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Million miles. never in my wildest dreams would i expect to be in this situation. i'm totally thankful and blessed that it wasn't any worse than what it was today. >> well we'll be watching and we're glad that everyone is safe and that there are no major injuries. thank you marques zak, and jay rawlins, both of you for your time. >> thank you. a date of shattering emotional testimony in the trial of the accused boston bomber. the father of this young boy confronting his son's alleged killer, as other survivors talk about their road back to recovery. >> i'm still here. i was three feet away f...

In effect they went into the water and 27 people were dead. in this case those embankments, and that chain link fence really saved the day. >> no doubt about it. >> the question is how did this happen? why were these pilots in the situation they were in? was there a piloting error? an equipment malfunction? there's a lot of questions to be asked. >> we're going to pay attention. as much as i fly into laguardia they have my attention. thank you for the report. >> you bet. let's bring in marcus zach a passenger on the flight today. his picture standing next to the plane got a lot of attention ...

Kind of panic, most people were just relieved and thankful that we were able to live through this ordeal. did people realize how close they were to the water? >> i don't think most people did unless you were on the left-hand side, or like myself you fly in all the time and you know that water is right there. i know myself my first thought when we start eded one we started veering to the left hoping that the angle we took was not going to propel us right into the water. >> jay, what are your biggest questioning. >> well i have a the question i was about the reports that the pilots got about the...

Runway had been plowed shortly before the incident and pilots on other planes reported good braking action. >> now, a question -- what does that tell you by that statement jay? >> in a normal airport, meaning one with a long runway that could probably tend to relax a captain that was approaching, but laguardia is not like that. as mentioned earlier, it's a difficult airport even in the best conditions because the runway is only 7,000 feet. that particular aircraft i'm familiar with and it requires 5,000 feet on a good day, so 7,000 feet with slick conditions like that lower visibility it would...

it's close, the airport is closed. we got a 3-4. >> call 100, say again. >> an air krafl off 3-1 on the service road. please advice laguardia is closed at this time. >> if he comes up he's lacking fuel on the left side of his aircraft heavily. >> you said leaking fuel? >> a-firm the wing is ruptured. >> passengers describe the harrowing moments. >> we landed it started skiing it hit the side of the rail then 400 yards, next thing we knew it came to a halt. >> it was kind of like a state of shock. i mean people were look what's going on? what's really going on? we were just trying to ...