I was thinking the same thing nomeowsonguar..! A guy and his wife (and baby) are flying along, have engine trouble, put it down safely on a beach and all walk away unharmed. A good effort for which he should be congratulated.
Who gives a stuff about all the nonsense being proffered regarding numbers on board. This has nothing to do with what caused the engine to fail. I'm more interested in what caused that. Or maybe the child was fiddling with the mixture control when daddy wasn't looking..?