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really is a mirk miracle. of all the gamblers on that flight, sir, you are the luckiest. in reno, the world began to wonder at the luck and poise of 17-year-old george lamson jr. of st. paul. he lost his father in the debris, tossed clear of the fireball, still strapped in his seat. he assumed the blessing and burden of being the only survivor. i kicked the wall while we hit the ground. i was sliding through all this fire and debris. george s demeanor when he first came out, when we re first seeing him in the hospital bed and later when he came out in a wheelchair. he was sort of surprised to see everybody there. you know, there was this sort of excitement, he was 17. and all of a sudden all these people are there with all these cameras and they re all for him. and we were conscious of that and yet we knew he had been through this horrific accident. when the images of that moment
but when it stopped, when people don t remember who you are, it s a very big vacuum. and that hurt. that hurt a lot. i would sleep a lot. and i would eat a lot, too. i mean, i d do everything i could not to think about what was going on in front of me. those amazing hands of george lamson. march of that year i dropped out of college. ten years from now i ll be jamming on stage like this. this is like 1987. i was driving like 150 miles per hour in this particular car i had. and i don t know why i did that. i just liked the thrill of being on the edge of death. and i felt like maybe i m being protected. and i wanted to see if it was really true. received some settlement money in 1986 and some in 1987.
connected with each other. i m reaching out to everybody. the reason why i m doing this is to try to help others. and that s my motivation. completely understand where you re coming from. i was there. but if you ever change your mind please let me know. are you okay? yeah. i m okay. i just spent some time on the phone with erica delgato. it s closure to him. so it s helping him cope with everything and getting to noah other people are feeling. i don t know. i just think it s really cool. hello, brian. my name is george lamson. i live in the united states. i was 17 years old at the time of the accident. all the people on that flight died, including my father. well, he sends letters out to hopefully like get a response in return. but usually it comes out not getting any.
i currently live with my dad. i have one stepbrother, but i call my real brother, because it s the only thing i really have really. my mom basically lives like ten minutes away from here so i see her like every day. my dad doesn t like decorating at all. because he feels it s a man s house and it s like a man cave. and it s like he has no woman here besides me. so it s like i don t really have that much authority in the house. my name is george lamson. i m a sole survivor of a plane crash that happened in reno, nevada in 1985. i m trying to reach out to the other sole survivors out there in hopes to talk to and someday meet you. it s funny that there are so few of us that have been through what we have been through and almost none of us have ever