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when I see the footage that was taken

when I see the footage that was taken like of the P from the pier of the plane

like of the P from the pier of the plane

like of the P from the pier of the plane actually landing on the river I see it I

actually landing on the river I see it I

actually landing on the river I see it I know it happened I know I was on there

know it happened I know I was on there

know it happened I know I was on there but it still is hard for me to wrap my

but it still is hard for me to wrap my

but it still is hard for me to wrap my brain around the fact that my body was

brain around the fact that my body was

brain around the fact that my body was sitting in that plane that landed in

sitting in that plane that landed in

sitting in that plane that landed in that River

that River

that River I think the first feelings I had were

well but how did that happen and why am

well but how did that happen and why am I here and why did it not turn out the

I here and why did it not turn out the

I here and why did it not turn out the way that that most plane crashes do for

way that that most plane crashes do for

way that that most plane crashes do for the what was it

the what was it

the what was it birds knocking out both engines it’s a

birds knocking out both engines it’s a

birds knocking out both engines it’s a one-in-eight billion chance I think the

one-in-eight billion chance I think the

one-in-eight billion chance I think the NTSB said for every for as crazy as that

NTSB said for every for as crazy as that

NTSB said for every for as crazy as that was for the one thing that went really

was for the one thing that went really

was for the one thing that went really wrong all the stuff that went really

wrong all the stuff that went really

wrong all the stuff that went really right with the river being there that

right with the river being there that

right with the river being there that not having ice with the ferry boats

not having ice with the ferry boats

not having ice with the ferry boats being there I mean there’s so many

being there I mean there’s so many

being there I mean there’s so many things that went right for the one thing

things that went right for the one thing

things that went right for the one thing that went wrong

that went wrong

that went wrong I don’t know why that happened I’ll

I don’t know why that happened I’ll

I don’t know why that happened I’ll probably never know why that happened

probably never know why that happened

probably never know why that happened but what doesn’t kill us does make us a

but what doesn’t kill us does make us a

but what doesn’t kill us does make us a lot stronger so quickly I took stock in

lot stronger so quickly I took stock in

lot stronger so quickly I took stock in that and said well this is a life

that and said well this is a life

that and said well this is a life experience I can build on I don’t know

experience I can build on I don’t know

experience I can build on I don’t know it’s still just it’s just surreal in

it’s still just it’s just surreal in

it’s still just it’s just surreal in some in some ways

some in some ways

some in some ways I’m put in a a rare Club you know there

I’m put in a a rare Club you know there

I’m put in a a rare Club you know there aren’t a whole lot of people that come

aren’t a whole lot of people that come

aren’t a whole lot of people that come back and survive plane crashes and the

back and survive plane crashes and the

back and survive plane crashes and the beauty I mean the best part I think of

beauty I mean the best part I think of

beauty I mean the best part I think of our experience is that we all survived

our experience is that we all survived

our experience is that we all survived for as much as I’ve dealt with the PTSD

for as much as I’ve dealt with the PTSD

for as much as I’ve dealt with the PTSD thank goodness I don’t have to deal with

thank goodness I don’t have to deal with

thank goodness I don’t have to deal with survivor’s guilt everybody’s arrived

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