Family of Jazz Aviation Hero Pilot Antoine Forest Speaks Out, Shares Heartwarming Childhood Photo
“Yeah, we saw it, man.”
Emergency responders work at the scene where an Air Canada Express CRJ-900 sits on the runway after colliding with a Port Authority fire truck at LaGuardia Airport on March 23, 2026, in New York City | Source: Getty Images
From there, operations appear to grind to a halt. By 11:42, the recording says that the airport had shut down due to an active incident on the field. The dispatcher told the crew to wait and check back in ten minutes.
The shutdown continued well beyond the immediate aftermath. At 18:08, another message states, “We’re not moving aircraft right now, all right. When I have more for you, I will reach out. I don’t know, just call the tower, and we’ll figure it out. This could have been a big incident.”
But the most devastating exchange comes near the end of the recording, when the emotional weight of what happened seems to land in full.
Port Authority representative gives press conference after an An Air Canada Express plane colliding with a fire truck at LaGuardia Airport on March 23, 2026, in New York City | Source: YouTube/NBC New York
At 25:26, one person mentioned that they were already working on the situation and commented on how difficult it was to watch.
Five seconds later, at 25:31, another voice says, “Yeah, I know I was here. I tried to reach out to my stuff, and we were dealing with an emergency earlier. I messed up.”
The response, just seconds later, is the line that lingers: “No man, you did the best you could.”
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