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Was it johnny? >> yes, it was, jane. we received the first of three calls. they were six minutes apart and each phone call lasted about 40 seconds. >> what did he sound like? and what did he say? he was pleading for help and the phone was disconnected. on the second call, i reassured him that we would find him and they disconnected the phone again. they intentionally made the phone calls to be short. >> you feel they were tormenting you? >> we feel that johnny was forced to make the calls, yes. ...

Situation. >> heather: another scary incident in the sky. this time over detroit. two planes coming too close to one another while attempting to land at the airport there. a delta flight from phoenix and a small regional jet separated by about two miles. faa says the standard separation is three miles. this coming on the heels of another incident this week in washington. that one involved three planes. chairman of the house transportation committee says that our air safety system has to change. ...

Miscommunication that occurred in dca on thursday? that was the root of the problem with between the regional and local tower. what caused the miscommunication? >> there were weather circumstances, but again, it is it human error what we have in place in our air traffic control towers in the country is post world war ii ground based radar system. and theres a delay in putting in place a space based system. so we dont rely on just the human tracking, we have high technology that can tell us where...

Space-based system so we dont rely on just a human tracking. we have high-tech nothing that can tell us where every plane is, every second and then make the adjustments and the calculations much better than a human being. >> and the faa is investigating both incidents. >> kelly: missing man from new york turning up alive in south carolina and it appears he may have been trying to fake his own death. anna kooiman is live with more details about this bizarre story. >> according to his wife, it app...

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