call one of the people on the boat is saying, i can t breathe. you can then hear the dispatcher ask we have it now. sorry, nick. let s roll it. let s roll it. reporter: take a listen. mayday, mayday, mayday. in distress, coast guard sector los angeles on channel 1-6. what is your position and number of persons on board, over? i can t breathe. all i could hear is i can t breat breathe. i can t breathe. yeah, i can t breathe. we heard questions from the dispatcher which are interesting. one is, can you get back on board and unlock the boat, and there s no escape hatch for any of the people on board. that was another question. third question, you don t have any firefighter gear at all?
heard a big bang and went to door and my uncle was there, and his name is pat cavanaugh. we both came out and looked up and saw the smoke behind the building. he cut back through the house and he was talking and my uncle was there with him. we saw the pilot and he was laying there. my uncle was right there with him. so i didn t really worry about him too much because my uncle is an emt. retired. i went throughout the building complex, yelling and telling everybody to get out. we ve got to get away. thank god, not a lot of people were home. it was crazy. very crazy. and i had heard that the pilot may have said to some witnesses on the scene or at least residents on the scene he was sorry he crashed into their home. is that true, did you see anything like that? yes, ma am, i did hear that. he said that to my uncle as i was walking away. but yes, i did hear that. i want you to stand by, mr. edwards, matthew edwards, joining us an eyewitness to the scene. barbara starr is s
i was sitting on my couch and heard a big bang and went to door and my uncle was there, and his name is pat cavanaugh. we both came out and looked up and saw the smoke behind the building. he cut back through the house and he was talking and my uncle was there with him. we saw the pilot and he was laying there. my uncle was right there with him. so i didn t really worry about him too much because my uncle is an emt. retired. i went throughout the building complex, yelling and telling everybody to get out. we ve got to get away. thank god, not a lot of people were home. it was crazy. very crazy. and i had heard that the pilot may have said to some witnesses on the scene or at least residents on the scene he was sorry he crashed into their home. is that true, did you see anything like that? yes, ma am, i did hear that. he said that to my uncle as i was walking away. but yes, i did hear that. i want you to stand by, mr. edwards, matthew edwards, joining us an eyewitness to
i was sitting on the couch and heart a big bang and went to the door and my uncle was there. we both came out and looked up and saw the smoke behind the building. he cut back through the house and he was talking and my uncle was there with him. my uncle is an emt and retired. i went throughout the building complex saying to get out and we have to get away. a lot of people were home. the pilot may have said to the witnesses on the scene that he was sorry he crashed into the home. was it anything like that? he was walking to the pilot. he said to my uncle. yes, i did hear that. matthew edwards joining us as an eyewitness to the scene. barbara star is standing by and what s the latest from the pentagon on what happened and how this happened? we told them a good part of the day happened when this training flight took off from the naval air station. a two-seater f 18. by all accounts it ran into trouble. it crashed into this apartment building about two miles from the runw
tell me everything you saw. i was just getting off work, it was a little before noon. i was sitting on my couch and heard a big bang and went to door and my uncle was there, and his name is pat cavanaugh. we both came out and looked up and saw the smoke behind the building. he cut back through the house and he was talking and my uncle was there with him. we saw the pilot and he was laying there. my uncle was right there with him. so i didn t really worry about him too much because my uncle is an emt. retired. i went throughout the building complex, yelling and telling everybody to get out. we ve got to get away. thank god, not a lot of people were home. it was crazy. very crazy. and i had heard that the pilot may have said to some witnesses on the scene or at least residents on the scene he was sorry he crashed into their home. is that true, did you see anything like that? yes, ma am, i did hear that. he said that to my uncle as i was walking away. but yes, i did hear