It was just one of the moments of drama described by Ms Lee of a remarkable evacuation that saved 305 of the 307 people on the plane that crashed on Saturday while landing in San Francisco.
When a teenage boy was afraid to jump on to the inflatable slide, Ms Lee said a flight attendant carried him on her back and they slid down together.
"The kid said he was scared. My colleague carried him on her back and jumped. I was inside the plane. [My colleague] was crying as parents tearfully hugged their kid after evacuating safely," Ms Lee said.