The Friday Flyer • March 17, 2017

CANYON LAKE’S NEWSPAPER • MARCH 17, 2017
Easter Sunday Service to be held at Indian Beach Pg. A5
EVMWD's Water Festi- val offers free family fun Pg. A10
JWC invites residents to annual Charity Golf Tournament Pg. A14
Lodge manager begins to
rebuild after plane crash
destroys family home
Above are Mark and Lori Scheck. The photo on the left shows some of the damage to the Schecks' home caused by the plane crash. Below are Mark and Lori's children, Lilly and twins Landon and Logan.
BY DONNA RITCHIE
EDITOR, THE FRIDAY FLYER
In an instant, Mark Scheck's life as he knew it had changed. On Monday, February 27, Mark was on his way to an appointment when his wife, Lori, called. "I heard a plane crashed in our neighbor- hood," said the frantic voice on the other line. "It can't be our house," thought Mark.
When Mark arrived home, he found his street blocked off. It was then that he learned the home he purchased four years ago on Rhonda Rd. in Riverside was one two homes a Cessna T310Q slammed into. Passenger Joanne Sta- cey Pierce was ejected from the plane and pulled by firefighters from Mark's children's bedroom window. Joanne sur- vived the crash but succumbed to her injuries eight days later. She was the fourth victim. Passenger Sylvia Farelas is the lone survivor.
"We lost everything," said Mark. "It was a total loss. Everything is either de- stroyed or covered in soot." The family's pets, three-year old Labrador Retriev- ers, Lucy and Sky, and 15-year-old cat,
Hunnabunny, also perished in the crash.
Mark says telling his chil- dren, ten-year-old Lilly and seven-year-old twins Landon and Logan, that their pets were gone was the hardest thing he's ever had to do. "The kids were sobbing. We all just held each other and cried. It was the only time I cried during this whole thing. " he says. "The house
we can always get back, but the animals we can't. Our animals were like our kids, they were part of the family."
Mark's children have not been back to their home since leav- ing on the morning of the crash. The Schecks told their children few details about the crash and why they can't return
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PHOTOS PROVIDED BY MARK SCHECK