front of me people are doing all sorts of things. some people were crying some people are obviously frantic. some people were praying, some people were obviously shouting. i grabbed the seat in front of me i bowed my head and prayed and asked for god's protection in that moment. >> they needed it. let's discuss why. we have cnn aviation analyst and pbs science correspondent, mr. miles o'brien. and cnn's safety analyst and former faa safety inspector, david sousci. one of the reasons that the plane didn't go off the runway is they belt up the area there after what happened in 1992. you remember on takeoff there, that plane lost it went into flushing bay, two dozen people swallowed up by the freezing water. that was the concern about what was happening this time. is this just an accident? >> well it's hard to say it's always more than one thing for one thing. but what we're talking about here is an airport that is on a good day, a varsity airport.