[ Fatal Crossing: The Mystery Disappearance of NWA Flights 2501 and the Quest for Answers Van Heest, V. O. ( Author ) ] { Paperback } 2013

Fatal Crossing was an excellent book written by a local (to me) author. Fatal Crossing tells the story of Northwest airlines flight 2501 and it's crash into Lake Michigan during a storm killing all 58 people on board. The mystery that surrounds that crash and the 10+ year search for the airplane that the Michigan shipwreck research association along with author Clive Cussler and his team executed before finally giving into and applying the old saying that the ship will be found when it wants to be found and not before to the elusive airplane in its final resting place somewhere on the floor of south western Lake Michigan along with so many boats and ships and even a few more airplanes. Valerie Olson van Heest brought the story to life and gave a measure of peace and some closure to so many of the family members of the 58 people who went down with the plane. I was brought to tears on more than one occasion as I endured a roller coaster ride of emotions reading about this Lake Michigan mystery that happened so close to home for me.