[It] was the worst thing happening at the worst time in the worst environment.

As we were coming in, we decided to stay straight and level. This would give us the most time to try and restart and also it made more sense rather than try to get to...

Mark said he was going to swim to it. I didn’t say, ‘no,’ I didn’t say, ‘I’m with you.’ I can’t swim too well. At that point, I did the back float, he swam, and...

The propeller sputtered and that was it … we recognized it was an emergency.

It was great. The helicopter came over – and then I was inside. The worst was over. They were just phenomenal.

Mark stayed calm, [he] reached in his pocket, takes out his cell phone and dialed 911. It was just beautiful. … A couple of minutes later, the plane went under.

We climbed to the top of the tail. That didn’t help too much. It was underwater.

Mark stayed calm, reached in his pocket, takes out his cell phone and dialed 911. It was just beautiful. And then from there, a couple of minutes later, the plane went under.

We just went for it, we knew that we had to do it, we maintained our composure.

You train for these events routinely, but when it happens you don’t know how you’re going to react. Mark and me, as a team, we did well.

We were playing for keeps. We didn’t say that we were. We didn’t say, ‘What are we going to do now?’ We just went for it.

The propeller sputtered, undulated and sputtered again.