ted stevens

Former Senator, believed to be among the nine along with ex-NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe in a small airplane that crashed Monday night in Alaska. It is said that only four of the nine had survived. The identities of the survivors and victims has not been released by Alaska National Guard.

The rugged wilds of Alaska can be a very dangerous place to fly over in small planes, which many do. Iconic social commentator and comedian Will Rogers died in a plane crash there in 1935, as did Louisiana Democrat Thomas Hale Boggs Sr., then the House Majority Leader.

Since Alaska National Guard hasn't yet released the identities of the survivors and the perished, it is still only believed that ted stevens was on board the aircraft. Friends of former U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens said he was traveling Monday to the GCI-owned Agulowak Lodge near Lake Aleknagik, and no one has answered the phone at the homes of Stevens' daughter, Susan Covich, in Kenai, or his son, Ben, in Anchorage.

Lets hope for the best