Ralph Flores, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Ralph Flores

Mexican pilot

Date of Birth: 24-Oct-1921

Date of Death: 20-Sep-1997

Profession: aircraft pilot

Nationality: Mexico

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Ralph Flores

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  • Flores (October 24, 1921 – September 20, 1997) was a Mexican-born pilot from California who crashed his private plane (registration N58856) in the wilds of Canada's Yukon Territory in February 1963 while on a trip from Fairbanks, Alaska to California.
  • He survived, along with his passenger Helen Klaben, for 49 days, subsisting mostly on melted snow.
  • Flores, a new convert to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, told the Jewish Klaben that they would be rescued if she would read the New Testament.
  • Three days after Klaben had supposedly finished the last page of the Book of Revelation, a passing pilot, a Mr.
  • Hamilton, finally noticed the giant SOS that Flores had stamped into the snow of a nearby clearing. His grandson, BJ Flores, is a professional boxer.

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