Cowboy, Firefighter Stopped Woman from Getting Sucked out of Southwest Plane

New York Post ^ | April 18, 2018 | Max Jaeger

[Cecily]

A cowboy and a firefighter were among the heroes who pulled a New Mexico mom back into their airplane after an explosion tore a hole in the cabin and sucked the woman partway out, according to reports.

The Boeing 737 carrying Southwest Airlines’ Flight 1380 suffered the catastrophic engine failure at about 32,000 feet up, an hour into its LaGuardia-to-Dallas trip, forcing an emergency landing at Philadelphia International Airport.

Mother-of-two Jennifer Riordan was pulled partway out of the plane when shrapnel shattered her window and the cabin began to depressurize, sucking her partway out of the plane.

That’s when a pair of Texans — Stetson hat-wearing farm real estate worker Tim McGinty and firefighter Andrew Needum — sprung into action.

[Shady]

Brother did what he was trained to do...

[CedarDave]

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[pigsmith]

I was kinda wondering the same thing. Those windows are pretty small.

[DLfromthedesert]

I read her bio. She was a wonderful person. A tragic loss for her family and her community.😥