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Stricken pilot survives crash off the Bahama Islands
Thomas Root, 36, of Alexandria Virginia, crash landed a Cessna 210 in the Atlantic 14 miles east of Eleuthera Island after takeoff from Washington National Airport. He awoke in water, managed to swim free, and was rescued by U.S. military crews. He was treated in Nassau and flown to Memorial Hospital in Hollywood Florida in guarded but stable condition.
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Miami
UPI
Atlantic Ocean
Bahamas
Virginia
Douglas Johnson
Fleet Area Control and Surveillance
Virginia Beach
Atlantic
Eleuthera Island
Nassau
Washington National
North Carolina-Virginia
James Rahman
Falcon Jet
Thomas Root
Memorial Hospital
Hollywood
Fla
Rahman
Kathy Root
Root
Coast Guard
Falcon
Cmdr
Gary Poll
301St Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron
Homestead
Air Force
Bob Dubiel
Air Force Reserve
Robins Air Force Base
Georgia