my grandparents offered to fly me, because it would be faster and more convenient. her first trip on a private plane. we just went up and i was like that was fast that was easy. it was all white, then all trees and all fire. a fatal crash. all i could smell was my hand burning, and i could smell my hair burning. a sole survivor. i was trying to pull him out, and i just couldn t do it. and the desperate fight to stay alive. there s no way i m going to let myself die like this. how did she do it? did you think at some point, i m not going to make it? i m going to die? tonight, a cnn special report. it s a miracle. 16 year old autumn veatch is a
i ended up falling off the side of a cliff. how narfar did you fall? i m not positive. it really just kind of stunned me for a second. then the discovery that saved her life. i got to keep moving. then shortly after i found the start of the stream i followed for the rest of the way. burned and shaken she was still in shock. it was a lot of adrenaline. it was adrenaline kind of pushing me forward. the reason i wasn t feeling my hand burning and feeling everything that was happening. what was your body like physically? what kind of problems were you dealing with? the thing i was thinking abut most was my hand. because it was blistering. i had never seen anything like it. all i could smell was my hand burning. i could smell my hair burning. and my face hurt. and so did her heart. i was blaming myself for what
there was a lagt.ight. all trees. then a fire. a fatal crash. all i could smell was my hand burning. i could smell my hair burning. a sole survivor. i was trying to pull them out. i just couldn t do it. andn t des the desperate fight to stay alive. there was no way i would let myself die like this. how did she do it? did you think at some point, i am not going to make it? i am going to die? tonight, a cnn special report. it s a miracle. reporter: 16-year-old autumn veatch a young woman going through typical teenage angst. but she found things she loved. her art. her friends. her music. and going on social media on her phone. but in an instant. autumn s life became unimaginable. i came here to bellingham washington to talk to her about