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Tech experts, but this sounds like a decent idea. >> sounds so simple. and it would work. thats whats so crazy about it. when you go to the store and you buy the new iphone and you turn it on and you left your password in, all your stuff comes back. now, granted, we are in large metropolitan area, we have excellent cell coverage. so thats a different story. but i get that were talking about 10,000 aircraft at a time flying over. but were also talking about voice and data, which is very not a lot...

The signal is getting all the way to the target cell phone. so it could mean that just the circuit is engaging and theyre trying to find the cell phone. so i dont think that there is a lot going on there. and the fact that you know when youre out over the water youre not in range of any cell towers so you cant get cell coverage. >> if people were on board a jet that was hijacked taking out their cell phones trying to send texts or cell phones do you find it odd that not a single one got through ...

Send a message, it wouldnt get through. when the airplane diverted and turned back over the malaysian peninsula, there was probably some period of time where they were in range of cell towers. when youre at high altitude a lot of cell phone systems shut off any signal coming from the airplane. >> that was one of the early stories was loved ones said the phone calls were still going through. but ive got a question for you, clayton. maybe you know the answer. you use the find my iphone function, w...

The signal is getting all the way to the target cell phone. so it could mean that just the circuit is engaging and theyre trying to find the cell phone. so i dont think that there is a lot going on there. and the fact that you know when youre out over the water youre not in range of any cell towers so you cant get cell coverage. >> if people were on board a jet that was hijacked taking out their cell phones trying to send texts or cell phones do you find it odd that not a single one got through ...

Before the first explosion went off. i had just seen my wife and four kids at the finish line. id gone about a block and a half to do a bunch of media interviews, heard the first explosion, saw the smoke. my first reaction was, i did see my wife and kids. it took about 25 minutes to dash a text to them, because there was no cell coverage going on there. it was one of the scariest things ive had to encounter. >> greta: you won with 51% of the vote in the primary, beating out two other candidates ...

Before the first explosion went off. i had just seen my wife and four kids at the finish line. id gone about a block and a half to do a bunch of media interviews, heard the first explosion, saw the smoke. my first reaction was, i did see my wife and kids. it took about 25 minutes to dash a text to them, because there was no cell coverage going on there. it was one of the scariest things ive had to encounter. >> greta: you won with 51% of the vote in the primary, beating out two other candidates ...

The cell coverage must have been shut down or maybe there was a lot of people on cell, so nobody could get through to anybody. and, frankly, it was a state of bewilderment for the whole group as we sat there waiting to figure out what was next. >> all right. ellen and steve, thank you very much. were so glad that you are both safe and together tonight. we appreciate your time. i want to update everyone on some information that we have just coming in. you just heard the chairman of the homeland s...

>> oh, weve got lightning. we need to go back. lets turn around. >> oh, its getting big, big, big. >> thats huge! >> for those who survived, the scars will always be them. nearly two dozen people, including three young men, took cover in a convenience store in a walk-in beer cooler. one turned on his camera as the tornado struck. the video is dark, but the sound tells a story. >> oh! [ wind blowing ] >> oh, my god! >> jesus, jesus! >> imagine pushing open the door after that incredible...

Definitely in a tornado. >> aaron, how did you finally find sarah? >> after we didnt find them at the house, we didnt know what to do. but people pointed us to the walgreens a few blocks away saying thats where they had a triage center set up. they werent there, so we started walking down main street, or what was left of main street, trying to get a cell phone signal. asking people if they had seen them, yelling out their names. and finally we happened to walk into cell coverage and her fiance, ...

By, we realized, you know, what it was. and when the pressure of our ears came, you know, it felt like our ears were going to blow. thats when my fiance said were definitely in a tornado. >> aaron, how did you finally find sarah? >> after we didnt find them at the house, we didnt know what to do. but people pointed us to the walgreens a few blocks away saying thats where they had a triage center set up. they werent there, so we started walking down main street, or what was left of main street, t...