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Mission over hanoi, north vietnam. that day, the 30-year-old was shot down and captured by the enemy. he would spend the next 5 1/2 years as a prisoner of war. in 1973, h e wrote a firsthand account of his vietnam years for "u.s. news and world report" and he described the moment a missile hit his plane. "i pulled the ejection handle and was knocked unconscious by the force of the ejection. i didnt realize it at the moment, but i had broken my right leg around the knee, my right arm if three pla...

>> the captain is just 100 feet from the ground when he triggers his rocket-propelled ejection seat. >> i knew where the jet was going and i didnt want to be there with it, so i knew my only chance of survival was to pull the ejection handle. >> it launches him into the air at more than 100 miles per hour. >> it was quite a ride. i remember the whole thing. i remember pulling the handle. the canopy jettisons out from below you and watching it crash into the ground was quite surreal. >> he lands ...

Pulling the handle and going for a ride. >> the captain is just 100 feet from the ground when he triggers his rocket-propelled ejection seat. >> i knew where the jet was going and i didnt want to be there with it, so i knew my only chance of survival was to pull the ejection handle. >> it launches him into the air at more than 100 miles per hour. >> it was quite a ride. i remember the whole thing. i remember pulling the handle. the canopy jettisons out from below you and watching it crash into t...

First, the bomber loses a wing, then the aircraft suffers complete engine failure. its soon clear to spectators, this is not part of the show. >> stay where you are. this is okay. stay where you are. >> friends and family i was with were out on the fishing pier, and they saw it as it was happening. i heard quite a few people yelling and screaming. >> the stealth is plummeting to the ground. the pilot attempts to crash land in a nearby lake hoping to spare lives on the ground. with only seconds t...

Complete engine failure. its soon clear to spectators, this is not part of the show. >> stay where you are. this is okay. stay where you are. >> friends and family i was with were out on the fishing pier, and they saw it as it was happening. i heard quite a few people yelling and screaming. >> the stealth is plummeting to the ground. the pilot attempts to crash land in a nearby lake hoping to spare lives on the ground. with only seconds to impact, the pilot pulls the ejection handle and is catap...

It and it was just a matter of pulling the handle and going for a ride. >> the captain is just 100 feet from the ground when he triggers his rocket-propelled ejection seat. >> i knew where the jet was going and i didnt want to be there with it, so i knew my only chance of survival was to pull the ejection handle. >> it launches him into the air at more than 100 miles per hour. >> it was quite a ride. i remember the whole thing. i remember pulling the handle. the canopy jet sons away from you. wa...

>> the captain is just 100 feet from the ground when he triggers his rocket-propelled ejection seat. >> i knew where the jet was going and i didnt want to be there with it, so i knew my only chance of survival was to pull the ejection handle. >> it launches him into the air at more than 100 miles per hour. >> it was quite a ride. i remember the whole thing. i remember pulling the handle. the canopy jettisons out from you and watching the jet descend down below me and crash into the ground was qu...

This is not part of the show. >> stay where you are. this is okay. stay where you are. >> friends and family i was with were out on the fishing pier, and they saw it as it was happening. i heard quite a few people yelling and screaming. >> the stealth is plummeting to the ground. the pilot attempts to crash land in a nearby lake hoping to spare lives on the ground. with only seconds to impact, the pilot pulls the ejection handle and is catapulted into the air. >> i just had heard a lot of commot...

It and it was just a matter of pulling the handle and going for a ride. >> the captain is just 100 feet from the ground when he triggers his rocket-propelled ejection seat. >> i knew where the jet was going and i didnt want to be there with it, so i knew my only chance of survival was to pull the ejection handle. >> it launches him into the air at more than 100 miles per hour. >> it was quite a ride. i remember the whole thing. i remember pulling the handle. the canopy jettisons out from below y...

To the amazement of the crowd, the military aircraft whizzes past them. on the second pass, the announcer encourages the crowd to cheer on the pilot. >> want to hear some noise. >> two successful and spectacular flybys, but on the third attempt, disaster strikes. >> oh, my god! >> without warning, the plane begins to break apart. first, the bomber loses a wing. then the aircraft suffers complete engine failure. its soon clear to spectators, this is not part of the show. >> this is okay, folks. s...