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CLARENCE, N.Y. (Feb. 13 ) - A woman who survived a commuter plane crashing into her suburban Buffalo home said Friday she and her daughter were watching television when the aircraft smashed through the roof, pinning them in the wreckage and likely killing her husband.

Karen Wielinski told Buffalo radio station WBEN-AM that she was in the family room of her home in Clarence and her 22-year-old daughter was in an upstairs bedroom when the Continental Airlines commuter plane crashed into their home. Officials have said all 49 people on board and one person in the home were killed, but haven't released victims' names.

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"Planes do go over our house, but this one just sounded really different, louder, and I thought to myself, 'If that's a plane, it's going to hit something,'" Wielinski said in a telephone interview. "The next thing I knew the ceiling was on me."

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For audio of the interview, go to WBEN-AM.

Wielinski, 57, said she pushed her way out of the debris and crawled through a hole in the wreckage as fire erupted around her. She said her daughter, Jill Wielinski, managed a similar escape.

She said she still hasn't been told of the fate of her husband, Doug, who was in another part of the house.

Doug Wielinski, a 61-year-old engineer and Vietnam veteran, was probably in the dining room, his wife said.

"To me it looked like the plane just came down in the middle of the house and unfortunately that was where Doug was," she said.

Wielinski, a secretary for the Clarence school district, choked up when she spoke about her husband.

"He was a good person, loved his family," she said.

Wielinski said she suffered a fractured collar bone and Jill suffered scratches on her feet. They were treated at a local hospital and released.

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This image obtained February 13, 2009 courtesy of WGRZ-TV in Buffalo, New York shows the firefighters on the scene after a commercial plane crashed into a house on February 12, 2009 in Clarence Center, New York, a few miles from the airport in Buffalo. All 48 passengers and crew, plus one person on the ground, were killed when a plane crashed into a house outside Buffalo, New York and burst into flames, officials said. CREDIT MANDATORY: WGRZ-TV VIA AFP == RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE / NO SALES / GETTY OUT == == RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE / NO SALES / GETTY OUT == (Photo credit should read -/AFP/Getty Images)

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Firefighters are seen at the site of the wreckage of a Continental Express flight, which crashed near Buffalo, New York February 13, 2009. A plane with 48 people on board crashed into a house near Buffalo, New York, and burst into flames late on Thursday, and MSNBC quoted the Federal Aviation Administration as saying there were no survivors on the plane. REUTERS/Gary Wiepert (UNITED STATES)

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A view of the wreckage of a Continental Express flight, which crashed near Buffalo, New York February 13, 2009. A plane with 48 people on board crashed into a house near Buffalo, New York, and burst into flames late on Thursday, and MSNBC quoted the Federal Aviation Administration as saying there were no survivors on the plane. REUTERS/Gary Wiepert (UNITED STATES)

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This image obtained February 13, 2009 courtesy of WGRZ-TV in Buffalo, New York shows the firefighters on the scene after a commercial plane crashed into a house on February 12, 2009 in Clarence Center, New York, a few miles from the airport in Buffalo. US media reported the Continental Airlines plane, with 48 people aboard, was arriving from Newark, New Jersey before crashing some eight kilometers (five miles) from the airport. Several people were killed, including one on the ground, officials told reporters, but they declined to confirm reports that all 48 people on board were killed. CREDIT MANDATORY: WGRZ-TV VIA AFP == RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE / NO SALES / GETTY OUT == == RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE / NO SALES / GETTY OUT == (Photo credit should read -/AFP/Getty Images)

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Firefighters spray water on a fire on Clarence Center Road involving an airplane and a home Thursday Feb. 12, 2009. New York state police say a 50-passenger commuter plane has crashed into a home in suburban Buffalo. There was no immediate information on injuries. State Trooper John Manthey says the plane hit a house in Clarence around 10:10 p.m. Thursday. (AP Photo/Harry Scull Jr -The Buffalo News)

This image obtained February 13, 2009 courtesy of WGRZ-TV in Buffalo, New York shows the firey scene after a commercial plane crashed into a house on February 12, 2009 in Clarence Center, New York, a few miles from the airport in Buffalo. US media reported the Continental Airlines plane, with 48 people aboard, was arriving from Newark, New Jersey before crashing some eight kilometers (five miles) from the airport. Several people were killed, including one on the ground, officials told reporters, but they declined to confirm reports that all 48 people on board were killed. CREDIT MANDATORY: WGRZ-TV VIA AFP == RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE / NO SALES / GETTY OUT == == RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE / NO SALES / GETTY OUT == (Photo credit should read -/AFP/Getty Images)

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Smoke rises from a burning plane after it crashed into a house in Clarence Center, N.Y., Thursday Feb. 12, 2009. New York state police say a Continental Flight 3407 from Newark, N.J., a 50-passenger commuter plane, has crashed into a home in suburban Buffalo. Clarence emergency control director Dave Bissonet says there have been "multiple fatalities" after a Continental Express plane with 48 people aboard crashed into a suburban Buffalo home and erupted in flames. Bissonet says the crash killed at least one person on the ground and an unknown number of people on the plane. State Trooper John Manthey says the plane hit a house in Clarence around 10:10 p.m. Thursday. (AP Photo/David Duprey)

A plane burns after it crashed into a house in Clarence Center, N.Y., Thursday, Feb. 12, 2009. New York State Police say the plane was a 50-passenger commuter aircraft.(AP Photo/David Duprey)

This image obtained February 13, 2009 from WGRZ-TV in Buffalo, New York shows firefighter on the scene after a commercial plane crashed into a house on February 12, 2009 in Clarence Center, New York, a few miles from the airport in Buffalo. US media reported the Continental Airlines plane, with 48 people aboard, was arriving from Newark, New Jersey before crashing some eight kilometers (five miles) from the airport. Several people were killed, including one on the ground, officials told reporters, but they declined to confirm reports that all 48 people on board were killed. CREDIT MANDATORY: WGRZ-TV VIA AFP == RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE / NO SALES / GETTY OUT == == RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE / NO SALES / GETTY OUT == (Photo credit should read -/AFP/Getty Images)

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