simulator, surely it will be interesting to see -- they've now said some files were deleted from that a month ago. whether those were just ordinary delusions or if they can recover them from the hard drive, there's something incriminating there. that would solve a lot if they found something incriminating there. >> you've covered so many of these terrible disasters over the years. can you recall another case where families had to wait this long for any kind of information as to what happened? >> well, families have had to wait a long time before, but not for more sound information than we have right now. in other words, oftentimes it's a question like in the twa crash off long island, was it a missile or a bomb, or as it later turned out to be, was it a mechanical problem, an explosion of the center fuel tank. so families had to wait a long time for those kind of answers, but at least they knew where the plane was, that it had gone