Interview with Mira Wohl, Willamette University cafeteria, October 2, 2010

From Flight Risk: The Robert Jackson Kelley Story

“Listen, I know firsthand what happened. I knew him. I mean, it’s a small island. We went to elementary school together. Half of what people are saying now is totally made up.

“You gotta picture this. The plane’s crashing through the trees. Branches breaking, birds flapping away. Rattling like the wings are gonna tear off. Robert’s about to eat pine. His life’s flashing before his eyes like in the movies. He’s wondering what God will look like.

“Bam! The plane hits the ground. It’s a steaming hunk of scrap metal.

“And he just walks away.

“They found pieces of the plane for miles. I know somebody selling them on the Internet now. Robert was just an annoying kid from the trailer park, and now everything he ever broke is for sale.”