A 3-year-old girl found alive in the upside-down wreckage of an airplane survived because she was strapped in a car seat, rescuers said. They said they knew she was OK when she cried for her teddy bear.

Sunday's crash killed Kate Williams' pilot-grandfather, Allen D. Williams, 65, and another passenger, authorities said.

The plane was found nose down and flipped over in the icy water at the edge of a riverbank in the rugged mountains of southeast British Columbia.

''What saved her life was being strapped into that car seat,'' said Mike Plonka, a member of Golden's search-and-rescue team. ''You could see that she was very scared. Her big concern at the time was her little teddy bear. She didn't want to leave without it. ...

''She was just pointing at it and calling it 'Baby,''' he said Monday.

Full report: Toddler found alive in plane wreckage

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