Eleven survivors of a plane crash off the Florida coast endured five harrowing hours adrift on a life raft, with no means of communication and an approaching thunderstorm. Huddled under a tarp for meager protection, their desperate wait ended when U.S. military search and rescue crews appeared overhead, rescuers recounted during a news conference on Wednesday. Air Force Capt. Rory Whipple, a combat rescue specialist who jumped into the water to reach them, described their ordeal. "You could tell just by looking at them that they were in distress — physically, mentally and emotionally," he said. "You have to imagine the emotional injuries that they sustained out there, not knowing if someone was going to rescue them." All 11 survivors were flown to awaiting emergency medical services at Melbourne Orlando International Airport (U.S.…