Homestead, Florida
Robert ''Bud'' Marquis, the Homestead airboater who witnesses the crash of Eastern Airlines Flight 401 in the Florida Everglades 36 years ago -- and then rushed to help rescue survivors -- died Friday of complications from an accident five weeks ago. He was 79.
Read MoreGrief can be so hard, but our special memories help us cope. Remembering you and your loved one today and always. Your memory lives on through ways you probably never wanted, knew, or could imagine - I guess that what happens to heroes.
D. Withers
June 18, 2025 | Other
Single Memorial Tree
Todd Hairgrove
December 14, 2024 | Los Angeles, CA
Just heard about you on air disaster, I hope you are in heaven and paradise, hope you family's doing well.
December 13, 2024
MY understanding as an Aviation / Aerospace Historian is that as a result of the efforts of Robert "Bud" Marquis' the evening of the crash of EA-401in the Everglades, that 20-30 or lives were saved as a result of his direct action. That action being taken in a swamp with aprox' 3ft of water covering the area with a muddy base and covered in sawgrass ..... littered with very sharp bits of aircraft debris and seriously injured and many dying survivors scattered amongst those debris from the...
GRAEME SMITH - AVIATION / AEROSPACE HISTORIAN - AUSTRALIA
October 18, 2024 | Other
The case of EAL 401 was the very FIRST accident I watched on Air Crash Investigation (ACI). Every time I read about EAL 401, you are always mentioned due to your heroic actions in assisting survivors in getting out of the swampy Everglades. 52 years have now passed since that night when EAL 401 went down. May God bless you and your family and may all future investigators (including myself) or aviation accident experts continue to praise you for your unselfish act of heroism that night. In...
Colin McLaughlin
July 23, 2024 | Other
May your hearts soon be filled with wonderful memories of joyful times together as you celebrate a life well lived.
Todd Hairgrove
April 14, 2024 | Other
Also just saw your Air Disasters story & you have truly restored my faith that there really are kind, caring & unselfish people around us. YOU are what a hero really is. Thank you!!
Linda in NJ
September 02, 2022
I also just watched air emergency and think what Robert did was amazing. Brave brave man RIP
Atom Donaldmez
April 28, 2018 | Friend
I just watched the TV show 'Air Disasters'. I was just thinking of all the people that are going to remember that their family trees were able to continue grow because of the actions that Robert Marquis took faithful night. All the children and their children will never forget what he did. The man was a hero, risking his life to save as many as he could with the risk of death with all the fuel in the swamp water..
February 07, 2016
