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Tirado, seriously injured and blinded by jet fuel, was too weak to grab the line when the helicopter returned to her. A watching bystander, Congressional Budget Office assistant Lenny Skutnik, stripped off his coat and boots, and in short sleeves, dove into the icy water and swam out to successfully pull her to shore. [12]
Almost 43 years ago to the day, tragedy struck when a commercial jet − Air Florida Flight 90 − plunged into icy waters shortly after an afternoon takeoff from the same airport where a ...
The film introduces the people whose lives will, on January 13, 1982, intersect on Air Florida Flight 90 from Washington, D.C. to Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Marilyn Nichols, a stewardess, has just learned she is pregnant. Priscilla Tirado and her husband Jose are leaving for Florida to take up a new job.
Martin Leonard Skutnik III (born 1953 in Mississippi, known as Lenny) [1] [2] is a retired employee of the United States Congressional Budget Office [3] who, on January 13, 1982, saved the life of Priscilla Tirado following the crash of Air Florida Flight 90 into the frozen Potomac River, Washington, D.C.
Wednesday's deadly collision between an American Airlines flight and an Army Black Hawk helicopter at Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) shares striking similarities to a crash that happened ...
The flight attendants are, from left, Vicky Smith, Nancy Lancaster, Pat Rice, Connie Harper and Donna Wolson. Air Florida’s ticket counter in Miami. Air Florida executives, left to right, Bob ...
Flight paths of the helicopter and regional jet, with an approximate location of the collision. At 8:43 p.m. EST (01:43 UTC), flight 5342 was flying a visual approach to runway 1 when it made initial contact with the Reagan National control tower. The controller asked if the crew could switch to runway 33.
Natalya Gudin and her husband, Alexandr Kirsanov, who coached two young figure skaters aboard American Airlines Flight 5342, had a choice to make before the plane took off: Who would go and who ...