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What to know about the young survivor who inspired the book and series.
However, Apple TV+s new showDear Edwardwill likely feel more rooted in reality and thats because it is.
Dear Edwardis based on a real plane crash.
The book, in turn, pulled inspiration from Afriqiyah Airways Flight 771.
That child, Ruben van Assouw, was the only survivor on board.
103 others, including Rubens brother and his parents, died.
She spoke to a retired pilot about plane crashes and read nonfiction books to inspire other passengers stories.
Napolitano also used her own family dynamic to informDear Edward.
Dear Edwardshouldnt be treated, then, as a true-to-life recreation of the 2010 tragedy.
But what happened to the real Ruben?
He learned, there, that his family had been killed.
Rubens family has seemingly raised him pretty privately so little is known about where he is today.
