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Ky. plane crash survivor asks 'Why?' (AP)
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by Populux | September 7, 2006 at 08:51 am
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LEXINGTON, Ky. - The sole survivor of a plane crash that killed 49 people near the Lexington airport last week told family members from his hospital bed, "Why did God do this to me?" but he hasn't mentioned the crash, a close family friend said Wednesday. James Polehinke, who was the flight's co-pilot, can move only his head, and tears often well up in his eyes, said Antonio Cruz, Polehinke's mother's boyfriend. He said the 44-year-old has been in and out of consciousness. Polehinke hasn't mentioned ...
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at 09:56 on September 7th, 2006
This report is about "The Lone Survivor" factor.
There's a long history of this sort of thing.
The "lone survivor" usually believes that his life was spared by God for a special reason.
But if any one of the others who died, had been the lone survivor, they would have had exactly the same thoughts.