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They assumed the brace position immediately, and that may have saved their lives. ive spoken to one local man here who was here on the night. he said he heard some kind of explosion, a loud bang. it didnt sound like an aircraft crash to him. he only really realized what happened when he heard the news. he came here and helped rescue one survivor. when he came here in the morning, steve, he found a mobile phone with multiple missed calls. and you can hear just how close we are to the airport from...

Brazil and colombia last night. tell us about the vigils and also the survivors. have we heard from them? >> reporter: yeah, the people flooded on to the streets here and in brazil. extraordinary when you position last night was a competitive game, but here you had soccer fans united in grief. one woman telling me that she had been crying all day. everybody wearing white in mourning. they said that they were applauding so that players could hear them in heaven. you asked about the people who sur...

Tv. were having landing gear problems. were going to crash land. emergency landing, crash land at l.a.x., but thought id leave you a message just in case, what is i love you and everything is going to be groovy. love to my mom and family, let them know that i love them. thats it. >> meanwhile, the flight attendants are busy preparing the passengers. >> at this time, remove all high-heeled shoes and sharp objects. >> i think the scariest moments for me, it was when theyre explaining to us, you ne...

>> he decides to use his camera to record what could be a farewell message. >> hey, barb, its me. im watching the plane on the tv. were having landing gear problems. were going to crash land. emergency landing, crash land at l.a.x., but thought id leave you a message just in case, what is i love you and everything is going to be groovy. love to my mom and family, let them know that i love them. thats it. >> meanwhile, the flight attendants are busy preparing the passengers. >> at this time, remo...

Were going to crash land. emergency landing, crash land at l.a.x., but thought id leave you a message just in case, what is i love you and everything is going to be groovy. love to my mom and family, let them know that i love them. thats it. >> meanwhile, the flight attendants are busy preparing the passengers. >> at this time, remove all high-heeled shoes and sharp objects. >> i think the scariest moments for me, it was when theyre explaining to us, you need to decide how you want to brace your...

L.a.x., but thought id leave you a message just in case, what is i love you and everything is going to be groovy. love to my mom and family, let them know that i love them. thats it. >> meanwhile, the flight attendants are busy preparing the passengers. >> at this time, remove all heil-heeled shoes and sharp objects. >> i think the scariest moments for me, it was when theyre explaining to us, you need to decide how you want to brace yourself for this emergency landing. >> if you want to assume t...

Were having landing gear problems. were going to crash land. emergency landing, crash land at l.a.x., but thought id leave you a message just in case, what is i love you and everything is going to be groovy. love to my mom and family, let them know that i love them. thats it. >> meanwhile, the flight attendants are busy preparing the passengers. >> at this time, remove all heil-heeled shoes and sharp objects. >> i think the scariest moments for me, it was when theyre explaining to us, you need t...

Were having landing gear problems. were going to crash land. emergency landing, crash land at l.a.x., but thought id leave you a message just in case, what is i love you and everything is going to be groovy. love to my mom and family, let them know that i love them. thats it. >> meanwhile, the flight attendants are busy preparing the passengers. >> at this time, remove all heil-heeled shoes and sharp objects. >> i think the scariest moments for me, it was when theyre explaining to us, you need t...

Are a few clues here -- the fact that there were no fire trucks at the end of the runway which would have said that the pilot had enough time to say i need to declare an emergency. and have emergency equipment standing by. or because la guardia has short runways it probably would have been in the pilots thinking to say what are my options? what airports are nearby? where i can burn some fuel so the airplane will be lighter and potentially less flammable if there is a -- if there is a wing that b...

To record what could be a farewell message. >> hey, barb, its me. im watching the plane on the tv. were having landing gear problems. were going to crash land. emergency landing, crash land at l.a.x., but thought id leave you a message just in case, what is i love you and everything is going to be groovy. love to my mom and family, let them know that i love them. thats it. >> meanwhile, the flight attendants are busy preparing the passengers. >> at this time, remove all heil-heeled shoes and sha...