage cousin, police said on Saturday. Dr Jai Prasad, the doctor who led the team which cared for the four-year-old, said at the time: 'She understands she has lost her father and her mother, and her brother. She survived a two-mile fall and found herself alone in … Her uncle Franklin Lumpkin and her aunt Rita, her mother's sister, kept her sheltered from the attention once she left hospital after seven weeks of treatment, allowing her to grow up in obscurity in Birmingham, Alabama. Facebook — -- A 7-year-old girl … Prince Harry's complaints about his upbringing are no different to Prince Charles' moans about his own... Had a clear out, Charles? Dean Patterson said the girl indicated that the plane had left from Key West, Florida. It was believed that Cecelia survived the crash because her mother shielded her with her own body. Transcript for Girl Survives Plane Crash in Kentucky especially on this morning with the incredible story breaking overnight. With two basketball hoops in the driveway, the Gutzlers' home was the center of neighborhood fun on a block full of children. She survived a two-mile fall … "That's what's going to be so devastating for the little one," she said. Sailor Gutzler was the sole survivor after her family's Piper twin-engine aircraft landed upside down in a wooded area in Lyon County … Cecelia Cichan, 29, became known as the 'miracle child' after she was dug out of the burning wreckage by a rescuer who heard her whimper. ", "Brave little girl, outstanding little girl," he said. The young woman has decided to tell her story as part of a new documentary called Sole Survivor featuring passengers who lived through plane crashes against all odds. Cecelia Crocker, seen here as an adult and as child back in 1987, was the lone survivor of a plane crash near Detroit Metropolitan Airport that killed 156 people. Here's why twice-weekly testing will help protect us... School REFUSES to let self-conscious 13-year-old girl wear a hoodie and cap to cover her hair loss - before... Lone survivor recalls one of worst US plane crashes. A look back at past rookie QBs lends insight into the process. White and Wilkins described the terrain she walked through as heavily wooded with thick brush. The story of 17-year-old Juliane Koepcke is a little bit different. 'But she doesn't have any memory of how it happened.'. Badass Little Girl Survives Plane Crash, Is Awesome - YouTube "She told me that her mom and dad were dead, and she had been in a plane crash, and the plane was upside down.". Juliane Koepcke was flying over the Peruvian rainforest with her mother when her plane was hit by lightning. All were from Nashville, Illinois. She doesn't have a scratch on her. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. A lack of electrical power was also cited that failed to trigger the warning system that the plane was not properly configured for take-off. The man who pulled her from wreckage more than 20 years ago, firefighter John Thiede, told the Today show: 'I heard that faint cry a baby doll makes. The family also set up a trust fund after she received more than $150,000 in donations. Federal Aviation Administration officials arrived at the crash scene Saturday to try to determine why the small Piper PA-34 crashed on Friday evening, killing four people, including the girl's parents, Marty Gutzler, 48, and his wife, Kimberly Gutzler, 46, authorities said. Povolish said the two sisters — Sailor and Piper — were together constantly. Ruptly in English. She walked through about a mile of woods and thick briar patches, wearing a short-sleeve shirt, shorts and no shoes in near-freezing temperatures when she saw a light in the distance. Rapid Covid-19 tests are fast, free and effective! Your guide to enjoying shopping SAFELY as lockdown restrictions ease. 'I looked to my right and I could see an arm, kind of bent, coming out of a chair.'. A plane crashes on the beach in Southold on Long Island. The crash Friday night killed 48-year-old Marty Gutzler, his 46-year-old wife, Kimberly Gutzler, their nine-year-old daughter Piper Gutzler … This severed part of the left wing and set jet fuel stored in the wing on fire. Sailor Gutzler was left bleeding and alone after surviving the crash that killed her … The temperatures were below 40 degrees when the girl showed up at Wilkins' door. Never forgotten: Cecelia, 29, says she is reminded of the crash every time she looks in the mirror. Miracle: Cecelia Cichan, 29, was four years old when she survived a plane crash in Michigan which killed the other 154 people on board including her parents and six-year-old brother, Sole survivor: Four-year-old Cecelia was dug from the burning wreckage of Flight 255 by a firefighter having suffered a fractured skull, broken leg and collarbone and third-degree burns, Wreckage: Bodies covered with plastic bags lie strewn across the highway where the plane came down in Romulus, Michigan. Bogota (AFP, Reuter) - A dazed 10-year-old girl with a broken arm emerged yesterday as the lone survivor of a plane crash in northern Colombia in which 47 passengers and five crew members were killed. More Details Emerge After 7-Year-Old Girl Survives Plane Crash In Kentucky That Killed Her Family. In Nashville, a man stepped outside the family's white, split-level home on Saturday and politely waved off a reporter. The girl had a broken wrist, but was coherent and calm when interviewed by authorities, Kentucky State Police Lt. Brent White said. Wilkins answered to find a thin, black-haired girl, whimpering and trembling. KUTTAWA, KY. — Bleeding and alone, 7-year-old Sailor Gutzler had just survived a plane crash that killed her family. Published: 17:23 BST, 14 August 2012 | Updated: 20:29 BST, 14 August 2012. Neighbors said Marty and Kim Gutzler had lifelong roots in the largely rural southern Illinois town about 50 miles east of St. Louis. A "brave little girl" survived the crash of a small plane that killed the four other people on board in the remote Kentucky woods. The names of all those who died are inscribed under a dove with a ribbon in its beak, reading: 'Their spirit still lives on. Northwest Airlines Flight 255 exploded shortly after taking off at 8.46pm on August 16, 1987. "We ask that you respect our privacy at this difficult time. Kentucky State Police Sgt. She walked a quarter of a mile looking for help after crash killed her parents, sister and cousin. The little girl, who was bleeding and barefoot, walked through a wooded area to a … Wish you could turn back time? "All of her childhood memories before the plane crash are gone, so it's so important that she hears the girls' memories because they are her memories. Causes for an electrical failure were never found. Cecelia, who is now 29 and married, has never spoken publicly but has a small tattoo of an airplane on her left wrist to remind her of a tragedy that she thinks about 'every day'. By Greg Botelho and Nick Valencia, CNN Updated 6:02 AM EST, Tue January 6, 2015 Gutzler family photo/Facebook. Sailor Gutzler is the only one left alive in the plane crash. "I feel real bad for her.". 7-year-old survives plane crash that kills 4 in Kentucky. What Peruvian schoolgirl Julianne Koepcke could not know was that these survival lessons were to save her life. Marty ran the furniture store that his father started, and the couple was well-known and well-liked, said neighbor Carla Povolish. "She literally fell out of the sky into a dark hole and didn't have anybody but her own will to live and get help for her family," White said. She underwent four skin grafts for the burns on her arms and legs. Northwest Airlines flight 255 crashed shortly after take-off at an airport in Romulus, Michigan en route to Phoenix, Arizona on August 16, 1987. A critically injured 4-year-old girl, found whimpering beneath the body of a dead woman, is the sole survivor of the fiery plane crash that killed at … A four-year-old girl who was the sole survivor of a plane crash which killed everyone else on board has spoken for the first time, 25 years after the disaster. Controllers had been trying to direct the pilot to an airport about 5 to 7 miles from the crash scene, authorities said. It may not make you keen to fly again, but it certainly proves that the human will to survive … Described as a “brave little girl,” 7-year-old Sailor Gutzler of Nashville survived a plane crash that killed her parents, sister and cousin … J.B. 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She has a tattoo on her wrist in memory, Rescuer: Firefighter John Thiede, pictured at the memorial for Flight 255, pulled four-year-old Cecelia from the burning wreckage. Larry Wilkins retells the story of how his dogs, Bonnie and Pete (left), alerted him to a noise on his front porch, where he would meet the seven-year-old sole survivor of a airplane crash. The comments below have not been moderated. A 7-year-old girl, the lone survivor of the crash, walked approximately three quarters of a mile to the house of Larry Wilkins in Kuttawa, Ky. … The four-year-old suffered serious injuries including a fractured skull, broken leg and collarbone and third-degree burns. Welcome back! Following CDC guidelines, Gov. These work to control speed and angle of take-off. Girl Survives Plane Crash in Kentucky. When I look in the mirror, I have visual scars.'. 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