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A guy in the plane with a gun to my head. the pilots didn't say anything. the data didn't stay anything. and yet we had a fireball seen from 40 miles away. that had never happened before. >> reporter: in the first few days he met with the families at an airport hotel. >> it was just -- it was just overwhelming. what did they want you to say to them? they wanted me to tell them what happened, and i didn't know. >> reporter: by the end of the week, 140 bodies had been recovered. one was brenna sievert, a free spirit who once came home with a tattoo on her shoulder that her mother disliked. >> i ...

The explosion was here, in the center fuel tank. i'm really struck by the size. you really could park a couple of cars in here. >> the fuel tank is the size of about a two-car garage. >> reporter: the center tank just below the passenger area is rarely used. how much fuel was in here at the time of the flight? >> the fuel tank was basically empty. 50 gallons was the residual amount. >> reporter: only a thin layer of fuel on the bottom. but the fumes were more than enough to bring down a plane. jim wildy shows us where the blast blew out the tank wall. >> it fractured across the top. >> reporte...

That had never happened before. >> reporter: in the first few days he met with the families at an airport hotel. >> it was just -- it was just overwhelming. what did they want you to say to them? they wanted me to tell them what happened, and i didn't know. >> reporter: by the end of the week, 140 bodies had been recovered. one was brenna sievert, a free spirit who once came home with a tattoo on her shoulder that her mother disliked. >> i said, you realize that is a forever thing. i went on and on and on to her. when it happened, the one thing she was identified so quickly was because of the ...

>> reporter: the center tank just below the passenger area is rarely used. how much fuel was in here at the time of the flight? >> the fuel tank was basically empty. 50 gallons was the residual amount. >> reporter: only a thin layer of fuel on the bottom. but the fumes were more than enough to bring down a plane. jim wildy shows us where the blast blew out the tank wall. >> it fractured across the top. >> reporter: this just takes place in a matter of a second. >> less than a portion of a second. >> reporter: when the tank exploded, brenna and krisha were in coach, right up here close to these...

>> the fuel tank was basically empty. 50 gallons was the residual amount. >> reporter: only a thin layer of fuel on the bottom. but the fumes were more than enough to bring down a plane. jim wildy shows us where the blast blew out the tank wall. >> it fractured across the top. >> reporter: this just takes place in a matter of a second. >> less than a portion of a second. >> reporter: when the tank exploded, brenna and krisha were in coach, right up here close to these windows. where were they sitting? >> right over the center fuel tank. >> reporter: what do you think happened to them? >> i wou...