did you try recovering with more judicious application of thrust to preclude an accelerated stall
We allowed the 8 seconds based on the probability that the crew would have been surprised by the stick shaker and may not have reacted immediately. However, when we attempted recovery we did so with max available thrust but pitch was limited by the available elevator control due to the immense amount of nose up trim.
We were somewhere around 1200 to 1300 feet AGL when we initiated the recovery.