article_snippet: I think the pilot did everything the pilot could to slow the aircraft down,' said Port Authority head Patrick J. Foye during a news conference.
article_snippet: I'm not even sure what went through my mind because you're not even sure what's happening,' said passenger Mark Clafter. '
article_snippet: ' the pilot added that through it all,, 'no one was screaming, no one was freaking out, and when We came to a dead stop people were actually really calm.'
article_snippet: the pilot said that when people stopped all power went out and the pilot had no way of speaking to the passengers, but even then no one panicked.
article_snippet: didn’t spin around or anything,' passenger Sam Stern told the New York Post. '
article_snippet: passenger Sam Stern broke off.' '2 seconds more we would have been in the water!' wrote Jared Faellaci, who posted a photo of the view from passenger Sam Stern window.