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Revealed: Video Of Plane Crash That Killed Hawaii DOH Director Loretta Fuddy

- image credit: passenger ferdinand puentes - khon2 -

ABC News aired video recorded by one of the passengers in the plane that crashed last month in Hawaii...


Hawaii's KHON-2 excerpt/video: Passenger on plane that crashed off Molokai breaks silence


Puentes turned on his GoPro camera moments after the engine of the Makani Kai Air Cessna he was on quit, just offshore of Kalaupapa, Molokai.

"Seeing the water coming up real fast, the splash down when we hit the water," Puentes said.

Puentes and the rest of his passengers jumped out of the sinking plane.

"It just bit into me like am I dreaming," Puentes said.

He held on to one wing as long as he could. From his vantage point, he got this eery image of the plane underwater.

Despite being an avid waterman, Puentes' life vest wasn't enough to keep him from going under, so the pilot, Clyde Kawasaki, gave him an extra seat cushion to stay afloat. [...] - KHON-2.

Daily Mail reports: New footage shows the harrowing moment a small plane crashed off Hawaii and killed the woman who published President Obama's birth certificate

• A crash last month off Hawaii resulted in the death of state health official Loretta Fuddy, who released President Obama's birth certificate
• New footage taken by a passenger shows the crash as it happened
• Fuddy was the only passenger to perish in the crash
• She clung to her deputy during her final moments of life in the water but then let go and died while everyone else was saved
• The eight others on the plane, including the pilot, either swam to shore or were rescued in the ocean
• Officials blamed engine failure for the crash

Dramatic new footage shows the moment a small plane crashed in Hawaiian waters and resulted in the death of state health official Loretta Fuddy - the woman responsible for releasing President Barack Obama's longform birth certificate. [...] Continued/Pics @ Daily Mail. Hat tip Falcon.

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- image credit: daily mail via abc news. -

- image credit: passenger ferdinand puentes - khon2 -

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