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hello, and welcome to our viewers in the united states. and around the. world i'm john. vause with the cnn center in atlanta. almost nine hours now since hurricane eta made landfall in southwest florida. and this monster storm continues to cause widespread flooding. and storm surges in 12 feet high in places. tonight, -- statewide. like trustees outed more than 2 million homes and businesses, and the power grid so badly damaged parts there are concerns it may need to be rebuilt. ian arrived at the state went just shy of a category five. it's since been downgraded to a category 1, but...

Different. they have their own signature to it and i would certainly agree this is one of the referee flights i've been. on but to me what was unique about this one was the nature of the turbulence we hit. normally, you go through an eye wall, hit up and downdrafts, which is really turbulent. but this one, in addition to, that we had a lot of side to side motion. so, for me at least, that was very unusual. and so, you know, that makes it rank up there with probably one of the roughest flights i've ever had. what it says about the storm itself is, you know, this was a storm that was very -- it'...

With flight 587. there are two wake encounters. although invisible to the human eye they are displayed here in our animation. the first wake causes the plane to roll to the left and the co-pilot quickly puts it back on course. but then 15 seconds later, the plane is caught in a second wake. >> when this pilot got into the wake turbulence, the airplane started to roll. he put in flight control corrections that he thought was necessary to get the airplane back to a wings-level state. >> but instead of leveling out, the plane moves violently on all three axes of flight, left and right rolls, side...

To roll to the left and the co-pilot quickly puts it back on course. but then 15 seconds later, the plane is caught in a second wake. >> when this pilot got into the wake turbulence, the airplane started to roll. he put in flight control corrections that he thought was necessary to get the airplane back to a wings-level state. >> instead of leveling out, the plane moves violently on all three axes of flight. up and down and side to side motion. then the unthinkable happens. the tail snaps off. the plane banks left and plummets into a residential neighborhood in queens. just two minutes and 24 ...

>> oh, my god. >> please stay where you are. everybody, stay where you are. >> did you get it? oh, my god. >> keep your heads up. everybody, stay where you are. >> i knew that was in the stands, oh, my god. >> it could have been us. >> i know. in my mind, it was coming. >> joining me on the phone is the man who shot that video. he is brent wilson, he's back home in portland, oregon. brent, you know, we could hear i counted three "oh, my gods." i don't know if that was from you or your son. i can't imagine what you were feeling. if you can, walk me through your initial thoughts when y...