The East River is a lot deeper than the pond Teddy left Mary Jo in. I’m waiting on more facts before judging.
Yeah, and watching the bit of video with the article I don’t think there’s anything he could have done. The chopper was turning over and sinking pretty fast. It’s probably remarkable that anyone got out.
Watch a YouTube video on water training for Marines in downed helicopters. A civilian in such a situation has no chance. When I was in the Army we did train for such contingency ON LAND and would never ever want to experience it let alone water.