Richard Bach in serious condition

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Son says author Richard Bach improving - seattlepi.com

SEATTLE (AP) — Best-selling author Richard Bach remained in serious condition Sunday, recovering from injuries suffered when his small plane clipped power lines crashed. But his son said he is making marked improvements.

Bach suffered a head injury and broken shoulder after his single-engine amphibian aircraft clipped power lines Friday afternoon about three miles west of Friday Harbor Airport in Washington state.

He was taken to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, where a nursing supervisor on Sunday said Bach remained in serious condition.

Bach's son, James Bach, said Sunday morning that his 76-year-old father hasn't been able to say anything because he has a tube down his throat, but he is responding to doctors and people around him, and he has good cognitive function.

I found out from a friend on FB

My old friend, Richard Bach, author of "Jonathan Livingston Seagull", "Illusions" and other bestsellers, was critically injured in an airplane accident as he was landing his single-engine plane. We hope and pray that he will recover. Richard and I have known each other for over two decades and our philosophies shared a common thread. - John Harricharan