Nicole Williamson, shown talking with CBC's Peter Mansbridge, survived the Resolute Bay plane crash in August and works next to the Yellowknife site where a Twin Otter float plane crashed on Thursday. ((CBC))

Two of the three survivors of the devastating First Air crash in Resolute Bay work for the company housed in a Yellowknife building that was narrowly missed by a second crashing plane on Thursday.

Neither survivor was in Yellowknife at the time, but witnesses say the Twin Otter float plane crashed directly into a vacant lot between their building and another low-rise building in Yellowknife's Old Town area.

"I can't believe that it missed both buildings," said Jill Groenewegan, a Yellowknife resident whose window looks out onto the crash site.

"It's crazy how close it is to both sides, and yet it managed to sort of squeeze between the two buildings."

One of the survivors, who works on contract for the company housed in one of the Yellowknife buildings, is Nicole Williamson, who told her story to CBC's Peter Mansbridge for a news broadcast earlier this week.

The other survivor is geologist Robin Wyllie, whose chest was crushed in the Aug. 20 plane crash.