passengers themselves, they rescuers, the first responders, all of them, they responded from new york and new jersey. it took so much cooperation. everyone involved had to rise to the occasion and understand how serious this was and what they had to do and make it their mission to make sure that peoples lives were saved. >> do you remember that feeling? right, you told my colleague craig melbourne that you chose the least bad option. do you remember making that decision? >> oh, absolutely, yes. it did not take terribly long, probably less than a minute, ultimately. i knew intuitively, having turned to flown into new york a few times, there are only three options. -- dissenting attitude and lessening our speed, begin to have enough energy to collide as far as any roadway, and the only other place in this area that was long enough, wide enough, supporting enough even