Wow.
That she made the PAs fits in with a passenger statement on CNN that the crew were asking for calm.. iirc he mentioned that the pax didn't want to stay seated so it's possible the ones at the back were pretty much starting to evacuate by the time the captain gave the purser the go ahead. Still, amazing that she managed to get around the aircraft to check on her crew on keep her head. Certainly she earnt her money that day!
Interesting that the pax ignored the trapped CC... I don't know if I could leave a CC there especially if I were on my way past anyway. Then again I consider any CC my colleague whether my airline or not.
Didn't someone post earlier that the NTSB were waiting to interview the crew? If so isn't it poor form on the part of the airline to let them speak to media first? I thought that was a huge no no