A Guy Survived a Plane Crash and 3 Months in the Wild

It’s the coldest time of the Year. The date is December 21st, 1943 and 5 people are on-board a b-24 Bomber. The aircraft is nicknamed Iceberg Inez. It was on a mission to test an experimental system on the plane’s four propellers when it accidentally stalled and took a downward dive as if it were a roller coaster.
Both the pilot and the co-pilot tried to take control, but a crash was seemingly inevitable. All their flight instruments were blinking out. Then, a pistol-like bang was heard from the tail of the plane and a few cracking sounds followed. This wasn’t a good sign...
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TIMESTAMPS:
Last minutes of the Iceberg Inez 0:22
Why the pilot had to burn a letter from his dad 2:17
What if nobody shows up? 3:04
Happy moment 5:45
The first real person in 81 days! 9:13
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SUMMARY:
- The pilot of the plane was 28-year-old Harold Hoskin and co-pilot 23-year-old Leon Crane. They were flying over the Tanana River in Alaska – close to the Arctic Circle.
- Leon grabbed his parachute, and before he even realized it, he was in free fall. He deployed his parachute and watched the Iceberg Inez taking a spin before it hit a mountain.
- Leon landed on the fresh snow near the bed of the Tanana River. He was approximately 2 miles away from the crash.
- When he touched down, he repeatedly shouted out in an attempt to locate his fellow crew members, but he had no luck.
- The temperature dropped to -60F and Leon had no choice but to get up and gather some driftwood to start a fire.
- Out of panic, Leon concluded that the best way to make it out alive was to leave the area and head downstream with the river. After all, the water surely had to drain into something.
- Before he left, he shouted one last time to see if there was any sign of his buddies, but still nothing.
- His stomach was constantly growling. In such freezing conditions, he had to consume more than 5,000 calories to sustain his weight. He even tried hunting, but that wasn’t in his field of expertise.
- The cozy cabin he’d been dreaming of appeared in the distance, half-covered in snow. It was the happiest moment Leon had had in days.
- There was nobody there. Inside, he saw a bed in the corner and a table in the center. On the table, he found burlap sacks filled with goodies. He took his knife out and started opening everything.
- As he was walking, he got lost. He walked for many hours, desperate to find the cozy home. The landscape was unfamiliar, and since he’d been walking on ice, he couldn’t find his footprints to head back.
- Days passed as he continued trudging through the wild. On March 10th, he stumbled across a trail and followed it. It led him to a river, and on the opposite side of the icy waters he spotted another cabin. But this one wasn’t empty.
- There was a man in the cabin who took Leon in. It was the first time he’d come across a real person in 81 days.
- A mail aircraft picked him up from that location, and took him to Ladd Field.
- He met a nurse there that he fell in love with. They got married, and had 6 children together.
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