CBS Evening News - 1999-07-18

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[0:03] determination in the face of fading

[0:05] hope.

[0:07] >> We are uh still searching for survivors.

[0:10] Um we are still looking for more clues

[0:13] as to where this plane might have gone

[0:15] in

[0:15] >> as the search for John F. Kennedy Jr.

[0:17] presses on. Americans search for meaning

[0:20] and consolation.

[0:22] >> He's like my own son.

[0:23] >> An incredible moment of deja vu for

[0:26] people of my generation. From

[0:27] Arlington's eternal flame to a stunned

[0:30] New York street, a nation is not yet

[0:33] ready to let Camelot's crown prince go.

[0:39] This is the CBS Evening News

[0:43] with Dan Rather reporting from CBS News

[0:46] headquarters in New York.

[0:48] >> Good evening. Darkness will soon bring

[0:50] an end to the second full day of

[0:52] searching off Marthur's Vineyard for the

[0:54] small plane carrying John F. Kennedy

[0:56] Jr., his wife, and her sister. The ocean

[0:59] has yielded fragments of a plane and

[1:01] some personal belongings, but there

[1:04] still is no sign of survivors or bodies.

[1:07] CBS's John Roberts is on the vineyard

[1:09] with the latest. John. Dan. Some late

[1:12] developments late this afternoon. The

[1:14] Coast Guard finally picked up what it

[1:15] considers a hard target. A brief weak

[1:18] signal from an ELT, an emergency locator

[1:21] transmitter in an area not far from this

[1:24] beach.

[1:25] With that discovery, the Coast Guard

[1:27] diverted the Noah research ship Rudy to

[1:30] the area. The Rudy had spent the day

[1:31] plumbing the waters off Gayhead with its

[1:33] special side scanning sonar capable of

[1:36] sweeping the bottom of the ocean to

[1:38] identify wreckage. But until now, it had

[1:40] no hard targets to home in on. If the

[1:43] plane went down in that area, it would

[1:45] certainly account for the debris that

[1:46] has been floating ashore for the past 2

[1:48] days. At dawn today, state police and

[1:52] beach rangers were combing the

[1:53] coastline, looking for whatever the tide

[1:55] and surf may have washed up on shore. It

[1:57] was the same piece of beach that a day

[1:59] earlier had yielded clues to the fate of

[2:01] the aircraft, its pilot, and two

[2:03] passengers.

[2:04] >> That rock with the sharp point is where

[2:06] the black suitcase is where the landing

[2:08] gear was found. And then out at that

[2:11] point, uh, several hundred yards beyond

[2:13] that is where the black suitcase was

[2:16] found. With the Coast Guard declaration

[2:18] this morning that it was still

[2:19] conducting a search and rescue

[2:21] operation, even with the debris coming

[2:23] up in small pieces, state police were

[2:25] putting on a brave face. The Coast Guard

[2:28] says it would indicate a fairly

[2:30] high-speed impact. Do you have a

[2:32] realistic thought that maybe somebody

[2:34] could have survived that impact and then

[2:36] survived as long out in the water as it

[2:39] has been up to this point?

[2:40] >> The survival in the water this time of

[2:42] year uh is academic. It is very

[2:44] possible. uh surviving the crash, people

[2:47] have survived much worse and walked away

[2:48] from it unscathed completely.

[2:50] >> But as the search went on into afternoon

[2:52] by air on the surface and underwater

[2:55] with sidescan sonar with no sign of

[2:58] survivors, even the Coast Guard had to

[3:00] admit that while it may be possible to

[3:02] live this long in that water, it's not

[3:04] probable.

[3:07] >> A little more for you now on this latest

[3:09] discovery. It's about 4 and 1/2 miles

[3:11] southwest of the point of Gayhead. It's

[3:13] in about 80 ft of water. The Noah ship

[3:16] Rudy is searching it now along with

[3:17] helicopters. I don't know how long the

[3:19] search will take, Dan, but I imagine

[3:21] that they might have an answer inside of

[3:22] a few hours. John Roberts on the

[3:25] vineyard. The National Transportation

[3:27] Safety Board has now officially taken

[3:29] over the reigns for the Marthur's

[3:30] Vineyard investigation. An investigation

[3:32] that could take up to 9 months. Our CBS

[3:36] News aviation expert Bob our says that

[3:38] so far there's precious little to go on.

[3:40] Bob.

[3:41] >> Dan. Meanwhile, bits of wreckage now

[3:42] have been recovered and all of the radar

[3:44] tapes have been reviewed. National

[3:46] Transportation Safety Board Chairman Jim

[3:48] Hall says the investigation really is

[3:49] just beginning and he says it's far too

[3:51] early to know what went wrong.

[3:55] >> At this point, we do not know.

[3:58] We will not know for some time.

[4:02] There is even a possibility we will

[4:04] never know.

[4:05] >> To this point, investigators have little

[4:07] physical evidence to work with. Only

[4:09] small parts of the plane have been

[4:11] found, and they apparently don't provide

[4:13] significant clues as to what may have

[4:14] gone wrong. But even with the lack of

[4:17] evidence, investigators are asking

[4:19] questions about John F. Kennedy Jr.'s

[4:21] piloting skills and the challenge he

[4:23] faced Friday night. A CBS News camera

[4:26] crew flew the same route towards

[4:27] Martha's Vineyard in the same kind of

[4:30] plane and like Kennedy at night. Here's

[4:33] the view from the aircraft. It's hard to

[4:35] see where the sky meets the water.

[4:38] Veteran pilot Drew Steady says those

[4:40] kinds of conditions, similar to what

[4:42] Kennedy faced, can be dangerous.

[4:45] >> There's no apparent horizon. It can be

[4:47] hard to figure out which way is up and

[4:49] which way is down. That can lead to

[4:50] either loss of control of the airplane

[4:53] or loss of altitude awareness creating a

[4:56] controlled flight into terrain or in

[4:57] this case the sea surface.

[4:59] >> Investigators have also reviewed the air

[5:01] traffic control tapes along the

[5:03] northeast coast and the radar tapes. The

[5:05] Kennedy plane, they say, was in a faster

[5:07] than normal descent, but not a dive when

[5:09] it disappeared from radar. No distress

[5:11] call was ever heard from the plane. The

[5:13] NTSB now is trying to find three other

[5:16] pilots that may have been in the same

[5:17] area at the time. Dan

[5:19] >> Bob, a shocked nation is only now coming

[5:22] to terms with what has happened.

[5:24] Returning from Camp David today,

[5:26] President Clinton praised the Kennedy

[5:27] family, saying, and I quote, "They have

[5:29] suffered much and given more." CBS

[5:33] News's Anthony Mason has written about

[5:35] the national outpouring of emotion.

[5:38] >> Another Kennedy tragedy made headlines

[5:41] this morning and the nation said, "Oh

[5:43] no, not again."

[5:45] >> Oh man, it's it's kind of just really

[5:47] kind of it's real sad and scary.

[5:50] >> In Atlanta at the grave site of Martin

[5:52] Luther King Jr., many felt something

[5:54] slip away.

[5:56] >> I feel that it's really going to be

[5:57] quite a loss because he's somebody that

[6:00] we looked up to. He was our prince and

[6:02] we're truly going to miss him.

[6:04] >> A political child, John F. Kennedy Jr.

[6:07] was a public figure from the day he was

[6:09] born.

[6:09] >> We had an opportunity to watch him grow.

[6:12] We liked what we saw as we watched him

[6:15] grow.

[6:15] >> At Kugan's Irish Saloon in New York,

[6:17] owner David Hunt still proudly flies the

[6:20] Kennedy name.

[6:21] >> I think he was what we wanted to see the

[6:24] continuation of Camelot to be. And at

[6:27] Arlington National Cemetery today, where

[6:29] a slain president was buried and Camelot

[6:32] was laid to rest, many came to consider

[6:35] what had been lost.

[6:37] >> Cuz I think there was so much

[6:38] expectation as to what he might have

[6:40] become.

[6:41] >> What would you say we've lost? It's hard

[6:43] to say how far John Kennedy could have

[6:46] gone.

[6:47] >> Historian Arthur Schlesinger chronicled

[6:49] Camelot in his book, A Thousand Days.

[6:52] John Jr. often said he was unlikely to

[6:55] enter politics.

[6:56] >> Do you think that ultimately he might

[6:58] have been taken there?

[6:59] >> I think he would have gone there. I

[7:01] think he partly because

[7:04] um he was bound to see himself as the

[7:08] executive of a legacy.

[7:11] >> He was a late bloomer. His father was

[7:13] already a senator by his age, but the

[7:15] son seemed to be coming into his own and

[7:18] he had more than Kennedy name. He had

[7:20] all the initials. What will you remember

[7:23] most about this weekend?

[7:25] >> Just the the sheer shock and horror of

[7:27] it was just too much.

[7:31] It happened to one family.

[7:34] >> Oh no, not again.

[7:37] >> Anthony Mason, CBS News, New York.

[7:41] >> For members of the Kennedy clan gathered

[7:43] in Hyannisport on Cape Cod, the wait for

[7:45] word must be agony to say the very

[7:48] least. The scheduled wedding that

[7:50] brought them together now postponed.

[7:52] They turned again today to prayer. CBS's

[7:55] Elizabeth Kaledan is there.

[7:59] >> There was as much anticipation and

[8:00] suspense outside the Kennedy compound

[8:03] today as there was surrounding the

[8:04] search and rescue mission at sea. What

[8:07] would the family say in the face of yet

[8:09] another catastrophe? The answer was

[8:12] nothing. Columnist and neighbor Mike

[8:14] Barnacle believes it's because they're

[8:16] still clinging to hope. I think it's

[8:19] what would happen to anyone in this

[8:21] situation and that you would want to

[8:22] hold out as much hope for as long as

[8:25] possible until the finality of it is

[8:27] apparent to you.

[8:28] >> Throughout the day, friends and family

[8:30] have come and gone, many of whom had

[8:32] gathered here for the wedding of Bobby

[8:34] and Ethel's youngest daughter, Rory, who

[8:36] was spotted waving goodbye to guests

[8:38] from her mother's porch. Rory's wedding

[8:40] tent, still standing overlooking the

[8:42] ocean, was put to new use this morning,

[8:45] housing another family prayer service in

[8:47] the face of fading hopes.

[8:50] At the local Kennedy Library and

[8:53] memorial, residents and tourists brave

[8:55] temperatures in the '9s to lay flowers

[8:57] and share the latest Kennedy loss.

[9:00] >> It's just unbelievable. It seems, you

[9:02] know, they've always talked that there

[9:03] might have been a curse around the

[9:04] Kennedy men, but uh it's it's

[9:07] unfathomable. People who've come here

[9:09] for years to pay respects to the father

[9:12] never imagined they'd be saying goodbye

[9:14] to the son as well. Elizabeth Kaledan,

[9:17] CBS News, Hyannisport, Massachusetts.

[9:20] >> There's more on the Kennedy story still

[9:21] ahead on tonight's CBS Evening News. A

[9:24] sister's ordeal, the prospect of another

[9:26] loss for Caroline Kennedy Schlober.

[9:29] Flying by the numbers and how

[9:31] instruments could have made a

[9:32] difference. And a former White House

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[11:17] the quiet Connecticut town where Carolyn

[11:19] bet Kennedy and her sister Lauren Betett

[11:21] grew up. CBS's Randall Kingston reports

[11:24] from there.

[11:27] At St. Michael's Church in Greenwich,

[11:28] Connecticut, it was the Sunday for the

[11:30] children's mass. The thoughts and

[11:32] prayers of the parishioners were for two

[11:33] children who grew up here more than a

[11:35] decade ago. Lauren and Carolyn bet and

[11:38] Carolyn's husband, John F. Kennedy Jr.

[11:40] >> We pray for the three of them. Father

[11:42] Michael Moahan says friends of the

[11:44] betettes asked him to hold special

[11:46] services.

[11:47] >> There were people here this morning who

[11:49] had something to say about Carolyn who

[11:52] were friends of hers and there were

[11:54] other people who simply looked at each

[11:55] other with tears in their eyes and that

[11:57] spoke just as loudly.

[11:58] >> So far the betett's parents have made no

[12:01] comment. Police kept reporters away from

[12:03] their home.

[12:04] >> 16 years ago Carolyn bet graduated from

[12:06] this small parochial school in

[12:08] Greenwich. She didn't enroll until she

[12:10] was a junior. But in just 2 years, she

[12:12] became one of the most popular students

[12:14] here.

[12:15] >> I knew her in high school.

[12:17] >> Deborah Lamaro was one of Carolyn

[12:19] Basset's classmates.

[12:20] >> I remember that she was just a lovely

[12:22] person. Always um smiling, always

[12:25] laughing.

[12:26] >> In the senior poll, Carolyn bet was

[12:28] voted ultimate beautiful person. Lamo

[12:31] was thrilled to see her high school

[12:32] classmate become the wife of John F.

[12:34] Kennedy Jr. and the darling of the

[12:36] media. And now as the world waits.

[12:39] >> Just a really uh tragic, very very sad

[12:43] um really hard to believe.

[12:45] >> Hard to believe for those who knew the

[12:47] bet sisters. Hard to believe that such

[12:49] promise may have come to a tragic end.

[12:52] Randall Kingston, CBS News, Greenwich,

[12:54] Connecticut.

[12:55] >> Caroline Kennedy Schlushberg is believed

[12:57] to be on New York's Long Island,

[12:58] awaiting definitive word on the fate of

[13:00] her brother. She had been on a rafting

[13:02] trip out west when he disappeared. CBS's

[13:05] Richard Slesinger has more on the lady

[13:07] who could be the lone survivor of

[13:09] Camelot.

[13:11] >> This is my daughter, Caroline Kennedy.

[13:14] >> She has one of the world's most famous

[13:15] names, but her face is familiar only to

[13:18] serious Kennedy watchers. Caroline, JFK

[13:22] Jr.'s older sister, has lived on the

[13:24] fringe of the Kennedy spotlight for most

[13:26] of her adult life by choice.

[13:28] >> If she is the last surviving child of

[13:33] John F. Kennedy.

[13:35] Can she hold on to her privacy?

[13:39] >> Yes, I think she's learned how to do it.

[13:44] >> She hasn't been able to duck the cameras

[13:46] all the time. Her 1986 wedding to Edwin

[13:49] Schllober was one of those Kennedy

[13:51] events that took on the feel of a state

[13:53] ceremony.

[13:55] Caroline has appeared in public when

[13:57] she's had to, but seems less at ease in

[14:00] front of a crowd than some other members

[14:02] of her family.

[14:03] >> One of the most powerful memories that

[14:05] we have of growing up is the number of

[14:08] people who come up to us and say, "Your

[14:11] father changed my life."

[14:13] >> It seems ironic, but one of the few

[14:14] times she sought the spotlight was to

[14:16] promote her book called The Right to

[14:19] Privacy.

[14:20] >> Is it difficult for you to maintain your

[14:21] privacy?

[14:22] >> It actually is not that difficult uh for

[14:24] me. I mean, I do make an effort to do

[14:25] so.

[14:26] >> It was almost as though Caroline got off

[14:27] the hook while Jackie or JFK Jr.

[14:30] satisfied the public's Kennedy

[14:32] curiosity.

[14:34] >> She didn't go out to the events,

[14:36] semi-public or public events that she

[14:38] was invited to.

[14:40] >> Yet, anyone who has lost a family member

[14:42] knows something about what Caroline has

[14:44] gone through. The difference is she may

[14:46] now have lost all of what was once her

[14:49] entire immediate family. A huge private

[14:52] tragedy of immense public interest.

[14:55] Richard Slesinger, CBS News, New York.

[14:58] >> And up next on the CBS Evening News,

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[17:12] >> Hardly anyone knew John F. Kennedy

[17:14] better than the friend who talks to Mike

[17:16] Wallace. Tonight on 60 Minutes,

[17:22] another encounter with fate for the

[17:24] Kennedy family. The latest on John F.

[17:26] Kennedy Jr. as an American tragedy

[17:28] unfolds. Monday on this morning,

[17:33] >> the federal examiner who tested John

[17:35] Kennedy Jr. is reporting today as saying

[17:37] Kennedy was an excellent pilot, passing

[17:39] with quote flying colors. But Kennedy

[17:42] was not qualified to fly by instruments

[17:44] alone. CBS's Maggie Cooper has more

[17:48] about that.

[17:50] >> At the airport where John F. Kennedy

[17:52] Jr.'s flight originated, one flight

[17:54] school canled half its flying lessons

[17:56] today due to weather. You can't really

[17:58] see the horizon.

[17:59] >> Knowing where the horizon lies is

[18:01] critical, says flight instructor Tim

[18:03] Samard. When it can't be seen visually,

[18:05] a pilot relies on instruments.

[18:07] >> At night time over the water, there's

[18:09] nothing lit on top of the water, so

[18:10] you're over a big black spot.

[18:13] >> Every pilot learns the basics about

[18:15] their cockpit instruments. But an

[18:17] instrument rating takes far more

[18:18] training. Kennedy passed the written

[18:21] test, but never completed all the work

[18:23] necessary for certification. An

[18:25] instrument pilot who can't see the

[18:26] ground or the horizon is going to keep

[18:28] theirelves wings level using this

[18:30] instrument.

[18:30] >> Kennedy was flying by visual flight

[18:32] rules or VFR on that hazy Friday night.

[18:36] >> And what about a visual flight uh pilot

[18:38] who can't see the ground or the horizon?

[18:40] >> Couldn't be where he is.

[18:41] >> That same night, veteran pilot Alan

[18:44] Lewant was flying to East Hampton.

[18:46] >> You saw the fact that everything was

[18:48] black and murky. I said, I sure wouldn't

[18:50] want to be a VFR only pilot flying in

[18:52] that circumstance that night. What kind

[18:53] of disorientation would that create for

[18:56] a pilot if you're trying to fly visual

[18:58] flight rules?

[18:59] >> If you're trying to fly it, it it'd be

[19:00] near impossible.

[19:01] >> In Canada and Europe, private pilots

[19:04] must be instrument rated in order to fly

[19:06] at night. Here in the US, that training

[19:08] takes about 40 hours. Without it,

[19:10] seasoned flyers say a pilot isn't

[19:12] equipped to handle the kind of

[19:13] conditions that JFK Jr. faced on Friday

[19:16] night. Maggie Cooper, CBS News,

[19:18] Fairfield, New Jersey. Still ahead on

[19:21] the CBS Evening News, the story of young

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[21:32] with vacationers this time of year, and

[21:34] summer fun is usually the one thing on

[21:36] their minds. But the loss of the Kennedy

[21:38] plane has cast a Paul. CBS's Jacqueline

[21:41] Adams has been talking to islanders and

[21:43] visitors.

[21:45] >> On Ma's Vineyard's most exclusive

[21:47] beachfront, sadness came ashore with

[21:49] each crashing wave.

[21:51] >> They didn't have really a chance to to

[21:53] completely live.

[21:54] >> The pains of Cincinnati came to grieve.

[21:57] >> We stayed away. um purposely, but today

[22:02] we thought we'd come down and at least

[22:03] pay our respects.

[22:04] >> Here, John Kennedy Jr. was more than a

[22:07] link to famous parents. Here, he was

[22:09] genuine family.

[22:10] >> He's gone home to be with his mama, you

[22:13] know, up in heaven. So, other than that,

[22:15] it's just

[22:17] quite sad.

[22:18] >> Chillark was the town Jquel and Kennedy

[22:20] Onasses chose to call home, where

[22:22] residents often saw John riding his

[22:24] bike.

[22:25] >> It was nice to have him here. It kept

[22:27] Jackie alive and um it's now that he's

[22:32] gone, it it's over. It's all over.

[22:34] >> Officially, of course, the search is

[22:36] continuing, but Ma's Vineyard natives

[22:38] know better than most the perils of the

[22:40] sea. The very slim chance of surviving

[22:42] in these cold and choppy waters.

[22:48] >> Parishioners at the Chillmark Community

[22:49] Church are familiar with tragedy.

[22:51] President Clinton prayed here on the

[22:53] morning Princess Diana was killed. It's

[22:55] like it breaks my heart and I'm I'm sure

[22:59] because it seems out of time.

[23:01] >> Even before the Kennedy plane was

[23:03] missing, Reverend Arlene Bodgege had

[23:04] titled this morning's sermon dandelions.

[23:07] >> It seems like a flower has been plucked

[23:09] before its its maturity.

[23:12] >> Throughout the service, three white

[23:14] candles burned in memory of three

[23:16] missing souls. Jacqueline Adams, CBS

[23:19] News, Chillmark Martha's Vineyard.

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[25:26] The country is once more gripped by

[25:28] another Kennedy family crisis. The story

[25:30] of the fateful flight of John F. Kennedy

[25:32] Jr., his wife Caroline Betett and her

[25:34] sister. CBS News will have complete

[25:37] coverage all weekend long. And on

[25:39] Monday, the impact on the Kennedy family

[25:41] and the nation on the CBS Evening News

[25:44] with Dan Rather.

[25:47] From those long ago days of Camelot,

[25:49] certain happy images are burned in

[25:51] memory. Children innocently playing in

[25:54] the mighty Oval Office. CBS's Byron

[25:57] Pritz talked with the White House

[25:58] photographer who captured those precious

[26:01] moments.

[26:02] So, of all your pictures, this is your

[26:04] favorite? Yeah, the one with the

[26:06] inscription of the kids dancing.

[26:08] >> Cecil Stoen was the official Kennedy

[26:10] White House photographer

[26:12] >> for Captain Stoton who captured

[26:14] beautifully a happy moment at the White

[26:16] House and John F. Kennedy his typical

[26:19] unreadable signature.

[26:20] >> But after an estimated 80,000 snapshots,

[26:23] a mile or more of film, Cecil Stoen says

[26:27] he felt more like family. This

[26:29] particular one is was made in uh two

[26:31] weeks before Dallas. Uh this was the day

[26:34] that Jackie taught him how to salute.

[26:36] >> Sharing in triumphs and tragedies than

[26:39] and now.

[26:40] >> It's just a sad time and uh I feel very

[26:44] strongly that uh I've lost a good

[26:47] friend.

[26:47] >> Stoen says he is saddened but not

[26:50] surprised. Adventure is a part of every

[26:52] Kennedy man and flying was one Kennedy

[26:55] boy's passion. John loved helicopters

[26:58] and this was a highlight of his life

[27:00] riding on his daddy's lap.

[27:01] >> Did he love flying as as

[27:02] >> he couldn't live unless he could see a

[27:05] helicopter every day and I gave him I

[27:07] gave him a photograph of one and he

[27:09] carried it around like a toy, you know,

[27:10] like a Linus blanket and it he always

[27:13] had a

[27:14] >> a helicopter in his mind or in his

[27:15] mouth. Of course, he couldn't say

[27:16] helicopter. He say helicopter. Cecil

[27:19] Stoen lives near the Kennedy Space

[27:21] Center with his wife and his memories of

[27:24] a family and a boy. the camera always

[27:26] loved and whose legacy has always seemed

[27:30] cursed. Byron Pittz, CBS News, Merit

[27:33] Island, Florida.

[27:35] >> John F. Kennedy Jr. was a big New York

[27:37] Yankees fan. He attended Thursday

[27:39] night's game and he would have loved

[27:41] today's game at the stadium. David Con

[27:43] pitched a perfect game against Montreal.

[27:46] 27 Expose up 27 down in leading the

[27:49] Yankees to a six to nothing win. And

[27:52] that's part of our world tonight.

[27:53] There'll be more on the Kennedy story

[27:55] coming up soon on 60 Minutes and again

[27:57] tomorrow on This Morning. And we'll have

[27:58] a full wrap-up on tomorrow's CBS Evening

[28:01] News, followed by a special edition of

[28:03] 48 hours tomorrow night beginning at 10

[28:05] Eastern, 9 Central time. Until then, Dan

[28:09] Rather, CBS News in New York. Good

[28:12] night.

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