When the crash was so major, expecting that people would have made it alive was something unwise. Of the nine associates of Taylor University, five lost their lives. Elizabeth Smith, 22; Bradley Larson, 22; Laurel Erb, 20; Whitney Cerak, 18; and Taylor University employee Monica Felver, 53, were all dead at the spot. While Laura was still breathing, none was really optimistic about her survival. Nor did the one’s who lost their life thought that the days to come would unfold like the way they did.