Of course it’s possible the survivors don’t want to be identified because in the moment of panic when they realized they had a few seconds to exit the aircraft before it sank, it was every man for himself and they left the 65 year old woman behind.
That's one explanation for the fact that eight of the nine people on board survived and only Fuddy did not. At this time, there are other possibilities. But all plausible explanations must come up with some factor that differed as it pertained to Fuddy when contrasted with the eight survivors.
BTW, FWIW, Fuddy's Deputy Health Dept. director was among the survivors.