Joe Shareky @ NY Times tells his story of "Colliding With Death at 37,000 Feet, And Living".

Joe was on a free lance assignment for  Business Jet Traveler magazine, and in the Embraer Legacy 600 that had a collision with a Boeing 737 over Brazil were 155 people on the 737 died.

There was a total of 7 people on the 13-passenger $25 million jet flying at 37,000 feet when the event happened.  The jet was piloted by Joe Lepore & Jan Paladino, and included passengers from Embraer and the new owner of the jet from charter company ExcelAire.