confinement for two years so that tested his will to live and his belief system. every day was basically about one thing, survival. by christmas 1972, the u.s. dramatically increased it s bombing runs over north vietnam in an effort to get the vietnamese to the negotiating table. and that, it is believed is what caused the communist negotiator to finally agree to terms acceptable to president nixon. within 60 days from this saturday, all americans held prisoners of war throughout indo china will be released. as part of the negotiations, the americans held in captivity were released. 5 1/2 years after he was pulled from that lake in hanoi, john mccain finally was free. mccain had aged so
were saying, like i don t even know if i could survive. like, these are kids. and for me, it just showcases these children s will to live. i ve never done anything as risky as that, and i don t think i ever will again, but it was the only option we had, and we took it. we re so incredibly overjoyed that not only is it a good news story, but at the end of the day, we got the kids back together with their parents, and that s what matters in my mind. love. all done. now i am very fine. i very thank you. thank you so much.
officers. 70 years ago joe din mark was in the battle of the bulling. now 89 years old he recounts his capture and trying to survive. we had no blankets, no food, no water. what kept me going, the will to live, the desire. one thing i learned is i learned to pray and i learned that every day is a bonus. demler who at one point weighed just 70 pounds says he s just one of the fortunate guys. those are your headlines. ainsley, thank you. we d like to thank our friends at 1-800-flowers for all the beautiful festivity. i made the move to be a member. i m a one-touch guy. i click on it and all my stats are on there. all i have to do is use my
deeply committed to their jobs. captain, quickly, what s the point when you shift from trying to recover bodies to a salvage operation for the vessel itself? how do you make that decision? that s a tough decision to make. so we re still in the rescue and recovery phase. obviously the divers are not finding air pockets although this ship is a maze so there still people hold out hope until the very end because, you know, the odds are stacked immensely against these folks but so much of it depends on a person s individual will to live. there was an incident in nigeria not too long ago where a cook spent two days in a small air pocket well down below the surface quite deep. so it s not out of the question but it s very difficult. what will happen is recovery effort will slow down, the number of bodies the guys are
there s been about ten cases where they have survived, but extraordinarily luckily luckily, as the panelists have indicated. i guess when you have the will to live and you want a different or better life, you ll do anything you can to do it. thank you very much, jeffrey thomas. everybody else, please stick with me. coming up, they have lived through the last 46 days having to wonder what happened to their loved one. i m going to talk to the family of chandrika sharma, who was aboard the malaysian flight 370. .