US | plane crash Ex-NASA Chief, Son Survive Plane Crash Sean O'Keefe among survivors of crash that killed Stevens By Newser Editors and Wire Services Posted Aug 10, 2010 4:22 PM CDT Copied In this Feb. 17, 2005, file photo, Sean O'Keefe answers questions at a news conference on the Baton Rouge campus of Louisiana State University. (AP Photo/Bill Feig, File) Former NASA chief Sean O'Keefe survived the plane crash in Alaska that killed former Sen. Ted Stevens, an ex-NASA spokesman says. O'Keefe's teenage son, Kevin, also was among the four survivors. The plane crashed Monday night near a remote fishing village in Alaska, killing five. The former spokesman for the space agency says he has talked to O'Keefe's family. They told him that O'Keefe and his son had some broken bones and other injuries. Read These Next One of the Slender Man attackers escaped her group home, briefly. Man was planning cremation for his sister, who turned out to be alive. 'Putin wants legal recognition to what he has stolen.' Anthem's new policy isn't going over well with hospitals. Report an error