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[ Airplane passing overhead ]
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[ Explosion ]
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[ Loud crash ]
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[ Fire crackling ]
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Woman:
That was almost 60 years ago,
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and I remember it
like it was yesterday.
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At first, I didn't understand
what I was looking at.
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I'd never seen an airplane seat
up close before.
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But that fiery thing that came
hurling out of the evening sky,
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that was the first sign
of something terrible to come.
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We wouldn't have described
ourselves as innocent then,
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but looking back,
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we were as trusting
as newborn babes.
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[ Indistinct conversations ]
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In 1955, in Longmont, Colorado,
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an airplane fell from the sky.
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It was nighttime before
anyone could get there.
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It seemed like
all of the men in town
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had turned out to help.
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Some of these men had stormed
the beaches at Normandy,
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but none of them had seen
the likes of this.
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{\an8}There was not a single person
for miles and miles
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{\an8}who was not aware
of this explosion
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{\an8}because of the fact
that it was so massive.
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People had debris cascading
onto their property.
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Seats with people in them
were falling from the sky,
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huge pieces of metal,
luggage.
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It was very, very dark,
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and the primary illumination was
as the pieces hit the ground,
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big, huge pits filled
with fire from the engines.
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Those fires burned
for hours and hours.
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It became very evident early on
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that there were not gonna be
any survivors.
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As they would find bodies,
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they would station a man
with a flashlight
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to indicate where a body was.
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And pretty soon,
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this entire field was filled
with little points of light.
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The flight
had 44 people on board.
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It had 39 passengers
and 5 crew.
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Everyone was killed,
all 44 were killed.
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Field:
United Airlines, at that time,
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was running a series
of commercials that said,
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"Compare the fare,
you'll go by air!"
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And they were trying to lure
people away from train travel.
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And United Flight 629
had several people on it
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for whom this was
their very first flight.
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Some of the passengers
were stewardesses
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who were traveling for pleasure
on their own.
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One of them, Sally Scofield,
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was a young stewardess
from here in Denver.
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{\an8}Raine:
There was also Don White,
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{\an8}who was a co-pilot brought in
at the last minute
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{\an8}because there had been
a union dispute.
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Eisenhower's Deputy Secretary
for the Public Health
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was on that flight.
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Many of the passengers
were traveling
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to visit friends and family.
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There was a woman on board
the aircraft named Daisie King,
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and she was traveling to Alaska
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to spend Thanksgiving
with her daughter
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and to see her grandchildren.
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The list of names in
the newspaper seemed endless.
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There were
husbands and wives,
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businessmen
and students...
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Patricia Lipke,
from Pittsburgh,
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she was on a vacation trip
to Portland.
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Thomas Crouch --
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he was about to start
a brand-new job in Seattle.
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Field: There was a woman with
a young son who was traveling,
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the only child
who died on the aircraft,
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James Fitzpatrick II.
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That little boy's mother,
Helen Fitzpatrick,
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she was taking him to meet
his father for the first time.
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He was stationed in Okinawa.
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Tamm: In 1955,
most people who traveled
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essentially wore what we would
describe at that time
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as your Sunday best.
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And you always traveled
to look your best,
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not to be comfortable.
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Man: Ladies and gentlemen,
629 is about to depart.
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It was a very special occasion.
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[ Projector whirring ]
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Narrator: The grim task
of removing the dead,
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all on board, 44, perished.
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Wreckage was scattered
over a wide area,
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mute testimony to the horror
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that plunged out
of a night sky.
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[ Indistinct conversations ]
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Woman:
The Weld County Coroner
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had to relocate his morgue
over to Greeley Armory
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to handle all the dead.
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The last time I'd been there
was for the USO dances.
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My husband was out all night
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helping the firemen
and policemen.
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He said he didn't
want to stop moving
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because then he'd have to start
thinking about what he'd seen.
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Jenkins:
If a plane loses its power,
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it's going to crash
into the ground intact.
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{\an8}Now, the crash itself obviously
will scatter the debris,
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{\an8}but it will be
a relatively tight area,
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{\an8}whereas when a plane
explodes in air,
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{\an8}then the debris is going to be
scattered over a broader area.
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The primary debris field was
approximately 6 square miles.
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The distribution
of the debris on the ground
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really conforms to that
of an explosion in the air.
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It's 6 miles.
Everything's gonna be gridded.
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Everything out there filmed,
photographed,
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and it'll be tagged.
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Field:
The Civil Aeronautics Board
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used a method of reconstruction
of the aircraft,
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which at that time was very new.
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And they divided the crash site
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into 1,000-foot
by 1,000-foot squares,
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and they assigned
each square a number
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and would gather the debris
from each square.
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It would be loaded
onto a flatbed truck,
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and they used
a large airplane hangar
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to reconstruct the aircraft.
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Jenkins:
So, then you begin to look for causes inside the plane.
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Was the explosion caused
by a fuel tank?
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At the time, aircraft were
powered by aviation gasoline,
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which was a much more volatile
type of fuel.
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An explosion will rend metal,
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rip metal outward,
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and by close examination
of the metal...
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...can we begin
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to gradually narrow the origins
so that we can say,
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"This explosion occurred
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precisely in this portion
of the aircraft?"
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Tamm: So, they realized
after six or seven days
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of examining the debris
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that this was not something
that was caused by fuel,
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that the explosion occurred
in the number-4 cargo hold.
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Now the question becomes,
is this an accident?
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Investigators hypothesized
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there could have been
a volatile substance
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that had been
negligently packed.
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There was no examination
of luggage at all.
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It was only evaluated
for weight.
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There had been an incident
in the 1930s
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where a United Plane
had exploded
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because a sharpshooter
who was traveling
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liked to make
his own ammunition,
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and he used Nitroglycerin.
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F301.
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F301.
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And so they gathered
all the pieces
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of that luggage compartment
for examination.
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What about...
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Do you smell that?
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Smells like sulfur.
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A lot of people described it
as a firecracker-like smell
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that they could detect
on the metal.
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The FBI forensic chemists
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determined
that it had to be dynamite.
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They also found
bits of copper wire
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that were not part
of the airplane.
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This was the ignition source
to set off the dynamite.
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The plane had been
purposely bombed.
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Jenkins:
This was not an accident.
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This was an act of sabotage.
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Sargent: A commercial airliner
had been bombed,
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blown up,
and killed everybody on board.
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{\an8}People just couldn't believe
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{\an8}that anyone would do
such a thing.
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{\an8}It was completely unheard of.
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It was the first time it had
happened in the United States.
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Tamm: There was
no apparent reason for this.
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It was a commercial airline
with normal people.
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There wasn't anybody
particularly special on board,
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except to their own families,
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and they're all killed.
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It was beyond anything
anyone could imagine.
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Everyone out here at the farms,
everyone in town,
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and every newspaper I saw
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kept asking
the same question...
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Jenkins: Who could deliberately
set out to kill not one person,
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but scores of people randomly?
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Who can do that?
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That's in a different category.
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That is the incarnation of evil.
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[ Telephone rings ]
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Do you have
any reason to believe
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that he had any negative
feelings toward the airline?
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Woman:
Everyone was in shock.
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I mean, we were
no strangers to loss.
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It was 1955, after all.
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The Korean War had just ended,
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and World War II
just before that.
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But this kind of thing
happening in peacetime,
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it made no sense.
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{\an8}Once they had determined
that the plane had been bombed,
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{\an8}you next would go to determining
why would it be bombed.
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[ Indistinct conversations ]
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The first thing that occurred
to everyone was the unions.
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There had been
a lot in the papers
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about strikes lately.
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Field: Colorado, sadly,
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has a very long history
of extraordinary union violence.
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{\an8}Could it be the possibility
of an inside job?
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Do we have somebody
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that is getting even
with the airline itself?
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Field:
The union had been making some rather provocative statements
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about having scabs
cross the line.
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{\an8}On this particular night,
the flight engineer was a pilot
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{\an8}who had crossed the picket line
at Stapleton Airport.
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So, while considering the union
as the source of the problem,
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at the same time,
almost simultaneously...
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Hello.
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Hi. Special Agent Roy Moore
with the FBI.
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Sorry for your loss, sir.
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Thank you.
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We just have a few questions
about your wife.
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...they'd have to investigate
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whether somebody wanted to kill
somebody on board the aircraft.
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And so, to do that,
you investigate the background
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of all 44 people
who were killed.
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I'm sorry about the loss
of your mother.
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I appreciate that.
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Just bear with us.
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They're just routine questions
we have to ask.
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FBI Field Agents were dispatched
from literally every state
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to interview relatives,
associates,
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anybody who knew
people on the aircraft.
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So, how well did you know
your cousin?
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Uh, not that well.
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Field: They asked
all sorts of questions
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about marital difficulties,
suicidal tendencies,
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business failures.
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Tamm:
Did they have criminal records,
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or would they potentially
have enemies?
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Were they in a business
where it was highly competitive
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that you'd have somebody
want to kill you?
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Were they in difficult
family relationships?
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Jenkins:
One looks at each passenger.
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Who would benefit?
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Who would benefit materially?
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Financial gain
by the death of this person
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or by this plane coming down.
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Are there an unusual number
of purchases of insurance?
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Did somebody have
a huge policy taken out
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that became effective
on the very day of the crash?
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Field: And so, one of the first
things that the FBI did
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was contact
the insurance companies
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that ran the kiosks
in the airport
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and asked them to pull
all of the policies
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that had issued on the day.
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In those days, you could buy
a life-insurance policy
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from a vending machine
in the airport.
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I always thought it sounded
a little like a wishing well.
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If you toss in your coins,
down here on the ground,
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you might just buy yourself
a little extra luck
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up in the air.
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Field: The way it would work is,
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you would put your quarter
in the machine,
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you would get
your insurance documents,
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sign the documents,
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and then there was a place
to deposit the signed documents.
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Because, if the plane
were to go down,
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the policy
couldn't be recovered.
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Sargent: In 1955,
for many people, flying was new,
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and there was a lack of trust
that flying was safe.
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Many of the passengers
on this plane
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had bought
flight-insurance policies.
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But when they looked through
all those policies
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deposited in the kiosk,
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they didn't find anything
that stood out.
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There was the minimum
for individuals,
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and larger amounts
for couples with children.
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I don't mean to be grim,
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but if there was no way to tell
which passenger was the target,
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well, then they were
going to have to figure out
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who put that bomb on the plane
in the first place.
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Jenkins:
So, if we think that the device was in an individual's luggage,
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can we determine
who owns that suitcase?
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The FBI interviewed
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all the airline employees
who handled luggage,
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and not a one
seemed suspicious.
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But they did discover
the most amazing coincidence
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involving a set of keys
in Chicago.
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The FBI caught a lucky break.
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The baggage handlers in Denver
were able to tell them
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precisely what had been loaded
in cargo pit number 4
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because the flight came in
from Chicago,
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and one of
the baggage handlers there
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had lost his keys inside there.
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So, when the plane landed
in Denver,
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they unloaded all of the luggage
from the number-4 cargo hold,
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moved it into other areas
of the plane.
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They never did find the keys.
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But, as a consequence,
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only items originating
from Denver
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were loaded
into the number-4 cargo hold.
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The FBI learned
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that only three passengers
in Denver checked luggage,
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and only one of those
checked the bag
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that was very heavy
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and capable
of having a bomb inside
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that would blow up an airplane,
301
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and that was a woman
by the name of Daisie King.
302
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Daisie King,
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the woman on her way
to see her grandkids.
304
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Well, why would she blow up
her own plane?
305
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[ Indistinct conversations ]
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Woman: Some towns
get hit by tornadoes.
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Some get flooded.
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In Longmont, Colorado,
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44 people had taken off
in an airplane,
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and then 20 minutes later,
311
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they had all fallen
out of the sky.
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It was a disaster, certainly,
but it wasn't natural.
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{\an8}Once the FBI realized
that only one Denver passenger
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{\an8}had checked luggage
in that cargo hold
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{\an8}with the capability
to blow up an airplane,
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{\an8}they started to focus
on Daisie King.
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All: Three, two, one!
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[ Cheering ]
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Jenkins:
The FBI agents learned
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that the family had
a drive-in restaurant business
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on South Federal Boulevard.
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Hamburgers, hot dogs,
that type of thing,
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initially with car hops.
324
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This was the 1950s.
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Cruising was
a very popular activity.
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Going to the drive-in.
327
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You were all living
together now, Mr. Graham,
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in this house, with your mother,
is that right?
329
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Yeah, that's right.
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Tamm:
The FBI dispatched two agents
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to interview Jack Graham
and Helen Hablutzel.
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These were
Daisie King's two children
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from different marriages.
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{\an8}The daughter had come to Denver
after the accident, from Alaska.
335
00:20:00,667 --> 00:20:03,567
Could you just tell me
a little bit more
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about what things were like
growing up with Daisie?
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Uh, well, it was hard.
338
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[ Film projector whirring ]
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{\an8}Raine:
Jack and Helen talk about
340
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{\an8}the difficult
financial circumstances
341
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{\an8}that they were brought up with
as children.
342
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Field: At the time,
her husband had died.
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In the 1930s,
344
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it was during the depths
of the depression,
345
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and she had no means
to support her children.
346
00:20:31,900 --> 00:20:34,000
And so, she had put
her daughter
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00:20:34,000 --> 00:20:36,567
in what was essentially
a religious prep school.
348
00:20:36,567 --> 00:20:42,700
And Daisie had placed her son
in an orphanage in Denver
349
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so that she was able to work,
350
00:20:44,867 --> 00:20:49,033
and he spent his childhood
in the orphanage.
351
00:20:49,033 --> 00:20:50,700
It was a terrible time.
352
00:20:50,700 --> 00:20:52,167
It tore families apart,
353
00:20:52,167 --> 00:20:54,367
forced people to do things
they didn't want to do.
354
00:20:54,367 --> 00:20:57,233
I mean, send your kids away
or have them starve?
355
00:20:57,233 --> 00:20:59,100
That's not much of a choice.
356
00:20:59,100 --> 00:21:02,067
Some people
could never get over it.
357
00:21:02,067 --> 00:21:03,667
And then Earl King,
358
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he was Daisie's third husband,
and he died a few years ago.
359
00:21:07,067 --> 00:21:12,700
After Daisie King's third
husband died in the mid 1950s,
360
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she was now in a good situation.
361
00:21:16,567 --> 00:21:21,233
And she decided
to buy a house for Jack,
362
00:21:21,233 --> 00:21:24,633
who now has his own family.
363
00:21:26,800 --> 00:21:30,100
And create a basement apartment
for herself,
364
00:21:30,100 --> 00:21:35,467
perhaps she was trying
to undo something from the past
365
00:21:35,467 --> 00:21:39,900
that would make her
feel better.
366
00:21:43,133 --> 00:21:45,500
Is that when you started,
what is it, the, uh --
367
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the Crown-A.
The Crown-A.
368
00:21:46,800 --> 00:21:48,400
Yeah, that's right.
369
00:21:48,400 --> 00:21:51,833
Daisie thought
that it might be a good idea
370
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to open a restaurant,
and I'd manage it.
371
00:21:54,333 --> 00:21:55,967
Raine:
When Daisie came into money,
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she was trying
to make reparations.
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00:21:58,933 --> 00:22:03,900
She was in a position to be able
to put the family together
374
00:22:03,900 --> 00:22:06,800
in a way she was never able
to do before.
375
00:22:06,800 --> 00:22:11,067
But she was
in a bad place,
376
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like really struggling,
you know?
377
00:22:15,633 --> 00:22:18,367
When Helen is talking to the FBI
about her mother,
378
00:22:18,367 --> 00:22:20,667
she's describing a woman
379
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who really could never be happy
with things in life,
380
00:22:23,633 --> 00:22:26,067
even when things
were going well.
381
00:22:31,200 --> 00:22:35,600
She couldn't take enjoyment
from those moments,
382
00:22:35,600 --> 00:22:39,967
and Helen's mother is a woman
who you could never hug.
383
00:22:39,967 --> 00:22:41,733
You couldn't really
call her "Mom."
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00:22:41,733 --> 00:22:44,333
She always wanted
to be called "Daisie."
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00:22:44,333 --> 00:22:47,200
And Helen, at that point,
shocked the FBI
386
00:22:47,200 --> 00:22:51,467
and says that her mother was
a woman who had mood swings,
387
00:22:51,467 --> 00:22:54,700
and that on one occasion
she had attempted suicide.
388
00:22:59,300 --> 00:23:03,733
All right, I want to hear
everything Daisie did that day.
389
00:23:03,733 --> 00:23:08,433
Uh, Daisie came upstairs
with her bag.
390
00:23:08,433 --> 00:23:13,067
Jack told the FBI agents
that his mother was very quirky
391
00:23:13,067 --> 00:23:14,767
when it came
to packing her case.
392
00:23:14,767 --> 00:23:16,667
Only she was to pack her items.
393
00:23:16,667 --> 00:23:19,100
She didn't want any help
from anyone.
394
00:23:19,100 --> 00:23:20,800
I wanted to loan her
a sweater,
395
00:23:20,800 --> 00:23:23,133
but I had to give it
straight to her.
396
00:23:23,133 --> 00:23:24,667
Field:
And Gloria chimed in and said,
397
00:23:24,667 --> 00:23:26,433
"Oh, yeah,
that's the way she was.
398
00:23:26,433 --> 00:23:27,900
She packed her own luggage."
399
00:23:27,900 --> 00:23:29,733
And had you seen
what she was packing?
400
00:23:29,733 --> 00:23:32,867
Uh, well, uh, ammunition.
401
00:23:32,867 --> 00:23:36,267
She was real excited
about the caribou season.
402
00:23:36,267 --> 00:23:39,933
Tamm: The sister confirmed
that her mother intended to hunt
403
00:23:39,933 --> 00:23:42,133
when she was in Alaska.
404
00:23:46,067 --> 00:23:48,467
[ Engine turns over ]
405
00:23:56,900 --> 00:23:58,700
Jack,
we're going to be late!
406
00:23:58,700 --> 00:24:00,633
I know, I know,
I'm going as fast as I can!
407
00:24:00,633 --> 00:24:01,800
[ Engine revs ]
408
00:24:01,800 --> 00:24:02,800
[ Sighs ]
409
00:24:02,800 --> 00:24:03,967
At this point,
410
00:24:03,967 --> 00:24:06,333
Daisie was starting
to get irritated with him
411
00:24:06,333 --> 00:24:07,933
because he was running late.
412
00:24:07,933 --> 00:24:11,933
[ Indistinct shouting ]
413
00:24:14,767 --> 00:24:19,400
Raine: They then walked
towards the departure area,
414
00:24:19,400 --> 00:24:23,233
and Daisie wants
to buy flight insurance.
415
00:24:23,233 --> 00:24:27,767
So she gives Jack
several quarters,
416
00:24:27,767 --> 00:24:31,833
and he buys
three life-insurance policies.
417
00:24:31,833 --> 00:24:37,067
One is listed in his name,
the other policy is for Helen,
418
00:24:37,067 --> 00:24:39,900
and the third policy
is for Daisie's sister.
419
00:24:39,900 --> 00:24:42,567
Each was for
the lowest amount possible.
420
00:24:42,567 --> 00:24:46,400
Then she goes
to the ticketing agent.
421
00:24:46,400 --> 00:24:47,900
Hello, there.
422
00:24:47,900 --> 00:24:48,967
Woman: Hello!
423
00:24:48,967 --> 00:24:51,467
And what
is our destination today?
424
00:24:51,467 --> 00:24:53,633
Seattle,
then Anchorage.
425
00:24:53,633 --> 00:24:55,100
And are you
checking any bags?
426
00:24:55,100 --> 00:24:56,100
Yes.
427
00:24:57,667 --> 00:25:01,667
Ooph,
that is a heavy one!
428
00:25:01,667 --> 00:25:06,633
Jenkins: Would this person
have reason for suicide?
429
00:25:06,633 --> 00:25:08,600
{\an8}From the investigator's
perspective,
430
00:25:08,600 --> 00:25:11,067
{\an8}things begin to converge.
431
00:25:11,067 --> 00:25:13,267
Raine:
In the case of Daisie,
432
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they knew
that she had volatile moods.
433
00:25:16,067 --> 00:25:19,667
They knew that she had
previously attempted suicide.
434
00:25:19,667 --> 00:25:24,700
She also had talked
about the idea
435
00:25:24,700 --> 00:25:26,967
that there could be
a flight disaster.
436
00:25:26,967 --> 00:25:30,067
She talked about the fact
that this plane may just blow up
437
00:25:30,067 --> 00:25:31,533
and she may be killed.
438
00:25:31,533 --> 00:25:39,067
We have a number of cases that
were suicide insurance scams.
439
00:25:39,067 --> 00:25:42,133
They may have wanted to provide
440
00:25:42,133 --> 00:25:44,200
for the surviving members
of their family.
441
00:25:44,200 --> 00:25:48,600
Raine: And she had insisted
on taking out life insurance
442
00:25:48,600 --> 00:25:51,600
on her life
just before the flight.
443
00:25:55,533 --> 00:25:56,800
At that point,
444
00:25:56,800 --> 00:25:59,867
exploration really becomes
case construction.
445
00:25:59,867 --> 00:26:03,833
And, uh,
these are the last two.
446
00:26:03,833 --> 00:26:05,267
That's it?
447
00:26:10,900 --> 00:26:12,767
So the FBI looked deeper,
448
00:26:12,767 --> 00:26:16,067
and it turned out
this wasn't the first time
449
00:26:16,067 --> 00:26:19,067
a bomb had exploded
around Daisie King.
450
00:26:26,900 --> 00:26:31,933
Field:
In September of 1955,
451
00:26:31,933 --> 00:26:35,833
the Crown-A drive-in
had a large fire.
452
00:26:35,833 --> 00:26:37,767
{\an8}Glass had blown out
into the street.
453
00:26:38,667 --> 00:26:40,233
{\an8}Tamm:
That restaurant had
454
00:26:40,233 --> 00:26:43,133
{\an8}had an explosion occur inside
from a gas leak,
455
00:26:43,133 --> 00:26:46,433
{\an8}and they had received
an insurance settlement
456
00:26:46,433 --> 00:26:47,867
{\an8}for that damage.
457
00:26:47,867 --> 00:26:51,733
Woman: When the FBI got wind of
this explosion happening
458
00:26:51,733 --> 00:26:53,767
just two months
before the plane blew up,
459
00:26:53,767 --> 00:26:55,900
they knew it was time
to take a closer look
460
00:26:55,900 --> 00:26:58,967
at what was going on
at that drive-in.
461
00:26:58,967 --> 00:27:03,867
Was Daisie behind it all, or
was someone trying to hurt her?
462
00:27:03,867 --> 00:27:04,933
Jack!
463
00:27:07,700 --> 00:27:09,167
What are we gonna do
about this?
464
00:27:09,167 --> 00:27:10,800
Don't worry about it.
465
00:27:10,800 --> 00:27:14,167
Field: The business was losing
money and she blamed Jack,
466
00:27:14,167 --> 00:27:15,900
and she started making noises
467
00:27:15,900 --> 00:27:18,333
about wanting
to sell the business.
468
00:27:18,333 --> 00:27:20,533
You've got to learn.
469
00:27:20,533 --> 00:27:23,967
{\an8}Daisie controlled
all the financial aspects
470
00:27:23,967 --> 00:27:25,367
{\an8}of the business.
471
00:27:25,367 --> 00:27:27,533
Field:
If the restaurant was sold,
472
00:27:27,533 --> 00:27:29,967
Jack Graham would've been
out of a job,
473
00:27:29,967 --> 00:27:32,333
and all of the money
would've gone to his mother.
474
00:27:32,333 --> 00:27:36,200
Raine: So, the FBI looked
with greater scrutiny
475
00:27:36,200 --> 00:27:41,633
at the financial effect
of Daisie's death on that plane.
476
00:27:41,633 --> 00:27:45,167
The approximate value of
Daisie's estate in today's money
477
00:27:45,167 --> 00:27:47,433
would be nearly
a million dollars.
478
00:27:47,433 --> 00:27:48,833
Who would that go to?
479
00:27:48,833 --> 00:27:52,333
Daisie's children,
Helen and Jack.
480
00:27:52,333 --> 00:27:56,733
Well, now it seemed like
maybe Jack had reason
481
00:27:56,733 --> 00:27:58,733
to want
to get rid of his mother.
482
00:28:07,933 --> 00:28:11,633
Jack,
can you get these?
483
00:28:14,133 --> 00:28:17,967
Those FBI men took a closer
look at that Jack Graham.
484
00:28:21,467 --> 00:28:25,867
The FBI discovered that Jack
Graham previously had, in fact,
485
00:28:25,867 --> 00:28:29,267
himself worked
at the same insurance company
486
00:28:29,267 --> 00:28:33,467
that had been insuring
the drive-in restaurant.
487
00:28:35,100 --> 00:28:39,067
All:
Three, two, one!
488
00:28:39,067 --> 00:28:41,567
[ Cheering ]
489
00:28:46,867 --> 00:28:50,900
Field: It was an incredibly
mercurial relationship
490
00:28:50,900 --> 00:28:53,733
between Jack and Daisie.
491
00:28:53,733 --> 00:28:56,400
They would often
be screaming at each other
492
00:28:56,400 --> 00:28:58,600
in front of the employees.
493
00:28:58,600 --> 00:29:01,300
Different people reached out
to the FBI
494
00:29:01,300 --> 00:29:04,100
and said,
"You oughta look at Jack Graham."
495
00:29:04,100 --> 00:29:06,933
"He had something to do
with this explosion
496
00:29:06,933 --> 00:29:10,200
at the Crown-A drive-in."
497
00:29:16,300 --> 00:29:17,300
It fit?
498
00:29:17,300 --> 00:29:19,100
Let's see
what we got.
499
00:29:19,100 --> 00:29:20,100
Here.
500
00:29:23,167 --> 00:29:26,300
At that point,
501
00:29:26,300 --> 00:29:30,833
they identified a few personal
effects of Daisie King's.
502
00:29:30,833 --> 00:29:32,633
What is it?
503
00:29:35,133 --> 00:29:36,833
Jesus.
504
00:29:36,833 --> 00:29:42,700
And the FBI found a faded
newspaper clipping from 1951
505
00:29:42,700 --> 00:29:46,967
that indicated that Jack Graham
had been involved
506
00:29:46,967 --> 00:29:50,333
in a check-forging scheme.
507
00:29:50,333 --> 00:29:54,867
Daisie helped pay
some of the restitution
508
00:29:54,867 --> 00:29:58,433
to try to persuade the judge
to go easy on him,
509
00:29:58,433 --> 00:30:01,733
and ultimately,
he was placed on probation.
510
00:30:05,867 --> 00:30:07,800
Mr. Graham.
511
00:30:09,467 --> 00:30:11,367
Afternoon.
How are you?
512
00:30:11,367 --> 00:30:12,400
I'm well.
513
00:30:12,400 --> 00:30:15,200
We, uh, we recovered
some personal effects
514
00:30:15,200 --> 00:30:17,333
that may have been
your mother's.
515
00:30:17,333 --> 00:30:19,667
But writing bad checks
is a far cry
516
00:30:19,667 --> 00:30:22,767
from blowing up an airplane
and killing 44 people.
517
00:30:22,767 --> 00:30:24,567
Besides, it seems like Daisie
518
00:30:24,567 --> 00:30:26,933
was cleaning up
after Jack's messes.
519
00:30:26,933 --> 00:30:29,300
Why would he cut
the apron strings?
520
00:30:29,300 --> 00:30:31,167
Yeah,
I'd love to have them.
521
00:30:31,167 --> 00:30:32,333
[ Coughing ]
522
00:30:32,333 --> 00:30:35,100
I'm sorry, can I trouble you
for a glass of water?
523
00:30:35,100 --> 00:30:36,400
Uh, yeah,
my wife's inside.
524
00:30:36,400 --> 00:30:37,567
Man:
Here's another one.
525
00:30:40,200 --> 00:30:42,967
Yeah, th-this.
526
00:30:52,000 --> 00:30:54,167
Is Jack coming in?
527
00:30:54,167 --> 00:30:55,233
Mm.
528
00:30:55,233 --> 00:30:56,933
They'll just be
a few more minutes.
529
00:30:56,933 --> 00:30:59,567
Do you mind
if I just ask you one thing?
530
00:30:59,567 --> 00:31:03,333
There must be some little part
of that day that you remember
531
00:31:03,333 --> 00:31:04,933
that slipped Jack's mind.
532
00:31:04,933 --> 00:31:06,267
No.
533
00:31:06,267 --> 00:31:09,733
Field: When the FBI agents
interviewed Gloria Graham,
534
00:31:09,733 --> 00:31:14,333
she corroborated
Jack's timeline of the day.
535
00:31:20,067 --> 00:31:22,567
You know,
there was one thing.
536
00:31:22,567 --> 00:31:23,767
And it's sad
537
00:31:23,767 --> 00:31:27,067
because Jack was doing
something nice for his mother
538
00:31:27,067 --> 00:31:28,933
and she'll never know.
539
00:31:35,867 --> 00:31:39,767
Raine: She saw Jack
carrying a wrapped present.
540
00:31:39,767 --> 00:31:41,733
And this, she thought,
was the present
541
00:31:41,733 --> 00:31:46,267
that he had talked to her about
giving to his mother.
542
00:31:46,267 --> 00:31:48,767
Thank you very much,
Mrs. Graham.
543
00:31:55,100 --> 00:32:01,100
Field: A few days later,
FBI agents searched his house.
544
00:32:07,300 --> 00:32:12,233
And the agents found, hidden
behind a piece of furniture,
545
00:32:12,233 --> 00:32:15,433
a insurance policy
that had issued
546
00:32:15,433 --> 00:32:19,633
from one of the insurance kiosks
at the airport
547
00:32:19,633 --> 00:32:25,300
for over $30,000 with
Jack Graham as the beneficiary,
548
00:32:25,300 --> 00:32:27,833
which was far in excess
of Jack Graham's claim
549
00:32:27,833 --> 00:32:30,200
that he had just bought
the minimal policy.
550
00:32:40,133 --> 00:32:43,067
B456.
551
00:32:43,067 --> 00:32:46,467
They found spools of copper wire
552
00:32:46,467 --> 00:32:49,233
similar to the wire that
was recovered at the crash site.
553
00:32:51,733 --> 00:32:54,067
And they located
a hardware store
554
00:32:54,067 --> 00:32:56,467
in the town
of Kremmling, Colorado,
555
00:32:56,467 --> 00:32:57,900
and the owner
of the hardware store,
556
00:32:57,900 --> 00:32:59,067
and he picked Graham out
557
00:32:59,067 --> 00:33:01,133
as the person he'd sold
the dynamite to.
558
00:33:06,500 --> 00:33:08,967
Jack, we just wanted
to ask you a few more questions.
559
00:33:08,967 --> 00:33:12,467
We searched your house,
and we found a few items in it
560
00:33:12,467 --> 00:33:15,300
that don't match up
with what you told us.
561
00:33:15,300 --> 00:33:16,433
Okay.
562
00:33:16,433 --> 00:33:18,400
Yeah,
whatever I can do to help.
563
00:33:18,400 --> 00:33:20,833
Man: We found
an insurance policy,
564
00:33:20,833 --> 00:33:24,133
but it wasn't the
insurance policy that you said.
565
00:33:24,133 --> 00:33:27,300
It was for $37,000.
566
00:33:28,967 --> 00:33:30,967
I -- I don't know
what to tell you about that.
567
00:33:30,967 --> 00:33:32,667
That doesn't sound
quite right.
568
00:33:32,667 --> 00:33:36,533
And we found some copper wire
down in the garage.
569
00:33:36,533 --> 00:33:40,967
Well, we -- we use copper wiring
at the restaurant, um...
570
00:33:40,967 --> 00:33:42,967
It's the same copper wire
571
00:33:42,967 --> 00:33:46,133
that matched the detonating
device on the aircraft.
572
00:34:09,600 --> 00:34:13,533
And what Jack Graham told
the FBI -- it was unbelievable.
573
00:34:13,533 --> 00:34:17,367
We couldn't have imagined it
in our wildest nightmares.
574
00:34:26,233 --> 00:34:28,833
Man: What do you have
to say, Jack?
575
00:34:34,667 --> 00:34:38,800
Woman: 44 people died when
United 629 exploded in the sky
576
00:34:38,800 --> 00:34:40,667
over Longmont, Colorado.
577
00:34:40,667 --> 00:34:44,567
Just 12 days later, the FBI
got Jack Graham to talk.
578
00:34:46,467 --> 00:34:51,267
Well, it all started
at the restaurant.
579
00:34:51,267 --> 00:34:54,567
Daisie was raising hell again.
580
00:34:54,567 --> 00:34:56,600
And I'd had enough.
581
00:35:02,167 --> 00:35:05,300
It's pretty simple.
582
00:35:05,300 --> 00:35:09,533
{\an8}Tamm: Used a six-volt battery
and electric caps
583
00:35:09,533 --> 00:35:11,733
{\an8}to explode the dynamite,
584
00:35:11,733 --> 00:35:16,067
{\an8}and he had to find a timer
that would give him enough time
585
00:35:16,067 --> 00:35:18,900
{\an8}to get the bag onboard
and blow up.
586
00:35:18,900 --> 00:35:21,067
Now, different than
in this digital age,
587
00:35:21,067 --> 00:35:23,967
back then, you would just
have had an analog timer.
588
00:35:23,967 --> 00:35:29,733
He used an appliance timer,
had 60 minutes on it.
589
00:35:32,900 --> 00:35:34,533
Jack,
we're going to be late!
590
00:35:34,533 --> 00:35:36,667
Don't worry about it,
Daisie.
591
00:35:36,667 --> 00:35:38,700
So that's why he took his mother
to the airport
592
00:35:38,700 --> 00:35:41,667
at the last moment
to get her on the aircraft.
593
00:35:44,067 --> 00:35:47,267
[ Indistinct shouting ]
594
00:35:49,967 --> 00:35:52,567
And are you
checking any bags?
595
00:35:52,567 --> 00:35:54,300
Daisie: Yes.
596
00:35:54,300 --> 00:35:57,900
Ooph,
that is a heavy one!
597
00:35:57,900 --> 00:36:01,067
I'm afraid it's about
30 pounds overweight.
598
00:36:01,067 --> 00:36:02,167
Oh?
599
00:36:02,167 --> 00:36:05,267
You'll have to pay $27.82,
600
00:36:05,267 --> 00:36:09,233
or you can unpack some things
and send it by freight.
601
00:36:09,233 --> 00:36:11,067
We have a freight office
in the airport.
602
00:36:11,067 --> 00:36:13,833
Jack,
come here!
603
00:36:13,833 --> 00:36:14,933
What?
604
00:36:14,933 --> 00:36:16,400
My bag's overweight.
605
00:36:16,400 --> 00:36:20,833
It's $27, and the girl says
I can unpack it
606
00:36:20,833 --> 00:36:22,900
and then ship some of it
by freight.
607
00:36:22,900 --> 00:36:23,933
What should I do?
608
00:36:23,933 --> 00:36:26,500
You don't want
to do that.
609
00:36:26,500 --> 00:36:27,600
I mean, the last thing
you want to do
610
00:36:27,600 --> 00:36:28,700
is get all the way there
611
00:36:28,700 --> 00:36:29,900
and realize
that the one thing you need,
612
00:36:29,900 --> 00:36:31,100
you left here.
613
00:36:31,100 --> 00:36:33,567
Who knows how long
the freight's gonna take?
614
00:36:33,567 --> 00:36:36,900
{\an8}There are four people
having a conversation
615
00:36:36,900 --> 00:36:39,933
{\an8}about whether or not
to open this suitcase
616
00:36:39,933 --> 00:36:44,100
{\an8}while there's a bomb inside
with a timer ticking down,
617
00:36:44,100 --> 00:36:45,233
{\an8}and he knows that that bomb
618
00:36:45,233 --> 00:36:46,867
{\an8}is the first thing
that they're gonna see
619
00:36:46,867 --> 00:36:50,700
{\an8}when they open that bag,
and he is very insistent --
620
00:36:50,700 --> 00:36:54,633
{\an8}pay the extra,
don't open the bag.
621
00:36:54,633 --> 00:36:56,100
[ Ticking ]
622
00:36:56,100 --> 00:36:58,733
Yeah,
you're right.
623
00:36:58,733 --> 00:36:59,833
I'll pay.
624
00:36:59,833 --> 00:37:02,700
Woman: Will that be cash
or personal check?
625
00:37:02,700 --> 00:37:05,367
And so, she paid extra
626
00:37:05,367 --> 00:37:09,200
to take the 30-something
extra pounds of luggage.
627
00:37:09,200 --> 00:37:11,867
If Daisie
had been a little cheaper,
628
00:37:11,867 --> 00:37:14,767
if she'd been
a little more inquisitive,
629
00:37:14,767 --> 00:37:16,267
this never would've happened
630
00:37:16,267 --> 00:37:20,167
because they came very close
to opening that suitcase.
631
00:37:25,333 --> 00:37:27,333
It turned out
Jack hated his mother
632
00:37:27,333 --> 00:37:30,367
more than anyone had imagined.
633
00:37:31,933 --> 00:37:33,833
Raine:
Why did Jack do this?
634
00:37:33,833 --> 00:37:35,533
At the age of 10,
635
00:37:35,533 --> 00:37:39,200
when his mother remarried
in the 1940s,
636
00:37:39,200 --> 00:37:40,533
he thought, "This is it.
637
00:37:40,533 --> 00:37:43,633
"I'm going to be free
of the foster home."
638
00:37:43,633 --> 00:37:45,567
But no, Jack is sent back.
639
00:37:45,567 --> 00:37:49,800
He has a mother who can now
afford to have him in the home,
640
00:37:49,800 --> 00:37:52,333
but she just doesn't want him.
641
00:37:52,333 --> 00:37:55,367
Field:
A few years after that,
642
00:37:55,367 --> 00:37:59,433
this woman who had abandoned him
now comes back into his life,
643
00:37:59,433 --> 00:38:02,133
and now his mother
is his landlord
644
00:38:02,133 --> 00:38:04,833
because she helps him
buy the house
645
00:38:04,833 --> 00:38:08,267
and she's living
down in the basement.
646
00:38:08,267 --> 00:38:13,667
And she also builds a restaurant
and has him manage it.
647
00:38:13,667 --> 00:38:17,067
So now she's his boss
and his landlord
648
00:38:17,067 --> 00:38:19,367
and his downstairs tenant --
649
00:38:19,367 --> 00:38:23,167
just a very smothering presence
in his life.
650
00:38:23,167 --> 00:38:25,200
{\an8}There's two
contrasting options here.
651
00:38:25,200 --> 00:38:27,733
{\an8}On the one hand,
if Daisie lives,
652
00:38:27,733 --> 00:38:30,600
{\an8}then the business
is going to be sold,
653
00:38:30,600 --> 00:38:32,067
{\an8}Jack is without a job,
654
00:38:32,067 --> 00:38:35,167
{\an8}and he has a wife
and two children to look after.
655
00:38:35,167 --> 00:38:39,333
On the other hand,
if Daisie were to die,
656
00:38:39,333 --> 00:38:42,900
then Jack
inherits the restaurant.
657
00:38:42,900 --> 00:38:46,100
He gains the life insurance.
658
00:38:46,100 --> 00:38:50,100
So given these two choices,
Jack decides on the latter.
659
00:38:50,100 --> 00:38:53,433
He decides to kill his mother.
660
00:39:01,567 --> 00:39:03,667
Man: Put your hands
on the desk, please.
661
00:39:15,800 --> 00:39:18,833
{\an8}Sargent:
At the time of the explosion,
662
00:39:18,833 --> 00:39:21,667
{\an8}there were no federal laws
on the books
663
00:39:21,667 --> 00:39:25,300
{\an8}that said blowing up
a commercial airline is a crime.
664
00:39:25,300 --> 00:39:27,100
No one had done it before.
665
00:39:27,100 --> 00:39:29,167
No one had even envisioned it.
666
00:39:29,167 --> 00:39:33,067
Field: The District Attorney
for Denver at that time
667
00:39:33,067 --> 00:39:35,767
made a decision
that he would file
668
00:39:35,767 --> 00:39:39,933
a single charge of intentional
and deliberate murder,
669
00:39:39,933 --> 00:39:42,567
with Daisie King as the victim.
670
00:39:42,567 --> 00:39:44,233
Raine: At the end,
671
00:39:44,233 --> 00:39:49,167
Jack Graham was found guilty
of murder in the first degree.
672
00:39:49,167 --> 00:39:54,100
He was sentenced
to death in a gas chamber.
673
00:39:54,100 --> 00:39:59,133
Jenkins: He was executed
in January of 1957,
674
00:39:59,133 --> 00:40:03,867
so only 14 months passed
between the time of the crime
675
00:40:03,867 --> 00:40:08,167
and the resolution
with the execution of Graham.
676
00:40:11,333 --> 00:40:14,500
Sargent: Just a few weeks after
Jack Graham was found guilty,
677
00:40:14,500 --> 00:40:19,000
on July 14, 1956,
Dwight D. Eisenhower,
678
00:40:19,000 --> 00:40:21,167
President of the United States
at that time,
679
00:40:21,167 --> 00:40:23,133
signed a bill into law
680
00:40:23,133 --> 00:40:28,167
prohibiting the intentional
bombing of a commercial airline.
681
00:40:28,167 --> 00:40:32,833
Jack Graham became
the stuff of nightmares,
682
00:40:32,833 --> 00:40:37,133
someone unimaginable
before all of this.
683
00:40:37,133 --> 00:40:40,367
What kind of monster
could wait in that room
684
00:40:40,367 --> 00:40:42,933
and lay eyes
on all those people,
685
00:40:42,933 --> 00:40:45,900
a life ahead of each
and every one of them,
686
00:40:45,900 --> 00:40:48,533
knowing he was about
to kill them all?
687
00:40:50,433 --> 00:40:54,800
Raine: He has a personality
which is psychopathic.
688
00:40:54,800 --> 00:40:56,733
He lacks a sense of guilt.
689
00:40:56,733 --> 00:40:59,733
Getting that money
mattered far more to him
690
00:40:59,733 --> 00:41:01,067
than the lives
691
00:41:01,067 --> 00:41:04,567
of those 44 innocent men,
women, and children.
692
00:41:04,567 --> 00:41:07,833
This man really changed
the psychological mentality
693
00:41:07,833 --> 00:41:10,733
of people in the mid-1950s.
694
00:41:10,733 --> 00:41:15,833
It's almost like technology
meeting evil.
695
00:41:18,867 --> 00:41:20,133
Man on P.A.:
Ladies and gentlemen,
696
00:41:20,133 --> 00:41:22,333
629 is about to depart.
697
00:41:22,333 --> 00:41:28,633
{\an8}Jenkins: Daisie King curiously
somehow arouses less sympathy.
698
00:41:28,633 --> 00:41:32,667
{\an8}We're not saying
the woman deserved to die,
699
00:41:32,667 --> 00:41:35,967
{\an8}but we can connect her as
the target with the perpetrator.
700
00:41:37,633 --> 00:41:44,067
The other people
are random victims,
701
00:41:44,067 --> 00:41:46,833
and the randomness
affects us differently.
702
00:41:46,833 --> 00:41:51,067
It causes greater fear
because we more easily
703
00:41:51,067 --> 00:41:55,600
can put ourselves
into the seats on that airplane.
704
00:42:04,333 --> 00:42:07,933
Sargent: America lost
its innocence to some extent.
705
00:42:07,933 --> 00:42:10,367
It shook the country
to its core.
706
00:42:10,367 --> 00:42:13,567
For the first time, people were
vulnerable in the sky
707
00:42:13,567 --> 00:42:15,867
[ Dog barking in distance ]
708
00:42:13,567 --> 00:42:15,867
in a way
they had never been before.
709
00:42:15,867 --> 00:42:23,333
? Oh, bury me
beneath the willow ?
710
00:42:23,333 --> 00:42:28,167
? Under
the weeping willow tree ?
711
00:42:28,167 --> 00:42:30,833
Woman: I was so sad for those
people and their families.
712
00:42:30,833 --> 00:42:32,933
So much loss.
713
00:42:32,933 --> 00:42:36,867
But I was also sad
for myself and my husband
714
00:42:36,867 --> 00:42:41,567
and for my two children
because the world was changing,
715
00:42:41,567 --> 00:42:44,133
things I couldn't even
imagine yet.
716
00:42:44,133 --> 00:42:46,933
And I thought about how much
we have to trust each other,
717
00:42:46,933 --> 00:42:48,767
and I thought about
718
00:42:48,767 --> 00:42:52,767
how when just one person
breaks that faith,
719
00:42:52,767 --> 00:42:54,600
no one is safe.
720
00:42:54,600 --> 00:42:58,600
[ Airplane engine roars ]
721
00:43:14,500 --> 00:43:21,167
{\an8}? So she may know
where I am sleeping ?
722
00:43:21,167 --> 00:43:26,300
{\an8}? And perhaps
she'll weep for me ?
723
00:43:26,350 --> 00:43:30,900
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