Pilot Who Crashed Into The American River Recounts Underwater Escape

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — The pilot of the seaplane who crash-landed into the American River Wednesday is speaking out about the moment of impact and the struggle to escape the submerged plane alive.
Pilot Keith Hezmalhalch still has a bloody forehead from the crash.
“It’s an abrasion from where my head… and my hat was still on… was forced into the windscreen on the airplane,” Hezmalhalch said.
Hezmalhalch says he is okay.
“Physically, I am fine,” Hez