Teen Plane Crash Victim Recovering After Months of Physical Therapy

Rachel Zientek, the teen on board a Cessna 206 when it crashed in Fairview last June is well on the road to recovery.

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Story Created: Jun 28, 2011 at 2:40 PM AKDT

Story Updated: Jun 28, 2011 at 2:40 PM AKDT

Rachel Zientek, the teen on board a Cessna 206 when it crashed in Fairview last June is well on the road to recovery.  

 
Rachel suffered severe burns to her feet and legs in the crash and had to undergo months of physical therapy.
 
According to her mother, Rachel is now walking normally, biking, trying her hand at golf, shooting hoops in the driveway and chasing her younger brothers around the house.
 
Her mother says she has never complained through her recovery and has never lost her sense of humor.

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