- I started noticing people on the shore

and they were trying to,you know, they were yelling

to us and I remember just being furious.

I was so mad because Ithought, all these people

are just gonna watch us die.

- [Narrator] In her early20s Kelly Duncan-Moore

was a flight attendant with Air Florida.

She loved the sense of freedom and control

she had in her life at the time.

- I don't want anyoneto tell me what to do.

I really wanted to be the one to make

my own decisions.

I felt like I was in control,

that I was able to do thethings that I wanted to do.

- [Narrator] But thatfalse sense of control

came to an abrupt end on afreezing day in January 1982.

After a long delay, flight 90 took off

from Washington NationalAirport with Kelly

and 78 others onboard.

- I took my seat in the back jump seat,

strapped myself in and westarted down the runway.

Immediately after leaving the ground

the aircraft started to shake really bad

and the last thing I saw was a passenger

in the very last seat,he turned around to me

and looked very worried, and I just

kinda shrugged my shoulders.

And then, the next minuteI was in a different,

I didn't know what had happened.

- [Narrator] The jet failedto climb upon takeoff

and crashed into the 14th Street Bridge

crossing the Potomac River, then plunged

into the icy waters below.

Moments later, Kelly emergedfrom the sunken wreckage.

She held fast to the tail of the plane

fighting hypothermiaand waiting for rescue.

- I felt like I was just so confused,

like, what in the world just happened?

And as the time went on Istarted to think, I'm gonna die.

That's when I started to go, I think

this is the day I'm gonna die.

And, I remember feelingthat God was watching it

and it scared me becauseI thought, why should

he help me?

I didn't know anythingabout God, but I knew

that the way I wasliving couldn't possibly

be considered a Godly life.

- [Narrator] After 28minutes in the freezing water

she was pulled to shore through a dramatic

helicopter rescue.

She was one of only fivepeople who survived the crash.

- I knew when I got to the hospital

that God had heard meand God was aware of me

and that's all I knew.

And I remember, that was the first time

I really started topray, but my prayer was

just saying I'm so sorry that I don't

know how to pray because I thought, I know

God hears me and I just kept saying,

I'm so sorry, God, Idon't know how to pray.

I don't know how to pray.

- [Narrator] As she fumbledthrough clumsy prayers

a nurse came into her roomwith the answer she longed for.

- She grabbed me by the hand and she said,

little girl, I'm notsupposed to talk to you

about this at work, butI feel like I have to.

And she told me thatJesus had done more for me

than just save me from a plane crash

and as soon as she started to talk

I knew without a doubt that God sent her

to talk to me because I had been saying,

I don't know what to do,

and she was there to tell me.

- [Narrator] As Kellyprayed to receive Jesus

into her life, she felt something

she'd never experienced before.

It brought me so muchpeace in a time of turmoil.

I was begging God,please don't let this be

something that's heretoday and gone tomorrow.

I remember just beggingGod because I did not ever

wanna go back to not feeling his presence.

Once you have felt God'spresence you would never

want to live without it.

- [Narrator] She longedto know how to live

as a Christian, so once again, she prayed.

The next day she receiveda Bible in the mail

from a stranger with a noteto read the book of John

as a starting point.

Once again, she knew God was with her.

- God is so personal.

He's making it so personalized for me

and everything I need is right here

in front of me.

And it was just a special thing.

I knew that it wasn't gonna be up to me

to learn how to be a Christian,

that he was gonna lead me through it.

- [Narrator] She saysGod has never left her

since the day she prayed to receive him

over 38 years ago andKelly has never wavered

in her faith, even through hard times

and the death of a child.

She says she's thankfulGod has walked with her

and given her a second chance.

- I had peace knowingthat God was in control.

The control in my life thatI always wanted to have,

that the peace came whenI knew God was in control.

And so, I don't have a reason why God

would have spared me, but I'm thankful

and even if it was tobring forth the children

that would come after me and I don't know

what God has in store for my grandchildren

and the people that will come after me.

God gave me a chance to be rescued,

not just from an airplane crash,

but to be rescued from an eternity

that I couldn't have ever changed.

And so, God gave me a chance to know him.

I couldn't be more thankfulfor that than anything.