but elizabeth didn t like this idea. i don t have anything to say to her. because it doesn t matter what i say. it s like she s not going to change. she s not going to tell all these people that she lied. in the years following their father s death, joan shannon s two sons, david s sons, were living in north dakota and grew up in the major s boyhood home here. his mother became in joan s absence their mother and grandmother. the boys believed in joan s innocence, visited her sometimes, and talked to her on the phone. they were not speaking to their sister. and major david shannon, his remains will spend eternity here just down the road from home in the old military graveyard under the black prairie sod and the wind. that s all for this edition of dateline extra. i m craig melvin.
nose-first into the ground, didn t expect survivors. nine members of the puerto rican national guard were killed, including their pilot, major jose roman rosado, who leaves behind two young boys and a wife who is pregnant with a baby girl. after today, more than 50 service members have died in these kind of noncombat-related air accidents in the last year. most of them stateside. far more than the number of service members killed in actual combat. the pentagon tonight says it doesn t have a crisis. this is not a crisis. but it is a crisis for each of these families. and we owe them a full investigation. reporter: the plane was built in 1965, and was headed here, to a military graveyard in arizona. steve osunsami with us again tonight. and steve, the pentagon, i know, as you pointed out today, the age of the plane and all these incidents, they addressed the incidents. what do they say? reporter: that s right, david. pentagon officials tonight say they re concerned about all of t
but elizabeth didn t like this idea. i don t have anything to say to her. because it doesn t matter what i say. it s like she s not going to change. she s not going to tell all these people that she lied. in the years following their father s death, joan shannon s two sons, david s sons, were living in north dakota and grew up in the major s boyhood home here. his mother became in joan s absence their mother and grandmother. the boys believed in joan s innocence, visited her sometimes, and talked to her on the phone. they were not speaking to their sister. and major david shannon, his remains will spend eternity here just down the road from home in the old military graveyard under the black prairie sod and the wind. that s all for this edition
but elizabeth didn t like this idea. i don t have anything to say to her. because it doesn t matter what i say. it s like she s not going to change. she s not going to tell all these people that she lied. in the years following their father s death, joan shannon s two sons, david s sons, were living in north dakota and grew up in the major s boyhood home here. his mother became in joan s absence their mother and grandmother. the boys believed in joan s innocence, visited her sometimes, and talked to her on the phone. they were not speaking to their sister. and major david shannon, his remains will spend eternity here just down the road from home in the old military graveyard under the black prairie sod and the wind. that s all for this edition of dateline extra.
i am sorry i wasn t a better mother. i can t go back and change that. but elizabeth didn t like this idea. i don t have anything to say to her. it doesn t matter what i say. it s like she s not going to change. she s not going to tell all these people that she lied. in the year that followed david s death, joan shannon s two sons, david s sons, live in north dakota now, growing up in the major s son in langdon. his mother has become their mother and grandmother. the boys believe in joan s innocence, see her sometimes and talk to her on the phone. they he do not speak to their sister. and major david shannon? his remains will spend eternity here just down the road from home in the old military graveyard under the black