U.S. CAPTIONING COMPANY
ABOUT THE PARAMEDICS WEREN'T
THERE YET, SHE STARTED GOING
INTO SHOCK AND YOU CAN SEE HER
VIBRATING A LITTLE BIT MORE, AND
I HELD HER AND JUST TOLD HER
"EVERYTHING IS OKAY."
Calvin: OFF THE TOP AT 6:00
WE'RE HEARING FROM WONT GOOD
SAMARITANS WHO JUMPED INTO
ACTION TO HELP SAVE THE VICTIMS
AFTER FIERY PLANE CRASH IN
POMPANO BEACH.
THREE PEOPLE ONBOARD THAT SMALL
PLANE ARE BEING TREATED FOR
CONCH REPUBLIC BURNS.
Laurie: AND LOCAL10 NEWS
REPORTER DEREK SHORE SPENT THE
DAY AT THE CRASH SITE WHERE
CREWS HAVE BEEN REMOVING THAT
WRECKAGE AND HE BEGINS OUR LIVE
TEAM COVERAGE.
Derek: LAURIE AND CALVIN,
THAT HAPPENED JUST A LITTLE BIT
AGO.
CREWS TO GET OFF THE THAT
WRECKAGE OUT FROM THOSE HOMES,
AND YOU SEE THAT HOMEOWNER THAT
HAD QUITE A BIT OF KAJ DONE TO
THE FRONT AND BACK OF HIS HOME
WILL HAVE PLENTY OF REPAIRS
TODAY TO DO, AND IF NTSB TRYING
TOW FIGURE OUT WHY THIS PLANE
WENT DOWN.
AN EXPLOSION IN THE MIDDLE OF A
QUIET POMPANO BEACH
NEIGHBORHOOD, A TWIN ENGINE
PLANE FALLING FROM THE SKY,
CLIPPING A HOUSE AND BURSTING
INTO CAMES FLAMES.
THE THREE ONBOARD AMAZINGLY
FOUND ALIVE AND RUSHED TO A
HOSPITAL.
IT WAS CRAZY.
I COULDN'T SLEEP LAST NIGHT, TO
BE HONEST.
NEIGHBORS WERE IN SHOCK.
I WAS LOOKING STRAIGHT
THROUGH THERE WHIT HIT AND THERE
IS WITH A FEWER BALL AND IT
BURST INTO FLAMES.
Derek: A DAY LATER THE FLAMES
ARE OUT AND NOW CREWS SPENDING
HOURS ME TICKLESSLY REMOVING
PIECES OF THAT PLANE FROM A
BACKYARD.
ENGINES AND OTHER DEBRIS ALL
CRITICAL CLUES FOR INVESTIGATORS
TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WENT WRONG.
I KNOW THEY WERE ON TAKE-OFF
AND OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING
HAPPENED, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE
GOING TO HOPEFULLY DETERMINE
HERE OVER NEXT FEW DAYS.
Derek: THE PLANE COMING FROM
NEARBY POMPANO AIR PARK.
ONBOARD TWO STUDENT AND IT'S A
PILOT PRACTICING TAKEOFFS AND
LANDING.
I THINK IT'S A MICHEL,
ESPECIALLY THE PEOPLE IN THE
PLANE, THAT THEY GOT OUT AND
WEREN'T BURNED ALIVE I THINK IS
A MIRK.
Derek: BUT COME SAY THIS WAS
BOUND TO HAPPEN WITH A FLIGHT
SCHOOL JUST UP ROAD.
I DON'T MIND THE FLIGHT
SCHOOL, BUT WHEN THEY HAVE THE
SAME PLANE TOUCHING AND GOING AS
MANY AS 15 TIMES IN ONE HOUR, I
THINK THAT'S A LITTLE CARRIED
AWAY.
Derek: AND BACK OUT HERE
LIVE, WE ARE TOLD THE HOMEOWNER
WAS INSIDE THAT HOUSE WHEN THE
PLANE WENT DOWN BUT HAS NOT
WANTED TO TALK TO US ABOUT WHAT
HE HEARD OR SAW DURING THIS
INCREDIBLY TERRIFYING
EXPERIENCE.
MEANWHILE, NTSB SAYS IN ABOUT
FIVE DAYS THEY'LL COME OUT WITH
A PRELIMINARY REPORT WITH SOME
INFORMATION THAT THEY'VE BEEN
ABLE TO GAIN FROM THEIR
INVESTIGATION, BUT SAY A
DEFINITIVE ANSWER AS TO WHY THIS
PLANE WENT DOWN COULD BE SIX TO
NINE MONTHS'.
WE'RE LIVE IN POMPANO BEACH,
DEREK SHORE, LOCAL10 NEWS.
Calvin: AND WE'RE ALSO
LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE PLANE
CRASH VICTIMS AND OF THEIR
DRAMATIC RESCUE.
LOCAL10 NEWS REPORTER NEKI MOHAN
CONTINUES OUR TEAM COVERAGE FROM
JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL WHERE
THEY ARE NOW BEING TREATED.
NEKI.
Neki: CALVIN, IT'S SAFE TO
SAY THIS MAN SAVED THEIR LIVES,
RUNNING INTO THAT BURNING PLANE
TO PULL THEM OUT.
23-YEAR-OLD CILIA MENA IS IN
CRITICAL CONDITION.
SHE WAS ONE OF THE STUDENT
PILOTS.
THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR GEOFF
WHITE AND THE OTHER STUDENT
PRIVACY FERNANDO DIAZ HAVE ASKED
FOR PRIVACY.
IT'S NUTS.
IT WAS A CRAZY DAY YESTERDAY.
Neki: WARREN BETTS STILL
CAN'T BELIEVE WHAT HE WITNESSED,
SPRINGING INTO ACTION SHORTLY
AFTER THE BEECHCRAFT 76 CRASHED
IN THE POMPANO BEACH
NEIGHBORHOOD.
MY FRIEND RYAN GRABBED THE
PILOT, I GRABBED THE COPILOT.
WE BROUGHT OHM THEM OUT.
THE COPILOT KEPT ASKING ME, HOW
IS MY FACE?
MY FACE?
HOW IS MY FACE?
I SAID, SIR, YOU'RE ALIVE.
Neki: THAT PILOT HAS BEEN
IDENTIFIED AS 40-YEAR-OLD GEOFF
RI WHITE, 25-YEAR-OLD SILVIA
MENA OF ECUADOR AND DIAZ WERE
THE THE STUDENTS ONBOARD.
THEN I HEAR THIS LADY,
THERE'S ANOTHER ONE, AND I LOOK
BACK AND THERE'S THE GIRL ON THE
SIDE.
SHE GOES, "PLEASE GET ME OUT OF
THE SUN."
I MEAN, THE SKIN WAS JUST COMING
OFF HER.
Neki: THAT'S JUST ONE OF THE
PEOPLE WHO RUSHED TO HELP THEM
SECONDS AFTER THE PLANE WENT
DOWN.
THE FLIGHT WAS OPERATED OUT OF
THE FLORIDA AVIATION ACADEMY.
NO ONE THERE HAS COMMENTED.
ALL OF THE VICTIMS WERE BURNED
OVER 30 TO 40 PERCENT OF THEIR
BODIES.
THEY WERE TAKEN TO BROWARD
HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER FIRST
BEFORE BEING TRANSFERRED TO
JABS' BURN UNIT.
SHE WAS JUST -- JACKSON'S
BURN UNIT.
SHE WAS THANKING ME.
SHE JUST KEPT SAYING "THANK
YOU."
Neki: I'M PRETTY SURE ALL
THREE OF THEM ARE VERY THANKFUL.
CIVIL A MENA AGAIN LIFTED THIS
CRITICAL CONDITION.
GEOFF WHITE AND FERNANDO DIAZ