Hannah Luce Walks Again After Deadly Plane Crash

After walking away as the sole survivor of a plane crash that left burns on 28 percent of her body, Hannah Luce, the daughter of Teen Mania founder Ron Luce, is back on her feet again.

Luce reports that his daughter walked all the way to the visitor’s area and back without a walker on Saturday. It was the first time she’s walked over the last three weeks.

A flight carrying Hannah, along with three Oral Roberts University (ORU) alumni and a former ORU instructor, was headed to Acquire The Fire in Council Bluffs, Iowa when it crashed on May 11.

“I want to thank you all so much for praying!” Luce wrote in his blog. “As we have heard from people praying from all around the world for Hannah’s recovery, she continues to be in the burn center of the KU Medical Center in Kansas City and is making significant progress. She’s still in quite a bit of pain, but she is beginning to use her limbs more.”

Luce said Hannah is encouraged by the many cards, letters and gifts. Children, he explained, have written her get-well letters. Others who’ve been through similar traumas have also written letters of encouragement.

“In fact, Gov. Sam Brownback of Kansas called to encourage Hannah the other day. He said that, as he was passing through Chanute, Kan., the other day, people were still talking about the accident,” Luce said. “Gov. Brownback listened to Hannah’s story and then prayed for her, and that really lifted her spirit.”

Luce expects doctors to move Hannah to a hospital/rehab center in Dallas on Monday.