was a nine-year-old boy aboard an aircraft that crashed during a snowstorm. Both engines failed, and the captain suffered a fatal heart attack.”
The cabin grew quiet.
“A young first officer managed to bring that aircraft down in a snowy field. Fifty-two people survived. I was one of them.”
Dad gripped my hand.
“Two remarkable people didn’t survive that night: Captain Frank Dorsey and flight attendant Ruth Ellison. I want to honor them today.”
Dad closed his eyes.
Tears slipped down his cheeks.
“That first officer carried me out of
