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Doctor Penned Note To Loved Ones Before Crash

In the last moments before a medical plane crashed into Lake Michigan off Ludington on Friday, the doctor aboard apparently wrote a final note to his loved ones.

Dr James Hall wrote -- "We love you. We lost power over the middle of Lake Michigan and turning back. We are praying to God that all will be taken care of. We love you. Jim."

Meantime, this morning,the rescue mission has turned into a recovery operation in Lake Michigan for the four passengers still missing. Only the pilot, 66-year-old Jerry Freed of Alma, was found and rescued Friday.

The plane was headed to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota where passenger Don Pavlik, diagnosed with esophageal cancer, was to get treatment.

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