running from the plane, you saw those inflatable chutes. when you saw the chutes deploy from both sides of the plane. what was going through your mind? >> i was just hoping that everybody survived the crash. at first, when i first looked out, i thought it was two planes that had wrecked on the runway because it was so much dust out there. as it cleared, we just saw the one plane. my first initial response was i hope everybody got out okay. >> jeff gomez, again, from a nearby hotel. he heard the boom and then saw the aftermath. jeff, we heard from an eyewitness earlier. she indicated she saw this plane get perilously close to another plane on the runway. did you see other planes close to this particular plane when it went up in flame? >> yeah. there was a united 747 on the runway. it looked like he was about ready to depart.