'It's her last memory before the crash,' the 11-year-old's mother said. 'He gave the best bear hugs.'
, Christina Perdue, the young girl's mother, said that she believes her deceased husband, Mike Perdue, wrapped himself around their daughter during the crash and ultimately helped save her life. Perdue said that this was her daughter's last memory before the impact.
"The news is making its way through the wine industry pretty quickly," Alaina Dodds, co-owner of Lake District Wine Co. in Traverse, Michigan,"Everyone is heartbroken. Kate is just one of those people you don't forget. Kate and Adam were just two powerhouses. They were inspirational. They were just getting started with what they wanted to do. It's tragic."
"Geographically, they were extremely close to us," Matt Killman, a Petoskey-based winemaker, said."They were doing something similar but different. I think everyone in the industry they had communicated with was rooting for them."
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