I think i want to be remembered is what i will do tomorrow. What i did is boring to me. I think im too classic. Welcome to how it really happened. Im hill harper. Even if youre not a fashionista, youve probably heard of Gianni Versace. Not only because of his work as one of the worlds most beloved fashion designers, but also because of his shocking death. Versace was cut down in his prime in broad daylight in a trendy miami neighborhood teeming with tourists. What you may not know is that Gianni Versace was just one victim of a troubled young man whose murderous rampage had People Living in fear from coast to coast in the spring and summer of 1997. Heres how it really happened. Gianni versace was it. Velezmitchell i mean, he was the perfect meld of celebrity and fashion. He came on the scene like a meteor, like a nova. The clothes were very sexy, very revealing. He brought sex back to fashion. And he was associated with the biggest names in the news. Ball he was friends with princess diana, who was the ultimate trophy celebrity of the 1990s. He was friends with madonna, who really turned to versace to remake her look at a certain point. Velezmitchell everyone from cher, elton john, calvin klein. Ball he was friends with sylvester stallone, with cindy crawford. He hung out with them. He put them in the front rows of his fashion shows. He dressed them. He really was the Celebrity Designer of the 1990s. Gianni versace came from the poorest area of italy. In the early 70s, about 1972, he moved north, he moved to milan, which was really just emerging as a fashion capital. From there, he embarked in the world and started to open more boutiques, and his brand just really grew exponentially from there. He came to miami in 1991 to open a second boutique, and he fell in love with the city. He bought this extraordinary place. It was right on south beach. Woman they call it the crown jewel of miami beach, casa casuarina. A 23,000 square feet palace with 10 bedrooms, 11 baths, including one custom made suite for madonna. Velezmitchell it was truly spectacular, and the notable thing, its right there on the main drag in south beach. Solomon versace decided to live right in the middle of ocean drive. He was at the epicenter of everything. He felt secure enough in this community, he would walk up and down ocean drive on a regular basis, without escorts, without body guards. We mentioned that a couple of times about not having security, bodyguards or anything like that. But gianni wanted to be with the people. His family was not pleased at all. Velezmitchell donatella and other relatives were telling gianni, watch out. Youre too exposed. Youre too out in the open. Anybody can target you. But he wasnt afraid. Velezmitchell poor Gianni Versace probably has no idea that theres this mad man on a Cross Country killing spree, and they are on a Collision Course and nobody has any idea where this guy is. Cossack were looking at the mysterious murder of Chicago Real Estate mogul, lee miglin. Cronin lee miglin was a very, very rich man in chicago. He and his partner had a Real Estate Management team. Lee was a very prominent chicagoan. People knew marilyn and lee miglin for many years on oak street. Man with lee miglins encouragement, marilyn was inspired to found her own successful cosmetic company. She had just come back from doing one of her Home Shopping events in canada, and was surprised when lee wasnt at the airport to pick her up because he always picked her up personally. So she ended up going in a cab and going home. Martin first of all, their front gate isnt locked. That strikes her as a little odd. Apparently it always it. The front Window Curtains are pulled closed, which was also unusual. But when she got into the apartment, it was apparent that somebody other than her husband had been there. Zwecker she knew something was wrong. Reporter police found the Murdered Miglin in a pool of blood. We are treating this case as a homicide, and the investigation is under way. Fortunately, it was the police, and not marilyn, that discovered the body. It was torture, plain and simple. His head was fully wrapped in masking tape. His head was almost completely severed with a garden saw. Just for good measure, he then throws two cement bags on top of his victims body and he breaks every rib in his body. It was like something out of a horror movie. And then the killer stays in the house, shaves, takes a bath, eats a ham sandwich, leaves all these clues behind. There was some dirty dishes, which was unlike her husband, and there was also some Beard Stubble from an electric razor in a bathroom which is unlike her husband apparently. That level of comfort does not exist in random burglaries where they want to get in and get out immediately. There was a very close neighbor of the miglins who Saw Lee Miglin out in the alley the night before he was murdered with a young man. Heres the Million Dollar question about the miglin murder. Jordan did they know each other . Was there any kind of prior relationship . I mean, this man had no enemies. Graves the miglin family and the police have always said that this was a Random Act Of Violence. Zwecker yeah, the line Random Act Of Violence became sort of the buzzword for the entire connection involving lee miglin. If that was a Random Act Of Violence, im george clooney. And my apologies to george clooney. There was nothing random about that. It became what we call in Law Enforcement, a heater case. Because the Governors Office calls, the Mayors Office calls, even the Cardinals Office calls, hows this going . A couple of days after the miglin murder, a crucial clue turned up, a red jeep parked around the corner from lee miglins home. Chicago police realize from tips that this jeep has Parking Tickets on it. Its nearby. Its suspicious. People said it had been parked there and that nobody had claimed it. And so they ran the plate, and thats when they tracked it back to a Murder Vehicle in minnesota. The Chicago Police Department Today announced a warrant for the arrest of Andrew Cunanan in connection with the miglin murder. King everyone was asking, who is Andrew Cunanan . Fleissner this is a really bad person. Versace miami is cool. Miami is a place where you can be yourself. Its simple, beautiful, the weathers fantastic. Im very serene there. Ball in july, 1997, Gianni Versace was in paris. He was planning and organizing his last couture show. So when he finished his show, he was really looking forward to having a couple of weeks of rest in miami. He liked to be outside. He liked to be in crowds. The interaction was nothing more than a wave and a hello. He just had a very good time. He had no clue, no idea that a psycho is tracking him down and about to kill him. Reporter a nationwide manhunt is on for a california man, wanted for murder in minnesota, and now suspected in the slaying of a Chicago Real Estate mogul. King everyone was asking, who is Andrew Cunanan . If you think about all the people that youve met in your life, that youve shaken hands with and talked to, and youve been like, this is a really bad person. It doesnt happen very often. Maybe two times in your life, maybe three . I definitely felt that from andrew right from the beginning. The one thing that everyone seems to agree with about Andrew Cunanan is that he was an incredibly accomplished phony and a fake and a narcissist. Velezmitchell he wanted everything that comes to people who work hard without working hard. The best cars, the best homes, the greatest parties, the fabulous dinners at the best restaurants, but he didnt want to do a day of work. Fleissner he always had money. We wondered, you know, how does he have money . Why does he have money . First we were like, maybe hes independently wealthy. Maybe he was selling drugs. Maybe hes a kept man. White his mother is the one that actually originally said that he was a high class homosexual prostitute. I never knew him as a gigolo. He was very articulate, very knowledgeable in fine wines, clothes. Velezmitchell here with a guy who was very smart and very educated. Thats why he was able to get these wealthy sugar daddies, because he read books, he researched his sugar daddies, what their interests were, and then he would become an expert in that subject. Like, something out of a film noir. I never heard the word gigolo, just that he was jet setting around and had an elaborate lifestyle. King did you wonder how he got the money to have that lifestyle . Johnson yes, i often, you know, questioned it. Andrew cunanan always had his eye on the big prize, a wealthy patron or benefactor. Now, there are rumors that he actually met Gianni Versace back in 1991. We interviewed two people in San Francisco that say that cunanan and versace were seen together at a club. Gruenwald apparently versace was in San Francisco designing costumes for the San Francisco opera, and cunanan told me that when he met versace, he said, yeah, right, youre versace, and im coco chanel, nice to meet you. He is probably thinking, Gianni Versace really likes me. Hes paying attention to me. Hes going to be my next great patron. And of course, this is all a fantasy in his mind. He grew up in a relatively modest, even poor family. An italian mother, a filipino father, who had a terribly dysfunctional marriage. He was the youngest of four children, and absolutely everyone agrees spoiled. Cunanan a spoiled kid never hears the word no too often. I used to think to myself, well, one day hes going to have to deal with hearing the word no. You know, but he was so intelligent that i think if he would have applied himself, he could have done anything that he wanted. Allegedly he scored a 145 on his iq test, and that was enough to get him into a very prestigious prep school. Reporter cunanan attended the Bishops School in la jolla. Jordan where he could commute to school, hobnob and rub shoulders with the rich and famous kids, learn from them, study their ways, be able to speak their language, and then go home where no one was possibly going to ever see the little house that he lived in. Thats key, because then he saw how the other half lived. And he said, uhhuh, ive seen both sides of the tracks, and i know which side of the tracks i want to live on. The rich side. Except he wasnt from a rich family. He began lying. Klaidman there does seem to be a lot of evidence that Andrew Cunanan was someone who felt tremendous insecurities, and had some kind of a compunction to tell tall tales about himself. Whitmore andrew had told me that he held dual citizenship in israel and the united states, and had served in the israeli army. White he told us that he was from the philippines and his family had money from a Sugar Business or Sugar Refinery there. Horne he told me that his father was a bigtime businessman and had set him up with a business making prefabricated sets for hollywood. He told me he went to yale and that he was an heir to the scripps newspaper fortune. Cunanan he always had a taste for the finer things in life. So maybe he fabricated these stories so that he could fit in better. Everyone describes andrew as being obviously gay. For his family, even though it was as clear as day to every around them, they wouldnt believe it. King are you saying he was not gay . By the way, its no sin to be gay. No. Youre saying he was not. He was not. I knew the kid. I knew him. I knew his dates when he was in high school. Junior, senior prom, i had to caution him on several occasions. And in no uncertain terms, dont get that girl pregnant, youre going to be in trouble. I was surprised because andrew never admitted it openly, and i wanted him to know that i loved him regardless if he was an it or a she or a he or what. I gave birth to him. Jordan in his High School Year book, not only was he voted most likely to be remembered, but he chose under his own photo, a famous quote from louie xiv. Apres moi, le deluge. Velezmitchell after me, the storm. He was really predicting that he would go down in history, that he would achieve something. He really was a person of two faces. He was unraveling on drugs. He was deeper and deeper into this very rough pornography. Velezmitchell Andrew Cunanan is coming apart at the seams. And theyre all coming . Those who are still with us, yes. Grandpa whats this . Your wings. Light em up gentlemen, its a beautiful. Day to fly. You know, you have to really break a barrier every day. Fashion to me, born and die every day. Its really tragic when you look at it that there seem to be parallel paths. Gianni versace, rising in the world, achieving more and more, becoming a celebrity in his own right, and this Andrew Cunanan, at the same time almost living a parallel life, but its all fantasy. Fleissner jeff was a midwest guy. Super warm, friendly, outgoing, and a very genuine person. So he was like a brother to us. There were a few people that he hung out with regularly that were good friends of his, and one of them was Andrew Cunanan. Whitmore they were inseparable. I mean, when they were in the king not lovers but friends, or both . As far as i know, they never went out with each other sexually. But they were Close Friends . Very Close Friends. Orth jeff trail had come to san diego as a Young Annapolis graduate in the navy, and he was just coming out as a homosexual. And andrew was the bon vivant in all the clubs, and he introduced jeff and set him up and took him around. Fleissner andrew wasnt ever mean to jeff. He tried to be controlling of jeff. If jeff was in the room, andrew wanted his full attention the whole time that he was around. Look at me, look at me, look what im doing. He was just a braggart. He was, you know, just a total he was a total asshole. Whitmore he wanted to be everybodys friend. He would come up, and hed buy 6, 10 drinks, for people, you know, a lot of times for people he didnt even know. With his sort of more Down To Earth buddies, hes buying drinks and playing the big shot. Then hes got a whole different persona for the sugar daddies. Hes this high society, affected guy whos quoting this, that, and the other from books hes read. For a while, he was supported by a very wealthy man in la jolla who took him around to europe with him, et cetera. So this sugar daddy gives Andrew Cunanan all that he wants. You know, gives him a luxury car to drive. A 2,500 monthly allowance. He really was a person of two faces. He simply had a life by day and a life by night. Then, in 1995, something very unexpected happened in Andrew Cunanans life. He fell in love. Velezmitchell david madsen was this goodlooking, clean cut guy, just a poster boy. Orth andrew met him, he picked him up actually when david was on a Business Trip in San Francisco. Hovland andrew probably saw the same thing that everybody did in david. David had a charisma about him. Davids eyes were beautiful blue. He had an aura about him, a big personality. His laugh was contagious. [ chuckles ] people just loved being around david. Velezmitchell david madsen was intrigued by Andrew Cunanan. Andrew cunanan was mysterious and was living this glamorous life, but david could never quite figure out what was going on. Benning he told me about Andrew Cunanan keeps calling him and pursuing him, and that he wanted nothing to do with him. He says, i think hes into something shady, dianne. Orth he was known as this sort of happy go lucky, sort of gay social director of the Gay Community in san diego. But there were darker sides to him. He is alleged to be a drug dealer. Hes alleged to have also been into crack himself, and s m pornography and s m sadistic sex. Velezmitchell for a while, things were going great with andrew, but there was a point in 1996 where everything started going to hell in a hand basket. Andrew was, you know, trying to establish this relationship with david and sort of all falls apart. He wasnt paying his bills. He had tons of debt on credit cards. He was in major depression. He wasnt himself. He let his weight get out of control. Fleissner the last time i saw him, it was a barbecue. Everyones in tshirts, flipflops, and shorts, and andrew walks in his three piece suit. I hadnt seen him for a couple months, and i just said, andrew, oh, my god, you look so fat. What happened to you . Velezmitchell his con jobs werent working anymore. His sugar daddy was getting tired of his demands for more, more, more. So sugar daddy said byebye. At the same time, the love of his life, the man he really wanted to be with was getting sick and tired of the lies and the mystery. So david madsen also said, hmm, not so much. Navarro after the string of really bad news, it gets even more. His friend jeff trail says to him, im leaving. Im moving To Minneapolis. I vaguely remember him saying something that he was upset that jeff was leaving town. And he was just he wasnt happy with jeffs decision. This was a double rejection for cunanan, losing his best friend and the man that he really wanted to be with. Orth his whole facade was crumbling. He became filled with rage, and he was going to get back at those people who had used him, he thought, because he was always paying for the drinks and hanging out in the bars and taking care of everybody, and what were they doing for him . In april 1997, Andrew Cunanan makes a lifealtering decision. He buys a ticket To Minneapolis, a oneway ticket, first class, of course. Apparently, he told friends in san diego that he was going To Minneapolis to visit david madsen. Graves he also said, hey, coincidentally, while im there, im going to see my buddy jeff trail. Fleissner jeff said, when he comes up this weekend, im going to tell him that i dont want him to come visit me anymore, i dont want him to be around anymore. And i said, youre actually going to do that . And he said, yeah, im gonna do that. He told madsen and trail he was just coming for a weekend visit. Velezmitchell a weekend visit . Thats one way of putting it. What could go wrong . Graves things became very violent very quickly. He could have just stopped there and been like, holy shit, what did i just do . Why should people care about fashion . Even if the people who say they dont care, they care, i promise you. Into fashion, you can find beauty, quality, life. I think some puts color to our life. Welcome back to how it really happened. By the early 1990s, Gianni Versace was almost as famous as his alist clientele. When he wasnt working, versace, oh, he was playing, often at his mansion in miamis south beach. He felt safe walking among the crowds, a man of the people. Gianni versace could not have know that a deeply troubled man had set out on a Cross Country killing spree. Their worlds were about to collide, but only one of them knew it. Graves Andrew Cunanan had come To Minneapolis that friday, had flown in on a oneway ticket. He mentioned in san diego that he needed to go To Minneapolis to take care of business. We believe Andrew Cunanan made a Call To Jeffrey Trail based on some voicemail times. No one knows what the call was, why they wanted to get together, why andrew wanted to see jeff. Jeff trail tells his boyfriend, ill meet up with you guys later, and heads over to see Andrew Cunanan at david madsens apartment. Graves by 9 45, Jeffrey Trail had buzzed into the apartment, and things became very violent very quickly. Velezmitchell we dont know what exactly happened behind closed doors. We do know there was an argument, and neighbors heard shouting and something like, get the bleep out. Jordan My Theory Is Jeffrey Trail got in andrews face, as only a friend could do and called him out on all of his lies, all of his b. S. I cant believe you came here, youre not welcome here. I moved here, i think he probably said, to get away from you. He kills jeff trail with a claw hammer . Yeah, very brutally. 23 blows to the face. [ Camera Shutter Clicks ] there was blood on the walls outside the apartment, inside the apartment. He rolled up his body in a rug. [ Camera Shutter Clicks ] Jeffrey Trails watch is frozen in time. The face is busted at, i believe it was 9 52 and 44 seconds. He could have just stopped there, and been like, holy shit, what did i just do . You know, i just killed my best friend, one of my best friends, and just stopped right there. He didnt. Hovland i really dont think he was even in the apartment when it happened, and probably just walked into a pretty horrific crime scene. If madsen walked in and theres trail dead on the floor with cunanan holding a hammer, madsen is the loser in this game. Theres no way to exit the situation and leave madsen alive. And i think it took him a day or two to figure that out, and he decided that would be the plan. [ gunshot ] reporter david madsen, a 33yearold architect, is found dead in a lake near minneapolis. He was found towards i guess friday night or saturday morning, early by a fisherman, and he had been, you know, shot to death. Graves once between the shoulder blades, once a Grazing Wound on his face, and once in the eye. Hovland how terrifying that would have been for him to be in that predicament, to die in that way with this crazy person. On checking personal property left behind at david madsens apartment, we found a bag, cunanans bag. In the bag, had an address book, had his drivers license. Were sure its Andrew Cunanan, and were sure hes fled the state. That was truly the point of no return, where he realized, im on the lam. Im going to take madsens jeep, and im going to start driving. And the real question is, where do i go now . Andrew cunanan ends up in a very fancy neighborhood of chicago called gold coast, and its in gold coast where he crosses paths with a wealthy, wealthy guy. Jordan and of course his third victim, lee miglin, is the biggest Question Mark of all. I believe he had been in that house before. Of course the miglin family denies ever having any associations with Andrew Cunanan, but from a criminology perspective, he was much too familiar with that house. [ Heart Beating ] then after killing lee miglin, he takes his green lexus and heads east. Tracking cellphone calls from miglins stolen lexus, police thought they had cornered cunanan near philadelphia last friday, but he managed to elude them again. There is a media report, a radio report, as i recall, with a state Police Captain that basically says, hey, were tracking serial killer Andrew Cunanan, and that goes on the air. Man be on the lookout for a 187 suspect. Suspect is an Andrew Phillip cunanan. The suspect is believed to be extremely dangerous and armed. Graves Andrew Cunanan happens to hear that, presumably gets mad, tries to rip out the phone, disables the phone. Hes freaking out. Hes trying to break the antenna in two. Hes trying to ditch the car. He doesnt know what to do. And he pulls into this remote civil war cemetery, where William Reese is the caretaker. Graves we just had to wait to see what came next. I heard two loud pops, pop, pop. Jordan in studying and talking to serial killers, they do become numb over time. By this time, hes killed three men in a number of days. Its like, im all in, what does it matter if i kill one more person . Andrew cunanan pulls the green lexus up at sort of the office area. The Cemetery Caretaker is there. His name is William Reese. He marched him down the stairs into the basement, stood him against a Concrete Wall and executed him. Andrew cunanan marches back up, takes William Reeses red pickup truck, and is on the run again. This is just a planned deal to kill someone to steal his pickup truck. Just a heartless act. Chambliss that seems to be the signature that this man leaves behind. He takes the car of the last victim and leaves it at the site of the next alleged victim. Graves he heads south, and then nobody hears from him. I mean, everything is cold. We just had to wait to see what came next. I believe he kept thinking, planning, like, a theatrical production, how is this gonna go down . Am i gonna go out in a Blaze Of Glory . Urness were looking at a week, two weeks after his last known place was pennsville, new jersey. What happened . Where is he . Where is he going . Andrew cunanan went to South Carolina, went into a parking lot, took the plates off of the pickup truck, obviously to avoid detection by Law Enforcement, slaps on a South Carolina plate, and then heads south. [ Heart Beating ] Andrew Cunanan registers under an alias at the normandy plaza. Its the type of hotel that you would go to if you didnt have a lot of money but you wanted to be close to the beach. This was no fontainebleau. June 12th, a month to the day that andrew arrives in miami, hes made the fbis most wanted list. The fbi as well as all of the local authority believe that he is one of the most wanted people in this country today. He was also on americas most wanted the tv show, twice, and i remember one of his roommates really giving some insight into his personality. Man Ferris Bueller in real life. He can get away with anything, everyone loves him. Hes bigger than life. And thats how he attracts everybody to him. The hottest call we had was from miambeach sub shop. A kid that worked there, he called 911, and said, have a guy here thats ordering food, and i know i saw him on americas most wanted. the 911 operator tried to get as much information as possible. They missed cunanan by five minutes. Your sister helps you run the company, donatella. She does. She does a lot. Shes kind of first criticism to me. We have a great relationship. Shes my friend. Shes my first customers. Ball so in the very Early Morning of july 15th, he awoke at about 3 00 a. M. , which is 9 00 a. M. In milan, and he was thinking right away of the fashion show that donatella was organizing in rome. So he started calling his sister, and was starting to give her orders and pepper her with questions and really interrogate her about how that show was going. Then he went back to sleep. Gianni versace was known for paying attention to every detail in every show. Ball he woke again at about 8 00, called Donatella A Couple more times, and finally she just wouldnt take his call. She just put the phone down. So he got up. He decided to go, as he did most mornings, and take a walk down to the news cafe. Velezmitchell Everybody Knows the news cafe in south beach. Its like the place to go. And Gianni Versace would go there in the morning and get coffee and get magazines and stroll back. It was very public. Ball antonio damico, giannis boyfriend, came down after gianni had already left the house. He came down, he had an early tennis date with lazaro, a friend of theirs who lived in miami. Antonio needed someone to play tennis every time they came in to town. So i went inside, and i stood by antonio, and hes sitting at the end of the table. After grabbing his newspaper and magazines, Gianni Versace made it back down here to his mansion four blocks away. Velezmitchell heres this famous man, whos loved by everybody, just going about his life, planning shows, waking up in the morning in south beach, going to get coffee and magazines, just living his life, enjoying his life. Mr. Versace was walking back from the news cafe, and as hes walking up the steps to his house. Orth he passed a woman whos just taken her child to school, and they kind of smile at each other. Hes up leaning over to unlock the big iron gate, and she turns around to look one more time just to sort of glance at versace, and she sees this young man walking very quickly, diagonally across the street, and all of a sudden, he just sticks the gun out. Bang, bang. Antonio goes over to the window that faces the entrance to the mansion. And he yells, no, no [ Heart Beating ] escobar most of the News Organizations were in their editorial meetings because it happened in the morning, and someone from the Assignment Desk comes into our meeting, opens the glass doors and says, theres a shooting in south beach. Wow. This is going to be one of the biggest stories to hit miami in a long, long time. I was out on the beach, um, relaxing, and i heard two loud pops. Pop, pop. He was laying right on the steps. It looked like an execution style. One shot to the head. Miami beach police are looking for the man who walked up to fashion designer, Gianni Versace this morning and shot him twice in the back of the head. Gianni was just laying there. So i grabbed him, and i felt to see if he was breathing, but there was nothing. It was not a survivable injury, and indeed, he had no evidence of neurologic function. He was brain dead. Velezmitchell it was such a shock. The idea of a Celebrity Being gunned down in broad daylight, executed on their front steps was just unthinkable. Witnesses say, the man who fatally shot Gianni Versace ran down an alley and disappeared into a nearby parking garage. Navarro he ran into the garage. He ran up to where the red pickup truck was with all his belongings in it. He changed clothes. He threw all his hot, sweaty clothes on a pile on the floor. Heres a guy that kept that red pickup truck for a couple of months. Heres a guy that left his passport and a check with his name in that pickup truck. So now we know its Andrew Cunanan. Miami Beach Police Investigators in cooperation with agents of the federal bureau of investigation and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement are currently looking for Andrew Phillip cunanan as a suspect in the murder of Gianni Versace. Williams where is Andrew Cunanan . That was the question that hung heavy over all of miami beach, a place that was on edge. I had never seen a manhunt like that in my career. We hope that hes still within the state of florida. We hope. But thats not a fact right now. There was a whole segment of the newsroom who believed he left miami a long time ago, and hes probably in mexico somewhere or cuba, or you know, who knows. The family had giannis body cremated immediately after his murder in miami, but they wanted to return to milan to have a really extraordinary funeral for him. Donatella versace had told her assistant, they shot gianni like a stray dog. I want to have a funeral fit for a prince for him. Oh, the lords my shepherd giannis funeral was an alist affair. There was princess diana, who was comforting elton john, who was distraught at the death of his friend. There was anna wintour, karl lagerfeld, sting and his wife, naomi campbell. Everyone was there, and they were all in shock. And of course, Andrew Cunanan is still in hiding somewhere, probably watching all the coverage of it on tv, knowing that he made all of it happen and loving the power of that. Reporter the latest on the manhunt for the alleged killer of Gianni Versace and four other men. The, latest on the manhunt for the alleged killer of Gianni For Psaki and four others. Cnn, Breaking News hello, im polling and we begin with Breaking News out of iran, where were Learning Rescuers have now reached the sayyed of the Helicopter Crash involving president ebrahim raisi. Just a short time ago, Iranian Media reported that the crash site had indeed been located after rescuers braved cold temperatures overnight searching the mountain mountainous area in dense fog the aircraft crashed on sunday and are East Azerbaijan province, after president. Now you see an other officials and not included irans Foreign Minister attended a ceremony for the opening of a new near the border with Azerbaijan Rac Cook can be seen hed here in helicopter. Thats video that we received on saturday. Right now at this hour, his condition and those are the other passengers is unknown. Radians are being urged to pray for the president and those aboard the aircraft. A sentiment echoed by irans Supreme Leader we hope that almighty god will return our dear president and his companions to the arms of the nation in full health cnns ivan watson has been tracking these latest developments for us and he joins us now from hong kong. I mean, look, ivan, the search, a conditions here, or close to impossible, they couldnt really get anything in the air for very long was dense fog. They sent out hundreds, possibly thousands of people people on foot. What more you learning about what exactly they may have found right . This Balloon Crash Sayyed is believed to be near a small village in East Azerbaijan province in these rugged mountains of northwestern iran, near a village called t vol and that is where the helicopter of the president is believed to yvonne down at around 1 00 p. M. Local time on sunday. Its now almost six 30 in the morning in this part of iran, the iranians have had to not only deploy the military and dozens of teams scores of teams to search for the helicopter and the crew and the passengers on board that were nine people in total, including the president of iran as well as the Foreign Minister and the crew. Of course but they have also relied on a drone from turkey that has been deployed to help try to locate the crash site. Now, the president in his helicopter had been flying back from a Border Region where hed been Inaugurating A Dam project with the president of one of irans neighbors, of azerbaijan, there was a three helicopter ariel convoy that were flying back from this ceremony. And two of the helicopters made it back safely. The president s helicopter sadly, did not. So as you mentioned, the Supreme Leader, who is the most powerful figure in iran has, he has declared that iran will remain stable through this crisis and has called for people, of course, to pray for the health of the path passengers and crew on board. But in any country, if you had a president go down in an aircraft this would be a Major Political crisis and a shock to society. And iran is no exception. I havent had a certainly been a shock and certainly made much more difficult by the fact that this was a helicopter that perhaps was compromised. We dont know exactly if weather was the cause, if it was pilot judgment, but certainly a shock that a Helicopter Carrying really two of the most important politicians in the country would go down in this area in dense fog when it was clear. The weather was less than ideal no i mean, all of the footage that were seeing from the rescue effort, the Weather Forecast that weve gotten from the cnn weather center, they all indicate that theres dense fog, rain, and precipitation, and that the conditions were not good to be, certainly to be flying a helicopter in this area according to some reports, this was a bell helicopter. Us made that were also trying to confirm that detail, but it does appear to look like that, which could suggest that it could have been decades that president ial helicopter. But yet, there were three