Reid-Hillsview airplane down in ocean

Right after I typed a message to the pilot, I noticed this news and type one more again.
http://www.policelink.com/news/articles/91950-single-engine-plane-goes-down-off-of-half-moon-bay-coast

The pilot in this crash is super lucky to be picked up quickly from freezing water. It is really lucky that the pilot is not the one I know :) Since the airplane does belong to the same flying school and crash is due to an engine failure of the single engine plane.