Laney Perdue Survived Father’s Hug

In 2021, 11-year-old Laney Perdue became the sole survivor of a Michigan plane crash after her father, Mike Perdue, wrapped her in a tight bear hug as the plane went down. When rescuers found her alive, many of her injuries were on one side of her body, while the side protected by her father had been shielded. The commuter plane had been flying to Beaver Island in northern Lake Michigan, and the crash killed the pilot and two other passengers.

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