Survivors of past air disasters in Georgia, other states offer support after Toronto crash

Federal Aviation Agency and National Transportation Safety Board officials began their investigation Tuesday, April 5, 1977 into the cause of the crash of a Southern Airways DC-9 in New Hope, Ga. (AP Photo)

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Sad. Happy. Anguished. Guilty.

Denise Lockie of Charlotte, North Carolina, has felt all of the above in recent weeks, as a string of major aviation accidents brought back memories of crash-landing in an icy river in New York.

Sixteen years after the “Miracle on the Hudson,” she and other aviation disaster survivors stand ready to support those who are just emerging from their ordeal in Toronto on Monday.