the 2-year-old -- >> george lamson jr. lived to tell -- >> bahia arrived -- >> i don't believe in random chance. i know i go against the scientists on this. i believe that -- i believe that my life was spared for a reason, either i wanted or something -- a higher power than me wanted. >> george, turn around and wave goodbye. >> it was early monday morning, a group of tourists boarded a plane after a weekend of gambling, skiing and watching the super bowl in reno. the plane took off, but within minutes it had crashed. 17-year-old george lamson jr., he was thrown from the plane but miraculously he was able to walk away. >> you weren't badly hurt at all, were you? >> no. i feel fine. i just have a few sores along the side of my leg and right here on my hand. i feel just great. >> very few people have ever survived a plane crash, george. maybe you could tell us how it went. >> well, we took off and everything seemed okay and we were fine. then all of a sudden we hit some turbulence. we started falling down from the sky. and th

my name is george lamson. i live in the united states. years old at the time of the accident. all the people on that flight died, including my father. >> well, he sends letters out to hopefully like get a response in return. but usually it comes out not getting any. and he gets disappointed. [ speaking in french ] [ speaking in french ] [ speaking in french ] [ speaking in french ] [ speaking in french ] [ speaking in french ] >> what's that? i hope you're not going out there. >> i don't know. >> i wrote an e-mail to cecelia once. and she's the one that i knew most about because it happened so close to when my accident happened. i felt so bad for her, a 4-year-old girl lost her entire family. i got a reply back. and then i never heard from her again. so i respected her privacy and stayed away. >> i have read about other sole survivors, especially that little girl two years ago, bahia. i read about one woman who like her plane crashed into like the forest and she had to survive for a few days. when i read about things like that, it makes m

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george lamson jr. was the sole survivor of a 1985 crash in nevada that killed 71 people.n talks through an interpreter to a french schoolgirl who survived a crash into the indian ocean that killed 152 people. listen. >> translator: do you have some from the accident? >> i was burned on my right hand. here. and this here is later on. this is from sunburn. but here, this is the burn here. my face was burned. i had a cut on my forehead. >> translator: what was that like being by yourself out there for nine hours? can you explain that? >> "sole survivor" airs tonight 9:00 eastern right here on cnn. >>> defending dennis rodman. former nba player who is in north korea with rodman is talking about the trip. his takeaway, next. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. everybody knows that parker. well, did you know auctioneers make bad grocery store clerks? that'll be $23.50. now .75, 23.75, hold 'em. hey now do i hear 23.75? 24! hey 24 dollar, 24 and a quarter, quarter, now half, 24 and a half and .75! 25! now a quarter, hey 26 and a quarter, do y