Retracing the Parachute Pull with images from Google Earth

 

 

View across Haverstraw and the Hudson River while recovering from the dive

 

 

 

View over fuel tank farm just as plane stabilized from the parachute pull

 

 

 

 

View over fuel tanks when it became clear that evasive action was necessary

 

 

 

Plane gently veered right toward Hudson River tributary, avoiding descent onto the fuel tank farm

 

 

 

View just before crashing into the water