I just wanted to help them. it sounds like help did get there, though fairle fairly qu. yes, i would give credit to the first responders. they were there within, i mean three minutes. i was like i hope they get the job done and save some people. brian piper. thank you so much. one of the eyewitnesses who again saw the plane shortly after and it sounds like while it was crash landing at san francisco international airport this morning. a big thanks too touch the runway you. knowwell to you. noelle is standing across the bay from the airport. has the scene changed from your vantage point at all? reporter: no. let s push in so you can see what is happening behind me. the plane is still there. not going anywhere any time soon. we still see emergency vehicles. the bright kind of yellowish green ones parked around it.
And they sprayed foam and water probably all foam on the plane and it look like the fire was out within between five to ten minutes and this is when they stopped spraying the plane and i figured okay, great, they did a good job and moved in and the fire was out for awhile. and then the black smoke started. the really thick black smoke which i assume was a raging fire. okay, brian piper again an eyewitness to this. i got to ask you as you saw all this go down outside your hotel window at the marriott what is going through your head? i was i mean i was trying to hold my camera straight. i was shaking. i was mike oh, my god there are people in there. my first reaction was can i go help them and there is no way. i m across the bay here and i felt so sorry for those people.
Ride. we hit pretty hard. at that point, i think we re going to fly again. but it will be just like starting to take off thing and then we crash back hard. it was a loud noise and the whole plane shook. the top just totally collapsed on a lot of people, so a lot of people were injured, yeah. reporter: the pilot quickly called for help. emergency landing. asiana 214 heavy san francisco tower. asiana 214 heavy emergency vehicles are responding. everyone on their way. reporter: brian piper saw the crash from a nearby hotel and used his phone to capture the aftermath. i heard the boom, saw the crash, i reached around to grab my phone, my hands were shaking, because i knew it was a terrible crash. reporter: on board, those who could began finding their way out. plane crash, are you okay? you re alive. you re sitting in your chair. you unbuckle, start looking around. door is not open. let s get out. open the door and start ushering
stephanie turner, an eyewitness to this plane crash in san francisco. so again, folk, top of the hour, we are expecting to hear from the national transportation safety board. a news conference from the ntsb. at the same time, we are also expecting to hear a little more from the airport there in san francisco. we heard from them at the top of the hour and according to them, they would come back and give us more information. 3:00 their time which would be 6:00 here. meanwhile, we continue to get these dramatic pictures in. some of them from the runway. some of them from a hotel near the airport. this one from brian piper. just some amazing pictures. based on eyewitness accounts, the may not crash handed. at some point shortly there
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