The Evans family survived a terrible plane crash just west of McGrath Alaska. The last thing Donald, the father and husband, recalls about the crash was yelling to the pilot to pull up before crashing into the wilderness. The pilot didn't survive and neither did a school teacher who had also been aboard the bush plane with them. After coming to, Donald's back, legs, feet, and jaw were all broken. He pulled himself from his seat to find his wife, who was two months pregnant, bleeding from the mouth, his daughter who had been flung 20 feet from the plane with a broken arm and severed intestines, and his son, who was still alive but being crushed by the floorboards of the plane. Despite his injuries Donald was able to free his son from under the plane, drag his daughter back to shelter and keep them all awake as they waited for rescue. To make things worse, as evening approached wolves began howling nearby causing his family to scream in fear. It wasn't until the following morning that Donald and his family were rescued and taken to the nearby hospital. Everyone survived, and seven months later his wife gave birth to a healthy, beautiful baby girl.
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