Turns out that a friend of mine was on this flight. He is basically ok. Here's a Facebook post from his wife, who apparently changed her own flight to an earlier one:
Ben is alive @ sf general hospital. Thank u god from the bottom of my heart. My kids need their loving dad who i am so proud!!! Ben was sitting next to the exit door. Seat # 30K. opened the exit door and help 50+ ppl out wz broken ribs from the crash. He calmed ppl down n helped to get them out before too late. Ppl were injured, bleeding n screaming. Flight attendances were overwhelmed n Ben did best to help other passengers. He thought the plane was so low when he saw the water n runway was too closed and the pilot put the gas it was too late. Plz forward this posting to let the news channels. So they know what exactly happened. (I supposed to flight back with him in the same flight then changed to the earlier flight. From now on I will travel in different flights.)
Last edited by Mark in CA; 7th Jul 2013 at 04:06.