Actually sorry to say it they should have left the woman in the window There was absolutely no chance she would survive the incident and her body in the window plugged the hole.
Not many familiar with the accident probably considered what a pressure differential of one third of sea level did to the body’s internals—though perhaps someone familiar with the deep sea dive consequences of a sudden chamber decompression might guess the consequences.
Plus, she was strapped with her seatbelt and few grown women have shoulders or hips that can go through a plane’s window, which is only about 15” wide.
Lawyers that take on cases like this should lose their credentials to practice.