Another Plane Has Crashed In Florida

Why does it feel like this keeps happening in Florida? According to News-Journal online, another plane has crashed early this morning. Sadly the aircraft went down in the woods, near DeLand. DeLand is about 3 hours from where I live in St. Petersburg. This is the 3rd plane crash in Florida this month.

According to the Volusia county sheriffs department, around 1:49 this morning, a Cessna 172 lost power and crashed in the woods off Marsh Road in Lake George State Forest. Lake George State Forest is North West of DeLand.  Thankfully the pilot was able to walk away from the crash with minor injuries. Police tell us that he was the only one on the plane. There were 2 other plane crashes in Florida this month, but sadly people died.

On February 9th, a Bombardier Challenger crashed on I-75. The plane landed on alligator alley. The plane hit an SUV and a truck. Even though the people in the vehicles survived, the pilot and co-pilot on the plane died. According to the Collier County Sheriff's office, the victims were Edward Daniel Murphy and Ian Fredrick Hoffman. Both residents of Florida.

Another plane crashed this month and it happened on February 1st in Clearwater. A plane crashed into a mobile home and took the lives of 3 people. Reports tell us the pilot reported that the engine had failed and was three miles from the nearest runway.

Sadly, he did not make it. The Clearwater Fire Chief tells us that the plane was found in one of the homes. 4 mobile homes caught on fire in the Bayside Waters mobile home park after the crash. The pilot was the only person on board of the aircraft. The pilot and two people who were on the ground were killed.

To me, death has never been taboo. It’s something a lot of us think about but never speak on. Death is a topic some people prefer not to discuss, but we cannot escape it. Nobody has ever managed to escape it.

People die every single day, which isn’t a fun thing to talk about. That’s why we have to live every day as if it were our last. Oh, and we have heard all the jokes about how Florida is "God's Waiting Room", too. According to the CDC, the average age of death in Florida is 79 years old as of 2019.

It may not be pleasant, but it is a part of life. I think you will enjoy this list if you are a morbid person, just like me. All 2020 data are final. 2020 birth data come from the National Vital Statistics System (NVSS) via CDC WONDER; 2020 death data, including leading causes of death, firearm mortality, homicide, drug overdose mortality, and infant mortality, come from the NVSS via CDC WONDER and rankings and rates are based on 2020 age-adjusted death rates. The following is a list of Florida's leading causes of death. You can see more on deaths in Florida here. Check out the list and see what the number one cause of death in Florida is. Take care, my friends.

Protect yourself and you can see more on Influenza/Pneumonia in Florida here.

You can see more on Chronic Liver Disease/Cirrhosis deaths here.

This disease is such an awful thing. I have had many family members touched by Alzheimer's and it is often called a family disease, because watching a loved one slowly decline affects everyone. You can see more on Alzheimer’s in Florida and the death rate here.

You can see more on diabetes here.

These are deaths from various lung diseases including asthma, chronic bronchitis, and emphysema. You can see more on chronic lower respiratory diseases here.

You can see more on stroke-related deaths here.

You can see more on accidental deaths here.

You can see more on COVID-19 here.

You can see more about cancer in Florida here.

Heart disease, a common cause of death in Florida, is caused by the narrowing of blood vessels in the heart, a condition linked with high blood pressure and cholesterol. Heart disease can be treated by improving your diet, exercising, and understanding your risk factors. You can see more on heart disease deaths in Florida here.