CORAL SPRINGS, FLA. (WSVN) - Newly released 911 calls captured witnesses’ panic when they saw a small plane crash into a lake behind a Coral Springs home, as crews continue removing pieces from the wreck that claimed the lives of a father and daughter.
Callers raced to call 911 after the Beechcraft King Air twin-engine plane disappeared into the water in the Windsor Bay community, Monday morning.
“A plane crashed into my house!” said a caller.
“Are you able to get out of the home?” said the dispatcher.
“I’m trying to,” said the caller.
However, investigators say the aircraft didn’t hit a house. It clipped a palm tree and struck a fence bordering the backyard of a home before parts of the aircraft went into the lake behind the house.
Other calls came in shortly after.
“The airplane is broken! Oh, my God,” said another caller.
“There was just an explosion off of Creekside [Drive], and I felt it, and stuff came flying over the house and into the lake,” said a third caller.
“There’s somehting on – a battery or something like that on the roof, but it’s small, like, whatever it is, it’s the size of a small purse,” said a fourth caller.
“Heard huge noise and can’t see the plane anymore,” said a fifth caller.
Authorities said the crash killed 53-year-old Alexander Wurm , the founder of the Cayman Islands-based Ignite the Fire Ministry, and his 22-year-old daughter Serena. The victims were bringing relief supplies to Jamaica in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa.
Five days later, the search and recovery for pieces of the aircraft continues.
Crews are painstakingly bringing pieces of debris out of the lake and gathering them into containers and bags — first on the shoreline and then just outside the community.
Every piece, no matter how small, is a clue that, investigators hope, leads them to the cause of the crash. However, the search for answers is expected to take months.
Valmore Jones, an area resident, decided to pass by the Windsor Bay neighborhood entrance on Friday to leave behind a Jamaican flag at the memorial because he says that is all Alexander was trying to do before he tragically passed away.
“I saw him on television. He was so joyful. Knowing he was going to help, daughter was smiling. It broke my heart,” he said.
The National Transportation Safety Board is leading the investigation into the crash.
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