was the signs of the mobile phone calling me back to the early '90s. jeanne moos cnn -- >> best friends forever! >> reporter: new york. >> you have to say, it's truly unfair they have not changed. thank you for joining me. "ac360" begins right now. good evening. thanks for joining us tonight. new developments and new details in the transasia air disaster. we are learning new details how one man's hunch, another man's bravery, plenty of teamwork and a whole lot of luck ended up with 15 people rescued aboard the doomed flight. tonight, another measles outbreak at a day care center outside of chicago that has public health experts very concerned. we'll take you there and later, you'll meet a remarkable man, truly incredible as a teen he spent a dozen years unable to talk unable to move to everyone. they thought he was in a vegetative state, that he was unable to hear and think, but in fact he was totally aware nearly the entire time. how he survived trapped in his own body for some 12 years, his story tonight and there's that plus late word of air strikes

against isis and a remarkable pentagon study suggesting that russia's president, vladimir putin, might and i say might, be on the autism spectrum might have asperger's. a lot to cover tonight. first, transasia, including 12 young kids how they survived this. well 58 passengers and crew members were on board that flight as it fell to earth shortly after takeoff in taipei. whether by good luck or piloting the french italian 472 missed high-rise buildings before hitting a bridge and falling to the river. we talk shortly about the investigation but first, anna korin. >> reporter: amid such a tragedy, there were miraculous story of survival and heroism.

perhaps none more dramatic than this young boy, seen here in the arms of his father. lin min way. he asked to move his family's seats to the right side of the plane because he felt uneasy. that move most likely saved their lives because the plane crashed on the west side. searched for the son for three agonizing minutes until he spotted him. he saw my nephew's feet in the water. his lips were blue no sign of life. my brother performed cpr, able to revive him and then on the wing waiting for a rescue team. also saved lives helping pull several people out of the wreckage before getting himself to safety. >> translator: when i saw them they were almost fully submerged in the water. if we weren't rescued

immediately, he would have drowned, he would have died. >> reporter: describes the moment on the flight when he realized something was terribly wrong. not long after takeoff, something was wrong, he said. i told her to hurry on grab the back of the seat in front and hold a bag of clothes over our heads. not long after i said that the plane went down. the driver of the taxi clipped by the crashing airplane also survivored in part by luck but also keeping a cool head and his car under control. he called the dispatch operator to try to explain what had happened. [ speaking foreign language ]

>> reporter: his passengers survived. much credit is being given to the pilot whose quick maneuvering may have saved many lives while sacrificing his own. we're sad, family says but mom is proud of him. >> just incredible. you were inside the hospital where the survivors are. what have you learned? >> reporter: yeah anderson. we just spoke to the dean of the hospital and said it's a miracle anyone is alive. that little toddler that we featured in that piece, he is now out of icu and is recovering. there are other patients in critical condition, but they're confident everyone will survive. waiting to speak to crew member a 26-year-old woman, the only crew member to have survived. we know the pilot and copilot were killed in the crash. obviously wanting to know more about those engine problems that

the plane appeared to be experiencing. certainly, that was communicated during the may day call. certainly, the crew member the particular focus. the survivors, the 15 survivors, many of them speaking about this pilot and his heroics and bravery, because he really did stop that plane from flying into a densely populated suburb and really causing a much greater disaster anderson. >> we'll learn a lot more once the black boxes are examined. appreciate the reporting. the fact a number of survivors found themselves hanging upside with belts is a reminder how important buckling up can be but when to fasten them and if there's a good reason not to comes up. some more answers randi kaye. >> reporter: this is what can happen from feet above the ground chaos inside american airlines flight 280. flying this past december from south korea to dallas. when the boeing 777 dropped

suddenly over japan, passengers panicked and pulled out their cell phones to record the drama. >> all of the sudden there's just a big drop in food plates service, and materials, my iphone everything just started flying all over the place. >> reporter: some screamed. others prayed as the plane rocked. wine splashed on the overhead bins food and trash spilled into the aisles. the plane made an emergency landing in tokyo. five people were taken to the hospital. if the passengers and crew hadn't been wearing their seat belts, it could have been much worse. the faa said each year approximately 58 people in the united states are injured by turbulence because they're not wearing their seat belts. between 1980 and 2008 the faa recorded three fatalties. and found that two of the three were not wearing seat belts even though the seat belt light was illuminated. in 2013 this singapore airlines

flight from singapore to london hit terrible turbulence as flight attendants served breakfast. immediately, the fasten seat belt sign was turned on. the plane reportedly dropped 65 feet injuring 11 passengers and one crew member. food flew, coffee hit the ceiling. one passenger told reporters anything that wasn't tied down hit the ceiling as the plane dropped. >> suddenly it felt like we were in an elevator and somebody had cut the cable. >> oh my god. it's an accident. >> reporter: when asha nah flight 270, two ejected from the plane because they were not wearing their seat belts. both dyed though one of them 16-year-old yimang sws wan survived the crash only to be run over by an emergency vehicle responding to the scene. the ntsb found that had those

two passengers been wearing the seat belts, likely would have been remained on the plane and survived. seat belts may help passenger survive but in some cases can trap in their seats. on wednesday, this transasia airplane crashed into the river shortly after takeoff in taipei. with the cabin already chest deep in water, rescue crews found passengers tangled in their seat belts. hanging upside down. one 72-year-old man said he helped save four people by undoing their seat belts. he says they would have died if he hadn't moved quickly. randi kaye cnn, new york. >> a lot to talk about when it comes to airline safety in general as well as the transasia crash. cnn safety analyst and accident investigator david sauoucie. also aviation correspondent richard quest. i mean clearly, the message

from the piece which i get loud and clear is the importance of buckling your seat belt. i've always been a little skeptical about it i got to be honest on a plane. >> the point is those cases where a passenger is ejected from the aircraft safely and therefore get away because they didn't have their seat belt fastened or those cases such as in the transasia where not wearing your seat belt was the key to your survival, they are fewer erer and further apart than those buckling up. because if the plane does take a dive if it does have an emergency landing, your seat is designed to withstand certain g forces when you're wearing the belt and properly buckled? >> that's why it's important to stay with the seat. >> and the seat in the upright and stowed position because that's where the seat was designed and certified for the g forces. >> david, the kind of turbulence

we saw in randi's piece, how long? i've never been on a plane that's been really bad. i'm lucky. >> like me i've flown many times. maybe had that kind of turbulence two or three times. it's very rare but when it does happen it's severe. and what infuriates me about people who don't wear seat belts is the reason to wear seat belt is to protect yourself obviously but when you don't have the seat belt on in an accident in turbulence, you become a projectile going through the cabin. the seat backs are not made to withstand some pressure from the back so without a seat belt on you could literally in an accident crush the person in front of you and that's the reason you keep your seat belt on. when you take them off, that's a severe hazard. i hate to say it but it could have caused other injuries or possibly death to other people by not having your seat belt on. >> richard, we've heard now about some airlines having standing seats. is there any way to really be

safe there? >> they said the rules provided you were strapped in more like a bench you were strapped in to. ain't going to happen. the regulator made it very swiftly clear that was highly unlikely. one of the other things talking about seat belts here the speed in which passengers want to take their shoes off before takeoff. >> don't even get me started. >> and on goes -- >> you're saying that's a safety issue? >> of course. do you want to have to evacuate the aircraft running over jagged pieces of metal, burning oil and the like because you wanted to take your shoes off before getting in the air? >> good note. never thought about it. the transasia flight the family on board the flight they switched seats, moved to the rear of the plane. felt like something was wrong after they heard something that made them uncomfortable. could that move have been part of the reason they survived? i've always heard it's in the rear of the aircraft that's

safer. >> yeah when there's an aircraft that crashes nose first like this one did, it is safer in the back of the aircraft. unfortunately, you don't ever know when the aircraft is going to go in nose first, to the side the left roll over. you really don't know but statistically, it is safer in the back of the aircraft because it absorbs most of the impact in the front of the aircraft in the first class section. >> richard, we've seen a number of air crashes this year. is it just coincidence or are there things statistically safer now in terms of air travel? >> just over 900 people in 2014 died in air crashes. over 21 odd incidents took place, but most of those numbers can be taken up by two incidents, mh 370 and mh 17. take away those and remember there were 3 billion passenger journeys last year and you start to see statistically, you are

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welcome back to the program. jordan's king abdullah promise earth shaking retaliation. today, it began. jordanian war planes pounding isis targets in syria. the first of what could be many air strikes, king abdullah vowing until the country runs out of fuel and bullets. for more on how it's unfolding in the region jomana karadsheh. what is it about the air strikes? >> reporter: named in reference to the falling pilot, they say jordanian fighter jets carried out a round of air strikes on unspecified locations, isis locations, in syria. they say that the targets included training camps and weapons and ammunition storage facilities.

we heard from the syrian observatory firm for human rights saying ten militants had been killed in the air strikes and isis posted pictures of the destruction. now, when this happened anderson when it was announced, we were in the hometown of the jordanian pilot and that is when we saw fighter jets flying at a low altitude and what seemed to be a tribute to a fallen colleague and jordanian state television said that these fighter jets returned from the mission carrying out the air strikes. >> it's interesting they're saying really only ten of isis members had actually been killed in these what they're saying are vastly big uptick in these flights, in these bombings. do we know if the jordanian government is considering anything beyond actual air strikes? actual talk of ground personnel? >> reporter: well a short time ago, we heard the jordan's foreign minister, natso judith

speaking to wolf blitzer. he did not commit to any ground troops. he said the air strikes are effective and, anderson it does seem like you mentioned earlier, jordan is just saying it's the beginning of its retaliation, its response to isis and it's not clear where this is headed. and it really appears that all options are on the table right now. >> all right. jomana thank you very much. reporting. the u.s. plays a leading role in the coalition against isis. the question is what kind of role does american military equipment and personnel play? for that go to barbara starr at the pentagon. what do we know about how the u.s. assisted jordan with the strikes? >> reporter: good evening, anderson. we know 20 u.s. aircraft and 20 airplanes flew. on the ground advanced air force f-22 fighters flying over.

target data to pass it along. drones overhead refueling airplanes, so everybody could get in and out of the zone. this is pretty much how the coalition has been operating, i should say, all the way since the beginning. nobody flies alone. no country flies alone. everybody goes as a team. but in this operation, these 20 targets that the jordanians hit, the u.s. was with them all the way. this was something that was very emotional for the jordanian air force and they wanted to carry out as much of the bombing as they could. anderson? >> i understand the emotion about it. we talked before though how difficult it is targeting isis in terms of actually getting significant targets. how is the coalition actually finding these targets? were these 20 targets just appearing? >> reporter: that's exactly the point and that's the military reality of it. what we know isn't, the last 72 hours, u.s. and jordan worked

together conducting reconnaissance missions in the area looking for any indication of isis operations the weapons depots the training areas. very tough to find. in fact you're raising the key point. there are not a lot of isis targets just sitting out there in the open that are very easy to target. they have to develop the intelligence where they are in the big problem right now, isis is kind of melding into the woodwork if you will. the fighters are dispersing they're taking off any uniforms that they might have and mixing with civilian populations, no longer driving around the country side in large convoys in military vehicles. reducing their profile as much as they can because they know the coalition's coming after them. they certainly knew the jordanians are coming after them. so what they're trying to do is basically not present any profile for those bombing runs and so it's a bit of a cat and mouse game right now. >> we'll see how long air

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the multi-state measles outbreak continues to grow and could grow further in new jersey is confirmed. a toddler who has since recovered did not have measles. in chicago, doctors and parents coming to grips with the virus in the worst possible place for it a day care center. more on that now from medical correspondent, elizabeth cohen, who joins us now. the cases in chicago, what do we know about them? >> reporter: anderson there's been two cases of measles. this is among infants under the age of 1 and three more suspected cases they wait for the lab work to come back. we don't know exactly how these children became infected. we know ten more children ten more babies are asked to stay at home in quarantine for 21 days. they're not sick but it's a pretty good chance they'll become sick because measles is so incredibly contagious.

now, kinder care, that day care we just saw, now say all around the country, if you want to work for us and take care of infants, you have to show that you've been vaccinated against measles. >> now, obviously, they'd be investigating possible linkages for people. in any case linked to disneyland ones? >> reporter: they're trying to figure it out but further and further away from the beginning of this outbreak it's going to be harder to trace it back because maybe someone sat on a plane who knew someone who had been at disneyland. it gets harder to trace that chain, so it's possible we may never know. >> it's important to point out, the babies weren't vaccinated because they weren't old enough. >> >>. >> reporter: you don't vaccinate until 12 months of age. it doesn't take younger than that. >> adults of a certain age, possible they don't have full immunity because they didn't receive the second booster. you got tested to see if you're immune right? >> reporter: yes, if you were born before 1990, of course, i

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stopped on the tracks as the train approached and why the driver, who was killed got back into her vehicle moments before it was struck. now, tonight, we're learning more about her and the family that she leaves behind. pop poppy harlow reports. >> reporter: a mother. >> very close. beautiful family unit. >> reporter: friends and loved ones grappling with how her life could have been cut so short. >> this was a tragic accident. you wonder why it happened. certainly, it was not her, she was not a careless person. she would not do anything to put anybody at risk. >> reporter: just 49 years old, brody driving the suv struck on the tracks in the deadliest train crash in metro-north history. one of the seven people who perished. rick hope was in the car directly behind brody and recounted the fatal moment to the journal news. >> as we're waiting to cross the

tracks the gate comes down in front of me and it comes down and hits the top of her car. i'm able to back up and waiting for her to back up but instead, she gets out of the car, she gets out, walks around the back looks at the arm that's on the back of the car, she looks at me i gesture to come back i back up again further to indicate that there's plenty of room to back up and she turns, walks and gets back in the car, slight hesitation she -- and then moves forward and that instant, the train came. >> reporter: why brody's suv was on the tracks is central to the investigation. eyewitnesss say a separate accident backed up traffic and many drivers took an alternate route to avoid it. the ntsb is investigating if the detour played any role and is trying to recover data from the memory mo modules in brody's suv. >> we found the crossing arm and

the traffic signal, they both operated as designed. there were no problems found. >> reporter: brody worked alongside varda singer at this jewelry store for ten years. >> she had a million dollar smile. she, to me was a saint because she is one of the most selfless person i've ever known. >> reporter: she was driving home from work when she was killed. >> one word. she just had a beautiful soul. she looked for the good in others. >> reporter: her husband, alan posting message on facebook thanking all who shared their condolences. >> poppy harlow. is there any indication she saw the train or tried to beat it? >> reporter: there's really not. governor como saying it doesn't appear she was trying to race ahead to beat the train. he believed at this point in time she was likely confused.

obviously, there are still so many questions. the ntsb getting through the first day of a full investigation day today. they were able to interview the engineer. interestingly, anderson saying the engineer did see the suv on the tracks and were going within the speed limit when they pulled the emergency brake. there were also 39 seconds we have learned between when those emergency warning signals and lights started going off, then when the train crossed the intersection and that fateful moment happened. so many questions, the people here cannot believe what has happened. let me tell you, this is a loving mother. she was about to turn 50 in march. her husband was planning her 50th birthday. she leaves behind also three daughters, age 15 to 22. it is an absolute tragedy and still so many questions remain. >> poppy, i appreciate getting up to date on it. next an incredible story.

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happened to these young men, it's a living nightmare difficult to imagine. the young man locked inside his own body for more than a decade after doctors said he was in a vegetative state. what doctor and his parents didn't know was that martin pistorius was aware of everything around him. he just couldn't move couldn't communicate, couldn't community kat his thoughts. called ghost boy, the miraculous case of a misdiagnosed boy trapped in his own body. communicates now through a computer because he's improved. i spoke with him recently.

for 12 years doctors said he was in a vegetative state but most of the 12 long years, martin was fully conscious. >> you can hear, see, and understand everything around you. for me the complete of utter powerlessness is the worst feeling i have ever experienced. >> reporter: growing in south africa a happy and healthy child but in january of 1988 12 years old, came home from school complaining of a sore throat. >> at first, the doctors thought i had flu and prescribed the usual treatment, however, my condition steadily got worse and i was hospitalized. >> doctors performed test after test and treated him for tur burk low tuberculosis. doctors thought he was in a vegetative state where he couldn't see anything around him, didn't know how to cure it

and gave him two years to live. >> doctors said to take me home and wait to die. >> everything morning, martin's father would bathe him, feed him and take him to care center never knowing his son was aware of everything that was happening to him. >> i want to read something that you wrote in the book. you wrote, have you ever seen one of the movies in which someone wakes up as a ghost but don't know they died? that's how i realized as people looked through and around me and i didn't understand why. how did you cope? feeling like you're invisible. how did you cope all those years? >> mostly through escaping into my mind. i would imagine all sorts of things like being very small and climbing into a spaceship and flying away or that my wheelchair would magically transform into a flying vehicle out of james bond with rockets and missls. sometimes watch things move throughout the day or watching

insects of some sort scurry about. >> he said he was abused at some of the care centers he was brought to over the years. but one of the things that upset him the most was being placed in front of a television for hours at a time with nothing else to watch but barney. ♪ i love you, you love me we're a happy family ♪ >> i often spent my days positioned in front of the tv. to this day, i hate barney not that i had anything against barney but it triggers memories and emotions which are really difficult for me. >> you write about your mom as well. and a time when your mom in the midst of distress said that essentially she wished you would die and when i read that i kept thinking about, for you being, hearing that you did hear it. you did understand what she had said.

how do you deal with that? >> it was like her son died when he was 12. so while i was very sad and upset by what she said i understood where that was coming from. >> were there times you actually wanted to die? not being able to communicate, trapped in your body trapped with your thoughts constantly like that. i mean you wrote there was a time you wanlted to die. >> yes. in some of the darkest moments, i not only wanted to die, but i longed for death to realize me. i also often felt everyone would be better off if i were dead. >> one of his nurses came to believe that martin understood what she was saying to him. his nurse, vere jobna urged parents to get tested again. >> if it had not been for her, i would have been forgotten in a care home somewhere. >> to dr.'s astonishments showed signs could understand and

communicate once again. what was that like? >> i guess the best word would be relief and also excitement. mixed in with a bit of trepidation. i remember leaving the assessment and feeling happy and just like wow. but also thinking to myself what is next? >> martin's physical health improved with the ability to communicate and able to slowly type words into a computer that turn into speech which is why we gave him some of the questions in advance. martin went on to get a college degree and how owns his web site design business and even met and married a wonderful woman named jonah. what do you think the connection for you was? >> i think the initial connection was so attractive but we -- >> he's blushing. >> from the start, we are really honest with one another and really listen without any judgment and therefore, we could share our innermost feelings. we just understand one another. >> we are now talking about starting a family.

that's something we're really excited about. >> what happened to martin is still a mystery, and while doctors say he won't be able to walk or talk again, he continues to grow stronger mentally and physically every day. for people watching this what do you want them to take away from your story? >> i think that there is always hope no matter how small. and also to treat everyone with kindness dignity, compassion and respect. whether you think they understand or not. to never underestimate the power of the mind the importance of love and faith and to never stop dreaming. >> such an incredible tale. he's a remarkable guy. i want to dig deeper on this to understand what happened. martin pistorius allowed our chief medical correspondent, sanjay gupta, to review his medical records. he's a practicing neurosurgeon. he joins us now. i just find this incredible and terrifying at the same time. with implications for other people. for him to have regained

consciousness after 12 years and be present after the first two years, even though doctors thought he was in some kind of a vegetative state, how often does something like that happen? >> to your point, it seems to be happening more than we realize and when you think about vegetative state, by definition it means people have no awareness. they could be a sort of in a wakeful state eye opening or even yawns like that but no awareness. that's the definition. so when someone like martin for 12 years, they thought he was in a vegetateive state but had awareness, it's frightening. there's numbers in the united states about 25,000 people who have this diagnosis of vegetative state. what they do is find more and more by doing scans of their brain, by simply looking in their eyes things like that and seeing if they control eye movements to command, they are finding these people may be more aware and responsive than you realize. it's hard to put a number on it

know. >> one doesn't want to take hope away for anyone with family members who have somebody in that state, don't want to give false hope. what is a family supposed to do in inthis case martin's family was told to send him home probably die in two years and make him as comfortable as you can. what are you supposed to do? >> martin's case was even more unique in that they didn't know what was causing this. sometimes like a young person who has a brain injury for example, because of trauma you know people are going to be more aggressive because young people tend to have a better likelihood of recovering from brain trauma or a very young child, for example, who, you know drowns for example in a swimming pool. that happens. they may still have some likely hood of recovery. you have to sort of balance all that with what the diagnosis is. in this case he didn't have a diagnosis. they treated him with antibiotics, they treated him with anti-fungal agents. not because they knew he had

infections but they didn't know and were willing to try anything. for the family they needed to try to push for an answer. >> to be trapped like he was though especially as a teenager with all the thoughts you have in your head and not be able to express them or let anybody else know and to not have any control over your life and, you know, be plunked down watching barreney all day long it's just terrifying. >> it remind me more of a locked in state. you may have heard of this state. it was a famous book, the diving bell and the butterfly. >> incredible movie. >> it's an incredible movie and the man was ultimately able to using eye movements, transcribe a book but they thought because he had no movement in his body besides eye movement thought he was in a vegetative state. when someone realized he was moving the a command, they realized he was in a locked in state. in his case he was able to

communicate in some way but i can't imagine for martin for 12 years. >> i'm happy he's found love and has a life. sanjay thank you so much. >> thank you. >> his book called "ghost boy" by the way. his behavior raised eyebrows but pentagon report claimed a medical reason behind vladimir putin sometimes strange actions. greenline do for you? just take a closer look. it works how you want to work. with a fidelity investment professional... or managing your investments on your own. helping you find new ways to plan for retirement. and save on taxes where you can. so you can invest in the life that you want today. tap into the full power of your fidelity greenline. call or come in today for a free one-on-one review.

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observer watched president vladimir putin with curiosity and others are more than curious about him. with a recently discovered pentagon study from 2008 as for one of the key theories in it? although he may have asperger's syndrome the question is what explains that? more from joe johns. >> reporter: new year's day 2000 the first television of newly appointed vladimir putin and the pentagon was watching. analyzes for clues with how to deal with him issued a startling analysis of these and other putin images. the russian president carries a neurological abnormality,

asperger's syndrome that affects all of his decisions. unclassified report in 2008 another in 2011 now only becoming part of the record. the white house press secretary dodging a question about it. >> i saw the report today. i don't have any comment on that report. >> reporter: many descriptions of putin in the report are stark. brenda connors authored the report saying is supported at the reptilian stage where the need for order proceeds all interaction. his primary coping strategy is to control. >> there's no guidance from d.o.d. >> reporter: among putin moments in support of her asperger's theory when putin was inspecting the super bowl ring of new england patriots owner craft, actually pocketed it. asperger's is characterized by

normal range iq and language skills but social awkwardness. focused on putin and his protege, describing the former as a chess player and the latter as an action man in terms of their leadership styles. the pentagon said the research program cost about $300,000 a year and is used to help u.s. officials prepare for interactions with foreign leaders. >> the way that person makes decisions, what might infuriate them or cause them to be more calm in negotiations. >> reporter: the report did include a disclaimer pointing out that brain scanning through mri presumably cannot be conducted on putin. experts we spoke with were highly skeptical about the reliability of this asperger's claim. >> it's not reasonable. no confident would render a clinical diagnosis based on observations from a video. you need a lot more history to make this kind of diagnosis.

>> reporter: the pentagon makes clear the views in the report just those of the author not the official position of the defense department or that of the u.s. government. joe johns, cnn, washington. >> not sure that was worth $300,000 a year. amara walker with a "360" news bulletin. at the aaron hernandez murder trial, defense helped grill police officers on their handling of the crime scene accusing them of sloppiness. tomorrow jurors visit the park where odin lloyd's body was found and tour hernandez's house. today, the judge ordered any items not inside the house at the time of the murder must be removed or covered for the visit. the judge in the capital murder trial of eddie ral pez denied a motion to delay until public decides. and featured in the blockbuster movie, american sniper. jury selection began today. and sony pictures entertainment

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