2. Ted Kennedy Jr.
Back to the plane crashes… Ted Jr., the second child of Ted Sr., BARELY avoided a plane crash. In 1982 Ted was running ten minutes behind schedule and he missed his flight that was traveling from Washington National Airport to Hollywood International Airport. The plane went down into the Potomac River killing a total of 74 people on board. Even before his close call with death via plane crash, Ted Jr. had a hard life early on as he was diagnosed with bone cancer at the age of twelve, resulting in the loss of his right leg.