The Rise and Fall of Lynyrd Skynyrd… And Everything In Between

Getting the Help They Needed

Mote then hopped into his pick-up truck to get back to the house. He told his wife to get back in the house, too, and went to grab his gun and stand guard. And that’s why Pyle, Frank, and Peden were met with such hostility when they finally made their way up to Mote. Mote even fired a warning shot into the air.

Lynyrd Skynyrd plane crash

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The guys hit the ground and shouted with the only amount of energy they had left: “Hey! I don’t know who you think we are, but we were on a plane, and the plane crashed out there on the other side of that cow pasture.” Mote connected the dots and changed his demeanor. He assembled a convoy of trucks and four-wheelers to find the crash site and rescue the survivors.