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Related: About this forumVideo of Hawaiian Plane Crash From Inside the Cabin
We're going down: Passenger's harrowing footage of fatal plane crash
A crash last month off Hawaii resulted in the death of state health official Loretta Fuddy, who released President Obama's birth certificate
New footage taken by a passenger shows the crash as it happened
Fuddy was the only passenger to perish in the crash
She clung to her deputy during her final moments of life in the water but then let go and died while everyone else was saved
The eight others on the plane, including the pilot, either swam to shore or were rescued in the ocean
Officials blamed engine failure for the crash
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2536931/New-footage-shows-harrowing-moment-small-plane-crashed-Hawaii-killed-woman-published-President-Obamas-birth-certificate.html
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Video of Hawaiian Plane Crash From Inside the Cabin (Original Post)
jakeXT
Jan 2014
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AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)1. That's the real deal.
This is my experience. No screaming. No freaking out. No 'every man for himself'.
When shit happens, I see people pull together and do what needs to be done.
Very sad there was still a fatality, but that's humanity right there. Take heart.
JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)2. It's so sad.
1monster
(11,012 posts)3. I remember the live coverage of the Air Florida crash into the Potomic River
in the '80s winter. There was a man who helped several people get into the helicopter rescue lift, but when the helicopter came back for him, he was gone.
In an emergency, it seems to be instinctive to help each other survive. The survival of the group enhances the chances of survival of the individual...