Trust the media to hype it up, they probably waited on the ground to find the stressed mother come screaming into the terminal with her three nagging children because of course she will say "we plummeted to the ground" and "i thought I was going to die". Never mind the rest of the passengers coming out calmly saying "that was a fun bit of excitement"
Someone might be able to shed some light on the engine failure characteristics of a 737 whether they are dramatic of just a yaw and roll (if not fixed soon enough) like in a light twin. Someone mentioned 'shuddering' and I cannot for the life of me think why it would shudder unless the engine tangentially disassembled itself