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A spokesperson at Japan Airlines said the aircraft, originating from Shin-Chitose airport in Hokkaido, was carrying more than 300 passengers.
Quiet, just for a few seconds. i smell something burning and see the smoke and dust. >> reporter: his daughter eunice was waiting to pick up her father, frantically texting him. he didn't reply. >> i could see the smoke. i could see the plane, and i saw -- >> reporter: you knew your dad was on that plane? >> yeah. >> reporter: then relief. her father texted these pictures. his plane burning. fellow passengers terrified and running. then lying injured on the tarmac, and this 100-pound flight attendant, rah says, carried the injured to safety on her back. wen ja was seated in row 40. she dragged...
>> 17-year-old george bush was on his high school campus when he heard the stunning news of the attack on pearl harbor. >> i volunteered on june 12, 1942. that was my 18th birthday. and i went in as a seaman second scplases less than a year later, got my wings and commission. >> that made bush the youngest naval aviator was time. he flew a torpedo bomber, which he nicknamed after his high school sweetheart barbara pierce. on one of his bombing runs, he and his crew came under intense anti-aircraft fire. >> i will never forget it, september 2, 1944, we were making a final strike on the islands....