Nearby Boaters Dive in to Save Texas Family Stranded in the Caribbean after Seaplane Crash

A Texas family is thankful and happy to be alive after a group of strangers were in the right place at the right time to save them after they crashed their small seaplane into the ocean off Honduras during a tropical vacation.

"It reaffirms your faith in people and humanity," survivor Andy Atkins told NBC News. "That so many people stepped in to help that didn't have to."

Atkins, his wife Jenny, and their 4-year-old son Logan were on a sightseeing flight off the coast of Roatan, a small Caribbean island near Honduras, on January 11. Atkins had taken the trip on the small seaplane before, but never plunged with the plane into the ocean after engines cut out.

"We lost an engine, is what I was told, and we crashed into the ocean and flipped over and were stuck underwater," Atkins told NBC. After the initial plunge, the plane's pilot helped Atkins get to the surface, then the two both went back under to pull up his wife and son. Injured and stranded after the crash, the survivors were in trouble.

Luckily, a boat was nearby and strangers quickly dove in to save them, catching it all on tape. NBC News video:

NBC reports that among the divers were a U.S. Navy doctor and another physician who treated the mother and son. The family spent days in a hospital after the crash but were eventually able to return home Thursday.