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Plane crash rescuer 'didn't think,' just reacted

The pilot and passenger of a single-engine plane

The pilot and passenger of a single-engine plane that crashed Sunday evening, moments after takeoff from East Hampton Town Airport, were in stable condition Monday after they were pulled from the burning plane by four passersby, police said. Videojournalist: Stringer News (Aug. 27, 2012) (August 27, 2012 1:19 PM)

He stopped to get a closer look at a protest sign.

Because of that, Craig Schum found himself in the right place at the right time Sunday -- pulling an unconscious woman from a burning single-engine plane moments after it crashed on takeoff from East Hampton Town Airport.

"All of that cliche . . . is true," Schum, 33, a bread baker from Brooklyn, said Monday. "I didn't think. There was...

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