at least three people killed, dozens more hurt when that plane slammed into the crowd. it barely missed a grand stand that was packed with spectators. witnesses say they thought they were going to die and they are now calling the pilot of that plane a hero. i think that that pilot, in the last two seconds, pulled up because he saw the bleachers and i would guess he probably saved 200 to 300 other people. and i don t mean any disrespect to the injured, but i would consider him to be a hero because he pulled up and did what i think was his best job to hit the target. our dan simon is there for us in reno. dan, good morning again. have we learned any indication what possibly could have caused this? we really don t know at this point. what we know is that the aircraft picked up and rolled and just went down to the ground. at this point, it s pure speculation to hypothesize what happened here. they re coming to the scenes to look for clues. you have to wonder what made thi
in your account. we ll tell you about this growing trend in banking and also tell it you how you can avoid it. from the cnn center in it atlanta, georgia thshgs is it your cnn saturday it mornimorn 8:00 a.m. in atlanta, glad you are right here. let s start in reno, nevada, that air race that has left at least three people dead after a crash. we know at least 54 people have been injured and at least 12 of them considered to be in critical condition. take a look at the screen for just a moment. i ll show you the video in a second. this still picture really explains the horror of the situation. this is the last moment when this plane, right before it made impact on the ground at this air race. you see the spectators right below. it did not hit, even though it looks like it, did it not crash into the most crowded area, even though it could have, had it not been some say for the ak aks of t actions of the pilot. look and listen to this piece of video now that really explains and
this private hospital. it happened in the heavily visited area of agra where the taj mahal is located. the bomb went off in the reception area blowing out the windows. last weekend a briefcase bomb killed 11 people in new delhi. former senator charles percy is dead. the republican served in the senate for nearly 20 years and eventually became the chairman of the powerful foreign relations committee. in recent years he was battling alzheimer s disease. he died today at the washington, d.c. hospice. he was 91 years old. federal investigators are on the scene of a deadly plane crash at a reno, nevada, air show. they are trying to determine what caused the vintage p-51 mustang to lose control and slam into the ground, killing its veteran pilot and six others. dozens of people were injured. our dan simon is in reno. what are you learning about this crash, dan? reporter: well, fred, there is a press briefing going on now. the death toll has climbed considerably. three people we
eyewitness. this is bes bessi murphy, a nur far west virginia. what did you see? i was further away. i was in the pits area. at the point i did not see the actual impact. what i had heard was all call for medical personnel as they were asking for people to leave. so i responded, and when i got on the scene, they were quickly within just a couple of minutes from my time to get to the area, they already had the people triaged, had the ambulances available, had the situation pretty much under control. they still had people looking for families and friends, people were still in shock, so they were still trying to get people out of the area but as far as emergency responders, they had the situation pretty well under control. that s why we wanted to talk to you because you re a nurse back home in west virginia. you came here on vacation to see the races. and you chipped in to help, essentially. exactly. they had asked for all medical personnel. there were others that responde
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