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Mission over hanoi, north vietnam. that day, the 30-year-old was shot down and captured by the enemy. he would spend the next 5 1/2 years as a prisoner of war. in 1973, h e wrote a firsthand account of his vietnam years for "u.s. news and world report" and he described the moment a missile hit his plane. "i pulled the ejection handle and was knocked unconscious by the force of the ejection. i didn't realize it at the moment, but i had broken my right leg around the knee, my right arm if three places and my left arm. i regained consciousness just before i landed by parachute in a lake right in ...

>> the captain is just 100 feet from the ground when he triggers his rocket-propelled ejection seat. >> i knew where the jet was going and i didn't want to be there with it, so i knew my only chance of survival was to pull the ejection handle. >> it launches him into the air at more than 100 miles per hour. >> it was quite a ride. i remember the whole thing. i remember pulling the handle. the canopy jettisons out from below you and watching it crash into the ground was quite surreal. >> he lands dangerously close to the fireball and is dragged along the runway before finally coming to a rest. ...

Pulling the handle and going for a ride. >> the captain is just 100 feet from the ground when he triggers his rocket-propelled ejection seat. >> i knew where the jet was going and i didn't want to be there with it, so i knew my only chance of survival was to pull the ejection handle. >> it launches him into the air at more than 100 miles per hour. >> it was quite a ride. i remember the whole thing. i remember pulling the handle. the canopy jettisons out from below you and watching it crash into the ground was quite surreal. >> he lands dangerously close to the fireball and is dragged along the...

First, the bomber loses a wing, then the aircraft suffers complete engine failure. it's soon clear to spectators, this is not part of the show. >> stay where you are. this is okay. stay where you are. >> friends and family i was with were out on the fishing pier, and they saw it as it was happening. i heard quite a few people yelling and screaming. >> the stealth is plummeting to the ground. the pilot attempts to crash land in a nearby lake hoping to spare lives on the ground. with only seconds to impact, the pilot pulls the ejection handle and is catapulted into the air. >> i just had heard a...

Complete engine failure. it's soon clear to spectators, this is not part of the show. >> stay where you are. this is okay. stay where you are. >> friends and family i was with were out on the fishing pier, and they saw it as it was happening. i heard quite a few people yelling and screaming. >> the stealth is plummeting to the ground. the pilot attempts to crash land in a nearby lake hoping to spare lives on the ground. with only seconds to impact, the pilot pulls the ejection handle and is catapulted into the air. >> i just had heard a lot of commotion, and i kind of like looked up and the pl...