Transcripts For WJLA Nightline 20160511

First billion. Snapping up global investors. A High School Dropout who may out zuckerberg even mighty facebook but first the nightline five. Good evening, thanks for its a been a bumpy ride lately for countless airline passeng s passengers, with violently turbulent flights sending people straight to the er and with those racked with a fear of flying, an upgrade to high anxiety. Reporter a heart stopping moment for even the most seasoned of flyers. The stomach wrenching scream inducing sudden jolt of extreme turbulence. You probably experienced a mild version of it if youre one of the millions that takes to the skies every day. Last year turbulence injured 21 people in the u. S. According to the faa but in just the past week on u. S. Flights, 15 people say theyve been injured by turbulence. Yesterday this was the scene inside the cabin. After severe turbulence shook a jet blue flight pack would people traveling from puerto rico to orlando. The plane dropping 100 feet in altitude, just 30 minutes after take off. I was super scared. Reporter Veronica Torres on the plane with her daughter. She took this photo as oxygen masks deployed, many passengers worst nightmare, the doors to the refrigerator bursting open. At least eight people hurt. Firefighters, paramedics and police rushing on board when the plane landed and in just the past week, two other turbulence incidents injuring pass chgers. The lady in front of us shot straight in the air and broke the over head compartment, bleeding everywhere. Reporter and on this flight to jacquardau, people screaming and praying for their lives. A woman who the turbulence came with no warning. Everything was shook. The plane went up and down. A lot of people on the plane they didnt wear seatbelts you know. So, theyre like flying. Reporter pictures of the aftermath showing aisles littered with debris. Nine taken to the hospital. Every year we end up with flights that encounter some form of severe turbulence and it throws people around and hurts people in the cabin. This is why its so important to keep that seatbelt fastened. Reporter but what causes the sometimes terrifying turbulence . Socalled clear air turbulence because pilots cant see it. It happens when a fast and slow jet stream pass along side each other. If a jet flies through it, it can get very bumpy very quickly. What were unexect unexpexed, unpredictable turbulence. We dont have a way of a seeing it. Reporter but turbulence is also the result of severe weath weather, including thunderstorms which can sometimes be detected by radar. We went aboard this test flight near maam. So, this purple color means . These test pilots actually aim for thunderstorm turbulence. Theyre testing this Radar Software being installed on American Airlines jets to help its pilots navigate a smoother ride. Youre predicting whats ahead . Thats exactly right. Reporter we skirt around the heaviest turbulence but still feel it. Were getting a little bit of that turbial n yulence right th. Its right outside the window. Reporter green on the radar means when weve actually flown through the areas, there hasnt even been an ripple. Reporter also turbulence can be scary, it rarely damages the aircraft itself. Theyre so tough and well designed that they can take far more than the passengers and crew can. Youre only dropping a few feet at any particular point. All he has to do is move two feet in any direction at 500 Miles Per Hour and youre going to feel it in your stomach. Reporter in fact your chances of dying in a plane crash are 1 in 50 million. But 1 out of 4 people still fear flying. And the rough air is a remiennd theyre in the ground and fear of flying caught on camera. And thats why these men and retired air force pilot turned therapist, ron nielsen is the plane whisperer. His class at phoenix, arizona sky harbor has one week to overcome a life of anxiety and for what for many is a painful fear. Reporter just go on and pretend like you own the thing. Captain ron tries to teach his students to face their anxiety head on. Its a walk aboard a plane theyve been assured is not going to take off. The first thing they need to do is give them svls permission to be afraid. Reporter in seven days theyll go from a classroom to a real flight, phoenix to burbank, california and back home. Its the final stage of class, im here taking care of my panic attack. Reporter for jessica cobble, it will take all the effort. Shes never flown before. Grab a drinking straw, and breathe through the drinking straw. Reporter jessica forgot her straw. Oh, my god. Oh, my god, oh, my god. Reporter she took a pill to take the edge off. Close the window. Reporter what happens when you take that much medication . I didnt take a lot. Reporter but he advises no drugs unless prescribed by physician. He says it may only add to your anxiety and jessica has plenty of that. You focus on anything but it. The thing you should be focusing on is you. Reporter minutes later, much to our surprise jessica is calm, actually enjoying herself. Wasnt as bad. Its actually beautiful. Reporter the landing was as smooth as the flight. Jessicas scream for everyone in the class. Congratulations. Once again, youve cheated death. By flying with me. Reporter but the real reward is having travelled from fearful to fearless, even if it was a bumpy ride. Its just an adventure. Thats all it is. Reporter from nightline, im david curly in washington. Up next, well meet the teen age ticon making a name for himself. But first, making headlines after she had her own music video for me too taken down, claiming that version had been edited to make her waist slimmer. I just took down the video because they photo shopped the out of me andium ium sf it and over it. Look at that waist. Hold up. Lets go back to this beautiful waist. Entertainment tonight saying that she approved the video. It was very rushed and yes, i didnt Pay Attention to the dance seen. Reporter but today as prom i sed, the video rereleased. And this time writing the real me too video is finally up. Missed that bass. Working that photo shop we know that aint r make it stop she credit her single all about that bass for helping her embrace the skin shes in. Telling 173b7 magazine shes d shying away from her curves. The only thing i love is my curves they photograph really well and look bomb on tv. Saying no to anybody who wants to change them. You need to let it go. This is humira. This is humira helping to relieve my pain and protect my joints from further damage. This is humira helping me go further. Humira works for many adults. 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His brain child is a new app which makes buying and selling items in your social network as simple as swiping right. He has already locked down enough seed money that he left his home in his parents to move to new york city, hoping to be his generations zuckerberg and became a youtube celebrity with these unboxing videos. His first app success at 15. The game impossible rush. Even beat out favorites like starbucks and vine. I had number one trending apps everywhere in the world. Reporter being ceo at 16 hassahas a already made ben a celebrity. Justin bieber is now following you on twitter. Reporter and there are some other perks. He lives alone which meenans a t of freedom but this ceo still has to report to his mom. Does he have a curfew on the weekend . I have a bit of a curfew during the week . Reporter mom and dad who are here visiting from sidney werent always sold on the idea. Reporter what was that like as parents . Lets imagine it doesnt pan out, hes not going back to high school, is he . Were both university educated so, for our son not to go to school is a big deal. Lets go to america and see if you get funding and then we can talk about it. And unfortunately, he got funding. Reporter unfortunately. When he said he was going i just thought let him go and see how it goes and off he went and he came home with this enormous sack of money. Reporter that sounds like a good deal. We cant let our competition be nuttier than we are. Reporter and much like the pint size ceo in ricky rich, the kid is the his chief employee. This 30yearold. What did you think when you were going to be ceo . By the time that happened i had come to terms with it. Reporter whats the most 16yearold thing hes done since youve worked together . He forgets to eat. Reporter but his teen age tend naeencies not a problem fo leading investor. Ive actually heard from teenagers. Everybody wants you to succeed. Reporter to get to that level, more funding is needed. Tonight theyre meeting with a potential investor. Theres lot on the line. We have a meeting in here right now. Hope it goes well. What he said. Reporter truth is, most apps fail. But ben has a lot of confidence that he can build flogg into the next billion dollar empire. How big of an idea is it versus facebook or instagram . I wouldnt compare it to facebook or instagram. I would compare it to amazon or jet. Reporter you think it could be as significant as one of those companies . Its the if there. Jet is itself an upstart. They have retail pretty dominated and i look at flogg as a way to improve on Something Like craigslist. Reporter how do you stay humble in Something Like this . For me i feel like im just getting started. So, i dont feel anything to brag about or whatever it is. Reporter you dont feel anything to brag about . In spite of the fact that you came home with t money . Whats bigger than a big bag of money is 10 big bags of money. Reporter sound familiar . A Million Dollars isnt cool, do you know what is cool . A billion dollars. Reporter channelling his favorite film, the social network about another big ceo. Do you ever think about being Mark Zuckerberg . Hes too smart. Reporter smart enough to get himself here and he seems to have plenty of a hustle to spare. We share a competition. Reporter how about this, if i get the next shot, i get 1 of flogg. Totally. Totally. Reporter my chance of the millions dashed. 3 billion out the door. For nightline im rebecca jarvs, playing budding tech guru. And up next, democrats still feeling the burn as the trump juggernaut rolls on. Politics update next. Im in vests and as a vested investor in vests, i invest with e trade, where investors can investigate and invest in vests. Or not in vests. This is my retirement. Retiring retired tires. And i never get tired of it. Are you entirely prepared to retire . 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