{"id":72329,"date":"2026-03-26T17:50:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T17:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/passengers-describe-surviving-laguardia-collision-and-helping-others-off-plane-im-a-walking-miracle\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T17:50:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T17:50:11","slug":"passengers-describe-surviving-laguardia-collision-and-helping-others-off-plane-im-a-walking-miracle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/passengers-describe-surviving-laguardia-collision-and-helping-others-off-plane-im-a-walking-miracle\/","title":{"rendered":"Passengers describe surviving LaGuardia collision and helping others off plane: &#8220;I&#8217;m a walking miracle&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Two Air Canada passengers who survived the <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/laguardia-airport-closed-arrving-air-canada-plane-ground-vehicle-collide\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">deadly plane-fire rescue truck collision<\/a><\/span> at New York&#8217;s <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/news\/laguardia-airport-runway-crash-pilot-reaction\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">LaGuardia Airport<\/a><\/span> described in an exclusive interview with &#8220;CBS Mornings&#8221; on Thursday the moment of impact and how they helped other passengers escape the plane.<\/p>\n<p>Rebecca Liquori recalled getting &#8220;very nervous&#8221; when they experienced turbulence while their plane was descending Sunday night.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I grabbed her arm, and we were strangers,&#8221; Liquori said of Rachel Mariotti, who was sitting next to her on the plane. &#8220;I just turned to her and I said, &#8216;I&#8217;m sorry, I&#8217;m just really scared.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Liquori said Mariotti admitted she was as well and the two comforted each other.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The impact of the firetruck &#8230; we didn&#8217;t know what was going on. We all flung forward,&#8221; Mariotti said. &#8220;We were holding on to each other. I was looking out the window \u2026 flying forward, looking out the window, are we going to spin out of control? It was scary.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sitting in the emergency exit row, Liquori and Mariotti then worked together when the <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/news\/air-traffic-control-deadly-laguardia-runway-crash\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">plane<\/a><\/span> stopped to remove the exit door on their side and help other passengers get out.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I pulled the door out,&#8221; Liquori said. &#8220;It was very heavy \u2013 so protocol is for you to throw it out the window. I was so panicked. I didn&#8217;t remember that part, but I did open the door and Rachel helped me move it out of the way so that all of the passengers on our side could get out.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>When they escaped from the plane, Liquori looked back at the wreckage and thought &#8220;I&#8217;m a walking miracle and God gave me a second chance at life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-large\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/03\/23\/2359c4bf-763d-42e4-8640-c5e4f3742ed2\/thumbnail\/620x414\/70d8d503f61e1762c3442a6cf44df59f\/gettyimages-2267568405.jpg#\" alt=\"LaGuardia Crash Kills Two After Air Canada Jet Hits Vehicle \" height=\"414\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/03\/23\/2359c4bf-763d-42e4-8640-c5e4f3742ed2\/thumbnail\/620x414\/70d8d503f61e1762c3442a6cf44df59f\/gettyimages-2267568405.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/03\/23\/2359c4bf-763d-42e4-8640-c5e4f3742ed2\/thumbnail\/1240x828\/f219c3cbca405fa46eab38580c935b5b\/gettyimages-2267568405.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Emergency crews respond to an Air Canada Express plane on the tarmac after the plane collided with a firetruck at LaGuardia Airport (LGA) in New York on March 23, 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Michael Nagle \/ Bloomberg via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Both women are mothers. Liquori has two children, ages 4 and 2. Mariotti has a 3-year-old daughter.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I could have almost not made it home to my boys and my family,&#8221; Liquori said. &#8220;I was just was happy to go home and I have been smothering them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As they process what happened, the women are remembering the pilot and co-pilot who were killed in the collision.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These pilots and their faces pop into my head a lot,&#8221; Mariotti said.<\/p>\n<p>Liquori added she wants to live her life in a way that honors them &#8220;because if it wasn&#8217;t for their quick actions and thinking, we wouldn&#8217;t be able to sit next to you and have this conversation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So it makes me feel like I need to &#8212; the goals that I have, I need to not sit on them,&#8221; she said. &#8220;Like life is fleeting. The dreams that I want to accomplish, I need to get that done.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>For Mariotti, the terrifying experience is also an important reminder.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve heard those exit instructions and I passively pay attention. I&#8217;m going to pay attention next time. I remember looking at the stickers on the door \u2026 but I wasn&#8217;t registering, &#8216;OK, that&#8217;s what I have to do&#8217; and she did it. 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