he s not holding in anymore, you know? he s like not in his own hell. george, one of the other sole survivors is coming over. i haven t met him yet, and anticipating that, just to see if we have any differences, any opinions. just what s on his mind, what s on my mind. i m really hoping the olympic thing happens. i don t care if it s on the moon. it s almost a job-type feeling biblical wise. everything was taken from him, everything.
i currently live with my dad. i have one stepbrother but i call my real brother, because it s the only thing i really have really. and my mom basically lives like ten minutes away from here so i see her like every day. my dad doesn t like decorating at all because he feels it s a man s house and it s like a man cave, and it s like he has no women here besides me. so it s like i don t really have that much authority in the house. my name is george lamson. i m also a sole survivor of a plane crash that happened in reno, nevada in 1985. i m trying to reach out to the other sole survivors out there in hopes to talk to you and maybe someday meet you. it s funny that there are so few of us that have been through what we have been through and almost none of us have ever connected with each other. i m reaching out to everybody. the reason why i m doing this is
chance. i know i go against the scientists on this. i believe that i believe that my life was spared for a reason, either i wanted or something higher power than me wanted. george, turn around. wave goodbye. it was early monday morning, a group of tourists boarded a plane after a weekend of gambling, skiing and watching the super bowl in reno. the plane took off, but within minutes it had crashed. 17-year-old george lamson jr., he was thrown from the plane but miraculously he was able to walk away. you weren t badly hurt at all, were you? no. i feel fine. i just have a few sores along
for the best. considering the impact of the crash and what the crash site looks like, the fact that he s in the condition that he is in really is a miracle. there s no question about it. well, you are of all the gamblers on that plane, sir, you are the luckiest. absolutely. in reno, the world began to wonder at the luck and poise of 17-year-old george lamson jr. of st. paul. he lost his father in the debris of the old lockheed airliner, tossed clear of the fireball still strapped in his seat. he assumed the blessing and burden of being the only survivor. so i kicked the wall while we hit the ground. so i was just sliding through all this fire and debris. george s demeanor when he first came out, when we first were seeing him in the hospital bed and later when he came out in the wheelchair, he was sort of surprised to see everybody there. there was this sort of excitement. remember he was 17. all of a sudden all these people are there with all these cameras and they re all f
the side of my leg and right here on my hand. i feel just great. very few people have ever survived a plane crash, george. maybe you could tell us how it went. well, we took off and everything seemed okay and we were fine. and then all of a sudden we hit some turbulence. and we started falling down from the sky. and the pilot told us we were going to crash. and we crashed. the pilot told you? what exactly did he say? he says, we re going down. going down. and how much time do you think you had between hearing that and actual impact? it was about two seconds at the very most. what did you do in those two seconds? any thoughts of trying to save your life? yes. i covered up my body as much as possible. i lifted my legs up and hoped for the best. considering the impact of the crash and what the crash site looks like, the fact that he s in the condition that he is in really is a miracle. there s no question about it. well, you are of all the