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Deadly Coincidence: The Elizabeth Plane Crashes (Patreon)
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There’s one interesting tangent to this story that I wasn’t able to find space for in the video – the crashes form the background for an award-nominated work of fiction by author Judy Blume. Judy Blume normally writes for children, but her 2015 novel In The Unlikely Event was aimed at adults, and prominently features the three crashes that struck Elizabeth in 1951 and 1952.
There’s good reason for this. Blume herself grew up in Elizabeth. Her father was a dentist, and he was involved in the process of identifying some of the badly-burned victims of the first crash. She’s said in interviews that she does have some memories from that time, but that she kept them “buried” until she started work on the novel.
The Elizabeth crashes aren’t particularly well-known, and so the book actually brought a lot of media attention to a relatively forgotten piece of history. I’ve ordered a copy. Though it’s common for disasters to be mentioned in fiction, it’s quite rare that they form an integral part of the story, so I’m looking forward to seeing how a talented writer like Blume handles a disaster that’s so personal to her.
