Brian's Survival Strategies

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Brian was going to his dads, because his parents were divorced, but on the way Brian experienced some difficulties. While on the plane the pilot had a heart attack, Brian took over and flew the plane for a long time until it ran out of fuel. When Brian landed the plane he tried to land it in the water which he did, when he landed he barely survived. Brian used some of the listed survival strategies such as using trial an error, common sense, and lastly patience. He used these strategies well, and survived.
Brian used trial an error to his advantage because he used it to catch food. For an example when Brian was trying to catch fish the glare of the sun was affecting how he saw the fish. So he would always miss catching them, until he moved

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