Angel Gabrel A True Story

This is the true story following the crash of Comair flight 3272, the only domestic, commercial airline accident in the year 1997 in the United States. Author Joy LaPlante, a resident of Monroe, Michigan, was living nearby where the crash occurred, and this book, originally written and self-published in 1999, details what she experienced.

In the winter of 1997, Comair flight 3272 departed the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky airport on January 9. Stuck in a holding pattern well outside the Detroit airport, the plane crashed in the icy conditions. All 29 people aboard, which included three crewmembers, were killed. This was a national story that was reported on CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC Nightly News, NY Times and all leading news agencies.