Peter and Sharon LeBeau spoke briefly, two days after their house was hit by a pilotless small plane while they were inside. A fire official has unlocked the fence around their Gilbert home and Peter and Sharon LeBeau stepped inside for the first time since a Cessna 182 crashed through it Saturday night.

Peter peered through a broken window as the fire official pointed out the damage. Sharon stood a few feet behind. "Grateful to God to be alive," Sharon LeBeau said. "I've never seen so much compassion and kindness."

Peter LeBeau thanked fire and police departments for their fantastic work. "Now we have a big chore ahead of us," he said, adding that the damage did not scare him. "I'm an IT guy. I work with problems all the time. I'm in the fire line. Let's do it."

The plane tore through the roof of the LeBeaus' house after the Pilot Ryan Kilgore of Tempe reported that the plane's wing was on fire and was forced to eject. Colton Kilgore said Ryan was flying skydivers over Gilbert when the plane caught fire.

"The skydivers jumped out and Ryan was also, miraculously, able to get himself out and parachute to the ground. The plane crashed into a house and incredibly enough, the occupants were reportedly unharmed while their house was destroyed," Colton said.

"I started the fundraising page because I have no idea what the medical expenses will be for Ryan's recovery and care, not to mention the emotional trauma of enduring a plane crash," Colton said on the account page. "The initial expenses I anticipate are travel costs for our parents to fly to Arizona to be with him tomorrow, as well as potential loss of work as a result of this incident, and medical costs will follow."

By Premji