Previous Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens die in plane crash.JUNEAU, Alaska –A single-engine airplane carrying former Sen. Ted Stevens crashed keen on a remote Alaska mountainside, was killing the state's the majority beloved political figure as well as four others and strand the survivors on brush-and-rock-covered slope overnight until rescuer could attain them.
Volunteers exposed the wreckage late Monday and tend to the injured, including Stevens' fishing buddy, ex-NASA head Sean O'Keefe, until help could turn up Tuesday.
The 86-year-old Stevens' loss stunned both lawmakers with residents alike, even in a state familiar among plane crashes, because of his pre-eminence during Alaska history: A garlanded World War II pilot who survives a deadly 1978 plane crash, he be the longest-serving GOP senator in history with spent his 40-year Senate career bring billions of federal dollars residence. One failed effort — the well-known "Bridge to Nowhere" — becomes part of his national legacy, as do convictions that helped frustrate his 2008 campaign but were later toss out.
"He is one of the actual giants," said Paul Brown, a consultant to nonprofits who was having lunch at an outdoor cafe in Anchorage. "He dedicated his life to this state."
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