Sandy Purl fought for her life and the lives of her passengers when, twenty years ago, Southern Flight 242 went down in a violent April hailstorm in New Hope Georgia. And after the crash, after her heroic efforts to aid the few survivors, she fought for her sanity. This story tells of one flight attendant's struggle with posttraumatic stress syndrome before resources were available in the airline industry to help survivors cope. At the time of Sandy's crash, the concept of critical incident stress management was only ...
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Sandy Purl fought for her life and the lives of her passengers when, twenty years ago, Southern Flight 242 went down in a violent April hailstorm in New Hope Georgia. And after the crash, after her heroic efforts to aid the few survivors, she fought for her sanity. This story tells of one flight attendant's struggle with posttraumatic stress syndrome before resources were available in the airline industry to help survivors cope. At the time of Sandy's crash, the concept of critical incident stress management was only partially developed.Sandy tells the story of the crash and the history of critical incident stress management's entry into the aviation industry. Both her story and her efforts have been paramount in helping the industry develop official programs of support and rehabilitation for airline personnel and their families who are involved in airline disasters.
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