Posted on 01/10/2014 1:52:43 PM PST by The Sons of Liberty
A month after a small plane crash in Hawaii, a surviving passenger shows GoPro footage and even a selfie taken during the ordeal.
Would you have done the same? Ferdinand Puentes was one of nine passengers in a 2002 Cessna Grand Caravan which suddenly suffered engine failure off Kalaupapa, Molokai in Hawaii last month. As he heard the engine fail and saw the plane heading for the water, one of his first instincts was to turn on his GoPro camera and film what might have been his own demise. As KHON-TV reports, Puentes knew the danger he was in, yet the decision to film as much as possible might perplex a few. He managed to get out of the plane alive and survived the crash. However, while he was floating on a seat cushion and wearing his life raft, he took a selfie.
Was the impulse to record just a natural reaction? After all, any bystander or news organization would have likely done the same thing. And these days everyone is using their phones to film just about everything they see. But wouldn't one's first instinct be to try to contact family and friends to say goodbye? Perhaps that did happen. The footage reflects a quite stunning lack of panic. The passengers behave in an orderly manner. There is no screaming or pushing. No one seems frantic at all. Loretta Fuddy, Hawaii's 65-year-old state director of health, died in the crash, despite managing to leave the plane. In watching Puentes talk to KHON-TV, though, it's evident that the footage brings back painful memories. Would everyone want to have such ready access to a reminder? Or would some prefer to forget? "You could have died," Puentes told KHON-TV. "There's so much variations that could have happened for the worse."
Could be. But sometimes people just die. Even people with some minor involvement in important events.
Look Ma! no US Marshall HAT!
a double take?
Colby’s son made a film in which he suggested that it was suicide...
Good film.
Ed
Yes. . .and the lack of proof of a conspiracy is PROOF of how good the cover-up is.
Diabolical.
Cold water...Hawaii?
Excellent.
That's what I thought also.
The guy lived, and was happy about it. Good for him since I would be also.
Unless HE was in charge of saving every damn life on that plane!
Screwed up Political Correctness needs a punch to the Face.
Normal water temp off that island at that time of year is 74 deg. EXHAUSTION OR UNCONSCIOUSNESS 3 - 12 Hours. EXPECTED TIME OF SURVIVAL IS: 3 hrs. to indefinite
http://westpacmarine.com/samples/hypothermia_chart.asp
Who can tell about much of anything these days?
‘Cold water shock can cause a cardiac episode....
Sure, but this was Hawaii!
70 degress F is still cold to a completely submerged human being...’
Wouldn’t the autopsy have detected cardiac arrest, & pegged it as the cause of death?
at the beginning frame (shown while anchor is yapping), it looks like a blurred figure with a yellow float device. Is the blurred out part Fuddy? The 1:54 mark does resemble her slightly.
FYI: This article was written shortly after the crash.
“Last Moments Recounted of Official Killed In Crash:”
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/1-dead-small-plane-crash-molokai-hawaii-0
An autopsy was performed and the final report on the cause of death will be released once the toxicology report is finished.
“the final report on the cause of death will be released once the toxicology report is finished.”
Link?
Obama was in a plane crash?
The final autopsy report is still awaiting the toxicology report which often takes a considerable amount of time to complete.
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