Mike Jensen, the lone survivor of a March 16 private plane crash at the Long Beach Airport that killed the five other passengers, posted an online update on his recovery Tuesday—the first one on the site in 2 ½ months.
Jensen gave the new accounting of his condition on CaringBridge.org, which his family has been using to provide status reports on his condition since the immediate aftermath of the tragedy.
Jensen’s communiqué was short on medical specifics, but stressed that his ongoing therapy has continued to manifest improvements in his strength. Although he did not explain why he has not posted since June 1—although that was also about the date he returned home from the hospital—Jensen was long on gratitude.
“Friends—you cannot imagine what your words of encouragement and love did for me,” Jensen wrote. “I am still going through daily therapy visits, but I am getting stronger each day. I still have a long way to go, but your love has greatly encouraged me to keep trying to improve. Thank you for all your care!”
Jensen was among a group of high-profile Greater Long Beach businessmen—all in some way associated with land acquisition, development and management—who set out on March 16 for a ski vacation to Park City, Utah, aboard a plane owned by one of them, Tom Dean.
But trouble intervened almost immediately after they left the ground. Investigators are still trying to find out why the plane suddenly turned sharply left toward the west, then dived into the airfield, where it burst into flames. Rescuers pulled Jensen from the wreckage, but the impact and fire killed the other businessmen—Mark Bixby, 44; Tom Dean, 50; Jeff Berger, 49; and Bruce Krall, 51—as well as the plane’s pilot, Ken Cruz, 43.
Source: http://greaterlongbeach.com
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