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Down the jet, up would be a long string of close calls. more on the effort to bring down planes by randi kaye. reporter: december 22nd, 2001, two months of the 9/11 attacks, american airlines flight 63 with 197 passengers and crew suddenly in trouble. passenger richard reid was attempting to detonate a plastic explosive. he concealed inside his shoes. passengers pounced and the flight headed from paris to miami was safely escorted by fighter jets to boston s logan airport. reid is a british citizen who converted to islam. he was sentenced to life in prison without parole. richard reid is an al qaeda trained islamic extremist while on a mission engaged in acts of international terrorism that were motivated by his hate of the united states. reporter: nearly five years later in august of 2006, 24 men ....
Tourist destination, especially in the summer, when visitors can get close to the enormous mountain of ice while standing on the shore of the lakes it towers over. august of 2006, a couple dozen people are making their way across the rocks toward the base of the glacier. it s a warm, summer day. as they gather to take photos of the magnificent ice wall, a large piece falls off and falls into the water. the spectators are likely entranced by the glacier, thrilled by this rare opportunity to see it move. but the tourists are unaware that the small break in the ice signals a much larger collapse to come. it s hypnotizing. you don t realize the danger of being there. marco tedesco is a new york-based glaciologist. he spent years studying the ice. the power of a glacier is very, very strong. all the energy is moving slowly. marco s work takes him to the planet s most remote environments, where secrets of ....
Remember what these people are, veterans day and memorial day, we have to remember what everybody has done for us. that s why when people ask what do you think about memorial day, i said the same thing about every day, all those men and women out there right now making sure that i and my family and my friends are safe and we ve got to make sure that when they come home, when they need whatever services they need they get it immediately and they get the best, the top quality care. i think it s vastly improved now. we are in a much better place this year. bill who and what do you think about on this memorial day? for me specifically i think of individuals. i think of sergeant first class dan shridner who i served with in the army who died in august of 2006 in northern iraq i think of derrick hines, friend ....
Mountains, it s a popular tourist destination, especially in the summer, when visitors can get close to the enormous mountain of ice while standing on the shore of the lakes it towers over. august of 2006, a couple dozen people are making their way across the rocks toward the base of the glacier. it s a warm, summer day. as they gather to take photos of the magnificent ice fall, a large piece falls off and falls into the water. the spectators are likely entranced by the glacier, thrilled by this rare opportunity to see it move. but the tourists are unaware that the small break in the ice signals a much larger collapse to come. it s hypnotizing. you don t realize the danger of being there. marco tedesco is a new york-based glaciologist. he spent years studying the ice. the power of a glacier is very, very strong. all the energy is moving slowly. ....
There crashed during takeoff and landing. the most risky part of flying. but two other crashes air france flight 447 and plight 612 crashed in mid-air and resemble what may have happened to airasia flight 8501 which was trying to maneuver past a storm. a crash that is more early is flight 612 which crashed in eastern ukraine. in august of 2006 like airasia 8501, 612 was cruising at 35,000 feet when pilots asked to climb over storm clouds that extended to 50,000 feet. investigators say the plane hit severe turbulence while trying to climb pushing the plane up so fast it went into a deep stall. it crashed and killed all 170 people on board. investigators found pilots were properly to manually ....