On March 12, 2009 a helicopter carrying workers to offshore oil production platforms in the North Atlantic off the coast of Newfoundland crashed into the ocean. Seventeen of the people on board the helicopter perished that day. One survived.
In 18 Souls: The Loss & Legacy of Cougar Flight 491, families and friends speak candidly—in many cases, for the first time—about what was really lost and what could have been, had fate been kind that day.
By Rod Etheridge