Crashed Pilot Spends Nine Gator-Fearing Hours Stranded On Plane Wing In Everglades
A single-engine Cessna 172M crashed in the Everglades at 2:20 a.m. on Tuesday. To compound the problem of splashing down in a remote alligator-infested portion of Florida, the local sheriff’s office wouldn’t learn about the crash until 10:00 a.m. As a result, the pilot was forced to spend the next nine hours atop the…