villagers risking their lives to retrieve these remains. but this is not just about closure. this is fresh evidence of a january massacre. throughout the months-long conflict in its tigray region, ethiopia has promised to hold all who break the law accountable, but they haven t. we must warn you what you re about to see and hear is horrifying. this is how many saw their loved ones for the first time. some beheaded, others burned beyond recognition. for six months, families had been denied access to the execution site by ethiopian soldiers. the remains tell a grim story. corroborating cnn s original investigation in collaboration with a.mnesty international. this is old footage first broadcast in april. we can t show you the moment of execution. but in the aftermath, this soldier tosses a jacket.
oh, my god. please stay where you are. everybody, stay where you are. did you get it? oh, my god. keep your heads up. everybody, stay where you are. i knew that was in the stands, oh, my god. it could have been us. i know. in my mind, it was coming. joining me on the phone is the man who shot that video. he is brent wilson, he s back home in portland, oregon. brent, you know, we could hear i counted three oh, my gods. i don t know if that was from you or your son. i can t imagine what you were feeling. if you can, walk me through your initial thoughts when you saw that plane nosedive and hit the crowd. it was obviously an incredibly tragic event, and initially, before it got down to the ground, you know, it was all over the sky and for a brief moment what appeared to be an eternity to us, you know, it was coming directly for us in our area. and, you know, i just froze and my sons. it was something that is life changing. my son kyle actually is the one who