Autumn Veatch, 16, couldn't tell the 911 operator where in the Washington state wilderness the small plane went down. Somehow, she survived; her grandparents apparently didn't. Covered in burns and bruises, Autumn hiked out of the rugged North Cascades Mountains two days after Saturday's crash, police said. She flagged down a passing motorist, who drove her to a store in Mazama, Washington, near the Canadian border. The man called police before handing Autumn the phone. "So tell me exactly what happened," the dispatcher told the girl, according to a transcript of the call. "I was riding from Kalispell, Montana, to Bellingham, Washington, and ... well, I don't know where, but we crashed and I was the only one that made it out," Autumn said calmly and in a low voice. Autumn was flying with her grandparents, Leland and Sharon Bowman, in a small private plane when it apparently ran into trouble. Jessica Jerwa, a spokeswoman for the Washingt...
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