Story by Dawn White

NORTH TEXAS – Despite his 22 injuries, the family of the lone survivor of a North Texas plane crash is holding on to hope.

Two men died, and 35-year-old Randy Williams remains at Parkland Memorial Hospital, where he clings to life.

The small plane crashed near McKinney National Airport on Thursday.  National Transportation Safety Board members returned to the scene Friday.   

Williams' family said he was in the ICU in critical condition Friday, but they're hopeful he'll pull through. He opened his eyes and squeezed their hands in the morning.

"It was just pure shock. Like, I couldn't believe it. It was just crazy. It's a very surreal thing to wrap your head around," Lauren Chaffee said.

Lauren Chaffee, Williams' sister, said he has a two-year-old son who is his life. The young father suffered nearly two dozen injuries in the crash.

"His arms are broken, his shoulder, his clavicle, his leg has a rod in it," Chaffee said. "This morning they woke him up and he could breathe on his own for about 20 minutes."

Cody Williams said doctors put his brother in a medically induced coma Friday so he can heal.

"His hips were crushed, and his pelvis is all broken up," Williams said.

The small plane crashed late Thursday morning near McKinney National Airport. 

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