That's the meme into which we're supposed to buy, isn't it?
Since "there is no way," we're supposed to be entirely understanding that if Fuddy wore an infant life jacket, it would cause anybody to be stressed, hyperventilate or even have a heart arrhythmia.
Don't buy it from the start! The clear evidence we weren't supposed to see (Fuddy's brother, Lewis, said he didn't want her image shown on TV--hmmm) is that she wore a fully-inflated, adult life jacket!
She was declared to be CRITICAL forty minutes after she was left in the water--deemed by protocols to be unqualified even to receive CPR--as clearly dead.
USCG guys follow orders or they get court-martialed.
I hope it all comes out eventually in a book. After the trials, of course.
Granted, older people sometimes can’t handle stressful situations like younger folks but from what we’ve heard, the landing was the smoothest possible considering. Sure, they would have been scared. There were older passengers than Fuddy and the one guy swam to shore so was perfectly fine. No one was injured except for the cut on the pilot’s head. It’s been reported everyone was calm getting into vests and out of the plane. Just seeing how close to shore they were would have soothed nerves. These are Hawaiians. They don’t fear the water. Kick back, relax and praise the lord while you wait for the rescuers.
Ok, fine, a heart can stop at any moment. Mine could stop before I finish typing this. But there’s just too many coincidences with Joker.