Survivors swim ashore after float plane crashes

Seven people swam ashore after their plane crashed in Big Goat Lake.
The incident happened around 2:30 Sunday afternoon about 25 miles east-northeast of Ketchikan in the Misty Fjords National Monument.
Alaska State Troopers say the pilot, 30-year-old Matthew Perron, of Ketchikan, crashed his DeHavilland DHC-2 Beaver into the lake during takeoff.
Perron and his six passengers, from Germany and California, respectively, were all able to exit the aircraft and swim safely ashore. The passengers rang