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ABC decided to dispense with a reporter and string together a narrative of soundbites in order to let several passengers recount their six-minute rollercoaster flight from the runway in Queens to the waters off Manhattan in their own words. "The stewardess got up and she was looking like I need to stay calm and keep everybody else calm"…"Brace yourself for impact! You know, how do you brace yourself for impact?"…"We hit the water and all you felt was cold wind and snow just coming through the window"…"Wait a minute! The water is coming up on my knees. I have got to get out of there"…"I was in the plane trying to get to the wing. The water was up to my chest"…"A kind of calmness came over everybody"…"No survivor's guilt because we all survived."
CBS' Kelly Wallace, meanwhile, sat at the hospital bed of Barry Leonard. The 55-year-old passenger has a cracked chest bone. He showed Wallace the souvenir piece of clothing he was wearing when he was rescued. "The pilot gave me the shirt off his back," he recounted, so he was mistaken for a hero. "People were saying: 'A great job!'"
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