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D.c. to his beloved home state of alaska, former senator ted stevens is being remembered as a man as large in life as the state he represented for 40 years. president barack obama said, "michelle and i extend our condolences to the entire stevens family and to the families of those who perished alongside senator stevens in this terrible accident." stevens was among five people killed in a plane crash monday evening. the aircraft was headed to a popular fishing destination, over rugged terrain and through miserable weather, about 330 miles southwest of anchorage when it crashed. >> they estimat...

Stevens was killed. >> they say the aircraft hit a mountain with such force it left a 300-foot gash on the slope. abc's don guevara is following the investigation. >> reporter: nine people were on board that plane. it is believed that four of them survived. and those survivors had to wait overnight until search and rescue arrived. the plane crashed near dillingham, a remote part of southern alaska, more than 300 miles from anchorage. the crash killed former alaska senator ted stevens. former nasa administrator sean o'keefe and his son survived. the passengers were on board this de havilland dh...

Including former alaska senator ted stevens, but four survivors. rescue crews, it took them a long time to get to the scene of that crash, because it is a remote area, and because there were very bad weather problems. mr. shay, that commercial pilot who first spotted them said that when he flew over the area, the clouds were so low, they were almost down to the level of where the plane was lying about 1,000 feet up the side of the mountain. he's the -- he said that there was no evidence of fire when he overflew the crash site, and he said it looked like the fuselage had traveled 200 feet up th...

Abruptly ended his career by swearing at a disgruntled passenger and then triggers the plane's escape chute to exit the aircraft. allan chernoff is monitoring this story. what's the latest? >> this flight attendant steven slater has certainly gone viral. it's gained thousands of fans by the hour. it's now about 40,000 and the free steven slater facebook page has more than 11,000 fans. slater at the moment is out of jail in the south prongs rngs that after appearing in court today to face felony charges of reckless endangerment and criminal mischief. he'd need to post bail of $2,500 and authori...

-- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com we are following the breaking news of a plane crash in the alaska wild erness that has claimed the life of ted stevens. and sean o'keefe is confirmed to be among the survivors. casey wian is working the story for us in anchorage with the latest. what are you picking up, casey? >> reporter: well, wolf, we landed an hour ago in anchorage, alaska, which is a ways away from crash site. but i got off of the phone with a man who is a commercial pilot and he is one of two commercial pilots who initially spotted the crash last night, and alerted authorities that...