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They call it old faithful but its not so faithful. >> its gone as long as 50 years between doing that. people got lucky. >> nice. this weeks human factor. dr. sanjay gupta introduces us to man who is beating the odds. he is living longer than most people could ever imagine. >> hey. >> every day now chuck fox is beating the odds. >> when i was born the average life expectancy was 18 years old. currently they estimate it to be 38 years old. last year i passed that threshold. >> his parents were ...

Suggestions. one starts with how young people present themselves. young men, if your pants are sagging your self esteem may be sagging. youll hear more from the special "no talking points" coming in 20 minutes here on cnn. but first, this is an incredible story. a soldier thought to be killed in action and put in a body bag, mr. sanjay gupta has the story of how hes helping others in this weeks "human factor." >> it was 1968. infantry platoon sergeant was on patrol in vietnam. >> as were going...

>> now she hopes operation last chance will mean she lives to see all the men responsible for the atrocities of nazi germany finally brought to justice. dan rivers, cnn, london. >> powerful to hear her story. were going to have more on the hunt to bring the last of the nazis to justice tomorrow. rabbi marvin hire from the simon wezenthal center will join us live with the details. we hope youll join us tomorrow. a former sergeant in vietnam was the only survivor on his platoon. his life since t...

Jason sedakis joining a long line of cast members leaving. he is famous for playing joe biden, howard dean, and, of course, wolf, who by the way tweeted, with sedakis leaving, who should play me next? got to watch, "situation room," 5:00 eastern to hear wolfs thoughts. it is a miracle l that an infantry sergeant came home from vietnam alive, and he has started a program designed to help other vets. dr. sanjay gupta has his story in this weeks "human factor." >> reporter: it was 1968. infantry ...

Of what kind of forces are applied. and where theyre applied on the human body. >> this particular roller coaster, were looking at pictures of it now, the texas giant is what its called. its an old roller coaster but was renovated. how does an investigator go about trying to determine whether this was a technical problem, whether there was human error involved? what? >> generally speaking, youre going to take several different steps. you will look at the operations of it and the human factor, hu...

Dr. sanjay gupta has his story in this weeks "human factor." >> reporter: jon lester was a 22-year-old rookie pitcher for the boston red sox when an accident on the way to fenway park in 2006 changed his life. >> youre sitting there one minute thinking, you know, in my case, i just have some back pain, just need to get anti-inflammatories, maybe some rest or something like that to you have cancer. >> reporter: lester was diagnosed with an plastic large cell lymphoma. its a rare, fast spreading, ...

Boston red sox pitcher jon lester has had tough games in his career. those challenges were nothing compared to what he faced as a rookie seven years ago. our dr. sanjay gupta has the details in this weeks "human factor." >> reporter: jon lester was a 22-year-old rookie pitcher for the boston red sox. when a trip to fenway park back in 2006 changed his life. >> i got in a car accident here driving to the field. >> reporter: the accident seemed to make some lingering back pain even worse. sending ...

Matter of perspective, you know what i mean? i think a lot of times its a due human -- dehumanization factor. its through any farrous means. >> that officer that night assumed that oscars taser was a gun simply because he was black. >> no, no. i didnt say that. >> tell me why. >> what it was was about this mans life and the people that he mattered to, you know, and what their relationship was at the time and why his life mattered to them. so its basically about those relationships and the human ...

Contained in a thunderstorm. >> reporter: well, investigators in san francisco still are gathering information. but there are clues. >> were pretty sure were going to look at how the air speed decayed to the point where they didnt warn the captain. in this day and age, the weak link will always be the human factor. >> reporter: one question these instructors ask, is how pilots become too reliant on the technology. >> if we can teach one thing it is never one thing. it is always a chain of inter-...

Is it just -- jon: its more dangerous as far as the human factor goes, yeah. the airplane, if it were flying on autopolicy, the airplane doesnt care if its over water or not. but its the mind and the eye that play tricks on you. jenna: regardless of all the technology, it still matters. jon: exactly. jenna: as were finding out more about the investigation, well bring that to you, but interesting to hear about some of the conversations that are takerring place. in the meantime, the defense is p...