The lone survivor of a deadly plane crash in northwestern Ontario says he tried in vain to pull fellow passengers from the wreckage and snuff the fire that eventually destroyed the small aircraft.Brian Shead says the crash near the tiny native community of North Spirit Lake happened in a flash.
He says one second he was reading a book, and the next second he was on the ground fighting for his life.
He says the impact of the crash knocked him and the four other people on the plane out and when he came to everyone was still strapped in their seats.
With a crushed foot and a smashed face, he managed to get out of the plane and tried to put out a fire that was burning on a wing.
When her realized that wasn't working, he managed to free the pilot, but he didn't survive.
