All of the sixteen men who were killed died in the crash or in the fire that
followed it. The one survivor was Petty Officer Third Class Bruce N.
Mallibert,

Bruce did survive, though ended up wheelchair bound for life. He married
my sister's best friend, Kathy Keehan. Kathy succumbed to cancer a few
years ago. I never met him myself, and I don't know anything of his
religious beliefs prior to the accident, but post crash he was and is, a
very devout Christian.

I lived about a mile from the crash site at the time and remember it
very well.

Jon