'I survived a plane crash' | Sports broadcaster Jerry Schemmel recalls United Flight 232

[@annarobson7771]

Today, I went to school and jerry was our guest speaker. Amazing story and message. Such an amazing guy. Inspiring story

[@solsticebaby]

Shane, why did you interrupt the story about him finding the baby? That was such an extraordinary tale to listen to and you stopped him mid-story. Otherwise brilliant interview

[@ninabooker2904]

Great interview. Jerry’s story shows that even when bad things happen to you, you DECIDE how to react to it. You can let it defeat you OR you can turn the experience into something positive, like Jerry has done with the cycling and charity work. Very inspiring story. God bless.

[@bricksampson654]

Unbelievable story! Hats off to Jerry, a true American hero!

[@gelatinous6915]

Try the flight crew of united 232 on for size. Al Haynes, Bill Records, Dudley Dvorak, and the off-duty pilot Denny Fitch worked together to land an unflyable plane. The plane was literally unflyable, it had zero hydraulic controls. The fact that 200 people survived is attributed to the skills of the crew, there was no other crew in the simulator that could manage to save anyone- everyone died.

[@martincox9411]

Outstanding interview, fascinating. Thank you.

[@kennethswayne7045]

Nice interview Thank you both!

[@333Alastair]

What an incredible story!! Gerry is very eloquent and acted heroically. The pilots are absolutely amazing and somehow managed to save all those lives

[@xjcrossx]

Cool to see this interview. Must have been terrifying!

[@pawarispetchan27]

I read his column of this crash in the "Reader Digest" around 20 years ago.

[@collinreesejones5525]

ABSOLUTELY AWESOME guy ...Lost a friend on that horrible accident...God is in charge...

[@rapman5363]

The sad part of baby Sabrina is that she died at age 19 in July 2008. It’s reported as suicide.

[@pepperwestwood]

Was an overdose

[@kevincallaghan3212]

How sad

[@survivinginflation8579]

Ahhhh Man. That makes me sad. He did an interview in the 90’s and at that point Jerry had no idea who the baby was. Looks like he found out and now I see why they didn’t talk much about it here.

[@fredharvey2720]

That's terrible!

[@landmarkcreations1183]

Great interview

[@cullyx2913]

Very interesting interview

[@dickiegreenleaf750]

Yikes. 45 minutes waiting to crash. Talk about horrific. I noticed every survivor interview they never talk about the dead bodies around them. Ever.

[@mikeletaurus4728]

He talked about how he had to step over bodies in the cornfield when he was walking away from the crash.

[@lprophit]

My god I’ve never heard such a detailed account of a person in such a devestating crash who could remember the moment

[@gregraymer6084]

God bless you Jerry 🙏

[@Powerranger-le4up]

Jerry was also interviewed on the tv show, Mayday.

[@Mike-gz4xn]

What seat was he in?

[@merc340sr]

My God!!! I don't know how I would react...???

[@chrisdidonna7371]

It was supposed to be unsurvivable, losing all 3 hydraulic systems was supposed to be impossible 1 billion-1, the fact they made it to the runway is a feat in itself. RIP to all those that didn't make it

[@udawyma1682]

God's man.

[@davidlyons2425]

Did it cut the baby rescue?

[@cryogeneric]

Yah... what's up with that?

[@jesseomollo9405]

The baby survived, and when she turned 19years old she reportedly committed suicide.

[@dancalvano8702]

@@cryogeneric Overdosed

[@Cal-oh2kc]

I know someone who survived the crash. His name is bill and his friend who’s last name is stiles died

[@bricksampson654]

Man that is a shame man

[@ItsaMAGAWorld]

These kind of stories I want to hear. These are the heroes that should be praised. Not the fcking Andes cannibals that decided to feast off of corpses for 3 months until no more corpses available that they had to force themselves to seek help.

[@FashnKween]

What happened to the baby? The interviewer cut the story off!

[@chelsea789]

The baby survived and so did her family. I seen an interview of the father mentioning another survivor picking her up.

[@lindanitzschke1315]

She survived, but, at age 19, committed suicide, unfortunately.

[@ryanlittleton5615]

As I'm writing this, this video has 232 likes...

[@jaymes1]

Gerry with a g?

[@sophiejaysstuff4026]

The interviewer interrupted too much!

[@mikeletaurus4728]

Like all good interviewers, he only "interrupted" to ask perfectly reasonable questions that listeners would be interested to have answered. An interviewer who just sits there silently isn't really an interviewer.

[@timkeller3907]

Nice microphone lol🎤

[@kevinb3812]

Thanks for doing some self- revealing. I hope I would be able to do the same. Kevin in Colorado

[@brucesmith1544]

I'm sure the families appreciate this guy saying he survived because "the Lord had a plan for him". A plan that involved killing children in a plane crash, so he could go on to talk about it. Get over yourself.

[@bombasticnonsense4247]

Nobody cares that you are not a believer. The people who are believers value what he said. Get over yourself.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

@@bombasticnonsense4247 What value could there be in saying "my god let hundreds die so that I might live"--?