We were tumbling, end over end. There was smoke in the cockpit and i could not communicate with my partner. I knew i had to get out and i was well trained. I was about to eject over Enemy Territory that we had to bombing for a couple of years. There was no other choice and i pulled a handle. Everything worked automatically and perfectly. It blew the canopy and blew me 50 feet in the air. It separated the seats from me, which automatically pulled the dring. It was less than 2. 5 seconds from when i pulled the handle. There was a lot of shooting going on at the ground and they were shooting at our wing man with a nest of guns. There was a good number of militia down there that were protecting a strategic target. A lot of shooting going on. The wonderful training that i had in the air force and the military, they do a great job of training, i was unfazed by the fact that i was in Enemy Territory and i had bullets going by my parachute. What was on my mind was even eating capture. There wa
The wing man. I said that i was on the ground and i was 200 meters north of the river. Star strafing at 300 and i am heading south. After the war, i met with the pilots in the plane. They said to not strafe because they did not think they could should that accurately. It was a good call because they were all around me. Within two minutes, i was captured. How may times have you flown over North Vietnam . 53. What was the purpose of the flights . We were in the northern part of vietnam, 70 miles north of the dmz and had been flying all types of missions. By the time i got there, in the summer of 1967, they had changed our mission to only fly on reconnaissance over the southern part of North Vietnam. We were flying the ho chi minh trail and the main highways. We were flying the riverway to stop the trucks that were hauling supplies to the viet kong. How old were you . I was 23 and turned 24. I had flown with areas people and some new guys with the squadron to check them out. That day, i w
It was 12 days ago that Malaysia Airline flight 370 vanished in midair with 239 people on board. Thailand says it saw something on radar that may have been the plane. Its generally believed now that the planes path was deliberately altered from the cockpit, but its not clear by whom. The search spans an area from central asia to the indian ocean, but this morning, theres more speculation than hard evidence. Susan mcginnis is in washington. Susan, good morning. Good morning, marlie. Yeah, nearly two weeks later and there are still many more theories out there than facts. Today there are questions surrounding the radar data and specifically why thai officials waited ten days to turn the information over. Thailands military says its radar detected signals from an unidentified plane flying toward the Malacca Strait shortly after flight 370s transponder signal went down. They didnt report it because it wasnt requested. The u. S. Is among a dozen nations covering a giant arc about the size o
Good morning. Im Frances Rivera. It has been almost three weeks since hundreds of school girls were abducted by islamic terrorist necessary nigeria. Now the United States is sending a team of technical experts to the country to help bring those girls home. Theres been International Uproar following last months kidnapping. Demonstrations continue to take place in cities across the globe. U. S. Lawmakers brought attention to the situation, as well, with a moment of silence. At least two senators are asking the president to place boko haram on the International List of terror groups. Nbcs ann curry has more. Reporter a first glimpse at one of the school girls who escaped, her face obscured to hide her identity. Describing the night she and her classmates were kidnapped. We were sleeping at night. Suddenly, there were soldiers who came in and asked us all to get ready because we would be attacked by boko haram that night. We were happy to be in safe hands. But they werent safe. The soldier
Cases, several countries in europe are now seeing massive spikes. The latest, in the global effort to fight the virus. Live, from cnn world headquarters, in atlanta, welcome to you. Our viewers, here, in the United States and around the world, im kim brunhuber, and this is cnn newsroom. As demands for Racial Justice in the United States grow louder, the nation is mourning the unexpected loss of a young actor, who made film history through his portrayal of africanamerican legends. Chadwick boseman lost his fouryear battle with colon cancer. The 43yearold starred in the boundarybreaking, black superhero film black panther. He also portrayed soul singer, james brown. The first black Supreme Court justice, thurgood marshall. And baseballs Jackie Robinson. Bosemans death fell on the Jackie Robinson day. While condolences are pouring in, the black advocacy group, the naacp, paid tribute. And Academy Actress viola davis, no words to express my devastation of losing you. Your talent, your spir