Passengers were able escape the plane and the incoming rush of water. One of the passengers reportedly swam ashore while the others waited in the water to be recused by the US Coast Guard. Another passenger, Ferdinand Puentes, even had time to snap this selfie

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Ferdinand Puentes/Facebook
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Loretta Fuddy was the one fatality out of the nine people on board. While she was able to get out of the wreckage, she would later die from her injuries. Coincidentally, Fuddy was the health director responsible for the release of President Barack Obama's birth certificate in 2011

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