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One of my co-workers was also on-board. He was the last passenger to leave as he stayed behind to assist others before getting off himself. He was scheduled to be on a later flight, but his meeting ended early, so he opted to get home to his family sooner (or so he thought) by catching the earlier plane.

He is a man of strong faith with a lot of experience in crowd control and he strongly believes he was on that plane for a reason. If you look at on-line photos on Yahoo (and most likely elsewhere), he is the man in the hospital bed being treated for hypothermia.

Since the crash he has flown again (including a few trips to meet with the FAA and NTSB) - and Capt. Solly.