Tag Archives: Lance Leone
Lance Leone: “Come back right now”
This is the third of our three-part conversation with Lt. Lance Leone, the only survivor of a fatal helicopter crash in 2010, in which three people from Coast Guard Air Station Sitka died. Listen to the interview and read the story here. more
Leone, Part 3: ‘Come back right now’

This third and final part of our interview with Lt. Lance Leone begins in a Seattle hospital, where he was recovering from a broken collarbone and other injuries in the days after the crash. more
Lance Leone: “A rapid, liquid stop”
This is the second of our three-part conversation with Lt. Lance Leone, the only survivor of a fatal helicopter crash in 2010, in which three people from Coast Guard Air Station Sitka died. Listen to the interview and read the story here. more
Leone, Part Two: ‘A rapid, liquid stop’

In the second of three parts, Lt. Lance Leone talks about the crash of Coast Guard helicopter 6017, from the moment it hit the water to his family’s arrival at his hospital bed in Seattle. more
Leone: CG 6017 ‘hit something we never saw’
Part 1 of a 3-part interview series with Lt. Lance Leone, the lone survivor of the crash of Coast Guard helicopter 6017 in July of 2010.
Leone: CG 6017 ‘hit something we never saw’

In his first interview since the 2010 crash of CG6017, Lt. Lance Leone describes the morning of the flight, and the events leading up to the accident. more

CLOUDY SKIES WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS SOUTHWARD THROUGH 3 AM.
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE AREA MOVING SOUTH THROUGH 11 PM.
WEST WIND TO 10 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS NEAR SHOWERS.