Boy who survived Libyan crash smiles at relatives

TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) —The Dutch boy who was the sole survivor of a plane crash that killed 103 people greeted his relatives with a smile today after they rushed from Holland to his hospital room in Libya and doctors said the 9-year-old was out of danger after successful surgery on his shattered legs. The Dutch Foreign Ministry said the boy’s aunt and uncle were in the Libyan capital Tripoli and officials at al-Khadra hospital said a group of Westerners visiting him were his relatives. A Dutch Embassy spokeswoman in Tripoli told Dutch state broadcaster NOS that the boy immediately recognized his loved ones and smiled at them when they came in.