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With winter closing in, efforts to find aviator Steve Fossett have dwindled — along with hopes that his proven ability to cheat death enabled him to survive a plane crash in the rugged desert of northern Nevada.
More than a month after the Chicago millionaire and global adventurer left for a short flight, no one has found any trace of him and authorities have suspended the search, although efforts financed by Fossett’s friends and family continue.
“My gut feeling is that he didn’t survive the impact. It’s so unlikely,” said Maj. Cynthia Ryan of the Nevada Civil Air Patrol. She said if Fossett were alive but too injured to walk, he would have tried to signal searchers in some manner.
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Items compiled from Tribune news services.
