Survivor speaks of crash terror

The teenager who survived a small plane crash in Washington’s Cascade Mountains says she burned herself trying to pull her step-grandparents from the burning wreckage.

Survivor speaks of crash terror
Sat, 18 Jul, 2015 - 01:00
Martha Bellisle, Seattle

Autumn Veatch told NBC News there was zero visibility before the Saturday accident, and then “it was all trees and then it was fire.”

Authorities have said the plane entered a cloud bank before the crash.

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