Margareth Abraham was just twenty-four years old when she lost her life aboard ALM Flight 980. No one knows exactly what happened to Margareth. Did she make it out of the plane? Was she knocked unconscious? What I can say with some degree of certainty is that Margareth was standing in the aisle at …
Jeannie
I flew to St. Maarten in 2001 to interview three passengers who survived ALM Flight 980. All three had agreed to be interviewed before I made the trip. When I got there, however, things had changed. One passenger would only agree to an interview if I paid him. I guess he thought I was some famous …
What a real hero looks like
Yesterday was the forty-ninth anniversary of the ditching of ALM Flight 980. I was flying and unable to post anything, but I did come across a Facebook post by a gentleman who happened to be a flight attendant at ALM years after the accident. His name is Angelo Davelaar. Angelo posted several …
ALM 980 Memorial Tribute
My first book 35 Miles From Shore was published back in 2008. Thanks to Amazon's excellent marketing and the advent of the e-book, the book continues to sell. I still hear from readers. I recently heard from a reader who took the picture shown in this post as he and his new wife passed by the site …
Ghost Plane
This is truly a rare image. It's the only one I know of. The plane in this picture hasn't been seen in over 43 years. But I know exactly where it is, or at least I know within a few miles of where it is. It's currently sitting at the bottom of the Caribbean Sea. Note the name printed on the nose of …