i had 20,000 hours, i had been an airline pilot for 29 of those years. in that entire time i had never experienced in flight the actual failure of even a single engine. >> really. >> i thought late in my career i probably wouldn't and i was wrong. so after many years of planning and anticipating and working hard never to be surprised by anything in an airplane, we were suddenly 100 seconds after takeoff confronted with the ultimate challenge of a lifetime. and it was shocking and my body -- responded in a very normal physiological way to it. i could feel my blood pressure and pulse shoot up in those seconds. but we had the presence of mind and discipline to focus on the task at hand in spite of an iconic picture of you with all