A cowboy and a firefighter are on a plane...

[samhexum]

A cowboy and a firefighter were among the heroes who pulled a New Mexico mom back into their airplane after an explosion tore a hole in the cabin and sucked the woman partway out, according to reports.

 

The Boeing 737 carrying Southwest Airlines Flight 1380 suffered a catastrophic engine failure at about 32,000 feet an hour into its LaGuardia-to-Dallas trip, forcing an emergency landing at Philadelphia International Airport.

 

Mother of two Jennifer Riordan was pulled partway out of the plane when shrapnel shattered her window and the cabin began to depressurize.

 

That’s when a pair of Texans — Stetson hat-wearing farm real estate worker Tim McGinty and firefighter Andrew Needum — sprang into action.

 

“When we saw the window was gone, somebody saw the lady out of the window, so just tried to get her back in and wasn’t strong enough,” McGinty told NBC. “A fireman, from Celina, Texas, jumped in there and helped and between the two of us, we were able to get her back in.”

 

“Some heroes wear capes, but mine wears a cowboy hat,” McGinty’s wife, Kristen, told USA Today.

[+ sniper]

See I wouldn't fit through one of those windows. I'd have plugged the hole and BEEN the hero...

[+ azdr0710]

[+ FreshFluff]

See I wouldn't fit through one of those windows. I'd have plugged the hole and BEEN the hero...

 

Someone did plug the hole.

[TruHart1]

Someone did plug the hole.

The sad news is that the lady they pulled back into the plane unfortunately was unable to survive.

 

TruHart1

[HotWhiteThirties]

The sad news is that the lady they pulled back into the plane unfortunately was unable to survive.

 

TruHart1

 

I read that as well! Such an horrific and terrifying event!