the airline business. she had always wanted to be a flight attendant, from when she was a young girl. very outgoing, spontaneous, adventuresome. that s why she made such a good flight attendant. during one of her out-of-town trips, an airline employee called art ludwig with some bad news. it was some woman explained to me that there had been a problem in detroit and i should get myself ready and get out the airport and they would meet me there, and we would fly to detroit. nancy ludwig was found dead in her hotel room near the detroit airport. she had been stabbed to death. the evidence revealed she fought valiantly against her attacker. she had such extreme defense wounds on her hands. you just couldn t help by getting a real feel for what she went through. and that isn t really always the case at a crime scene.
was a young girl. very outgoing, spontaneous, adventuresome. that s why she made such a good flight attendant. during one of her out-of-town trips, an airline employee called art ludwig with some bad news. it was some woman explained to me that there had been a problem in detroit and i should get myself ready and get out to the airport and they would meet me there and we would fly to detroit. nancy ludwig was found dead in her hotel room near the detroit airport. she had been stabbed to death. the evidence revealed she fought valiantly against her attacker. she had such extreme defense wounds on her hands. you just couldn t help by
reporter: miles away in toledo, ohio, the storm pummelling the area, a police officer died of a heart attack while shoveling snow. the mayor is in critical condition after checking on road conditions, suffering cardiac arrest and crashing on those snowy roads. good samaritans rushing to help without even realizing it was the mayor. i was banging on the window, banging on the window. he wouldn t respond. 911 said we need to break the window and get him out. reporter: from toledo, we made the drive to detroit. nearly 17 inches of snow, making it the third snowiest storm ever here. look at these shots from above. and nearby in warren, michigan fire hydrants covered in snow and a postman giving our cameras a thumbs up only to get stuck in the snow himself. take a look right here at this mountain of snow at the detroit airport. you might be wondering how much snow is here.
and she is alive today. she was badly injured. it was a trash on takeoff of northwest airlines from the detroit airport. she was sitting near the rear of the plane. and that sometimes makes a difference because it s a more structurally sound part of the plane. but when the plane crashed, he was thrown free. the cases that i know of oftentimes it depends a lot on where you re sitting because back there in the back of the plane or at the point where the wings cross the fuselage too, is a strong area of the plane. they re stronger areas. particularly i find if people are thrown free of the wreckage that s happened a couple of times, and then they can survive a fire and things like that. that s a factor too. bob, from your aviation understanding and your expertise, what makes a survival like this possible? well i think it is where you re sitting. if you re thrown clear from the plane where you absorb less of the impact.
and walk away. a michigan man under arrest after trying to board a plane with a knife at the detroit airport. it was found inside the bottom lining of the shoe in the man s carry on luggage. the tsa says it should have been placed in checked luggage. the man was arrested and put into custody. we are learning more about how vulnerable your cell phone might be to government snooping. shannon green has details. there is a cell phone tracking that they are using and the feds don t want you to know about it. if you have a cell phone you may have been tracked and you will likely never know. they send out powerful electronic signals that can tap through the walls and houses and offices and report back information about the serial numbers and their location. across the country local and