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Whidbey Island crash victims include Woodinville winery owner, Spokane civil rights activist

A U.S. Coast Guard plane searches area Monday, Sept. 5, 2022 on Whidbey Island, where a chartered floatplane crashed the day before. The plane was carrying 10 people and was en route from Friday Harbor on San Juan Island to the Renton Municipal Airport. (AP Photo/Stephen Brashear)

Ross Andrew Mickel, founder of Woodinville’s Ross Andrew Winery was among those killed, along with his family. Spokane newspaper publisher and civil rights activist Sandy Williams also perished, along with the small plane’s pilot and 6 other passengers. Click play to hear Corwin Haeck’s story.

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