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And the thing is, its very difficult for me to say, but a little hope is a lot of hope. and when you have a little bit of hope in you, thats all you want to grab on to. and when you feel life just leaving your body like that, all you can hope for is that your loved ones are okay. and you just lose all your senses. you cant think. you cant hear anything. you lose track of time. all youre just focused on is waiting for that phone call or your text. its a very frustrating and very confusing experie...

Yes, most of the bathroom is gone. >> reporter: ben levy was also near the back of the plane. >> somebody helped me to open the door. there was no sign. at that point, im ushering people out. im screaming to everybody, were okay. were fine. help each other out. get out. >> reporter: these survivors largely have superficial wounds. eugene rah has cuts to his chin and pain in his jaw, but as we talk at his home near san franciscos airport, rah has a more serious injury you cant see. what is it lik...

Door. there was no sight. im telling everybody, youre okay. youll be fine. help each other. get out. >> reporter: these survivors have superficial wounds. eugene rah has cuts to his chin and pain in his jaw, but as we talk near the san francisco airport, rah has a more serious injury you cant see. what is it like to see the planes fly overhead now? >> i feel like puke, honestly. i feel like throw up when i hear that. >> reporter: a wound that may never heal. kyung lah, cnn, san francisco. >> as ...

It had to be well before they got to that sea wall. >> and at that point, once they hit that ground, they just got lucky that so many people walked away. >> they got lucky, and many things in the plane help people to survive. the survivability factors have increased dramatically the last 15 years. >> theres a lot to be seen in this video. were going to break it down in the 7:00 hour with mary as we go through piece by piece. thanks for giving us the top line. >> thank you. >> a lot of the focus ...

The -- >> passengers got her out, and then she started helping. >> is they have to spring into action immediately, and they save lives. >> mary schiavo, thank you very much. kate? new this morning, we have brand new video from the ntsb from inside the wreckage. it shows the destroyed seats. you see it there, where people had to crawl out. you also see the debris field and even the landing gear. were also this morning hearing from some of the passengers who lived through this terrifying or deal...

Gets under way. next hour, were going to be talking live to mr. eugene rah and his daughter live here in the "newsroom" next hour. lets look at other stories making news this hour. it could be another long intense night in egypt where people are gathering in cairo and supporters of the deposed president demanding his reinstatement and opponents of the muslim brotherhood are planning to protest. george zimmerman set to testify tomorrow in sanford, florida and the defense team will pick off ...