beaver island the mother of an 11yearold girl who was the sole survivor of a plane crash on michigans beaver island that killed her father and three others believes her husband protected her from more serious injuries by holding her tightly as the plane went down on saturdaychristina perdue said laney has a long road ahead of her and remains hospitalised with five broken bones she suffered in saturdays crash on the island in lake michigan she said her late husband mike perdue of gaylord held laney tightly when the twinengine commuter plane crashed on beaver island which is located west of mackinaw city laney told me in the hospital that her last memory is that dad just grabbed her and held her really really tight and in my heart i know that protected her she said in an interview aired tuesday on abcs good morning america because her daughters injuries were on one side of her body she said she believes the embrace by her husband who was known for his warm hugs protected laney from more severe injuries i believe that it would make sense to me that her injuries were on the one side and the other side was with her dad that he was holding her christina perdue said choking up after laney was airlifted to helen devos childrens hospital in grand rapids christie perdue rushed there not knowing the extent of her daughters injuries she said she was relieved when she got to her bedside she just said hi mom hi mom and so i just knew at that moment that that part was going to be ok she said saturdays crash killed perdues husband who was a real estate agent as well as the pilot of the twinengine plane and a couple who was planning to open a winery and vineyard on the island the plane was flying from charlevoix to the island when it crashed the federal aviation administration said the federal agency said it would take part in an investigation led by the national transportation safety board