Sarina Fazan interviews Tonja Anderson-Dell in 2002 about the 1952 Mount Gannett C-124 crash

DOROTHY MAE WAS MARRIED JUST OVER A YEAR THEN THE DEVESTATING NEWS, HER HUSBAND AIRMAN ISSAC ANDERSON DIED IN A PLANE CRASH HEADING TO KOREA AND THE WAR. "After 50 years she has never remarried." "Why do you think that was?" "I am hoping it was love." AND A BURNING DESIRE TO FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED. A DESIRE TAKEN UP BY HIS GRANDDAUGHTER TONJA. "This is Tonja's box of research her mission started four years ago with letters to the president, former U.S. Senator Connie Mack and Congressman Jim Davis. Each time the response was the same. the U.S. Air Force has no planes for a recovery mission." THEN JUST THREE WEEKS AGO..THIS VIDEOTAPE ARRIVED THE AIR FORCE. ON IT, A RECENT FLY-OVER OF MT GANNETT IN ALASKA WHERE THE PLANE CRASHED LIKELY FROM BAD WEATHER. ANDERSON AND 51 OTHERS HAD TAKEN OFF FROM MCORD AIRFORCE BASE IN TACOMA, EVERYONE DIED "Why do you think they went back after all this time?" "After four years of repeated attempts I still have that question, why?" PERHAPS THE RENEWED GRATITUDE TOWARDS THE MILITARY. THE DATE ON THE TAPE SHOW THE SEARCH WAS DONE SEPTEMBER 10TH 2002 A DAY BEFORE THE 9-11 ANNIVERSARY. THE AIR FORCE WANTED TO TRY ONE LAST TIME TO BRING THE SOLDIER'S BODIES HOME. THAT WAS ENOUGH TO PROMPT ANDERSON'S FAMILY TO FINALLY SAY GOODBYE. WITH A 21 GUN SALUTE AND THE PROPER TAPS. "All she wanted was the flag. The closure was the flag."