Boy, 7, coping in wake of plane crash

Fire engulfs the fuselage of a Piper PA32 shortly after 9:30 a.m. on Saturday on Inwood Court. The pilot, Salena Short of Tyler, Texas, perished. (AMY CREAMER BROWN/Special to the Reporter)
Fire engulfs the fuselage of a Piper PA32 shortly after 9:30 a.m. on Saturday on Inwood Court. The pilot, Salena Short of Tyler, Texas, perished. (AMY CREAMER BROWN/Special to the Reporter)

The plane crash made their home unlivable. The house reeks of smoke and fuel, and a tarp covers the hole left in the roof. 

Shane Thomson and her 7-year-old son, Ethan, lived together on Inwood Co…