SOUNDBITE (English) Marc Klafter, passenger from Atlanta, Georgia: “I’m not even really sure what went through my mind because you’re not really sure what’s happening when it’s happening. And then it wasn’t until the plane came to a stop that all of a sudden you’re like, holy cow we just skidded off the runway. It was just a surreal experience.” SOUNDBITE (English) Marc Klafter, passenger from Atlanta, Georgia: “Even when we were bouncing through the grass and skidding off the runway nobody was screaming or freaking out and when we came to a dead stop people were actually really calm. Nobody was really panicked, nobody was crying, nobody was screaming. Everybody was just kind of a little stunned trying to figure out what just happened.” SOUNDBITE (English) Marc Klafter, passenger from Atlanta, Georgia: “Everybody was unbelievably calm, that was kind of crazy thing that I said earlier was that even when we were bouncing through the grass it’s getting through the grass nobody was screaming, nobody was really freaking out and when we came to a dead stop people were actually really calm. Nobody was really panicked nobody was crying, nobody was screaming. Everybody was just kind of a little stunned trying to figure out what just happened.” SOUNDBITE (English) Marc Klafter, passenger from Atlanta, Georgia: As soon as we came to a stop we lost all power on the plane so the captain couldn’t really communicate with us. The flight attendants had a portable bullhorn that they were talking to everybody with saying stay in your seats, stay off your cell phone we’re going to evacuate the line. All the stuff that you would expect them to say.” SOUNDBITE (English) Pat Foye, Executive Director, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey “This morning at Laguardia Airport abot 11:05 am flight 1068 from Atlanta to laguardia veered off runway 13 it was approaching from the northwest, the plane was landing. The runway’s about 7 thousand feet approximately 45 to 5 thousand feet down the runway the aircraft veered to the left. It never made contact with the water. the aircraft was carrying 127 passengers and five crew members. Happily, there are only minor injuries that have been reported at this point we believe two passengers have been transported to hospitals, that number may change.” SOUNDBITE (English) Pat Foye, Executive Director, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey “Shortly before the incident at approximately 11:05 two planes landed and reported quote ‘good braking action on the runways.’ The runway, this particular runway had been plowed shortly before the incident and pilots on other planes reported good braking action.” SOUNDBITE (English) Pat Foye, Executive Director, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey “I think the pilot did everything he could to slow the aircraft down. Obviously, the pilot and the copilot’s good efforts were reflected in the fact that there were only minor injuries.”