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i would sleep a lot. and i would eat a lot, too. i mean, i d do everything i could not to think about what was going on in front of me. those amazing hands of george lamson. march of that year i dropped out of college. now you see it. ten years from now i ll be jamming on stage. this is like 1987. i was driving like 150 miles an hour on this particular curve. and it was just really i don t know why i did that. i just liked the thrill of being on the edge of death. and i felt like that maybe i m being protected, you know, and i wanted to see if it was really true. received some settlement
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 to try to help others. and that s my motivation. completely understand where you re coming from. i was there. but if you ever change your mind please let me know. are you okay? yeah. i m okay. i just spent some time on the phone with erica delgato. it s closure to him. so it s helping him cope with everything and getting to know what other people are feeling. i don t know. i just think it s really cool. hello, brian. my name is george lamson. i live in the united states. i was 17 years old at the time of the accident. all the people on that flight died, including my father. well, he sends letters out to hopefully like get a response in
okay. that s right behind that buffet. yes, sir. bulkhead. you couldn t see any seats in front of you. you could just see a bulkhead. is that correct? george jr. has spent a decade trying to make sense out of that january night in reno. there s people in all walks of life that have suffered loss like i have, and it s just they don t get any recognition for it. i think what makes me different is that when this tragedy struck, i was under the spotlight by media, by everybody in my town. everybody knew who i was. and it was a good feeling to have people know who you are and care. but when it stopped, when people don t remember who you are, it s a very big vacuum. and that hurt a lot.
but alive george lamson jr. i don t believe in random chance. i know i go against the scientists on this. 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.