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THANK YOU.
>> JUST AS THE NEWS CAME THROUGH
FROM THE MALAYSIAN PRIME
MINISTER, HOW ARE YOU AND YOUR
FAMILY REACTING AND COPING AS
YOU HEARD THOSE WORDS COME FROM
THE MALAYSIAN PRIME MINISTER'S
MOUTH, SORT OF THE FINAL WORD ON
THE FATE OF THIS PLANE?
>> THE ONLY CONCERN WHICH I HAVE
IS, JIM, I HAVE BEEN A CAPTAIN
IN THE NAVY FOR A VERY LONG
TIME.
I'VE BEEN SAILING FOR 38 YEARS
BUT THEY HAVE NOT FOUND -- I'VE
SAILED THOSE OCEANS SEVERAL
TIMES MYSELF.
BUT THEY HAVE NOT FOUND ANY
DEBRIS.
THEY HAVE NOT FOUND THE BLACK
BOX AND THEY HAVE CONCLUDED ON
THE BASIS OF SATELLITE --
THERE'S BEEN NO -- I MEAN,
ACCORDING TO ME, I'M SURE THEY
HAVE COME TO A CONCLUSION THEY
HAVE THEIR OWN -- MUST HAVE
DEFINITELY PUT ALL OF THE FACTS
TOGETHER BUT THEY HAVE NOT FOUND
ANY DEBRIS, NEITHER THE BLACK
BOX AND I HOPE THEY ARE
CONTINUING THE SEARCH TO SHOW --
JUST FOR THE RELATIVES TO SEE
THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING AND
IT'S CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE.
>> IN YOUR EXPERIENCE AS A
MEMBER OF THE INDIAN MERCHANT
NAVY, YOU SAILED THROUGH THESE
WATERS.
YOU KNOW JUST HOW REMOTE THEY
ARE AND HOW INHOSPITABLE THEY
ARE, JUST THE WEATHER AND SO ON.
AS YOU WOULD SALE THROUGH THERE,
DID YOU SEE A LOT OF DEBRIS?
DID YOU SEE GARBAGE AND OTHER
THINGS FLOATING THROUGH THE
WATER THAT WOULD MAKE THIS
SEARCH MORE DIFFICULT?
>> YES.
IT'S ONE OF THE CONCENTRATED
PATCHES FOR GARBAGE, ALSO.
ALL OF THE GARBAGE COLLECTS
TOGETHER AND ACCUMULATING
TOGETHER AND STICKS TOGETHER AND
SOMETIMES ON THE SHIP I HAVE
NOTED IT GIVING AN ECHO AS IF IT
WERE A SMALL ISLAND, YOU KNOW.
>> I WONDER IF YOU COULD TALK
MORE ABOUT YOUR SISTER.
SHE WAS TRAVELING, ON HER WAY TO
A CONFERENCE IN MONGOLIA LEAVING
BEHIND A DAUGHTER IN COLLEGE, A
HUSBAND, OF COURSE, YOU, THE
REST OF THE FAMILY.
TELL ME, WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS
ABOUT HER TODAY AS THIS NEWS
COMES THROUGH?
>> YEAH.
IT'S VERY SAD.
IT'S DEFINITELY VERY SAD.
IT'S -- YEP.
IT'S VERY SAD.
EVERYBODY'S -- I MEAN, HAS BEEN
WAITING ANXIOUSLY 16 DAYS AND
THERE HAVE BEEN VARIOUS STORIES
AND, YOU KNOW, LOTS OF THINGS
COMING UP AND FINALLY THE PRIME
MINISTER OF MALAYSIA HAS
CONCLUDED AND I -- YES.
THE ONLY THING I HOPE, THEY
DON'T GIVE UP THE SEARCH.
JUST FOR -- I SUPPOSE I WANT TO
SEE SOMETHING FROM THE SEAS, I
JUST WANT TO SEE THE DEBRIS AND
THE BLACK BOX TO KNOW WHAT
HAPPENED BECAUSE THERE ARE TOO
MANY UNANSWERED QUESTIONS.
WHY DID IT FLY LOW?
TOO MANY QUESTIONS IN MY MIND.
>> I WONDER IF YOU COULD TELL US
MORE ABOUT YOUR SISTER, MAYBE
THE LAST TIME YOU SPOKE WITH HER
BEFORE SHE GOT ON BOARD THIS
FLIGHT AND WHAT YOU REMEMBER OF
THAT LAST CONVERSATION OR MAYBE
YOUR LAST MEETING.
>> LAST CONVERSATION, SHE SAID
SHE WAS GOING -- I THINK SHE
SAID SHE WAS GOING TO LUMPUR,
THE LAST CONVERSATION BEFORE
THAT WAS, I HAD JUST BOUGHT A
PUPPY DOG AND SHE SAID, DON'T
SCARE THE PUPPY DOG.
SHE WAS A VERY SENSITIVE HUMAN
BEING AND VERY FRIENDLY WITH
EVERYONE.
LIKE I -- SHE WAS A SOCIAL
WORKER ALL HER LIFE.
SHE'S DONE VERY GOOD SOCIAL WORK
FOR THE FISHERMEN OF THE WORLD
AND SHE'S VERY SENSITIVE BY
NATURE AND VERY CARING TOWARDS
EVERYBODY.
SO THAT IS IT WHAT MY MEMORY IS.
>> I NOTICE YOU USED THE PRESENT
TENSE.
DO YOU STILL HOLD OUT HOPE THAT
POSSIBLY SEARCHERS FIND DEBRIS
THAT THEY MIGHT FIND SURVIVORS?
DOES THAT AT ALL SUSTAIN ITSELF,
THAT HOPE SUSTAIN ITSELF IN YOUR
MIND AND IN YOUR HEART?
>> JIM, I COME FROM AN INDUSTRY
WHERE SHIPS GET HIJACKED AND
THEY DON'T RELEASE THE PEOPLE
FOR SIX MONTHS.
THERE HAVE BEEN COLLEAGUES OF
MINE WHO HAVE BEEN HIJACKED AND