37853688544788 t1_ja0ee60 wrote on February 25, 2023 at 10:18 PM Reply to TIL that Ben S. Cauley, Jr. was the sole survivor of the plane crash that killed singer Otis Redding & 6 other people in 1967. Cauley took off his seat belt shortly before the crash. He managed to cling to a seat cushion for 20 minutes, until a rescue boat pulled him from the freezing lake waters. by Paiger__ Otis Redding also wrote “Respect” made popular by areatha Franklin. Gone too soon. Permalink 5
37853688544788 t1_ja0ee60 wrote
Reply to TIL that Ben S. Cauley, Jr. was the sole survivor of the plane crash that killed singer Otis Redding & 6 other people in 1967. Cauley took off his seat belt shortly before the crash. He managed to cling to a seat cushion for 20 minutes, until a rescue boat pulled him from the freezing lake waters. by Paiger__
Otis Redding also wrote “Respect” made popular by areatha Franklin. Gone too soon.