So glad that everyone got out ok...what a miracle!. Sounds like they may have hydroplanned with all the standing water on the runway. Hopefully this doesn't scare too many people away from flying because it really is very safe and alot of fun!
My neighbour is an air stewardess for Air Canada and they were cuts, scratches and broken bones but no deaths. The weather got really bad really quickly with torrential rain and the pilot went off the runway. I was talking to her about an hour ago about it.