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Man’s selfies after plane crash are both incredible and terrifying

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Ferdinand Puentes, 39, was among the eight passengers in the Cessna Grand Caravan that lost power and crashed off the coast of Molokai, Hawaii, last month. Puentes captured much of the terrifying ordeal on his GoPro camera. "There wasn't panic or anything. It was very orderly. It wasn't like any of the movies or the TV shows," passenger C. Phillip Hollstein Jr.  told   The Associated Press. Puentes' footage  shows passengers calmly exiting the plane, which was quickly filling up with water. "I actually had two GoPro cameras, but the one on the stick was rolling," he  told  HawaiiNewsNow. Puentes posted selfies of himself floating in the ocean on Facebook.  In one photo , a fellow passenger floats behind him. In another,  the plane sinks  in the distance. He tried to swim for the coast line, but exhaustion quickly took over. "A lot of things was (sic) just racing but you can't actually say, 'Oh, I'm going to

Ariel Sharon death in Israel: World reaction

World leaders a ISRAEL President Shimon Peres gave a very personal tribute to a man who was a friend, long-time political rival and also a partner in Israel's 2001 unity government. He spoke of his dear friend Arik who "knew no fear" and was one of the architects of his country. "He was an outstanding man and an exceptional commander who moved his people and loved them, and the people loved him." Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said "his memory will forever be held in the heart of the nation" while Ehud Olmert, who took over as PM after Mr Sharon's stroke, said he was a smart and realistic person who was not a warmonger. Tzipi Livni, who founded the Kadima (Forward) party with Ariel Sharon and is now chief negotiator with the Palestinians, described him as a "father of the nation". Praise came from across the political spectrum, with Ehud Barak, the Labour prime minister who lost the 2001 general election to Mr Sharon,