i m taryn davis and i invite a new generation of military widows to share their love, their sacrifice, and their survival. follow me, guys. we hold these events because they step outside of that comfort zone. his impact will continue to affect us all for the rest of our lives. there are moments where you can reflect followed by that time where they feel like they re living life to the fullest. my little sister wrote taryn. she didn t know how to get through the loss and so she wanted me to find other sisters. from pie first event i went from feeling completely alone to not anymore at all. you get up that high, you see the world a different way, and i think as widows we see our life a different way when we land. these military widows have given me life again. they teach me so much and show me how far i ve come and to know one day another widow is going to come along and they re going to be the one that s changing that widow s life.
on this memorial day weekend americans remember our fallen heroes but for thousands of widows across the country every day is their memorial day. taryn davis lost her husband at 21. she wept on to build a sisterhood for those like her determined to turn grief in tri ump and survival. that s why this is this week s cnn hero. my husband michael was killed in baghdad iraq. even four years later people still don t really know how to react when you say, hi, i m taryn and i am a widow. after the funeral i felt ostracized. everybody liked to write off my grief due to my young age. you re young, you ll get remarried. i just wanted to talk about it with other widows. they re not going to tell me i m grieving wrong. i just wanted to create what i was searching for and just hope for others out there that could come and help me build it, too.
on this memorial day weekend americans remember our fallen heroes but for thousands of which dose across this one every day is their memorial day. taryn davis lost her husband at the age of 21. she s determined to turn grief into triumph and survival. my husband was killed in baghdad, iraq. even four years later people still don t really know how to react when you say hi, i m taryn and i m a widow. after the funeral i felt ostracized. everybody wrote off my grief due to my young age.
even four years later people still don t really know how to react when you say, hi, i m taryn and i am a widow. after the funeral i felt ostracized. everybody liked to write off my grief due to my young age. you re young, you ll get remarried. i just wanted to talk about it with other widows. they re not going to tell me i m grieving wrong. i just wanted to create what i was searching for and just hope for others out there that could come and help me build it, too. i m taryn davis and i invite a new generation of military widows to share their love, their sacrifice, and their survival. follow me, guys. we hold these events because they step outside of that comfort zone. his impact will continue to affect us all for the rest of our lives. there are moments where you
that s pretty amazing. taryn s organization is connected nearly 800 widows through her online community and retreats. to nominate someone you know, you can go to cnnheroes.com and tell us about them. two years ago air france flight 447 crashed into the atlantic ocean killing all 228 people on board. it was a big mystery until now. a new report is out shedding light on why the plane went down. our richard quest has seen the report and breaks it down for us. richard? reporter: the findings of fact from the french investigators have really told us an enormous amount about the last terrifying moments of flight 447. ever since the pipes became clogged with ice, the speed sensors failed, the autopilot disengaged, the auto throttles clicked out, and the entire aircraft went into an emergency