lauri michelson and sylvia. but the planes final approach speed was over 240 miles per hour.the right wing caught on the runway, the plane cart wheeled, it broke into three pieces. it caught on fire and, indeed, of in a cornfield. that the crew couldn't control the landing. nobody could. those mothers couldn't hold on to their babies. nobody could. amazingly, 185 people survived that crash, but tragically 111 people lost their lives. in the aftermath of the crash in the burning fuselage, laurie and mark michelson could not find their 11 month old daughter, sabrina. they had to make a choice that no parent should ever have to make. whether to escort therefore and six-year-old son's out of the burning aircraft to safety, or to stay to look for sabrina. in the thick smoke, they made their choice. they gather boys out of that airplane safely. market ran back to search for sabrina. he heard her cry, but only once. sylvia tried to return to the plane to find her son, evan, but that senior flight attendant who have prepared them for the crash landing blocked her path and told her sh

eventually he got outside and reunited her with the michelson's. later they were able to thank jerry schimmel for doing the right thing. for doing what his human empathy impelled -- compelled him to do, for acting in a selfless way. like so many heroes, when he was interviewed, he said i am not a hero because you would have done the same thing. but there was no hero for evan tsao. there is someone who is never forgotten that. the senior flight attendant that day was jan brown. i am honored to share the stage with jan today and that she came from chicago to join us. within a month of arriving at the ntsb as a new board member, i got a call from janet imploring me not to remove the issue of child passenger the in aviation off of the most wanted list. she always mentions and then every time she talks about this issue. saying this year as an would have been 16 and maybe giving -- getting his driver's license. this year evan would have been 18. maybe leaving home for college for the first time. this year evan would have been 27, and maybe circumstances

in the aftermath of the crash and the burning fuse lush lori and mark michelson could not find their 11 month old daughter, sabrina. they had to make a choice that no parent should ever have to make, whether to an escort there for and 6-year-old sons out of that burning aircraft to safety board said stay to look for sabrina. and the thick smoke then made their choice. they got their boys out of that airplane safely. mark ran back to search for sabrina. he heard her cry, but only once soviet tried to return to the plan to find her son, but that senior flight attendant who had prepared them for the crash landing blocked her path and told her she could not return to the burning aircraft. she said calpers would find a baby. sylvia looked up at that flight attendants and said, you told me to put my baby on the floor, and i did. now he's gone. ever since then and that senior flight attendant has been on a crusade to ban lap-held children on flights, advocating forcibly on the issue, testifying before congress, and some journalists, maybe some in this room have drawn attention to the issue

outside ande got reunited her with the michelson's. later they were able to thank jerry schimmel for doing the right thing. for doing what his human empathy impelled -- compelled him to do, for acting in a selfless way. like so many heroes, when he was interviewed, he said i am not a hero because you would have done the same thing. but there was no hero for evan tsao. there is someone who is never forgotten that. the senior flight attendant that day was jan brown. i am honored to share the stage with jan today and that she came from chicago to join us. within a month of arriving at the ntsb as a new board member, i got a call from janet imploring me not to remove the issue of child passenger the in aviation off of the most wanted list. she always mentions and then every time she talks about this issue. saying this year as an would have been 16 and maybe giving -- getting his driver's license. this year evan would have been 18. maybe leaving home for college for the first time. beenyear evan would have 27, and maybe circumstances would