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I believe that instinct kicked in when I realized there was smoke. I tried not to breathe any smoke by taking only shallow breaths. I told myself, ‘Don’t panic! You can get out!’ I kept trying to focus on, and believe in, my ability to get out. I believed that my positive thinking helped me to survive. I did not panic. I did not want to die, and I intended to do everything necessary to prevent it. I decided that if I was going to die, then it was God’s will.

I unfastened my seat belt and stood up. It’s too incredible to explain the position of all the seats. The seats were down under [upside down?]. I stood up and looked around to position myself. From my back right side I saw the flight attendant crawl over a bunch of stuff. I asked the flight attendant, ‘What can I do to help?’ She replied, ‘Come and try to help me open this back rear emergency door.’ About the same time a black man who had been sitting to my left escaped from under his seat. He crawled up through the wreckage and also came back to help the flight attendant.