Wider reading for the ideas in Hatchet:

http://www.king5.com/news/local/super-hero-teen-talks-about-surviving-plane-crash/140239979

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/teen-plane-crash-survivor-tried-to-save-grandparents_us_55a854eae4b04740a3df96ca

 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/alaska-plane-crash-prompts-rescue-mission_us_55a9cb42e4b065dfe89e82fa