That day in November, I remember a newsflash on the TV, an Air NZ DC10 has lost radio contact, that was 25 years ago, Philip Sherry, a newsreader for TV1 made the daunting announcement. I went to primary school with Captain Collins Daughter , Catherine, I met the guy once, to this day I still feel for the family of Captain Collins, and what they must have gone through is something that can only be described as hell. Call me what you want, 3 years later . information came through, a certain number of people had survived, this information is from actual persons on site that subsequently found it impossible to cope with. The initial impact killed most, Collins himself was catipulted 200 feet out the cocpit

--Richard