Surviving LaGuardia Crash: Solange's Smile

0:00On March 29th, a sole air-canada flight attendant named Solange Trimbley survived the deadly LaGuardia crash last Sunday night, and now, there's the. First photo of her smiling from her hospital bed. She got strapped into a jumpsie, got hurled 330 feet when the plane slammed into a fire truck on the tarmac and stayed conscious. Through it all. Both pilots died, 30-year-old Mackenzie Gunther and 24-year-old Captain Antoine Forrest. Her body's already sent back to Canada. The crash hit during landing after air traffic control cleared the fire truck across the runway by mistake for another plane issue. Controllers yelled to stop it, but too late. 72 passengers and four crew were aboard. 41 people ended up in hospitals, including two firefighters, though most got released quick. Trimbley's daughter Sarah shared the update on a GoFundMe, saying her mom's legs are shattered, spine fractured, needing skin grafts, more surgeries. Blood transfusions, and rehab, just to walk again.

1:01Infections the big worry now. Trimbley's been flying for Air Canada Jazz since 1999. Loved her job serving folks safely. The family launched that fundraiser asking for help since she stuck in New York for recovery and it's pulled in over $134,000 already. Aviation experts note it could have been worse if the truck hit the fuel tanks. Meanwhile, the wrecked plane and truck got towed away. NTSBs digging into what went wrong, and Air Canada sorting out passengers bags. Trimbley's fight is just starting, but that smile shows her strength holding on.