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Truck Driver Saves Life of Passenger in Plane Crash
In Middletown Connecticut AP, John T Shemannuel survived six days trapped in a wrecked Cessna after a crash on Mt Higby. Richard Grimaldi lay dead beside him as search teams and private pilots pursued sightings until trucker John Faulkner reported a flash near Interstate 91. Emmanuel, rescued by helicopter after exposure and shock, was taken to hospital while Grimaldi's body was recovered.
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Middletown
Conn
John T. Shemannuel
Interstate 51
Emmanuel
Richard C. Grimaldi
Hartford
Block Island
R.1
John Faulkner
Faulkner
State Aeronautics Department
Mt. Higby
Thomas H. Emmanuel
Suffolk
N.Y