Jonathan Livingston Seagull Author Richard Bach in Serious Condition After Plane Crash

Posted on September 2, 2012

Richard Bach, who is best known as the author of the novella Jonathan Livingston Seagull is in serious condition after crashing his small plane. He was flying to visit a friend on San Juan Island in Washington State when he clipped a power line, causing him to crash. He was found by some tourists and taken to a local hospital with a severe head injury. Bach is 76 and has flown planes all his life.

Bach was fling a single engine airplane. The crash left him in the plane, hanging upside down in his harness. The tourists cut him loose, A helicopter flew him to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. Bach's son told reporters today that his father had a breathing tube, so he couldn't speak, but was responding to commands from medical staff. He also has a broken shoulder. We wish him a speedy and full recovery.