this is "nightline." >> tonight, deadly midair explosion. a woman nearly sucked out of a plane window shattered by shrapnel from an exploding engine. passengers live streamed what many thought were their final moments. >> wind was pouring through the pane -- >> the dramatic recordings from the cockpit. and the investigation into what went wrong. plus threatening stormy. after alleging a sexual encounter with now president trump, porn star stormy daniels on "the view" unveiling a sketch of an unknown man she says tried to silence her. >> i just remember him saying like, oh, it's a beautiful little girl, it would be a shame if something happened to her mom. forget about this story, leave mr. trump alone." >> offering a huge cash reward for information. why she says she's coming

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good evening. thank you for joining us. we begin with the midair nightmare aboard a southwest

flight this morning. an engine exploding in the sky, breaking a window, and nearly sucking a woman out of the plane. tonight we hear from passengers who survived a scare of their lives. here's abc's linzie janis. >> the number one engine failure -- >> reporter: it's a nightmare scenario for airline passengers. playing out in realtime. 30,000 feet in the air. oxygen masks dropping from the ceiling. everyone terrified. a hole in the plane. a woman nearly sucked out. >> some of the crew couldn't hold back their horror. some were crying as they looked out through the open window onto the engine. >> there is a hole in the side of the aircraft also. >> reporter: southwest airlines flight 1380, carrying 144 passengers and five crew, left new york's laguardia at 10:43 a.m. this morning headed for dallas. at 11:04, it hit a cruising altitude of 32,000 feet. but minutes later, the left

engine failed and one minute later, the plane had plunged nearly 20,000 feet. >> the engine exploded. and a sharp part of engine shattered the glass over the exit row. there was momentary chaos. >> reporter: radar shows the track as the plane is diverted to philadelphia. air traffic control knows an emergency is inbound. the pilot calmly relaying the almost unbelievable details. >> we've got injured passengers. >> injured passengers, okay. is your airplane physically on fire? >> no it's not on fire, but part of it's missing. they said there's a hole. someone went out. >> i'm sorry, there was a hole and somebody went out? >> yeah. >> reporter: multiple passengers tell abc news that woman in row 14 was nearly sucked out the window. she was critically injured and later died. >> the window had broken in the section, negative pressure pulled her outside the plane partially. these two wonderful men managed to get her back inside the plane and we laid her down and started

cpr. i think i can probably tell you that there was significant trauma to the body. significant head trauma, facial trauma. >> reporter: a photo taken from inside the plane shows that chewed-up engine. another shot reveals the busted window, debris sticking out of the edges. >> wind was pouring through the pane -- >> reporter: matt tranchun was on board, said he could see the crew scrambling to help the passenger and plug the hole. >> you spend 20, 30 minutes thinking you're not going to make it. at this point it's connecting with family, friends, loved ones. there's moments -- it's been wild, very shaken up. >> reporter: he said he spent that time planning for the worst, sending his pregnant wife a good-bye text. >> my wife is in her third trimester. our first child. so i made a lot of my time trying to articulate what i

wanted my final words to be to my unborn child. >> reporter: the plane was on the ground by 11:27 a.m. emergency crews ready on the runway. passengers quickly evacuated down the stairs to the foam-covered tarmac. at least seven more people suffered minor injuries. >> about three rows behind me was where the engine blew out. crew did a fantastic job with southwest, keeping everybody calm, making certain we address the situation. it was a pretty harrowing experience for sure. >> the passengers on board the aircraft, in addition to the flight crew and the cabin crew, did some pretty amazing thing under very difficult circumstances. >> reporter: the flight crew, including the woman copiloting the plane, getting credit for keeping their cool. >> we have a part of the aircraft missing so we're going to need to slow down a bit. >> think about what was going on in the cockpit. the crew hears a bang, all of a sudden there's explosive decompression of the cabin pressure. getting oxygen masks on,

thinking about an emergency descent. they're doing this in the busiest air space in the whole world. >> reporter: from the ground, officials and passengers could all see the mangled engine. investigators now racing to try and figure out what happened. >> engine blades aren't supposed to fail. >> a preliminary review of the cockpit voice recorder was done -- >> reporter: a team from the ntsb is on the scene. >> one of the fan blades, the number 13 fan blade, was separated and missing. this fan blade was broken right at the hub. there's evidence of metal fatigue where the blade separated. >> reporter: this isn't the first time a southwest flight has experienced engine failure. >> sounds like an 18-wheeler tire blowing. started smelling smoke -- >> reporter: 2016, an engine exploded during a flight from new orleans to orlando. triggering an emergency landing in pensacola. while the passengers in crew walked away unharmed, the engine failure is still being investigated by ntsb two years

later. it's been nearly a decade since the last death on any domestic airliner because of an accident. that was in february 2009 when a continental express flight crashed into a suburban buffalo home, leaving 50 dead. in today's incident, it's unclear exactly what caused the plane's left engine to explode. we're now learning the woman killed, albuquerque banking executive jennifer rearden, had been on her way back from a business trip to new york. >> this is a sad day. and our heart got out to the family and loved ones of the deceased customer. >> reporter: southwest airlines says it was not aware of any issues with this particular plane, which was delivered for service by boeing back in july of 2000. southwest ceo gary kelly says the airline has been in touch with boeing and ge, which made the engine. >> the airplane, in my opinion, is proven. it's very reliable. >> reporter: kelly also confirmed the plane was last inspected just two days ago, on

april 15th. >> the problem is that we've had two incidents in less than two years. and the question is, is it a maintenance problem with southwest? is it a design problem with the manufacturer? or is it some new failure mode that we didn't know about that comes when the airplanes begin to get old? >> reporter: for investigators, it's now a race to figure out exactly what happened and why. reporting for "nightline," i'm linzie janis in philadelphia. next, "the view" from the eyes of a porn star. stormy daniels revealing a sketch of the man she says threatened her. okay, i never thought i'd say this, but i found bladder leak underwear that's actually pretty. surprised? it's called always discreet boutique. it looks and fits like my underwear. i know what you're thinking. how can something this pretty protect? hidden inside is a super absorbent core that quickly turns liquid to gel... ...for incredible protection.

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porn star stormy daniels appearing on "the view" today to discuss what she feels is intimidation and bullying from the president's personal lawyer, saying she's not going to take it. "nightline" welcomes abc's kyra phillips. >> i'm done being bullied. done. >> reporter: stormy daniels once again making headlines. on the set of "the view" today, daniels and her lawyer, michael avenatti, releasing a sketch they say is based on her memory of a mystery man who allegedly threatened her and her baby in a parking lot in 2011. >> i just remember him saying like, "it's a beautiful little girl, it would be a shame if something happened to her mom, forget about this story, leave mr. trump alone." and it was like -- it didn't even register to me at first. then he turned and walked away. and like i said, his face is burned in my memory. >> reporter: she didn't report the threat at the time. and didn't make it public until the "60 minutes" interview last

month. >> cohen denies any involvement in the alleged incident -- >> reporter: the adult film star locked in a showdown with the man she says is behind the intimidation, michael cohen. donald trump's long-time personal attorney. >> how did we get to this point where one of the hottest guests on "the view" is a porn star? these are strange times, right? >> the bottom line is, this is much bigger than the fact that she is an adult film star. this is about whether or not this was a crime. >> this idea that she's a porn star and on "the view," i mean, as i said in the interview, she's a working woman. i mean, i don't put down anybody who makes an honest living. >> reporter: stormy and her attorney, michael avenatti, have been fighting to scrap the nda she signed with cohen to buy her silence. >> for years mr. cohen has acted like he is above the law. he has never thought that the little man or especially women, even more, women like me,

matter. that ends now. >> reporter: but she showed up in court yesterday for a different legal battle. a months'-long federal investigation into cohen's finances that threatens to reveal the confidences he kept for donald trump. >> michael cohen for the last 10 or 12 years has basically been the janitor of donald trump. which means he's had the keys to every room, he knows what's in all the lockers, he's aware of all the garbage. he's completely familiar with everything that donald trump or most everything that donald trump has been doing. >> reporter: last week the fbi raided cohen's office, home, and hotel room, seizing electronics and documents that may be related to the $130,000 payment daniels days before the 2016 election that he says was out of his own pocket. sources tell abc news the search warrant involved looking for evidence of potential election violations, and cohen's personal finances.

and that fbi agents were also looking for documents related to that now infamous "access hollywood" tape. >> when you're a star, they let you do it, you can do anything. grab them by the [ bleep ]. you can do anything. >> reporter: president trump called the raids part of the witch hunt against him. >> it's a disgraceful situation. it's a total witch hunt. i've been saying it for a long time. >> there was certainly nothing illegal about what the justice department through the southern district of new york did with michael cohen. we're now going to see what happens from here. we shouldn't prejudge anything based upon a search warrant. a search warrant isn't a finding of guilt. >> reporter: now a legal tug of war has ensued for control of those seized records. and monday cohen and his lawyers headed to court to block investigators from looking at the records without their review, citing attorney-client privilege. >> michael cohen and donald trump wanted to have the first

crack at all of the evidence that was taken in the raid. to be able to decide whether any material was protected bit attorney-client privilege. the judge rejected the effort by cohen and trump. >> reporter: daniels, who played no role in the hearing, remained silent in the courtroom. as a new court filing revealed that cohen worked for three clients during the past year. donald trump, republican fund-raiser elliot broidy, and a third client cohen said wanted to remain anonymous. however, the judge ruled that the mystery client must be named. that third client was none other than fox news talk show host sean hannity. hannity has now distanced himself from cohen on his radio show. >> michael never represented me in any matter, i never retained him in the traditional sense as retaining a lawyer -- >> reporter: adding that he'd never paid legal fees to cohen. but cohen's highest-profile

client may be donald trump. he's known as trump's fixer, a man who's been steadfastly loyal to the president and his family. >> i can go on for hours telling story after story of acts of kindness and care exhibited by mr. trump to complete strangers. a man who deeply cares about people and this country -- >> reporter: his commitment to trump also including that nondisclosure agreement with stormy daniels, that she told "60 minutes" she felt pressured to sign. >> you thought there would be some sort of legal repercussion if you didn't sign isn't it. >> right. as a matter of fact, the exact sentence used was, they can make your life hell in many different ways. >> they being? >> i'm not exactly sure who "they" were, i believe it to be michael cohen. >> reporter: and cohen similarly helping squash the story of karen mcdougal, the playboy playmate also alleging an affair with donald trump.

mcdougal explaining on cnn cohen secretly worked with her attorney to broker a contract with tab publisher ami that would buy her story, then kill it. >> theoretically, there would be no reason for michael cohen to have communication with your attorney because this was a deal between keith davids and you and ami. >> right, so why was he involved in my deal? and why wasn't i told he was involved in my deal? >> reporter: last month, this response to a "new yorker" article, a white house spokesperson said trump denies having an affair with mcdougal. and he continues to deny having an affair with stormy daniels as well. and any knowledge of that $130,000 payment. >> why did michael cohen make it if there was no truth to the allegations? >> you have to ask michael cohen. michael's my attorney, you'll have to ask michael. >> did it surprise you at all? >> let me just say, i work in the adult business and i'm a better actress than he is.

>> reporter: now that the heat is turned up on cohen, trump may soon need to decide how loyal he'll to be his fixer. >> president trump could pardon michael cohen at almost any time. and i believe that if he's indicted, that the president will either pardon him immediately or, if he has a trial, he'll pardon him if there's a conviction. >> how does this end? do you want president trump to publicly apologize? do you want him impeached? what's the end game? >> i think we've been clear all along, for weeks. we want the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. and we're going to let all of these people decide when they have all the facts and all the documents and they hear from all sides who's telling the truth and who's lying to them, period. >> i just want to say, if i can inspire or convince a woman who feels that she has been intimidated or bullied or is too afraid to come forward to an accuser and an attacker, then i'm happy. you absolutely have the right and you should stand up for

yourself, and you should not be afraid or bullied. >> reporter: for "nightline," i'm kyra philips in new york. >> our thanks to kyra. programming note, don't miss former fbi director james comey on "the view" tomorrow morning. and next, remembering america's matriarch. former first lady barbara bush.

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barbara bush died this evening. she was 92.

abc's cecilia vega looks back at the former first lady's remarkable life. >> reporter: she was the matriarch of an american dynasty, famous for her fierce loyalty -- >> i hated it when anyone criticized my brilliant husband, furious when they criticize my son. >> reporter: her razor-sharp wit. >> that same fellow i used to yell at to please pick up his room, to see him as president -- truly amazing. >> reporter: born barbara pierce, the third of four children. at 16, she met george herbert walker bush at a school dance. they were engaged a year and a half later before he left for the war. he knew back home she was waiting. >> i would stand there and look out at the blackness of the sky, and i would think about friends i lost, a country i love, and about a girl named barbara. >> reporter: the bushes had six children. but tragedy struck when they lost their 3-year-old daughter, robin, to leukemia. >> did you ever get over that? >> no. and that's okay too.

but it's true that she is a happy part of our life now. >> reporter: while george built a political career, barbara packed up the kids, moving over two dozen times. for decades she was the rock by his side. >> i, george herbert walker bush, do solemnly swear -- >> reporter: the woman with the down to earth style thrust into the glamorous role of first lady, an irony she would joke about when she got to the white house. >> now speaking of glamor. i want you all to look at me very carefully. [ laughter ] >> reporter: as first lady, barbara bush left her own mark, promoting literacy. the family could always count on barbara to speak her mind. >> my dream for our family has always been, they'd grow up, they'd get a good education, they'd be happily married or they'd find someone they could be happy with, and that they would not think they were

entitled, that they would work, and that they would then turn around and give back to the country. because they're so lucky. and my dream has been answered. >> i had the good fortune to have dinner with mrs. bush a few times. she was kind and funny, wise and generous. believe in something larger than yourself, she famously said, get involved in the big ideas of your time. her wisdom, like the remarkable woman herself, timeless, an american treasure. thank you for watching "nightline" and thanks for the company, america, good