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He saw at least a dozen people still in their seats. Their clothes were torn or blown or burned from their bodies, “completely naked in front, missing limbs, missing faces, some breathing, some moaning, and others just deader than a door nail.Laurence Gonzales
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Joan Wernick said she took two lessons from the crash. “You’re going to die when you’re supposed to die.Laurence Gonzales
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Finally, I will never forget stopping near a lovely young girl still strapped to her seat, breathing slightly. Her blouse was white, her slacks were blue. At the end of the trousers were two snow-white ankle bones where her feet used to be. I had never seen the whiteness of bones that are freshly exposed like that.Laurence Gonzales
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As he walked along the runway, he came upon a United Airlines pilot. “He tried to sit up, ” Martz said. “I saw a huge triangular hole in his forehead and I told him to just lie still and that help was on the way, but it was too late for him.Laurence Gonzales