our john terret has been following the marathon in boston. >> yes. >> john, first of all who are the winners? >> reporter: well, stephanie, what a difference a marathon makes. that's all i can say. extraordinary scenes here. we have had an emotional end to the elite race for the boston marathon just one year after the most emotional boston marathon ever. nobody saw this coming, nobody, not even the commentators. it is 23-year-old neb kafluske, came here in 1987 but is an american citizen. he won the games in 2004 and he came home in the time of 2 hours 8 minutes and a little bit of change. the first time stephanie in 30 years that an american has won the boston marathon. so we've had tears of joy as the national anthem was plate. a little bit different tears than last year. although no one saw this coming. the elite women case, rita jeptu, from kenya, three times champion and that race time of hers makes her the fastest woman ever to run the boston marathon. stephanie. >> would you, what symbolism, an american man winning the boston marathon today. john what has the atmosphere been e

john terret is here, what do we know? >> good morning john. this is a good friday mystery. the sanctions from the u.s., the european union and because progress is being made in the 800 number enrichment dispute -- in the uranium dispute, this is a picture of a u.s. corporate jet on the tarmac at mirabad airport one of the main airports in tehran. there is a u.s. flag on the tailfin, it may be a small one but there it is highlighted for you. believe it or not federal aviation administration rules make it difficult for us to know who was on that flight and who was flying it. we watched the people get off the aircraft and they were vips. that's where the trail went cold john. >> we have been told that the plane was held in trust buy bank in the u.s. what do we know john? >> it turns out that the plane is held in trust by the bank of utah. it turns out as well that they actually hold more than 1100 aircraft in trust. this is a legal device of course so consortiums can own aircraft and fly them all over the world without any of us knowing who's actually putting up the money behi

john terret is live with us. john describe the atmosphere for this year's race. >> well, as you might very well imagine: it changed as the day went on. because i think things were a little bit pe pensive to begin with. a little bit worried about what might happen. confident boston is the safest city in american today, you might not know. there is a siren, people wonder what that's about, it's understandable. but the sun came up, there was a stiff breeze which was quite cool. perfect marathon weather tony, and an american won the men's race. nobody thought that would happen. we have an emotional marathon day one year after the devastating may marathon of last year. -- marathon of last year. mev kovlofski, credit from eritrea. first american to do this since 1983. and then we have pictures of rita jeptu. rita comes from kenya and she came home in the women's elite race 2 hours 18 minutes and 50 seconds. three time champion and that time makes her the fastest woman ever to win the boston marathon. the symbolism lost

john terret, al jazeera boston. >> coming up next, how did he do it? the stow away who clung to the landing gear on a flight to hawaii. you may be surprised about what our medical expert says about it. >>> and into thin air. they risked their lives and paid the ultimate price. for guides on mount everest. what it means to be a sherpa. >> by now, you've probably heard the story of the 16-year-old boy who flew from california to hawaii in the wheel well of a 767. it's an incredible tale apparently completely true, at least according to the fbi. how did this young man endure 30 thousand feet. jake ward. >> above 10,000 feet the faa mandates that any pilot left alone in the cockpit has to wear an oxygen max. hypoxia could set in that's lack of oxygen to the brain and render somebody useless at the wheel. past 26,000 feet eventually it will kill you because you simply cannot breathe in enough oxygen over time to replenish what your brain needs. the second factor is cold. at 35,000 feet which is how high these planes fly, you're going to have an ambient outs

john terret. >> yes, for peter, mohamed and baher's sake. today has been a day of action around the world and even joirnts at thjournalistsfrom arg the black tape on the face which is the signature move of this particular campaign and carrying banners that can you see that journalism is not a crime. back here in new york today al jazeera has been organizing a symposium at the paley center in manhattan. and some very heavy weight senior journalists have been doing the same, to lend their weight to get peter and his colleagues out. owen is the technical news gathering producer based in washington, d.c. he was on the panel and he spoke about the conditions that peter, mo and baher have been under. >> they have endured conditions which at times have included being held in cells with no access to light, little food and water. this winter they have slept on concrete foors withou floors wit access to light our water. >> now the egyptian authorities accuse mohamed and baher and peter basically spreading false news, how they phrase it and have having

john terret reports from boston. >> an emotional year as an american wins the men's elite race. a symbolism lost on no one. came home in a little over 2 hours and 8 minutes. the first time an american has done it since 1983. >> and she's got it. >> and the woman's elite, kenyan rita jetu, became the woman to win it in the fastest, 2 hours and 18 minutes. among the fun runners, many felt the love of the crowd lining the route estimated to be a million strong. >> emotionalism had meaning like obviously no other. it is great to be here to participate in this. >> it just meant so much to be able to race for anyone who hasn't been here before and to experience the tragedy that happened this year. >> i just wanted to be here this year, all about running, running it for boston and for race. as people said, it brought the race back, gave the race back to the runners and that is what it was all about. >> that's the feeling that radiated the whole day. boston common are gathered here for their belongings. america for boston prayer canvas, appalled at the loss of life and injuries they saw

john terret tells her storevivo john terret tells her store. >> the second explosion went off so quicklydidn't have a chance to say anything. the next thing i knew, the explosion had actually catapulted me through the front door of the restaurant. i was in ex cruc 80ing pain. my foot felt like it was on fire. i was afraid to look at it. people were just trampling, you know, running by me. >> one woman came to her aid and a friend used a belt as a tourniqu tourniquet. heather was carried to an ambulance, but nobody could go with her. even the friend who had been by her side. >> i knew i needed to get to the hospital quickly and i told her to just let me go. >> the injuries to heather's left foot were devastating. >> the last time i saw my foot, it was all intact that morning that i put it inside my shoes. and i just never -- i just never looked at it again. >> after three surgeries to try to save her foot, heather followed doctors' recommendations to amputate. >> they painted a pretty bleak picture, so i didn't expect that i would keep it. >> heather was fitted for her first prosthetic le