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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:06,398 --> 00:00:10,484 NTSB investigators face pressure like never before 2 00:00:10,508 --> 00:00:14,258 The eyes of the world were going beyond this 3 00:00:14,609 --> 00:00:18,055 A Piper Saratoga has crashed into the sea 4 00:00:21,782 --> 00:00:26,204 At the controls of the small plane one of the biggest names in American life, 5 00:00:26,297 --> 00:00:28,360 John F Kennedy junior! 6 00:00:29,071 --> 00:00:31,071 He was a rising star 7 00:00:31,243 --> 00:00:35,841 Some people were thinking: He had a shot of being a President of the US 8 00:00:36,622 --> 00:00:40,618 Another dark chapter in a tragic family-saga. 9 00:00:41,126 --> 00:00:43,126 There was this Kennedy-curse 10 00:00:45,368 --> 00:00:47,368 Now all the world wants to know: 11 00:00:47,649 --> 00:00:51,583 "What is the real story behind the crash that killed a Kennedy?" 12 00:01:06,263 --> 00:01:10,068 Brokkenpiloten seizoen 14 Editie 06 13 00:01:20,578 --> 00:01:24,470 It is a warm summer evening at Essex County airport, 14 00:01:24,494 --> 00:01:27,360 less than an hour from the busy streets of Manhattan 15 00:01:27,766 --> 00:01:31,605 The small airfield serves many of New York's wealthy citizens, 16 00:01:31,630 --> 00:01:34,755 boarding private planes for weekend getaways 17 00:01:38,107 --> 00:01:44,138 Preparing to pilot his own plane, a man who in many ways is the elite of the elite, 18 00:01:46,301 --> 00:01:48,622 John F Kennedy Jr. 19 00:01:48,911 --> 00:01:51,200 He was breathtakingly handsome. 20 00:01:51,342 --> 00:01:52,873 He was such a crowned prince, 21 00:01:52,898 --> 00:01:56,865 people kept awaiting for the moment when he would run for office publicly 22 00:01:56,890 --> 00:02:01,271 it was like a sort of an assumption, I think quietly in the background 23 00:02:03,178 --> 00:02:08,747 Though JFK junior has not yet run for office, he is already a huge celebrity. 24 00:02:09,528 --> 00:02:12,339 People magazine's sexiest man alive 25 00:02:13,136 --> 00:02:15,957 "Lady and Gentlemen, meet George!" 26 00:02:16,074 --> 00:02:20,292 He is also the editor in chief of his own splashy publication 27 00:02:20,605 --> 00:02:26,263 and most importantly, he is the only son of the late President John Fitzgerald Kennedy. 28 00:02:26,880 --> 00:02:32,183 The public fascination with John Kennedy junior stems from his father's extraordinary life 29 00:02:32,208 --> 00:02:33,974 and tragic death. 30 00:02:38,248 --> 00:02:41,927 The beloved President was cut down by an assassins bullet, 31 00:02:41,952 --> 00:02:46,177 just three days before John junior's 3rd birthday. 32 00:02:46,927 --> 00:02:51,169 We watched this adorable little child playing under the desk in the Oval Office 33 00:02:51,193 --> 00:02:54,509 We watched him riding on his daddy's back in the White House, 34 00:02:54,534 --> 00:02:56,615 playing horsie with his daddy. 35 00:02:57,037 --> 00:03:01,372 We watched him of course at that one terribly tragic and sad moment 36 00:03:01,397 --> 00:03:08,553 when this small child in a little short neat coat saluted his father's casquet when he came by him 37 00:03:13,951 --> 00:03:16,996 36 years later, on a July evening, 38 00:03:17,021 --> 00:03:19,970 John Kennedy junior waits for his wife Caroline, 39 00:03:19,995 --> 00:03:21,818 who is running late. 40 00:03:23,021 --> 00:03:25,552 They are flying to a family-wedding 41 00:03:26,575 --> 00:03:30,079 Also hitching a ride on Kennedy's plane is his sister in law, 42 00:03:30,104 --> 00:03:31,271 Lauren Bessette. 43 00:03:39,562 --> 00:03:41,550 John plans to drop Lauren off 44 00:03:41,575 --> 00:03:46,967 and continue on with his wife to the Kennedy- family compound in Hyannes port, Massachusetts 45 00:03:47,858 --> 00:03:50,990 I think that he was impatient to get to the wedding, 46 00:03:51,170 --> 00:03:55,459 He was probably testy, whoingbe 47 00:03:58,365 --> 00:04:01,437 Though he had his pilot's license for more than a year, 48 00:04:01,462 --> 00:04:04,338 this will be the first time Kennedy has flown "Solo" 49 00:04:04,363 --> 00:04:08,669 since breaking his ankle, six weeks earlier in a hang-glider accident 50 00:04:11,340 --> 00:04:12,910 He liked extreme sports, 51 00:04:12,934 --> 00:04:16,019 he liked to take risks, liked to push limits 52 00:04:16,285 --> 00:04:20,137 He wasn't satisfied with living just in the straightened narrow lane 53 00:04:22,903 --> 00:04:28,714 At 8:20 PM, Kennedy's wife Caroline Bessette arrives at the airport. 54 00:04:31,675 --> 00:04:35,130 Caroline Bessette was an American beauty, 55 00:04:35,317 --> 00:04:40,279 She was this Goddess like creature with her beautiful blond hair pulled back 56 00:04:40,693 --> 00:04:45,857 They really were this amazingly beautiful couple together. 57 00:04:56,107 --> 00:05:01,810 Since marrying John three years ago, Caroline's been plunged into the media-spotlight 58 00:05:02,475 --> 00:05:06,052 Paparazzi haunt the famous couple at every turn 59 00:05:07,513 --> 00:05:11,654 They still went out, they went jogging, they went walking with the dog 60 00:05:11,678 --> 00:05:14,021 They did their best to keep having a life 61 00:05:15,708 --> 00:05:20,624 The constant scrutiny turns off signs of tension between the couple 62 00:05:21,241 --> 00:05:24,203 There are rumours that the marriage is in trouble. 63 00:05:25,525 --> 00:05:27,806 Still limping from his accident, 64 00:05:27,853 --> 00:05:31,330 Kennedy makes a final pre-flight check of his new plane, 65 00:05:31,354 --> 00:05:33,354 a Piper Saratoga. 66 00:05:34,049 --> 00:05:37,841 It's a top of the line single engine 6-seater, 67 00:05:38,130 --> 00:05:42,300 It was well equipped with a Global Positioning System 68 00:05:42,699 --> 00:05:46,972 The selling point for the Saratoga was it has four club-seats, facing each other 69 00:05:46,997 --> 00:05:48,575 in the rear of the aircraft 70 00:05:49,856 --> 00:05:51,700 Seatbelts on, please 71 00:05:51,724 --> 00:05:54,997 There are some head-sets back, there if you want to listen to it 72 00:06:14,618 --> 00:06:18,435 The flight to Marthas Vineyard should take about 90 minutes 73 00:06:18,459 --> 00:06:22,325 After that, it's just a short hop to Hyannis Port 74 00:06:23,466 --> 00:06:28,052 The route from Essex Kennedy Airport to Martha's Vineyard was quite familiar to him, 75 00:06:28,077 --> 00:06:30,928 He has done it several times, 76 00:06:31,537 --> 00:06:35,615 At 8:40 PM, more than 2 hours behind schedule, 77 00:06:35,690 --> 00:06:38,170 the flight gets on their way 78 00:06:39,491 --> 00:06:41,491 75 knots, 79 00:06:48,960 --> 00:06:54,568 Like many private pilots, Kennedy is flying under visual flight rules or VFR 80 00:06:54,888 --> 00:06:58,060 You stay clear of clouds, you have to have good visibility, 81 00:06:58,349 --> 00:07:00,801 you are always looking outside, able to see the horizon, 82 00:07:00,826 --> 00:07:03,974 and orient the airplane, using your visual queues. 83 00:07:04,701 --> 00:07:07,857 That's the best view of New York you are ever going to get 84 00:07:09,444 --> 00:07:12,786 Once you turn toward the East, you have a nice view of Manhattan. 85 00:07:13,270 --> 00:07:15,179 The Hudson River, 86 00:07:15,211 --> 00:07:18,788 On a good day you could see a 30 miles or so, at altitude. 87 00:07:21,678 --> 00:07:25,224 Kennedy cruises at 5500 ft, 88 00:07:25,249 --> 00:07:28,213 a typical altitude for small planes 89 00:07:28,854 --> 00:07:33,474 Around 9:30 PM, he leaves the mainland coast behind. 90 00:07:44,035 --> 00:07:46,319 His flightpath was following the coast, 91 00:07:46,373 --> 00:07:50,904 so he would want to go South, over the Rhode Island Sound 92 00:07:50,929 --> 00:07:55,552 to line up and set-up for a long straight end for the runway. 93 00:07:57,021 --> 00:08:00,872 He expects to reach their first destination in about 0.5 hour 94 00:08:13,496 --> 00:08:15,496 But by 10:00 PM 95 00:08:18,137 --> 00:08:20,708 Martha's Vineyard Tower, Security here 96 00:08:20,733 --> 00:08:26,608 The Air Traffic Controller at Martha's Vineyard Airport has had no contact with Kennedy's plane 97 00:08:27,146 --> 00:08:29,428 Any word of that flight? 98 00:08:29,506 --> 00:08:32,466 Negative, I haven't been notified of that arrival 99 00:08:33,028 --> 00:08:35,958 Overdue flights are not uncommon 100 00:08:36,185 --> 00:08:39,911 but as the hours pass, with no sign of the Piper Saratoga... 101 00:08:40,316 --> 00:08:42,779 ...a chilling reality sets in. 102 00:08:44,700 --> 00:08:50,380 John F Kennedy, his wife and sister in law are missing without a trace. 103 00:08:51,013 --> 00:08:55,450 The Kennedy curse is a handy monacor 104 00:08:55,474 --> 00:08:57,708 but there is some truth to it. 105 00:08:58,872 --> 00:09:02,530 The history of the Kennedy-family is marked by tragedy. 106 00:09:03,069 --> 00:09:07,053 Joseph Kennedy Jr., JFK's late uncle, 107 00:09:07,155 --> 00:09:11,052 died while on a top secret mission in World War II 108 00:09:11,856 --> 00:09:15,550 President John F Kennedy and his younger brother Robert 109 00:09:15,575 --> 00:09:17,693 were both assassinated. 110 00:09:17,842 --> 00:09:20,411 And numerous cousins have since died. 111 00:09:20,896 --> 00:09:24,435 It does seem like there is something, 112 00:09:24,459 --> 00:09:27,138 some pole over the family sometimes. 113 00:09:29,302 --> 00:09:30,529 At 03:00 AM, 114 00:09:30,554 --> 00:09:35,170 the FAA calls the coast guard and launches a search for Kennedy's plane 115 00:09:36,389 --> 00:09:39,005 Now 5 hours overdue 116 00:09:40,005 --> 00:09:43,575 Curtis Sumrok of the US Coastguard joins the search. 117 00:09:44,778 --> 00:09:48,743 I think we did have a little bit of a hype of hope that we would find this person 118 00:09:48,768 --> 00:09:51,907 because they did have such a tragic history. 119 00:09:53,665 --> 00:09:56,693 The first priority is to narrow the search area 120 00:09:56,717 --> 00:09:58,443 but there is little to go on. 121 00:09:58,576 --> 00:10:01,138 It looks like he didn't file a flight plan 122 00:10:01,763 --> 00:10:04,591 Kennedy's precise route is unknown 123 00:10:05,896 --> 00:10:07,675 Unlike commercial aircraft, 124 00:10:07,700 --> 00:10:12,294 low flying private planes are not closely monitored by Air traffic Control 125 00:10:15,677 --> 00:10:20,786 The Coast Guard will have to use radar-data to estimate Kennedy's last location. 126 00:10:20,810 --> 00:10:23,005 It's an approximation at best. 127 00:10:25,169 --> 00:10:28,638 Once planes leave the coast, to fly over open ocean, 128 00:10:28,693 --> 00:10:33,966 the radar system hear only if flying above 1100 ft 129 00:10:35,279 --> 00:10:37,505 We don't know what happens after that altitude, 130 00:10:37,530 --> 00:10:44,514 so if there was some attempt to recover, it could fly 100 yards or it could fly 5 miles 131 00:10:46,904 --> 00:10:50,863 All the search is no for certain is that Kennedy's plane is missing 132 00:10:50,887 --> 00:10:53,730 and it's up to them to find it. 133 00:10:59,073 --> 00:11:00,269 At first light, 134 00:11:00,294 --> 00:11:05,097 US military and local law enforcement-agencies join forces with the Coast Guard 135 00:11:05,121 --> 00:11:07,769 in a desperate hunt for Kennedy's plane 136 00:11:09,769 --> 00:11:13,159 Everyone knows that if the small plane ditched at sea, 137 00:11:13,184 --> 00:11:17,503 survivors won't last long in the cold Atlantic waters. 138 00:11:18,807 --> 00:11:23,865 The scale of the effort to search for the aircraft 139 00:11:23,889 --> 00:11:25,889 ...it was massive 140 00:11:25,913 --> 00:11:28,568 Typically that doesn't happen in most aviation accidents, 141 00:11:28,592 --> 00:11:31,427 but this was, This was JFK junior 142 00:11:31,451 --> 00:11:34,818 and it captured the eyes of the country and the world. 143 00:11:35,381 --> 00:11:40,529 News that JFK junior, one of America's favourite sons is missing... 144 00:11:40,553 --> 00:11:42,553 stunns the nation 145 00:11:42,577 --> 00:11:44,577 The public wants answers. 146 00:11:44,601 --> 00:11:48,872 As soon as this story broke, the media were on the roll 147 00:11:49,427 --> 00:11:54,529 It seems like every major news-organisation had a presence in our parking line 148 00:11:57,552 --> 00:12:01,489 Trying to spot the 3 survivors in miles of open water, 149 00:12:01,514 --> 00:12:03,544 is a mammoth-task 150 00:12:04,317 --> 00:12:05,825 It's extremely difficult 151 00:12:05,850 --> 00:12:09,724 because you are looking for something that is about the size of a basket ball 152 00:12:09,749 --> 00:12:13,005 and you are flying 100 - 300 ft above that. 153 00:12:14,794 --> 00:12:17,152 The outcry from the public was great 154 00:12:17,177 --> 00:12:21,870 and there were people getting in their private boats to go out and help search 155 00:12:22,752 --> 00:12:27,989 As the search-effort continues, all of America seems to hold its breath 156 00:12:28,014 --> 00:12:31,693 People had to know the story because on the one hand 157 00:12:31,717 --> 00:12:34,223 How could this happen, on the other hand: 158 00:12:34,248 --> 00:12:36,248 there was this Kennedy-curse! 159 00:12:36,959 --> 00:12:43,253 As the hours pass, millions across America and around the world begin to fear the worst. 160 00:12:44,784 --> 00:12:46,349 John Kennedy junior, 161 00:12:46,374 --> 00:12:48,865 may be lost for ever. 162 00:12:51,295 --> 00:12:54,911 The day after Kennedy's plane went missing, 163 00:12:54,958 --> 00:12:57,818 searchers make a grim discovery. 164 00:12:59,037 --> 00:13:00,629 Pieces of aircraft-debris 165 00:13:00,654 --> 00:13:04,380 floating in the fast currents of Martha's Vineyard 166 00:13:06,020 --> 00:13:10,817 There was a part of the nose-wheel, some cushions 167 00:13:10,888 --> 00:13:13,019 one of the suitcases was in there 168 00:13:13,044 --> 00:13:17,396 and various other parts that were unidentifiable from the aircraft 169 00:13:18,412 --> 00:13:22,404 The shattered pieces leave little hope that anyone is alive. 170 00:13:23,115 --> 00:13:25,794 Everyone was hopeful that there would be another outcome 171 00:13:25,819 --> 00:13:28,389 but it just never came. 172 00:13:29,842 --> 00:13:35,771 Meanwhile, the NTSB is already at work trying to figure out what went wrong. 173 00:13:37,389 --> 00:13:43,294 Former US Army pilot Robert Pierce will be the investigator in charge 174 00:13:49,177 --> 00:13:53,802 In terms of the visibility, the curiosity by the American people 175 00:13:53,945 --> 00:13:58,990 this was Bob Pierce's biggest assignment as an investigator in charge 176 00:14:04,220 --> 00:14:06,710 Pierce immediately faces the possibility 177 00:14:06,735 --> 00:14:10,320 that the plane was brought down by a deliberate criminal act. 178 00:14:13,039 --> 00:14:17,099 FBI files reveal that John F Kennedy junior had been the target 179 00:14:17,124 --> 00:14:19,670 of at least 3 kidnapping threats 180 00:14:19,865 --> 00:14:23,888 The most recent just 4 years earlier, in 1995. 181 00:14:24,513 --> 00:14:27,130 "Everybody loved the guy" 182 00:14:29,450 --> 00:14:34,950 Because there was a political figure on board, there were many causes that were being repeated 183 00:14:34,974 --> 00:14:38,177 about a potential terrorist attacks 184 00:14:38,201 --> 00:14:39,735 ...a bomb on board, 185 00:14:39,760 --> 00:14:41,802 was it shot down? 186 00:14:50,699 --> 00:14:53,133 The answers could lie with the wreckage, 187 00:14:53,158 --> 00:14:56,260 but it is still lost at the bottom of the Atlantic 188 00:14:58,526 --> 00:15:02,970 NAVY divers scout the ocean floor searching for sunken debris. 189 00:15:05,904 --> 00:15:06,950 For now, 190 00:15:06,975 --> 00:15:11,701 investigators must learn what they can from the Saratoga's flightpath 191 00:15:12,489 --> 00:15:15,863 They compile data from coastal radar stations 192 00:15:15,888 --> 00:15:19,333 to build a picture of how the plane was flying 193 00:15:31,297 --> 00:15:33,749 Why is he flying the wrong direction? 194 00:15:34,045 --> 00:15:39,614 We always consider recorded radar data as a poor man's black box 195 00:15:39,639 --> 00:15:44,341 It is a way to get some information in regards to the flight-path, 196 00:15:44,366 --> 00:15:46,482 the airspeed, the altitude 197 00:15:46,506 --> 00:15:50,435 And that was very helpful in this investigation. 198 00:15:52,170 --> 00:15:54,646 About 30 miles from Martha's Vineyard, 199 00:15:54,671 --> 00:15:58,014 the plane makes a series of unusual manoeuvres 200 00:15:58,435 --> 00:16:02,402 OKAY, first he descends, he turns right 201 00:16:03,060 --> 00:16:05,060 and climbs again 202 00:16:06,091 --> 00:16:08,091 Level for one minute 203 00:16:17,277 --> 00:16:21,488 He is flying like someone who cannot control the plane 204 00:16:23,426 --> 00:16:27,052 The pattern that was indicated by radar was quite unusual 205 00:16:27,200 --> 00:16:31,099 for a normal type of descend and approach to an airport 206 00:16:32,107 --> 00:16:35,619 We don't know at that point exactly why 207 00:16:37,610 --> 00:16:43,349 Finally, on July, the 20th, 4 days after Kennedy's plane went down, 208 00:16:43,374 --> 00:16:47,381 US NAVY divers locate the sunken wreckage... 209 00:16:47,779 --> 00:16:50,193 ...and the bodies of the three people on board 210 00:16:52,147 --> 00:16:55,677 Good day, we are able to bring closure to two families 211 00:16:55,919 --> 00:16:59,037 and I think that realise is very important 212 00:16:59,819 --> 00:17:05,708 I can still remember pictures of him saluting as the motor went by in the funeral procession 213 00:17:06,591 --> 00:17:09,529 I think that the hardest part is seeing 214 00:17:09,554 --> 00:17:13,787 the tragic loss of so many of the generations there 215 00:17:15,053 --> 00:17:18,372 John F Kennedy was really the crown prince of this family 216 00:17:18,950 --> 00:17:23,372 It seems almost Shakespearian in its tragedy the way we lost him. 217 00:17:26,749 --> 00:17:29,227 Hey, Jeff Guzetti 218 00:17:31,306 --> 00:17:36,919 NTSB investigator Jeff Guzetti flies out from Washington to join the team 219 00:17:38,489 --> 00:17:41,285 My boss at the time called me saying: 220 00:17:41,310 --> 00:17:43,208 "Listen, if they find the wreckage, 221 00:17:43,233 --> 00:17:49,022 you are going to be the guy that is going up there to lead the examination. 222 00:17:52,779 --> 00:17:55,450 He starts by studying video-evidence 223 00:17:55,474 --> 00:17:59,091 Images of the wreckage, captured by NAVY divers 224 00:18:04,002 --> 00:18:09,967 For Guzzetti, the way the pieces are fallen, and the distance between them, are important clues. 225 00:18:10,444 --> 00:18:13,710 You have to answer the first question: 226 00:18:13,735 --> 00:18:19,207 Did the airplane crash and disintegrate upon impact 227 00:18:19,232 --> 00:18:22,513 or was there some sort of in-flight breakup? 228 00:18:27,888 --> 00:18:31,591 He hopes to answer that question by locating what investigators call: 229 00:18:31,616 --> 00:18:33,748 "The four corners" 230 00:18:41,224 --> 00:18:44,822 When the nose, the tail and the two wings are found close together, 231 00:18:44,846 --> 00:18:49,305 it is powerful evidence that the plane was intact when it hit the ocean 232 00:18:54,571 --> 00:18:58,810 All the major components of the airplane were in a localized area, 233 00:18:58,835 --> 00:19:01,693 120 ft beneath the surface of the water. 234 00:19:01,717 --> 00:19:05,919 So, we were very confident that this was not an in-flight break up 235 00:19:11,318 --> 00:19:16,458 The discovery helps put to rest lingering fears that there could have been a bomb on board. 236 00:19:20,866 --> 00:19:26,107 For investigators, eliminating one potential cause is a step forward, 237 00:19:26,131 --> 00:19:28,904 but the job has only begun. 238 00:19:29,537 --> 00:19:34,286 Guzzetti knows he'll be feeling intense pressure, every step of the way. 239 00:19:36,365 --> 00:19:42,583 The visibility, the crush of the media, the eyes of the world we are going to be on this 240 00:19:42,794 --> 00:19:48,091 From that standpoint, I knew I had to do my job by the book. 241 00:20:02,341 --> 00:20:08,974 Salvage efforts have recovered 75 % of John's Piper Saratoga from the ocean 242 00:20:11,317 --> 00:20:16,740 If we were ever going to provide a story to the public and the aviation community, 243 00:20:16,764 --> 00:20:18,044 and to the family 244 00:20:18,615 --> 00:20:23,107 we needed to clean as much evidence as we could and that meant: 245 00:20:23,132 --> 00:20:27,755 Trying to find every piece that was available in the wreckage 246 00:20:34,903 --> 00:20:39,024 Investigators begin a methodical analysis of the debris. 247 00:20:45,284 --> 00:20:48,912 The small plane was not required to carry flight recorders 248 00:20:48,937 --> 00:20:53,734 Guzzetti will have to uncover the story behind this crash by interpreting the clues, 249 00:20:53,759 --> 00:20:56,216 imprinted on the crumbled debris 250 00:21:00,458 --> 00:21:04,191 If Guzzetti can understand exactly how the plane hit the water, 251 00:21:04,216 --> 00:21:06,740 it might tell him what went wrong. 252 00:21:08,928 --> 00:21:12,325 "The right wing is much more damaged than the left wing" 253 00:21:12,786 --> 00:21:16,997 Bit by bit, the damage reveal how the plane came down. 254 00:21:18,091 --> 00:21:22,091 When you look at crush marks on a structure, they can tell you a lot 255 00:21:22,115 --> 00:21:24,630 There is something called 'accordion crush damage' 256 00:21:24,654 --> 00:21:26,200 where you just take the structure, 257 00:21:26,225 --> 00:21:30,490 and the impact crushes it down and it looks like an accordion 258 00:21:30,771 --> 00:21:35,200 which gives you an idea of what the angle of impact was 259 00:21:38,730 --> 00:21:42,216 'Huh, I wasn't expecting that!' 260 00:21:42,403 --> 00:21:44,982 'The roof is badly damaged but... 261 00:21:45,287 --> 00:21:47,825 ...no damage on the floor'. 262 00:21:51,606 --> 00:21:53,606 I think they were upside down 263 00:21:54,341 --> 00:21:56,128 banking right, 264 00:21:56,152 --> 00:21:57,714 hit the water, 265 00:21:57,738 --> 00:21:59,324 like this. 266 00:22:02,645 --> 00:22:07,247 The discovery paints a terrifying picture of the flight's final moments 267 00:22:31,078 --> 00:22:35,958 Investigators know how the plane hit the water, but they still don't know why. 268 00:22:36,146 --> 00:22:40,146 and mounting public pressure is never far from their minds. 269 00:22:41,631 --> 00:22:44,771 I had heard that there was a newspaper 270 00:22:45,154 --> 00:22:50,669 that was offering $250,000 for any photograph of the wreckage 271 00:22:52,245 --> 00:22:55,779 Since I was in charge of taking photographs of the wreckage, 272 00:22:55,804 --> 00:23:00,450 I had to make sure that all the photographs were going to be secured 273 00:23:00,475 --> 00:23:02,161 and not leaking out. 274 00:23:10,149 --> 00:23:14,801 The pressure from the media, they really want to know what is going on 275 00:23:14,825 --> 00:23:18,318 and if you are an investigator, you have the pressure from your boss 276 00:23:18,490 --> 00:23:19,646 that get things done, 277 00:23:19,671 --> 00:23:24,029 so that the media and the public can be informed of what is going on 278 00:23:26,529 --> 00:23:31,214 The Saratoga is a single engine propeller plane 279 00:23:33,034 --> 00:23:34,475 If that engine failed, 280 00:23:34,500 --> 00:23:38,232 it might explain why Kennedy lost control of his plane 281 00:23:38,794 --> 00:23:41,271 Guzzetti examines the propeller blades 282 00:23:42,318 --> 00:23:44,198 The way they are bent and twisted, 283 00:23:44,223 --> 00:23:46,848 tells him they were spinning when they hit the water 284 00:23:47,184 --> 00:23:48,685 The only way to get that to happen, 285 00:23:48,710 --> 00:23:53,983 is to have a propeller under power, being propelled by the engine, 286 00:23:54,008 --> 00:23:56,318 so he didn't have a power problem 287 00:23:56,739 --> 00:23:58,739 The evidence is clear: 288 00:23:58,967 --> 00:24:00,967 There is nothing wrong with that engine 289 00:24:02,327 --> 00:24:05,677 Investigators shift their attention to the complex mechanisms 290 00:24:05,702 --> 00:24:08,389 that control the motion of the plane. 291 00:24:08,889 --> 00:24:12,474 All right, let us run the cables and see what kind of shape they are in 292 00:24:19,145 --> 00:24:26,004 A system of cables and rods connects the yoke to the ailerons and flaps, elevators and rudder, 293 00:24:26,029 --> 00:24:28,396 that steer the airplane in flight. 294 00:24:29,287 --> 00:24:30,880 What about flight controls? 295 00:24:30,966 --> 00:24:35,240 Was there something about the way the airplane was flying that was not pilot-induced, 296 00:24:35,265 --> 00:24:38,248 but was a problem with the airplane itself? 297 00:24:39,537 --> 00:24:43,023 If a control-cable breaks in mid-flight... 298 00:24:45,750 --> 00:24:49,531 ...it can lead to a catastrophic loss of control. 299 00:24:55,750 --> 00:25:00,396 The entire world wants to know if that is what happened in the night-sky 300 00:25:00,421 --> 00:25:03,178 of the coast of Martha's Vineyard. 301 00:25:07,303 --> 00:25:13,091 A close examination of the flight control system of JFK Jr Piper Saratoga 302 00:25:13,161 --> 00:25:15,927 provides conclusive evidence. 303 00:25:16,013 --> 00:25:18,880 None of the control services malfunctioned. 304 00:25:25,672 --> 00:25:29,500 There is also no sign that the cable snapped before the crash. 305 00:25:31,264 --> 00:25:34,621 We found control cables that were separated, 306 00:25:34,646 --> 00:25:39,453 but they were separated in what we call 'Tensal overload' due to impact forces. 307 00:25:39,477 --> 00:25:44,085 It is supposed to corroded cable or some sort of pre-existing failure. 308 00:25:45,866 --> 00:25:52,194 Investigators are left to wonder: What else could have brought down JFK jr's plane? 309 00:26:02,008 --> 00:26:06,194 There is another failure that might explain the bizarre flightpath 310 00:26:14,686 --> 00:26:18,035 Pilots rely on one instrument more than any other 311 00:26:18,060 --> 00:26:21,232 to warn them when they are not flying straight and level 312 00:26:22,513 --> 00:26:26,497 The attitude indicator tracks the plane's motion in space 313 00:26:26,521 --> 00:26:29,169 Up and down, Left and right 314 00:26:33,016 --> 00:26:36,889 If it malfunctioned and gave Kennedy faulty information, 315 00:26:36,928 --> 00:26:40,842 it might have fooled him into steering the plane into the ocean. 316 00:26:47,861 --> 00:26:49,861 We harvest it, 317 00:26:49,885 --> 00:26:53,888 All of those components, we took them to the NTSB's laboratory 318 00:26:53,913 --> 00:26:58,575 and photographed many of them and disassembled them and looked inside. 319 00:27:00,724 --> 00:27:04,177 But after a thorough examination of all the aircraft's instruments, 320 00:27:04,202 --> 00:27:06,865 the search for clues comes up empty. 321 00:27:10,740 --> 00:27:15,080 Investigators conclude there was nothing wrong with the Piper Saratoga. 322 00:27:16,737 --> 00:27:21,143 We found no evidence of any kind of pre-impact mechanical malfunction. 323 00:27:21,842 --> 00:27:25,943 All right, so you saw him out on the tarmac? 324 00:27:26,146 --> 00:27:28,748 The focus now shifts to the pilot. 325 00:27:29,217 --> 00:27:30,857 Do you know what time that was? 326 00:27:30,881 --> 00:27:34,099 Investigators asks witnesses to help them piece together 327 00:27:34,124 --> 00:27:37,152 the final days of JFK jr's life 328 00:27:39,137 --> 00:27:41,240 They hope someone will tell them something 329 00:27:41,272 --> 00:27:44,043 that might explain why he lost control of his plane 330 00:27:45,848 --> 00:27:48,552 We wanted to do a 72 hour analysis 331 00:27:48,577 --> 00:27:51,685 of what the pilot was going through prior to the event: 332 00:27:52,262 --> 00:27:55,770 What his actions were, what his stressors might have been 333 00:27:55,795 --> 00:27:58,097 Who he talked to, what was on his mind, those things very important 334 00:27:58,122 --> 00:28:00,622 what his physical conditions might have been 335 00:28:00,646 --> 00:28:03,692 Those things are very important in an accident like this 336 00:28:03,880 --> 00:28:07,325 Why did the pilot fail to maintain control of the airplane? 337 00:28:08,325 --> 00:28:10,817 Is there anything out of the ordinary? 338 00:28:13,519 --> 00:28:16,601 They learned that Kennedy was seen leaning on crutches, 339 00:28:16,626 --> 00:28:18,437 just before the flight. 340 00:28:19,843 --> 00:28:22,216 He had had surgery done on his ankle, 341 00:28:22,241 --> 00:28:26,904 and he had just had a walking type of cast removed the day before 342 00:28:32,951 --> 00:28:37,123 Pilots needs both their hands and their feet to fly a plane. 343 00:28:38,592 --> 00:28:42,677 When you apply rudders pedal-pressure in an airplane, 344 00:28:42,732 --> 00:28:46,084 it obviously goes through the leg and through the ankle. 345 00:28:47,334 --> 00:28:51,396 Could Kennedy's injury explain the fatal flightpath? 346 00:28:54,497 --> 00:28:57,669 A check of medical records provides the answer 347 00:28:58,575 --> 00:29:01,637 Though he was still using crutches some of the time, 348 00:29:01,662 --> 00:29:05,200 his records show his ankle was strong enough to fly the plane. 349 00:29:06,411 --> 00:29:08,411 He was fit to fly. 350 00:29:08,669 --> 00:29:11,348 That ankle shouldn't have given him any trouble at all. 351 00:29:11,372 --> 00:29:13,372 It is another dead end. 352 00:29:15,833 --> 00:29:17,907 The search for clues continues, 353 00:29:17,932 --> 00:29:21,342 uncovering worrisome details about a rocky marriage 354 00:29:21,366 --> 00:29:23,366 and mounting stress in Kennedy's life. 355 00:29:24,280 --> 00:29:27,154 I am just trying to get a sense of his state of mind. 356 00:29:27,529 --> 00:29:31,130 Now, I understand his marriage was going through a rough patch 357 00:29:33,107 --> 00:29:34,044 For months, 358 00:29:34,069 --> 00:29:38,779 John and Caroline's troubled relationship has been fother for the tabloids 359 00:29:39,646 --> 00:29:45,474 Perhaps the strain distracted Kennedy from the challenging task of piloting his plane 360 00:29:46,092 --> 00:29:49,497 Everyone comes out afterwards and talks about this and that 361 00:29:49,522 --> 00:29:52,732 and that she was very difficult, she was demanding 362 00:29:55,865 --> 00:29:59,638 But you never know how much of that is just people speculating 363 00:30:04,489 --> 00:30:09,115 After a high profile launch, Kennedy's magazine is also in trouble. 364 00:30:20,832 --> 00:30:26,651 He genuine launched that magazine 'George' with an interesting in providing a voice, 365 00:30:26,676 --> 00:30:29,136 to bring power to his generation 366 00:30:30,379 --> 00:30:33,849 Magazines are pretty expensive and hard to run 367 00:30:34,021 --> 00:30:36,021 It wasn't doing to well by the end. 368 00:30:38,318 --> 00:30:41,700 Mr Kennedy led a very busy life. 369 00:30:42,529 --> 00:30:45,693 I am sure he had a lot on his mind that night 370 00:30:46,161 --> 00:30:48,740 Maybe that was what rattled him when he was up there 371 00:30:49,911 --> 00:30:53,997 As in any activity, your state of mind affects your behaviour. 372 00:30:54,068 --> 00:30:58,568 and for a pilot, that pilot may not realize that the stress he is under, 373 00:30:58,593 --> 00:31:00,380 can affect how he flies, 374 00:31:00,405 --> 00:31:03,162 What is his decision-making skills are at that point, 375 00:31:03,194 --> 00:31:06,204 in relation to how safe is it to go to fly today. 376 00:31:09,602 --> 00:31:13,997 Saratoga 9253 waiting for take off, from runway 22 377 00:31:14,091 --> 00:31:18,786 John Kennedy Jr appeared to be the definition of grace under pressure, 378 00:31:18,811 --> 00:31:20,998 but what was the real story? 379 00:31:21,022 --> 00:31:24,779 Did he have the piloting skills to handle the added pressure... 380 00:31:24,803 --> 00:31:27,404 ...of flying his own plane. 381 00:31:36,428 --> 00:31:39,629 Over 300 flight-hours, that was in total 382 00:31:39,654 --> 00:31:42,693 He had a fair number of flight hours under his belt 383 00:31:43,725 --> 00:31:46,916 Investigators check John Kennedy's training record 384 00:31:46,941 --> 00:31:50,576 to learn all they can about his experience as a pilot. 385 00:31:50,600 --> 00:31:52,756 So, what did he learn in 300 hours? 386 00:31:55,498 --> 00:31:58,094 I'd like to try a few approaches again 387 00:31:59,946 --> 00:32:04,024 Kennedy had been taken lessons on and off for 17 years 388 00:32:04,048 --> 00:32:07,342 but he had relatively little experience flying on his own. 389 00:32:09,436 --> 00:32:12,311 Starting my descend now? 390 00:32:13,624 --> 00:32:15,341 In Mr Kennedy's case, 391 00:32:15,366 --> 00:32:21,393 of the 310 hours he had only about 70 to 75 were by himself, 392 00:32:21,418 --> 00:32:23,077 flying solo. 393 00:32:29,053 --> 00:32:31,053 There is another troubling detail, 394 00:32:35,935 --> 00:32:38,125 I can't imagine any of them got to know the guy too well. 395 00:32:39,711 --> 00:32:42,443 Kennedy trained with a lot of different instructors 396 00:32:42,468 --> 00:32:43,912 during those years. 397 00:32:44,701 --> 00:32:46,701 Should I throttle back more? 398 00:32:47,161 --> 00:32:50,528 I would not want to train the way Mr Kennedy ended up training 399 00:32:50,553 --> 00:32:52,888 I would prefer to stick with one instructor 400 00:32:52,912 --> 00:32:56,591 especially during the instrument portion of that training. 401 00:32:58,099 --> 00:32:59,309 Hey, 402 00:32:59,334 --> 00:33:00,404 sorry I am late 403 00:33:04,021 --> 00:33:08,052 Tim O'Neill was one of John Kennedy's instructors. 404 00:33:08,372 --> 00:33:10,372 He was a very busy person, 405 00:33:10,396 --> 00:33:14,052 so he'd be running in and running out and sometimes he'd be running late 406 00:33:14,076 --> 00:33:16,654 'I hate that highway, it is always packed' 407 00:33:18,459 --> 00:33:20,750 It is not very helpful in a learning process 408 00:33:20,775 --> 00:33:22,805 to have other things on your mind. 409 00:33:27,210 --> 00:33:30,403 So, I read what you told my colleague 410 00:33:30,428 --> 00:33:32,888 I just need to confirm a few things. 411 00:33:33,912 --> 00:33:37,458 Investigators learn of another tragic pre-flight choice 412 00:33:37,482 --> 00:33:39,575 one that might have made all the difference 413 00:33:39,599 --> 00:33:43,279 You actually offered to make the flight with him on that night? 414 00:33:43,669 --> 00:33:47,524 One of his instructors offered to fly with him at the day of the crash 415 00:33:49,289 --> 00:33:51,876 'Thanks for the offer, but I want to do it alone' 416 00:33:54,415 --> 00:33:58,263 That is probably the biggest point, right here 417 00:33:58,318 --> 00:34:00,380 He made the decision to continue 418 00:34:00,443 --> 00:34:04,091 not realizing the importance of the stress-ors that were on them himself 419 00:34:04,115 --> 00:34:06,115 and his own limitations. 420 00:34:07,123 --> 00:34:10,107 He is only qualified for visual flying. 421 00:34:10,599 --> 00:34:13,622 He hadn't finished his training for instrument-only flights! 422 00:34:14,185 --> 00:34:15,847 Investigators also learn 423 00:34:15,872 --> 00:34:19,114 that Kennedy was still working towards his instrument rating 424 00:34:19,138 --> 00:34:22,247 A crucial qualification for flying at night... 425 00:34:22,271 --> 00:34:24,271 ...or in bad weather 426 00:34:24,959 --> 00:34:27,457 Instrument flying is one of the hardest ratings to get 427 00:34:27,482 --> 00:34:30,794 when you are moving up through your licenses and ratings. 428 00:34:31,700 --> 00:34:34,685 And it involves flying without looking outside the aircraft. 429 00:34:34,709 --> 00:34:38,146 So that when you are in the clouds, you can maintain control of the aircraft. 430 00:34:38,560 --> 00:34:41,747 So he was not ready to fly if he couldn't see. 431 00:34:42,786 --> 00:34:45,505 So, could he see, or not? 432 00:34:47,271 --> 00:34:50,294 I need the most detailed weather available 433 00:34:51,115 --> 00:34:53,599 With an instrument rating, you are able to take off 434 00:34:53,623 --> 00:34:55,623 flying in through the clouds, 435 00:34:58,037 --> 00:35:02,568 and continue on where visual flight rules you would be unable to take off 436 00:35:03,146 --> 00:35:08,833 Computer records reveal that Kennedy checked the weather online at 6:48 PM 437 00:35:08,857 --> 00:35:11,466 It was a clear day with good visibility. 438 00:35:12,904 --> 00:35:15,413 But Caroline's last minute shopping 439 00:35:15,639 --> 00:35:20,827 and the heavy rush hour traffic pushed their departure time back by more than two hours. 440 00:35:22,733 --> 00:35:23,872 'Anything heard from your sister?' 441 00:35:23,896 --> 00:35:25,896 'No, she went shopping, I guess' 442 00:35:26,521 --> 00:35:29,083 'It is Friday, I told her it was going to be jammed 443 00:35:30,942 --> 00:35:34,420 By that time, weather-conditions were deteriorating. 444 00:35:34,505 --> 00:35:37,802 With haze, making it hard to see the horizon. 445 00:35:38,857 --> 00:35:41,622 Interviews with pilots flying that evening, 446 00:35:41,647 --> 00:35:45,998 reveal that visibility was especially bad below 6000 ft. 447 00:35:46,154 --> 00:35:49,099 the altitude at which Kennedy was flying. 448 00:35:51,700 --> 00:35:57,193 There was some haze coming and going and some stations reported some mist . 449 00:36:03,117 --> 00:36:05,117 'I hope it clears up for the weekend' 450 00:36:06,789 --> 00:36:09,771 Investigators believe Kennedy found himself flying 451 00:36:09,796 --> 00:36:12,092 in difficult visual conditions 452 00:36:12,646 --> 00:36:15,574 Conditions too dark and hazy for a pilot, 453 00:36:15,599 --> 00:36:19,450 used to rely on visual queues instead of instruments. 454 00:36:23,536 --> 00:36:26,255 Not a great night for this guy to be flying 455 00:36:28,739 --> 00:36:32,154 The weather plays an immense role in all aviation-accidents, 456 00:36:32,179 --> 00:36:34,810 even when you may not think it would 457 00:36:35,951 --> 00:36:39,693 They wonder if Kennedy was getting weather-updates during the flight 458 00:36:41,803 --> 00:36:43,803 '127.25' 459 00:36:45,170 --> 00:36:46,950 To get accurate information, 460 00:36:46,982 --> 00:36:51,685 he would have had to tune his radio to the weather transmission from Martha's Vineyard 461 00:36:53,927 --> 00:36:57,093 The radio from Kennedy's plane is among the many parts, 462 00:36:57,118 --> 00:36:59,241 salvaged from the ocean. 463 00:37:00,312 --> 00:37:02,267 Investigators test the radio 464 00:37:02,292 --> 00:37:04,239 to confirm that it was working 465 00:37:04,638 --> 00:37:08,193 Then, they check to see if it was set at the right frequency. 466 00:37:09,224 --> 00:37:12,505 Fingers crossed if you can figure out what he dialled in 467 00:37:19,864 --> 00:37:21,864 126.25 468 00:37:22,567 --> 00:37:24,567 He was off by one digit. 469 00:37:25,161 --> 00:37:28,682 Kennedy had tuned his radio to the wrong frequency 470 00:37:29,509 --> 00:37:32,896 In this case, the frequency was off by one number 471 00:37:34,482 --> 00:37:36,543 The discovery tells investigators 472 00:37:36,568 --> 00:37:40,490 that Kennedy likely wasn't getting the weather-updates he needed. 473 00:37:41,850 --> 00:37:43,850 But it tells them something else as well 474 00:37:43,874 --> 00:37:47,404 something that may finally explain the fatal crash... 475 00:37:47,428 --> 00:37:50,365 ...that saddened an entire nation. 476 00:37:56,536 --> 00:38:01,005 Investigators zero in on a theory that may explain the fatal accident 477 00:38:01,030 --> 00:38:06,536 that killed John F Kennedy junior, his wife Caroline and her sister Lauren 478 00:38:06,825 --> 00:38:08,521 At the centre of it all, 479 00:38:08,546 --> 00:38:13,411 a pilot in over his head battling a mounting list of pressures. 480 00:38:16,107 --> 00:38:19,230 Having problems at work, I need to get to this wedding, 481 00:38:19,255 --> 00:38:23,127 my ankle hurt, I get in the airplane, that is why I bought this airplane, 482 00:38:23,152 --> 00:38:24,747 I need to get from point A to point B 483 00:38:24,772 --> 00:38:27,810 that is the whole point of having this airplane and learning to fly 484 00:38:27,834 --> 00:38:29,834 So, we are going to go 485 00:38:30,544 --> 00:38:33,016 I think I know why things started to go wrong 486 00:38:40,001 --> 00:38:43,187 A badly tuned radio, and a hazy night 487 00:38:43,212 --> 00:38:48,533 allow investigators to imagine a scenario that may explain the flight's tragic end. 488 00:38:48,978 --> 00:38:50,978 It started after he cleared New York 489 00:38:54,829 --> 00:38:56,433 In hazy conditions, 490 00:38:56,458 --> 00:39:00,834 Kennedy would have no visual reference to tell him which way is up. 491 00:39:03,501 --> 00:39:05,365 The visibility was bad... 492 00:39:05,390 --> 00:39:07,224 ...and it is getting worse 493 00:39:07,248 --> 00:39:09,248 He starts his descend 494 00:39:12,834 --> 00:39:15,443 As it was getting dark in marginal conditions, 495 00:39:15,468 --> 00:39:18,754 he was in a very precarious area for Visual Flight Rules 496 00:39:18,779 --> 00:39:20,615 or VFR flying 497 00:39:21,881 --> 00:39:27,044 As he made it out over the water, and all those lights from behind him, 498 00:39:27,169 --> 00:39:29,615 all that visual reference was gone. 499 00:39:29,951 --> 00:39:33,154 He looks away from his instruments 500 00:39:43,440 --> 00:39:45,782 Maybe he was trying to tune the radio 501 00:39:47,915 --> 00:39:51,056 He might look to see if the frequency had changed 502 00:39:51,081 --> 00:39:53,990 or if he had got it wrong in his mind 503 00:39:54,014 --> 00:39:56,014 'Still nothing' 504 00:39:57,257 --> 00:39:59,560 'Just set with the radio, no big deal' 505 00:40:01,248 --> 00:40:02,551 While all events going on 506 00:40:02,576 --> 00:40:06,107 it is quite easy for the airplane to slip into a little bit of a bank 507 00:40:06,132 --> 00:40:08,248 one direction or another 508 00:40:11,654 --> 00:40:15,489 If you are in a turn, for an extended period of time, 509 00:40:15,802 --> 00:40:18,732 your inner ear can feel a reverse of the turn 510 00:40:18,757 --> 00:40:22,677 and you can get become spatially disorientated very easy 511 00:40:27,116 --> 00:40:29,116 'It can't be' 512 00:40:29,506 --> 00:40:32,036 He looks back, his instruments are telling him one thing 513 00:40:32,061 --> 00:40:34,061 his senses another 514 00:40:40,517 --> 00:40:44,316 You have to be well trained to disregard what your brain is saying 515 00:40:44,341 --> 00:40:47,544 and look at your instruments, work on your scan, 516 00:40:47,568 --> 00:40:49,568 and fly by your instruments 517 00:41:11,327 --> 00:41:13,263 Once he becomes disoriented, 518 00:41:13,288 --> 00:41:17,654 Kennedy is too inexperienced to force himself to believe his instruments, 519 00:41:17,679 --> 00:41:20,661 no matter what his senses are telling him 520 00:41:25,427 --> 00:41:29,514 He may not even have known, what type of unusual attitude he was in 521 00:41:29,538 --> 00:41:31,967 and he was about to hit the water. 522 00:41:39,170 --> 00:41:41,170 It is spatial disorientation 523 00:41:42,544 --> 00:41:47,569 You are really left with the gaping possibility that was always there 524 00:41:47,594 --> 00:41:51,414 which was the classic case of spatial disorientation 525 00:41:51,438 --> 00:41:54,802 which unfortunately has killed so many pilots. 526 00:42:18,686 --> 00:42:22,267 Investigators conclude that Kennedy's strange flightpath 527 00:42:22,292 --> 00:42:25,810 is the result of his confused efforts to level the plane 528 00:42:26,302 --> 00:42:28,302 It is one sorry flightpath 529 00:42:30,028 --> 00:42:32,028 Textbook disorientation 530 00:42:37,976 --> 00:42:40,488 The NTSB's official report cites: 531 00:42:40,513 --> 00:42:43,717 Kennedy's failure to maintain control of the airplane 532 00:42:43,741 --> 00:42:46,427 during a descend over water at night 533 00:42:47,841 --> 00:42:49,830 The high profile of the accident 534 00:42:49,855 --> 00:42:53,708 brings new attention to the dangers of spatial disorientation 535 00:42:53,732 --> 00:42:57,395 especially for pilots who are new to instrument flying 536 00:42:58,864 --> 00:43:00,546 I always try to teach students: 537 00:43:00,571 --> 00:43:02,688 "Be ready to buy an airline ticket' 538 00:43:02,938 --> 00:43:07,460 And there was numerous cases where my students left their plane where it was 539 00:43:07,484 --> 00:43:09,802 And they call me and I go and pick it up for them 540 00:43:10,051 --> 00:43:12,490 You need to always have an out 541 00:43:12,514 --> 00:43:14,514 And an airline ticket ... 542 00:43:14,538 --> 00:43:16,538 ...is your best out 543 00:43:17,280 --> 00:43:21,575 I don't think the public wanted to accept a pilot error 544 00:43:21,724 --> 00:43:25,238 or pilot arrogance which may have been the same thing in this case 545 00:43:25,263 --> 00:43:27,076 as the cause 546 00:43:28,177 --> 00:43:32,737 Losing him was one thing but losing him to his own mistake 547 00:43:32,810 --> 00:43:34,810 made it much worse 548 00:43:36,232 --> 00:43:38,810 A young person was such promise 549 00:43:38,834 --> 00:43:40,154 Some people were thinking: 550 00:43:40,179 --> 00:43:43,474 He had a shot of being President of the United States 551 00:43:44,154 --> 00:43:48,833 In the end we lost a piece of our American innocence 552 00:43:49,520 --> 00:43:51,520 It was a tragedy. 553 00:44:02,146 --> 00:44:04,583 Narrator: Jonathan Aris 554 00:44:04,607 --> 00:44:12,224 Subtitles: Rein Croonen 48736

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