Survivor grieves for 13 lost

Wendy Bonham can't wait to get back to her home in Utah, but she has no intentions of boarding a plane.

Instead, one of the two survivors of last week's plane crash in northeastern Missouri hopes to take a safe, leisurely train trip home to Spanish Fork, said her husband, Russ.

He told The Associated Press on Tuesday from the Kirksville, Mo., hospital where his 44-year-old wife is being treated that she is "miraculously" recovering from her physical injuries, but the emotional scars are not healing as quickly.

"It's the hardest thing to see on her face, or in her voice, the mental and emotional pain of her trauma and for the families who lost loved ones," he said.

Bonham's colleague, Dr. John Krogh, 68, of Wallsburg, Wasatch County, were the only survivors of the Oct. 19 crash that killed 13 people. The commuter plane crashed in the woods as it approached the airport.

Many of the passengers were on their way to a conference on humanism in medicine at the Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine. Bonham and Krogh worked together at the college's Orem campus.

Krogh was found in brush about 25 feet from the fuselage. Bonham, who helps plan students' rotations at the Orem campus, was found walking around the crash site.

Russ Bonham says his wife doesn't remember much about the crash, only following someone she believed to be Krogh out of the plane.

Bonham sustained cuts, burns and a broken right arm when she fell about 8 feet to the ground through the opening in the plane.

Bonham and Krogh, who broke his hip, both remain at Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville and have seen each other since the crash.

"We're like family," said Russ Bonham of their relationship with the Kroghs. "They've really helped each other.

"They also feel the pain of losing Dr. Ator," he said.

Clark Ator, 39, of Alpine, was among those killed. The father of seven shared a practice in Pleasant Grove and also was affiliated with the Orem college.

Russ Bonham said his wife's thoughts are with those who lost friends and family in the crash.

"My deepest desire is to help you in any way I can through this time of grief. My thoughts and prayers are constantly with you all," Wendy Bonham said in a statement.

The Bonhams said they have been overwhelmed by the community support from the townspeople of Kirksville.

"I've had the opportunity to hug some of them and thank them," Russ Bonham said. "While people are praying (for Wendy) if they'll keep in mind the Kirksville community and medical personnel. They've made some personal sacrifices to help my wife and Dr. Krogh."

The Kroghs did not immediately respond to a request from the AP for an interview.