UP. A TEEN IS TRICKED, THEN

ROBBED AT GUN POINT.

BEATEN FOR HOURS.

THEY WAS HAVING A GOOD TIME

DOING WHAT THEY WERE DOING.

AND STUFFED IN A TRUNK.

AT THIS POINT, THEY WERE

GOING TO KILL ME.

SEE HOW HE ESCAPED WITH HIS

LIFE ON TODAY'S "700 CLUB."

> WELCOME TO THE "700 CLUB."

LET'S GO OVER TO THE CBN

NEWSROOM FOR TODAY'S TOP

STORIES.

GORDON, WE BEGIN IN NEW YORK

CITY, WHERE POLICE ARE

INVESTIGATING WHETHER A MAN WHO

ATTACKED THREE OFFICERS WITH A

MACHETE AT A NEW YEAR'S EVE

CELEBRATION WAS INSPIRED BY

RADICAL ISLAMIC BELIEFS. THE

ATTACK COMING JUST AFTER 10:00

P.M. ABOUT EIGHT BLOCKS FROM

TIMES SQUARE, JUST OUTSIDE THE

HIGH SECURITY ZONE, WHERE

REVELERS SCREAMED FOR WEAPONS.

THE MAN STRUCK WITH A MACHETE.

UNPROVOKED. A 19-YEAR-OLD

MALE APPROACHED AN OFFICER, AND

ATTEMPTED TO STRIKE HIM OVER

THE HEAD WITH A MACHETE. THE

MALE THEN STRUCK TWO ADDITIONAL

OFFICERS IN THE HEAD.

Reporter: ONE OF THE

OFFICERS SHOT BACK, HITTING THE

SUSPECT IN THE SHOULDER. AFTER

HEARING THE SHOTS, THOSE ON THE

SCENE CELEBRATING NEW YEAR'S

EVE, RUNNING AWAY OUT OF FEAR.

SOMEBODY'S TRYING TO SHOOT

AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE.

Reporter: NEW YORK MAYOR

ADAMS PRAISING THE POLICE

RESPONSE, SAYING HE SPOKE WITH

ONE OF THE OFFICERS, AS HE WAS

BEING STITCHED UP.

HE UNDERSTOOD THAT HIS ROLE

SAVED LIVES OF NEW YORKERS

TODAY. WE'RE REALLY PLEASED BY

THE RESPONSE, AND HOW OUR

OFFICERS HANDLED THISS

SITUATION.

Reporter: INVESTIGATORS

TRAVELED TO THE SUSPECT'S HOME,

19-YEAR-OLD TREVOR BICKFORD

FROM MAINE. THEY BELIEVED HE

TRAVELED TO NEW YORK CITY

EARLIER IN THE WEEK. THEY'RE

EXAMINING WHETHER HE CAME TO

NEW YORK SPECIFICALLY TO ATTACK

POLICE OFFICERS. THEIR MOTHER

WAS CONCERNED HE WAS MOVING

TOWARD DANGEROUS ISLAMIC

VIEWINGS. AND HIS WRITINGS

REPORT HE HAD RECENTLY BEEN

RADICALIZED.

THE FBI IS WORKING VERY

CLOSELY WITH THEM TO DETERMINE

THE NATURE OF THIS ATTACK AND

WE WILL RUN EVERY LEAD TO

GROUND.

Reporter: INVESTIGATORS

BELIEVE THE ATTACKER ACTED

ALONE, THE NEW YORK POLICE

DEPARTMENT POINTING OUT A

SECURITY BULLETIN HAD WARNED

JIHADISTS HAD CALLED FOR

ATTACKS, USING STABBINGS. THE

DIVERT REPORTEDLY BELONGING TO

THE SUSPECT WAS FOUND AT THE

SCENE OF THE ATTACK. THEY SAID

THE LAST ENTRY THOUGHT HE WOULD

DIE IN THE ATTACK, AND

REQUESTED A BURIAL TO ISLAMIC

TRADITION. ALL THREE OFFICERS

HAVE BEEN RELEASED FROM THE

HOSPITAL. THE MAYOR POINTING

OUT, ONE OF THEM HAD JUST

GRADUATED FROM THE ACADEMY

FRIDAY.

IT JUST GOES TO SHOW YOU, IF

IT'S NOT THE FIRST DAY, IT

COULD BE YOUR LAST DAY. THE

ACTIONS THAT POLICE OFFICERS

MUST TAKE EVERY DAY ARE

LIFE-THREATENING SITUATIONS.

> THE FAMILY OF THE MAN

ACCUSED OF KILLING FOUR IDAHO

STUDENTS SAY THEY LOVE AND

SUPPORT HIM AS THEY SUPPORT HIS

PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE, AND

SAY THERE ARE NO WORDS TO

EXPRESS THE SADNESS THEY FEEL

FOR THE FAMILIES OF THE

VICTIMS. HIS ATTORNEY, A PUBLIC

DEFENDER, SAYS KOHBERGER IS

EAGER TO BE EXONERATED. HE SAYS

KOHBERGER SHOULD BE PRESUMED

INNOCENT, AND NOT TRIED IN THE

PUBLIC OPINION. BUT POLICE

OFFICERS FROM IDAHO SAY THEY

BELIEVE THEY'VE GOTTEN THEIR

MAN.

> A RECENT PENTAGON REPORT IS

SHEDDING LIGHT ON A MILITARY

BUILD UP IN THE COUNTRY

CONSIDERED TO BE THE GREATEST

NATIONAL IS SECURITY THREAT TO

THE UNITED STATES. CHINA HAS

LONG WORKED TO OUTPACE THE U.S.

ECONOMICALLY, AND NOW ITS SITES

ARE SET ON THE MILITARY FRONT.

NATIONAL SECURITY CORE

RESPONDENT, CAITLIN BURKE HAS

THAT STORY.

Reporter: THE CHINESE

COMMUNITYIST PARTY IS

CONDUCTING THE LARGEST MILITARY

EXPORT IN THE COUNTRY'S

HISTORY. THEY BELIEVE IT'S NOT

ONLY FOR TAKING TAIWAN, BUT

ALSO FOR OVERTAKING THE UNITED

STATES AS THE WORLD'S LEADING

SUPERPOWER.

I SEE THE UNITED STATES AS

THE WORLD'S LEADING DEMOCRATIC

POWER AND CHINA AS THE WORLD'S

LEADING AUTHORITARIAN POWER.

OUR CORE NATIONAL SECURITY

ECONOMIC INTERESTS WILL BE AT

STAKE.

Reporter: THE NEWLY RELEASED

DOD REPORT ON CHINA'S MILITARY

STRENGTH INCLUDES SOME

SIGNIFICANT FINDINGS. IN 2021,

BEIJING TESTED 135 BALLISTIC

MISSILES, MORE THAN THE REST OF

THE WORLD COMBINED. THEIR

NUCLEAR STOCKPILE SITS AT

AROUND 400 WARHEADS, BUT IS

EXPECTED TO GROW ABOUT 200 BY

2025. THE PRC IS STEALING

TECHNOLOGY FROM THE UNITED

STATES AND SENDING IT DIRECTLY

TO ITS MILITARY. THEY HAVE

STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS WITH

IRAN AND RUSSIA, AND ARE

LOOKING TO BUILD NEW MILITARY

BASES AROUND THE WORLD.

BEIJING IS SPRINTING TO

BUILD THE CAPABILITY TO CARRY

OUT THEIR WORDS. THEY'RE

MATCHING ACTIONS WITH WORDS.

THAT'S TO ME, THE BOTTOM LINE.

Reporter: BRADLEY BOWMAN,

THE SENIOR DIRECTOR ON MILITARY

AND POLITICAL POWER AT FREEDOM

FOR DEFENSE OF DEMOCRACIES SAYS

CHINA IS CLEARLY PREPARING TO

TAKE TAIWAN, EVEN IF IT MEANS A

DIRECT MILITARY CONFLICT WITH

THE U.S. HE BELIEVES HOW WE

RESPOND COULD DETERMINE WHETHER

OR NOT CHINA DISPLACES UNITED

STATES AS A MILITARY POWER.

IF YOU DON'T LIKE WHAT

YOU'RE SEEING WITH CRIMES OF

HUMANITY, AND WHAT SOME ARE

CALLING GENOCIDE. IF IF YOU

DON'T LIKE WHAT YOU'RE SEEING

IN HONG KONG, IF YOU DON'T LIKE

WHAT YOU'RE SEEING WITH THE

SOUTH CHINA SEA AND THE SABRE

RATTLING IN THE TAIWAN STRAIT,

IF AMERICA STANDS DOWN, AND

STARES AT OUR BELLY BUTTON, AND

THINGS WE CAN GET AWAY WITH

IGNORING THE WORLD, WE'RE GOING

TO SEE A HECK A LOT MORE OF

THAT GLOBALLY.

Reporter: SOME BELIEVE

BEIJING'S MILITARY BUILD UP IS

SIMPLY TO MATCH THE ECONOMIC

POWER THEY'VE BECOME. BUT

WITHOUT APPARENT STRATEGIC

DIALOGUE WITH THE U.S., THE

PENTAGON IS RIGHT TO SOUND THE

ALARM.

WHEN WE DON'T HAVE THAT

TRANSPARENCY, AND WHEN WE DON'T

KNOW EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON,

IT FORCES THE PENTAGON TO

ASSUME THE WORST. WHEN BOTH

SIDES ARE ASSUMING THE WORST

ABOUT THE OTHER, IT LEADS TO

DANGEROUS MISCALCULATION.

Reporter: THE U.S. HAS WHAT

IT TAKES TO DETER CHINESE

AGGRESSION, BUT IT NEEDS TO

HAPPEN FROM WASHINGTON, TO

START ACQUIRING THE WEAPONS

NEEDED TO DEFEND DEMOCRACY

WORLDWIDE. CAITLIN BURKE, CBN

NEWS, WASHINGTON.

> TURNING NOW TO ANOTHER

IMPORTANT ISSUE. ABORTION.

COLLEGE STUDENTS WHO'VE BECOME

PREGNANT OFTEN FEEL THEY MUST

CHOOSE BETWEEN HAVING A BABY

AND GETTING A DEGREE. THANKSES

TO AN ORGANIZATION IN ALABAMA,

THAT NARRATIVE IS CHANGING ONE

STEP AT A TIME.

Reporter: THE NONPROFIT

GROUP BABY STEPS HELPING

PREGNANT AND PARENTING STUDENT

MOMS AT AUBURN UNIVERSITY, WITH

HOUSING, SUPPORT, AND

COMMUNITY. IT CAN EMPOWER THEM

TO HAVE THEIR BABY, AND

EDUCATION. A MISSION BABY STEPS

HOPES TO SPREAD TO OTHER

CAMPUSES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

WE HAVE HOUSING IN THE FRONT

HOUSE FOR OUR STUDENT MOMS THAT

HAVE NEWBORNS, BUT THEN WE HAVE

THREE BEDROOMS IN THE BACK FOR

MOMS WITH TODDLERS.

Reporter: DIRECTOR OF

OPERATIONS, CAITLYN SHARING HOW

IT ALL STARTED.

IN 2017, MICHELLE SCHULTZ

FOUNDED BABY STEPS. SHE REALLY

THOUGHT HER LIFE WAS OVER THE

WAY THAT IT WAS, AND DIDN'T

THINK SHE COULD STAY IN SCHOOL

AND FINISH HER DEGREE.

WHEN HE INITIALLY FOUND OUT

I WAS PREGNANT, I THOUGHT, WHAT

IS THAT BLUE LINE RIGHT THERE?

BECAUSE I WAS NOT READY. I

WASN'T EXPECTING IT.

Reporter: THAT'S THE REALITY

FOR MANY YOUNG COLLEGE STUDENTS

WHO FEAR THAT A CHILD COULD

SHATTER THEIR CREAMS OF GETTING

AN EDUCATION.

I WAS DRIVING TO SCHOOL, AND

TO WORK, SO I WORK FULL TIME.

AND I WAS LIVING IN

TALLAHASSEE, AND HAD TO DRIVE

45 MINUTES TO WORK, GO TO

SCHOOL, I'D HAVE TO DRIVE 45

MINUTES HOME. BY THE TIME I GOT

HOME IT WAS TIME TO GET RILEY

READY FOR BED. THERE WAS SO

MUCH DISCONNECT FROM TRYING TO

JUGGLE BEING A PARENT AND GOING

TO SCHOOL.

Reporter: AN ISSUE WILLING

KNOWS ALL TOO WELL.

WHEN I WAS A JUNIOR ON

AUBURN'S CAMPUS AS WELL, I HAD

AN UNPLANNED PREGNANCY.

NAVIGATING THAT WAS PROBABLY

ONE OF THE MOST TRYING TIMES IN

MY LIFE. I DIDN'T KNOW IF I

COULD STAY IN SCHOOL, AND

FINISH MY DEGREE.

Reporter: LOCATED JUST A

SHORT WALK FROM CAMPUS, BABY

STEPS PROVIDES RESOURCES FOR

WOMEN ON A JOURNEY TO A COLLEGE

DEGREE, WHILE ALSO EMBRACING

MOTHERHOOD.

THERE'S A GAP HERE WHERE

WOMEN MAY SAY I DO WANT TO HAVE

MY CHILD, BUT NOW WHAT DO I DO?

WE KNOW THE MOST AMOUNT OF

UNPLANNED PREGNANCIES HAPPEN

BETWEEN THE AGES OF 18, AND 29.

WE SAY THERE WAS A NEED FOR A

RESOURCE TO HELP WOMEN TRULY

FINISH THEIR EDUCATION, AND THE

WAY THAT WE CAN DO THAT IS TO

TAKE ALL OF THE THINGS OFF

THEIR PLATE THAT ARE STRESSING

THEM OUT.

Reporter: THE NONCAMPUS CLUB

THAT HELPS MEET THE NEEDS OF

STUDENT MOMS IS JUST ONE WAY TO

ALLEVIATE SOME OF THAT

PRESSURE.

WE HELP MOMS IN TUTORING. WE

PACKAGE, AND DELIVER MEALS THIS

YEAR, WHICH IS A NEW THING WE

STARTED FOR THAT FUND. WE GET

TO OFFER BABYSITTING SERVICES

TO MOMS.

Reporter: AUBURN SENIOR

DEVIN McLONG SAYS VOLUNTEERING

TO HELP FELLOW STUDENTS IS BOTH

REWARDING, AND INSPIRING.

IT'S REALLY COOL TO SEE

GRADUATION PICTURES FROM THEM.

BECAUSE THEY LOOK SO PROUD. AND

THEY SHOULD BE, BECAUSE THEY

DID SUCH A HUGE THING. THEY

RAISED A KID, AND THEY GOT AN

EDUCATION, PUTTING IN THE WORK

THAT THAT TAKES. I CAN'T

IMAGINE HOW HARD THAT IS.

Reporter: WILLING SEES IT AS

AN ASSET TO THE UNIVERSITY.

WE HAVE SO MANY RESOURCES ON

CAMPUS, BECAUSE WE DO HELP

THEIR STUDENT RETENSION. THEY

WANT THEIR GIRLS TO STAY IN

SCHOOL. IT IS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL

WAY THIS COMMUNITY HERE IN

AUBURN HAS STEPPED UP, AND SAID

WE'RE GOING TO FILL THESE GAPS

FOR THESE WOMEN AND HELP THEM

SUCCEED.

Reporter: AS A GRADUATE IN

FAMILY STUDIES, WILLING SAYS

IT'S REFRESHING TO SEE OTHER

WOMEN FULFILL THEIR GOALS.

WE HELPED 18 WOMEN GRADUATE,

WALK ACROSS THAT STAGE, WHETHER

THEY'RE STILL PREGNANT OR HAVE

A LITTLE ONE IN TOE. WE'VE

STARTED 85 STUDENT MOMS IN SOME

CAPACITY, SINCE OPENING OUR

DOORS IN 2017. WE'VE HAD EIGHT

GIRLS LIVE IN THIS HOME AND

FINISH THEIR DEGREE.

Reporter: MANY ARE BEYOND

GRATEFUL.

WITHOUT BABY STEPS, I DON'T

THINK I COULD INVEST IN MY

CHILD THE WAY THAT I NEEDED TO,

AND THEY GAVE ME IT THAT WINDOW

OF OPPORTUNITY, AND I'M GLAD I

TOOK IT.

WE ARE CURRENTLY GOING TO

THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL

FLORIDA. SO WE HAVE ONE FULLY

FUNCTIONING SITE HERE IN AUBURN

UNIVERSITY. WE'RE IN THE WORKS

OF GETTING THEIR CAMPUS

LAUNCHING. WE HAVE ANOTHER

CAMPUS NOT TOO FAR BEHIND THEM

WE'RE WORKING TO OPEN THEIR

DOORS.

Reporter: CHARLENE AARON,

CBN NEWS, AUBURN, ALABAMA.

> GORDON AND TERI ARE BACK

WITH MORE OF TODAY'S "700 CLUB"

RIGHT AFTER THIS.

> JUST IMAGINE HAVING YOUR

HOME AND FARM SEIZED BY THE

GOVERNMENT AND YOU DON'T GET A

DIME FOR IT. THAT'S EXACTLY

WHAT HAPPENED TO CRAIG IN

ZIMBABWE, 20 YEARS AGO. UNLIKE

HIS NEIGHBORS, CRAIG DID NOT

FIGHT THE AUTHORITIES OR FLEE

THE COUNTRY. WHAT DID HE DO

INSTEAD, AND HOW DID IT LEAVE

TO A HUGE HARVEST? WELL WENDY

GRIFFITH BRINGS US CRAIG'S

STORY.

Reporter: CRAIG WAS RAISING

HIS CHILDREN ON THE SAME FARM

HE GREW UP ON, WHEN IN 2003,

THE UNTHINKABLE HAPPENED.

WENDY, IT WAS OBVIOUSLY

EXTREMELY TRAUMATIC.

Reporter: THE GOVERNMENT

FORCED CRAIG AND HIS CHILDREN

TO LEAVE THEIR FAMILY FARM AS

PART OF THE GOVERNMENT'S LAND

REFORM PROGRAM. AN EFFORT TO

MORE EQUITIABLY DISTRIBUTE HAND

BETWEEN WHITE SUB SUB FARMS,

AND BLACK ANCESTORS.

WE COULD FIGHT, FLEE, OR WE

COULD GIVE. SOME OF MY FRIENDS

SAY THEY FOUGHT FOR THEIR LAND,

AND ENDED UP GETTING KILLED FOR

IT. MOST OF MY FRIENDS LEFT THE

COUNTRY, AND NO ANSWER IS

WRONG. IT'S JUST A DECISION.

BUT WE AS A FAMILY DECIDED THAT

WE WOULD PURSUE THE THIRD

OPTION, WHICH WAS TO FORGIVE.

Reporter: HE KEPT GOING BACK

TO ONE SCRIPTURE.

THAT SCRIPTURE OF JESUS IS,

IF A MAN STEALS YOUR COAT, GIVE

HIM YOUR TUNIC AS WELL. SO FOR

US THAT MEANT IF A MAN TAKES

YOUR FARM, TEACH HIM HOW TO

FARM. THAT'S WHAT WE DID. WITH

THAT, THE PRESSURE LIFTED. IT

WAS A GREAT RELEASE OVER US,

AND WE KNEW THAT GOD HAD OPENED

UP AN AVENUE FOR US TO SERVE

THE PEOPLE AND TO SERVE THE

VERY LEAST OF HIS BROTHERS

THROUGH AGRICULTURE, AND BRING

THEM THE GOSPEL.

Reporter: CRAIG MOVED HIS

FAMILY TO THE CITY, WHILE ABOUT

12 OTHER FAMILIES TOOK OVER HIS

HOUSE, AND LAND. HE THEN JOINED

A GROUP CALLED FOUNDATIONS FOR

FARMING. THERE HE BEGAN TO

TEACH THE NEW OWNERS AS WELL AS

OTHER SMALL-SCALE FARMERS A

UNIQUE WAY OF FARMING THAT GOD

REVEALED TO THE GROUP'S

FOUNDER.

HE WENT WITH A CHILD-LIKE

FAITH INTO VIRGIN BUSH, INTO

VIRGIN FOREST, AND HE SAT THERE

WITH A CHILD-LIKE FACE, AND

ASKED GOD, TEACH ME HOW TO

FARM. IF THERE'S NO INVERSION

TILLAGE IN NATURE, THE NEXT

THING HE SAW WAS THERE WAS THIS

BEAUTIFUL MARSH COVER. THAT'S

GOD'S MECHANISM FOR FEEDING THE

SOIL, AND PROTECTING THE SOIL.

SO HE WENT BACK TO HIS FARM,

AND HE LITERALLY TRIED IT, JUST

WITHOUT ANY TILLAGE, AND NO

BURNING. WHICH IS CONTRARY TO

THE CONVENTIONAL WAY OF

FARMING. AND HE IMMEDIATELY GOT

OUTSTANDING RESULTS, LIKE A TEN

TIME INCREMENT IN YIELD. SO HE

KNEW THAT IT WORKED. AND HE

STARTED THEN, TO GROW IT BIGGER

AND BIGGER. HE KNEW THAT GOD

HAD GIVEN HIM THIS REVELATION,

NOT FOR HIMSELF, BUT TO

EXTRAPOLATE ACROSS THE

CONTINENT OF AFRICA TO THE

RURAL FARMERS. THE HURTING PRO

ONES ACROSS THE CONTINENT.

Reporter: THE SUCCESS CAUGHT

THE ATTENTION OF THE ZIM WAY

GOVERNMENT, ZIMBABWE

GOVERNMENT.

THE FOOD PRODUCTION HAS

JUMPED BETWEEN THREE AND FOUR

TIMES, ARE THE OFFICIAL

ESTIMATES OF THE FOOD INCREMENT

IN THE YEAR 2020.

Reporter: THE COUNTRY'S MAIN

CROP, CORN, TRIPLED WITH THE

METHOD. NOW FOUNDATIONS FOR

FARMING TEACHES THE TECHNIQUE

ALL OVER THE WORLD, WITH THE

MAIN GOAL OF SHARING THE

GOSPEL.

80% OF WHAT WE TEACH IS THE

HEART. YOU WILL NEVER GET A

BEHAVIOR CHANGE IN THE VILLAGE

UNTIL YOU'VE HAD A HEART

CHANGE. SO THAT IS WHERE JESUS

COMES IN. IT'S USING

AGRICULTURE AS AN ENTRY POINT

FOR THE GOSPEL.

Reporter: EVEN WITH ALL THE

SUCCESS, THE ZIMBABWE

GOVERNMENT NEVER OFFERED CRAIG

ANY COMPENSATION FOR HIS HOME,

HIS LAND, OR HIS TIME TEACHING.

BUT HE SAYS THE WAY GOD

PROVIDED, HE WOULDN'T CHANGE A

THING.

WE HAVE A SAYING IN

FOUNDATIONS FOR FARMING. ONCE I

HAD A FARM IN AFRICA, BUT NOW

AFRICA IS MY FARM.

Reporter: WENDY GRIFFITH,

CBN NEWS.

WHAT AN INCREDIBLE STORY OF

REDEMPTION, OF FORGIVENESS. OF

HOW GOD MAKES A WAY WHEN THERE

SEEMS TO BE NO WAY. INSTEAD OF

LOOKING AT IT AS A PROBLEM, OR

AS WHAT HAS BEEN STOLEN FROM

ME, TO LOOK AT IT AS AN

OPPORTUNITY. WHAT CAN I DO NOW?

HOW CAN I GIVE BACK NOW? IN THE

SCRIPTURES, PAUL TALKS ABOUT

THE CHRISTIANS UNDER

PERSECUTION IN ROME WERE BEING

GIVEN UP AS LAMBS FOR THE

SLAUGHTER. THEN HE HAS THIS

WONDERFUL PHRASE, BUT WE ARE

MORE THAN CONQUERORS THROUGH

THE LOVE OF CHRIST GIVEN TO US.

SO LOOK AT YOUR OBSTACLES.

WHATEVER IS HAPPENING IN YOUR

LIFE, WHATEVER IS BEING TAKEN

AWAY, IS THAT AN OBSTACLE TO

BECOME MORE THAN A CONQUEROR

THROUGH THE LOVE OF JESUS

CHRIST? THAT LOVE CONSTANTLY

GIVES. WHAT A GREAT WAY TO LOOK

AT IT. WE LOST OUR FARM, BUT IN

RETURN, AFRICA BECAME OUR FARM.

THAT'S A GREAT WAY TO LOOK AT

IT. WHAT A WONDERFUL STORY.

BOY, IT REALLY IS. TALK

ABOUT LIVING OUT THE GOSPEL.

IT'S AMAZING.

> WELL STILL AHEAD, THE

CHILLING STORY OF A PLANE CRASH

INTO THE POTOMAC, AND THE WOMAN

WHO WAS PULLED FROM THE

WRECKAGE.

> AND THEN UP NEXT, KIDNAPPED

AT GUNPOINT. THIS TEEN WAS

ROBBED, TORTURED, AND THROWN IN

THE TRUNK. WHAT WAS GOING

THROUGH HIS MIND ON THE WORST

NIGHT OF HIS LIFE? AND HOW DID

HE GET THROUGH IT ALIVE? HE'S

GOING TO TELL US HIMSELF AFTER

THIS.

> GARY AND HIS FRIEND HAD

BEEN TRICKED. LURED INTO A CAR

FULL OF PRETTY GIRLS. OVER THE

NEXT FEW HOURS, GARY WAS HELD

AT GUN POINT, ROBBED, TIED UP,

AND BEATEN. JUST BEFORE HE WAS

STUFFED INTO THE TRUNK OF A

CAR, GARY HAD ONE TERRIFYING

THOUGHT. AM I NEVER GOING TO

GET OUT OF THIS ALIVE?

I JUST KEPT THINKING LIKE

HOW DID I GET HERE? WHAT DO I

DO IN THIS POSITION? I'M JUST

COMPLETELY HELPLESS. I FIGURED

AT THIS POINT, THEY WAS GOING

TO KILL ME. IT WAS JUST A

NORMAL NIGHT. I HAD MY SISTER'S

CAR, BUT IT WAS GETTING LATE.

JUST HANGING OUT, AND ALL OF A

SUDDEN, YOU GOT THESE GIRLS

PULLING UP, AND YOU KNOW, LIKE,

YOU KNOW, THEY'RE FLIRTING WITH

US. I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE IT WAS

GOING TO GO FULL YET THAT

NIGHT, BUT I DID KNOW IT WAS A

GOOD CHANCE OF US HAVING A GIRL

TO OUR SELF. YOU KNOW, THAT WAS

MY GOAL. AND THEN WHEN IT CAME

THAT THEY WANTED US TO FOLLOW

THEM BACK TO THEIR PLACE, TO

GET READY TO GO CAN TO A PARTY,

I WAS EXCITED, LIKE, MAN, YOU

KNOW, EVEN THOUGH I NEED TO GET

THIS CAR BACK, WE CAN SPEND A

LITTLE BIT MORE TIME. I WAS

JUST ALL FOR IT. WE GOT THERE

AND I'M THINKING I DON'T WANT

TO GO IN A HOUSE WITH EVERYBODY

ELSE. LIKE I WANT TO INVITE ONE

OF THESE GIRLS INTO MY CAR,

MORE LIKE ONE-ON-ONE TIME. SO

WE THERE WAS PROBABLY ABOUT 20,

25 MINUTES. YOU KNOW, WE HOP

OUT OF THE CAR, AND WHEN I WALK

IN, I SEE MY FRIEND SITTING ON

THE COUCH. I HEAR THE DOOR

CLOSE BEHIND ME, AND I FEEL

THIS, SOMETHING TOUCHES MY

HEAD, SO I INITIALLY TURN

AROUND TO SEE WHAT IT IS,

THAT'S WHEN I SEE THE SHOTGUN.

JUST FEAR. THEY START EMPTYING

OUT MY POCKETS, GRABBING KEYS

FROM ME, GRABBING MY WALLET,

YELLING. AND MY REACTION WAS,

WHAT HAVE I GOTTEN MYSELF INTO?

IT WAS TERRIFYING. SO I'M

SITTING IN THIS SINGLE CHAIR,

AND MY FRIEND'S ON THE COUCH. I

WAS TIED UP, SO I COULDN'T DO

ANYTHING. THEY JUST START

YELLING. ASKING, WHAT DO WE

HAVE? WE WAS TEENAGERS, SO WE

DIDN'T REALLY HAVE ANY MONEY. I

DIDN'T HAVE ANY MONEY. JUST

STARTED PUNCHING. TAKING TURNS,

PUNCHING ME IN THE FACE. THERE

WAS ALSO THE GIRL. YOU JUST

REALIZE HOW BAD THIS SET UP

WAS. HOW BAD YOU'VE BEEN

DECEIVED. IT WASN'T SO MUCH

ABOUT THE ROBBERY. THEY WERE

HAVING A GOOD TIME DOING WHAT

THEY WERE DOING. THEY CONTINUED

TO LAUGH, JOKE, HITTING ME IN

THE FACE. AT THIS POINT, I HAD

BEEN GETTING ASSAULTED FOR

HOURS. MY FACE WAS BLEEDING. MY

EYES WERE SHUTTING. I STARTED

REALIZING, MAYBE I'M NOT GOING

TO GET OUT OF THIS ALIVE.

THAT'S WHEN THEY TOOK ME, AND I

SEEN MY SISTER'S CAR, AND THEY

PUT ME IN THE TRUNK. I'M IN THE

BACK OF THE TRUNK. TIED UP.

IT'S DARK. I'M BEATING MYSELF

UP ABOUT HOW I GOT INTO THIS

SITUATION. I'M WORRIED ABOUT

HOW I'M GOING TO DIE, AND I

JUST STARTED PRAYING. PRAYINGTO

GOD TO FORGIVE ME FOR CHASING

AFTER THESE GIRLS. I PRAYED

THAT IF HE GAVE ME MORE TIME I

WOULDN'T DISAPPOINT HIM. AND

IT'S JUST LIKE, GOD JUST

STARTED LIKE WHISPERING TO ME.

HE STARTED REASSURING ME THAT I

STILL LOVE YOU. THIS IS NOT

SOMETHING THAT WILL MAKE ME NOT

LOVE YOU. THAT'S WHEN MY MIND

BECAME MORE AT EASE. I JUST

FELT THIS PEACE COME, AND I

JUST FELL ASLEEP IN THE CHUNK

OF THE CAR. WHEN THE CAR

STOPPED, I WOKE BACK UP, AND

THE GUY OPENED THE TRUNK. AND

THAT'S WHEN I THOUGHT THEY WAS

GOING TO KILL ME AT THAT POINT.

THE GUY TOLD ME THAT I'D BETTER

NOT SAY A WORD OF THIS TO

ANYBODY. THAT'S WHEN HE HIT ME,

AND I FELL TO THE SIDE. ROAD.

AND I GOT IN THE CAR. A CAR

THAT WAS FOLLOWING THE CAR THAT

I WAS IN, AND THEY SPED OFF. I

WAS JUST THANKING GOD FOR

ALLOWING ME TO MAKE IT THROUGH

THAT SITUATION. THANKING GOD

FOR GIVING ME MORE TIME. AFTER

THAT NIGHT, ME AND MY FRIEND

DID SURVIVE. WE WAS TAKEN

STRAIGHT TO THE HOSPITAL. WHAT

HAPPENED TO ALL THE PEOPLE THAT

NIGHT, EVERYONE WAS ARRESTED.

SOME WERE MINOR, SO THEY DIDN'T

STAY IN JAIL, BUT EVERYONE GOT

ARRESTED. SOME OF THE PEOPLE

DID JAIL TIME. BEING 20 YEARS

NOW. GETTING OUT OF THAT

SITUATION WAS DEFINITELY AN ACT

OF GOD. AND I JUST FEEL LIKE

EVER SINCE THAT POINT IN TIME,

I JUST BEEN AWARE OF HIM IN MY

LIFE. HOW HE'S JUST OPENED UP

SO MANY DOORS. HE'S BLESSED ME

WITH THIS DENTAL PRACTICE IN

WHICH I'M ABLE TO HELP THE

COMMUNITY. I KNOW GOD HEARD MY

PRAYERS THAT NIGHT. IT WAS IN

THE MIDST OF JUST DARKNESS,

QUIETNESS. THAT'S WHEN I HEARD

HIS VOICE. HE WAS WITH ME THE

ENTIRE TIME. AND ONLY BECAUSE

OF HIM THAT I WAS ABLE TO MAKE

IT OUT OF THAT SITUATION ALIVE.

GARY EXPERIENCED THE

DELIVERANCE OF GOD. HERE HE IS

IN THE BACK OF A TRUNK OF A

CAR, AND HE'S BEATING HIMSELF

UP. WHY DID I DO THIS? WHY DID

I GET TRICKED? WHY DID I GET

TRAPPED WHEN I WAS TRYING TO

GET ALONG WITH A GIRL, THAT

WASN'T GOD'S PLAN FOR MY LIFE,

AND HERE I AM SUFFERING THE

CONSEQUENCES OF IT. BUT THEN

GOD SAID SOMETHING WONDERFUL TO

HIM. I STILL LOVE YOU. I STILL

LOVE YOU. I STILL HAVE A WAY.

AND GOD PROVIDED A WAY. WHEN

GARY WAS THINKING THERE'S NO

WAY I'M GETTING OUT OF THIS,

GOD PROVIDED A WAY. NOW FOR

MANY PEOPLE, YOU WANT TO BLAME

YOURSELF FOR YOUR CIRCUMSTANCE.

AND MAYBE YOU REALLY ARE AT

FAULT. BUT HERE'S THE GOOD

NEWS, AND IT IS WONDERFUL NEWS.

GOD STILL LOVES YOU. HE STILL

HAS A WAY OUT. YOU CAN STILL

LIVE FOR HIM. YOU CAN STILL

HAVE THE THINGS THAT HE WANTS

FOR YOU. YOU CAN STILL FULFILL

THE PLAN AND PURPOSE FOR YOUR

LIFE. YOU CAN STILL DO ALL OF

THESE THINGS. WHY? BECAUSE HE

LOVES YOU. HE LOVES YOU SO MUCH

HE WANTS TO BE YOUR FRIENDS.

THAT'S ONE OF THE TITLES OF

JESUS. FRIEND OF SINNERS.

FRIEND TO THOSE WHO MAKE

MISTAKES. FRIENDS TO THOSE WHO

DO THINGS THEY KNOW THEY

SHOULDN'T DO. HE NEVER STOPS

BEING YOUR FRIEND. HE NEVER

STOPS LOVING YOU. NOW TERI AND

I ARE GOING TO PRAY. AND THIS

PRAYER IS GOING TO BE

ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE WHO THINK,

WELL YOU'VE BROUGHT THIS

CONDITION ON YOURSELF. JUST

START THINKING OF THE NUMBER OF

PROBLEMS THAT CAN HAPPEN. SO

YOU'RE A SMOKER. NOW YOU HAVE

LUNG PROBLEMS. OR YOU HAVE

PROBLEMS WITH CHOLESTEROL. IT'S

ALL RELATED TO YOUR DIET, OR

YOU HAVE THIS, OR YOU HAVE

THAT, AND THE DOCTORS TOLD YOU,

WELL, YOU NEED TO DO THIS. YOU

NEED TO DO THAT. HERE IS WHAT

GOD SAYS. I LOVE YOU. I'M HERE

FOR YOU. I WANT TO HELP YOU. I

WANT TO SEE YOU THROUGH THIS. I

WANT YOU TO FULFILL YOUR PLAN

AND DESTINY. THE ONE I MAPPED

OUT FOR YOU BEFORE THE

FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD. I WANT

YOU TO FULFILL IT. WHY? BECAUSE

I WANT YOU TO BE WITH ME IN

ETERNITY, AND I WANT YOU TO

HAVE JOY THERE WHEN YOU FULFILL

THE PLAN AND PURPOSE YOU'RE

GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF JOY. SO

THAT'S WHAT HE WANTS FOR YOU.

WHAT DO YOU WANT FOR YOU? DO

YOU WANT THAT? DO YOU WANT THAT

BREAKTHROUGH WHERE YOU CAN KNOW

WITH CONFIDENCE, THAT YOU'RE IN

THE PLAN OF GOD, YOU'RE

FULFILLING YOUR PURPOSE? TO GET

IT, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS CRY

OUT TO HIM. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO

IS TURN. JUST WHAT GARY DID IN

THAT TRUNK. HE TURNED TO GOD.

HE HEARD THAT VOICE. YOU CAN DO

THAT AND YOU CAN DO IT RIGHT

NOW. NOW BEFORE WE PRAY, WE'VE

GOT SOME OTHER MIRACLES FOR

YOU. HERE'S GARY FROM NEW YORK.

HE HAD MULTIPLE ALLERGIES,

CAUSED TREMENDOUS SINUS AND

DIGESTIVE PROBLEMS. WATCHING

THIS SHOW, HE HEARD TERI SAY,

SOMEONE ELSE, YOU HAVE CHRONIC,

AND I MEAN CHRONIC, ISSUES WITH

YOUR SINUSES. CONSTANT DRAINING

THAT AFFECTS YOUR VOICE, YOUR

SWALLOWING, EVEN YOUR STOMACH

IS UPSET FROM IT. GOD IS

HEALING THAT CONDITION FOR YOU.

IT'S JUST GOING TO DRY UP. GARY

BELIEVED GOD. FELT RELIEF RIGHT

AWAY. HE CAN BREATHE BETTER.

THIS IS CAROLYN OF

WHITEHALL, PENNSYLVANIA. SHE

SHARES THIS PHOTO OF HER FRIEND

GARY WHO IS INCARCERATED. HE

HEARD YOU SAY SOMEONE WITH A

BLOOD DISORDER , GOD IS HEALING

YOU NOW. LET YOUR BLOOD BE

CLEANSED AND BE WHOLE, AND

CARRY OXYGEN PROPERLY

THROUGHOUT YOUR BODY. GREGORY

CLAIMED THE WORD FOR HIMSELF.

WHEN HE WENT BACK TO THE PRISON

DOCTOR, HIS HEALING WAS

CONFIRMED. PRAISE THE LORD.

GOD IS ABLE. JUST GIVE HIM

THAT ABILITY OVER YOU. BELIEVE

IT. THAT'S HOW YOU GIVE GOD

PERMISSION. WHEN YOU BELIEVE

HIS WORD. HE'S LOOKING FOR

THAT. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS

TURN TO HIM. SO LET'S DO THAT,

AND LET'S BELIEVE, AND HE'LL DO

ALL THE REST. LORD, WE LIFT

EVERYONE IN THE AUDIENCE TO YOU

RIGHT NOW. AND WE ASK FOR

HEALING. WE ASK FOR

RESTORATION. WE ASK FOR

DELIVERANCE. FOR ANYONE, LORD

GOD, WHO'S FEELING SORROW OVER

THE THINGS THAT THEY'VE DONE.

THAT THEY'RE VERY CONDUCT HAS

GOT THEM IN THE POSITION

THEY'RE IN. COME TO THEM NOW

WITH THAT HEALING WORD, I STILL

LOVE YOU. I'M STILL HERE FOR

YOU. I STILL WANT YOU. LET THAT

GO DEEP INTO THEIR SPIRIT. GIVE

THEM THE FAITH THAT THEY NEED

TO TURN TO YOU AND BELIEVE.

THERE'S SOMEONE YOU'VE GOT DEEP

PROBLEMS IN YOUR LUNG. BOTH

LUNGS. YOU'VE BEEN DIAGNOSED

WITH COPD. GOD IS HEALING YOUR

LUNGS RIGHT NOW. HE'S ABLE TO

TAKE AWAY ALL OF THAT PROBLEM

FOR YOU, GIVE YOU FULL BREATH,

FULL OXYGEN LEVELS. IN JESUS'

NAME, BE HEALED, AND BE

CLEANSED. BE CLEANSED FROM ALL

OF THAT. BE RESTORED IN YOUR

MIND AND SPIRIT. JUST REALIZE

TODAY YOU'RE BORN AGAIN. GOD IS

GIVING YOU NEW LIFE, NEW

ENERGY, NEW VITALITY FOR THE

PLAN HE HAS FOR YOU. TERI.

THIS IS ALSO A LUNG ISSUE. I

DON'T BELIEVE IT'S THE SAME

PERSON, BUT YOU'VE ASPIRATED

SOME STUFF INTO YOUR LUNGS MORE

THAN ONE TIME, AND NOW YOU'RE

HAVING ISSUES WITH YOUR

BREATHING, WITH YOUR LUNGS,

WITH INFECTION. GOD'S HEALING

THAT FOR YOU RIGHT NOW. IT WILL

BE AS THOUGH IT NEVER HAPPENED,

IN JESUS' NAME.

SOMEONE YOU HEARD THE REPORT

ABOUT SINUS CONDITIONS, AND

YOU'RE SAYING PLEASE SAY SINUS

CONDITIONS. SO FOR YOU, I'M

SAYING SINUS CONDITIONS. ALL OF

THAT INFLAMMATION, EVERYTHING

THAT'S SEEMS TO BE SWOLLEN AND

CLOSED UP, OPEN NOW IN JESUS'

NAME, ALL OF THE PAIN AND

HEADACHE ASSOCIATED WITH IT, BE

GONE NOW. IN JESUS' NAME, BE

CLEANSED, BE HEALED, BE

RESTORED.

SOMEONE ELSE, YOU'RE HAVING

AN ISSUE WITH YOUR BACK. I'M

NOT SURE WHAT IT IS, IT'S NOT

CONSTANT, BUT IT'S DEEM. IT'S

ALMOST LIKE AN ELECTRICAL SHOCK

MOVES UP YOUR SPINE. GOD IS

HEALING THAT CONDITION, SETTING

EVERYTHING IN ORDER AS IT'S

MEANT TO BE, LETTING ALL THE

ELECTRICAL IMPULSES FUNCTION AS

THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO FUNCTION,

AND YOU WILL NOT HAVE THAT PAIN

AGAIN IN JESUS' NAME.

SOMEONE WITH AN IMPACTED

WISDOM TOOTH IN YOUR LOWER

RIGHT JAW, IN EXTRAORDINARY

PAIN FROM IT. IN JESUS' NAME,

BE HEALED. LET EVERYTHING

PRESENT. LET THAT TOOTH COME

OUT NORMALLY, AND IN JESUS'

NAME, ALL THE PAIN, ALL THE

SWELLING, DISAPPEAR NOW.

SOMEONE ELSE, YOU HAD SOME

KIND OF A CHRONIC CONDITION

FROM THE TIME YOU WERE A CHILD.

IT HAS CAUSED YOU TO FEEL LIKE

SOMEHOW GOD DOESN'T LOVE YOU AS

MUCH AS HE LOVES OTHER PEOPLE.

TODAY'S MESSAGE IS FOR YOU.

YOUR CONDITION HAS NOTHING TO

DO WITH GOD'S LOVE FOR YOU. GOD

LOVES YOU DEARLY. KNOWS YOUR

NAME, UNDERSTANDS YOUR NEED,

AND TODAY, YOU ARE BEING HEALED

IN JESUS' NAME.

LORD, WE THANK YOU. WE THANK

YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE.

HOW YOU STILL LOVE US, THOUGH

WHILE WE WERE SINNERS YOU DIED

FOR US. THIS IS THE LOVE THAT

YOU HAVE FOR US. WE THANK YOU

FOR IT. IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN.

AMEN.

IF YOU'VE BEEN HEALED LET US

KNOW. CALL US 1-800-700-7000.

AND I REMIND YOU, WE BELIEVE IN

PREVAILING PRAYER. SO IF IT YOU

WANT SOMEONE TO AGREE WITH YOU

IN PRAYER, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO

IS PICK UP THE PHONE AND CALL

US. 1-800-700-7000. TERI.

WELL, STILL AHEAD, AN ENGINE

FAILS, AND A 737 CRASHES INTO

THE ICY WATERS OF THE POTOMAC

RIVER. HOW DID THIS FLIGHT

ATTENDANT MAKE IT OUT ALIVE?

YOU'LL SEE FOR YOURSELF. THAT'S

COMING UP.

> AND WELCOME BACK TO THE

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> THE EVENT INCLUDED

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AND TERI ARE BACK WITH MORE OF

TODAY'S "700 CLUB." IT IS ALL

COMING UP RIGHT AFTER THIS.

> WITH ME IS A 4-YEAR-OLD WHO

LIVES IN HONDURAS. EVERY DAY,

SHE AND HER MOTHER HAVE TO MAKE

MULTIPLE TRIPS UP AND DOWN A

MOUNTAIN JUST TO GET WATER. AND

BEFORE PEOPLE LIKE YOU HELPED

THIS FAMILY, THE WATER WAS SO

DIRTY, THAT DRINKING IT MADE

BRITHANY SICK.

REBECA IS A SINGLE MOM, WHO

LIVES WITH HER 4-YEAR-OLD

DAUGHTER, BRITHANY IN HONDURAS.

THEIR ONLY FORM OF WATER IS A

PILA. THAT STREAM IS DANGEROUS.

BECAUSE OF THE PEOPLE WHO USE

IT FOR WASHING CLOTHES, AND

BATHING. AND GETTING TO THE

PILA HAS BEEN DIFFICULT TOO.

THE PATH IS LONG. GETTING

THERE IS VERY HARD. YOU HAVE TO

GO UP, THEN GO DOWN SEVERAL

TIMES A DAY, BECAUSE WE NEED

WATER.

Reporter: EVEN AT AGE 4,

BRITHANY SEEMED TO KNOW THE

WATER WAS DANGEROUS.

CHILDREN SHOULD NOT DRINK

THAT DIRTY WATER.

Reporter: UNFORTUNATELY,

THEY HAD TO DRINK IT. THEN

BRITHANY GOT SICK.

SHE WOKE UP AND SAID MOMMY,

MY STOMACH HURTS. MY HEAD

HURTS. WE GOT SCARED WHEN SHE

VOMITED THROUGH HER NOSE.

I WAS AFRAID MY DAUGHTER

WOULD DIE. MY DAUGHTER IS THE

ONE WHO GIVES ME STRENGTH TO

LIVE. WHEN I LOOKED AT HER I

WAS AFRAID OF LOSING HER.

Reporter: THE NEXT MORNING, %

REBECA TOOK HER TO THE

HOSPITAL.

AFTER SHE RECOVERED, THE

DOCTOR TOLD ME TO PUT DROPS OF

CHLORINE IN THE WATER, OR PUT

IT IN THE SUN TO TRY TO PURIFY

IT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

Reporter: WHEN OPERATION

BLESSING LEARNED ABOUT THE

COMMUNITY AND TESTED THE WATER,

WE CONFIRMED THAT IT WAS

DANGEROUS TO DRINK. THEN

WORKING WITH MEMBERS OF THAT

COMMUNITY, WE DUG TRENCHES AND

LAID PIPE THAT LED FROM ANOTHER

SOURCE HIGH IN THE MOUNTAIN. WE

RESTORED A 15,000-GALLON

STORAGE TANK THAT HAD FALLEN

OUT OF USE, AND ADDED

CHLORINATION TO PURIFY THE

WATER. WHEN IT WAS FINISHED,

REBECA SAID THIS WAS THE FIRST

TIME IN HER LIFE THAT BRITNEY

DID NOT HAVE TO GO AND COLLECT

WATER, OR DRINK DIRTY WATER.

MY DAUGHTER IS HAPPY BECAUSE

SHE HAS WATER HERE AT HOME. SHE

BATHES WHENEVER SHE NEEDS, AND

EVEN PLAYS IN THE WATER. TO THE

FRIENDS WHO SUPPORT OPERATION

BLESSING, I THANK YOU. AND I

HOPE YOU WILL CONTINUE TO DO

THIS WORK FOR OTHERS TOO.

THAT THANK YOU FROM HONDURAS

GOES TO YOU, IF IT YOU'RE A

MEMBER OF THE "700 CLUB,"

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THAT MADE IT POSSIBLE TO GIVE

THEM NOT JUST FRESHWATER, BUT A

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> WELL UP NEXT, ONE MINUTE

SHE WAS IN THE JUMP SEAT. THE

NEXT, THIS FLIGHT ATTENDANT WAS

IN FREEZING WATERS, CLUTCHING

THE TAIL OF THE PLANE. HEAR THE

STORY OF HER AMAZING RESCUE

WHEN WE COME BACK.

> AIR FLORIDA FLIGHT CRASHED

INTO THE POTOMAC RIVER. KELLY

WAS ALSO ONE OF ONLY FIVE

SURVIVORS.

I STARTED NOTICING PEOPLE ON

THE SHORE. THEY WERE YELLING TO

US. I REMEMBER JUST BEING

FURIOUS. I WAS SO MAD BECAUSE I

THOUGHT ALL THESE PEOPLE ARE

JUST GOING TO WATCH US DIE.

Reporter: IN HER EARLY 20s,

KELLY DUNCAN MOORE WAS A FLIGHT

ATTENDANT WITH AIR FLORIDA. SHE

LOVED THE SENSE OF FREEDOM AND

CONTROL SHE HAD IN HER LIFE AT

THE TIME.

I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO TELL

ME WHAT TO DO. I REALLY WANTED

TO BE THE ONE TO MAKE MY OWN

DECISIONS. I FELT LIKE I WAS IN

CONTROL. THAT I WAS ABLE TO DO

THE THINGS THAT I WANTED TO DO.

Reporter: BUT THAT FALSE

SENSE OF CONTROL CAME TO AN

ABRUPT END ON A FREEZING DAY IN

JANUARY, 1982, AFTER A LONG

DELAY, FLIGHT 90 TOOK OFF FROM

WASHINGTON NATIONAL AIRPORT,

WITH KELLY, AND 78 OTHERS

ONBOARD.

I TOOK MY SEAT IN THE BACK

JUMP SEAT. STRAPPED MYSELF IN,

AND WE STARTED DOWN THE RUNWAY.

IMMEDIATELY AFTER LEAVING THE

GROUND, THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO

SHAKE REALLY BAD. AND THE LAST

THING I SAW WAS A PASSENGER IN

THE VERY LAST SEAT. HE TURNED

AROUND TO ME, AND LOOKED VERY

WORRIED. I JUST KIND OF

SHRUGGED MY SHOULDERS. THEN THE

NEXT MINUTE, I WAS IN A

DIFFERENT -- I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT

HAD HAPPENED.

Reporter: THE JET FAILED TO

CLIMB UPON TAKEOFF, AND

CRASHED. THEN PLUNGED INTO THE

ICY WATERS BELOW. MOMENTS

LATER, KELLY EMERGED FROM THE

WRECKAGE. SHE WENT TO THE TAIL

OF THE PLANE, FIGHTING

HYPOTHERMIA.

I FELT SO CONFUSED. WHAT IN

THE WORLD JUST HAPPENED? AS THE

TIME WENT ON, I STARTED TO

THINK I'M GOING TO DIE. THAT'S

WHEN I STARTED TO GO, I THINK

THIS IS THE DAY I'M GOING TO

DIE. I REMEMBER FEELING THAT

GOD WAS WATCHING IT. AND IT

SCARED ME. BECAUSE I THOUGHT

WHY SHOULD HE HELP ME? I DIDN'T

KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT GOD, BUT I

KNEW THE WAY I WAS LIVING

COULDN'T POSSIBLY BE CONSIDERED

A GODLY LIFE.

Reporter: AFTER 28 MINUTES

IN THE FREEZING WATER, SHE WAS

PULLED TO SHORE THROUGH A

DRAMATIC HELICOPTER RESCUE. SHE

WAS ONE OF ONLY FIVE PEOPLE WHO

SURVIVED THE CRASH.

I KNEW WHEN I GOT TO THE

HOSPITAL THAT GOD HAD HEARD ME

AND GOD WAS AWARE OF ME. AND

THAT'S ALL I KNEW. AND I

REMEMBER THAT WAS THE FIRST

TIME I REALLY STARTED TO PRAY.

BUT MY PRAYER WAS JUST SAYING I

AM SO SORRY THAT I DON'T KNOW

HOW TO PRAY. BECAUSE I THOUGHT,

I KNOW GOD HEARS ME, AND I JUST

KEPT SAYING I'M SO SORRY GOD, I

DON'T KNOW HOW TO PRAY.

Reporter: AS SHE FUMBLED

THROUGH CLUMSY PRAYERS, A NURSE

CAME INTO THE ROOM WITH AN

ANSWER SHE LONGED FOR.

SHE GRABBED ME BY THE HAND,

AND SHE SAID LITTLE GIRL, I'M

NOT SUPPOSED TO TALK TO YOU

ABOUT THIS AT WORK, BUT I FEEL

I HAVE TO. SHE TOLD ME JESUS

HAD DONE MORE FOR ME THAN JUST

SAVED ME FROM A PLANE CRASH. AS

SOON AS SHE STARTED TO TALK, I

KNEW WITHOUT A DOUBT THAT GOT

SENT HER TO TALK TO ME, BECAUSE

I HAD BEEN SAYING, I DON'T KNOW

WHAT TO DO. AND SHE WAS THERE

TO TELL ME.

Reporter: AS KELLY PRAYED TO

RECEIVE JESUS INTO HER LIFE,

SHE FELT SOMETHING SHE'D NEVER

EXPERIENCED BEFORE.

IT BROUGHT ME SO MUCH PEACE

IN A TIME OF TURMOIL. I WAS

BEGGING GOD, PLEASE DON'T LET

THIS BE SOMETHING HERE TODAY

AND GONE TOMORROW. I REMEMBER

BEGGING GOD. I DIDN'T WANT TO

GO BACK TO NOT EVER FEELING HIS

PRESENCE. ONCE YOU HAVE FELT

GOD'S PRESENCE, YOU WOULD NEVER

WANT TO LIVE WITHOUT IT.

Reporter: SHE LONGED TO KNOW

HOW TO LIVE AS A CHRISTIAN. SO

ONCE AGAIN, SHE PRAYED. THE

NEXT DAY SHE RECEIVED A BIBLE

IN THE MAIL FROM A STRANGER

WITH A NOTE TO READ THE BOOK OF

JOHN AS A STARTING POINT. ONCE

AGAIN, SHE KNEW GOD WAS WITH

HER.

GOD IS SO PERSONAL. HE'S

MAKING IT SO PERSONALIZED FOR

ME. THAT EVERYTHING I NEED IS

RIGHT HERE IN FRONT OF ME. AND

IT WAS JUST A SPECIAL THING. I

KNEW THAT IT WASN'T GOING TO BE

UP TO ME TO LEARN HOW TO BE A

CHRISTIAN. THAT HE WAS GOING TO

LEAD ME THROUGH IT.

Reporter: SHE SAYS GOD HAS

NEVER LEFT HER SINCE THE DAY

SHE PRAYED TO RECEIVE HIM OVER

30 YEARS AGO. AND KELLY HAS

NEVER WAIVERRED IN HER FAITH,

EVEN THROUGH HARD TIMES AND THE

DEATH OF A CHILD. SHE SAYS

SHE'S THANKFUL GOD HAS WORKED

WITH HER, AND GIVEN HER A

SECOND CHANCE.

I HAD PEACE, KNOWING THAT

GOD WAS IN CONTROL. THE CONTROL

IN MY LIFE THAT I ALWAYS WANTED

TO HAVE, THAT THE PEACE CAME

WHEN I KNEW GOD WAS IN CONTROL.

SO I DON'T HAVE A REASON WHY

GOD WOULD HAVE SPARED ME, BUT

I'M THANKFUL, EVEN IF IT WAS

JUST TO BRING FORTH THE

CHILDREN THAT WOULD COME AFTER

ME, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT GOD

HAS IN STORE FOR MY CHILDREN

AND THE PEOPLE THAT WILL COME

AFTER ME. BUT GOD GAVE ME A

CHANCE TO BE RESCUED. NOT JUST

FROM AN AIRPLANE CRASH, BUT TO

BE RESCUED FROM AN ETERNITY

THAT I COULDN'T HAVE EVER

CHANGED. SO GOD GAVE ME A

CHANCE TO KNOW HIM. I COULDN'T

BE MORE THANKFUL FOR THAT THAN

ANYTHING.

WE'RE SUCH INTERESTING

CREATURES, AROUND WE? YOU

AREN'T WE? WE SPEND OUR LIVES

WANTING TO BE IN CONTROL,

THINKING WE'RE IN CONTROL.

THINKING WE'VE GOT IT ALL

TOGETHER. I'M STRUCK BY THE

FACT THAT -- THIS IS SO

LIFE-LIKE FOR KELLY THAT IN ONE

SECOND IT CHANGED. SHE DIDN'T

EVEN THINK WHAT HAPPENED, OR

KNOW WHAT HAPPENED, SHE WAS

JUST IN THE WATER. ONE OF THE

FEW SURVIVORS. THERE WERE MANY

THINGS SHE COULDN'T CONTROL.

YOU KNOW, THAT'S TRUE FOR EVERY

SINGLE ONE OF US, ISN'T IT? WE

CAN'T CONTROL MOST OF WHAT GOES

ON AROUND US, YET WE LIVE IN

THIS KIND OF FALSE

UNDERSTANDING THAT SOMEHOW WE

CAN IMPACT IT. AND WHEN WE'RE

IN THAT PLACE, WHERE WE REALIZE

THAT WE CAN'T CONTROL IT ALL,

THERE'S A SENSE OF "THERE MUST

BE MORE THAN THIS." IF I'M HERE

AND I CAN'T CONTROL ANY OF

THIS, THEN WHY AM I HERE? WHO

AM I? WHAT'S THE PURPOSE? THEN

GOD COMES AFTER US. YOU KNOW, I

LOVE THAT ABOUT OUR LORD,

ALMOST AS MUCH AS ANYTHING.

THAT HE KNOWS WE'RE OUT OF

CONTROL, BUT HE WAITS. HE WAITS

PATIENTLY FOR US TO COME TO

THAT REALIZATION. PATIENTLY FOR

US TO COME TO THAT REALIZATION

THAT THERE MUST BE SOMETHING

MORE. EVEN THOUGH KELLY DID NOT

KNOW HOW TO PRAY, SHE KNEW

THERE WAS A GOD. YOU KNOW

THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT THAT

MOMENT, WHERE GOD BEGAN TO

SPEAK TO HER, SUPPLIED SOMEONE

IN THE HOSPITAL SHE DIDN'T EVEN

KNOW TO COME RIGHT TO HER

HOSPITAL BED. TAKE HER BY THE

HAND, AND TELL HER ABOUT JESUS.

THEN SHE WANTED TO KNOW WHAT DO

I DO NOW? HE SENDS A BIBLE FROM

SOMEONE SHE DIDN'T KNOW RIGHT

TO KELLY AT A TIME WHEN, YOU

KNOW WHAT? SHE HAD TIME TO READ

THAT BIBLE, DIDN'T SHE? GOD'S

LIKE THAT IN ALL OF OUR LIVES.

IF YOU THINK ABOUT THAT, HE'S

BEEN DOING THAT WITH YOU TOO.

HE DID IT WITH ME. HE DOES IT

WITH EACH ONE OF US, BECAUSE HE

LOVES US. MORE THAN WE CAN

UNDERSTAND. DON'T LET ANYTHING

COME BETWEEN THE MOMENT THAT

YOU'RE TO HAVE WITH JESUS, SO

THAT ETERNITY IS SECURE FOR

YOU. TAKE TIME, RIGHT NOW. JUST

STOP WHAT YOU'RE DOING. STOP

THE RAT RACE, AND BEGIN TO

SPEAK TO HIM. DOESN'T HAVE TO

BE FANCY. NOTHING WONDERFUL.

JUST TALK TO HIM FROM YOUR

HEART. GOD WILL MEET YOU RIGHT

WHERE YOU'RE AT, AND LEAD YOU

TO HIS HEART, WHICH IS THE ONLY

PLACE YOU'LL FIND LIFE, IT'S

THE ONLY PLACE YOU'LL FIND A

FUTURE, EVEN ETERNITY. IF YOU

NEED TO PRAY WITH SOMEONE

TODAY, CALL OUR TOLL FREE

NUMBER. IT'S 1-800-700-7000.

THERE'S INFORMATION FREELY TO

BE SENT TO YOU, A FRIEND TO

PRAY WITH YOU, BUT CALL NOW.

SOMEONE'S WAITING TO HEAR FROM

YOU. GORDON.

WE LEAVE YOU TODAY WITH

THESE WORDS FROM SECOND SAMUEL.

THE LORD LIVES. PRAISE TO MYRA.

MAKE GOD THE ROCK OF MY

SALVATION BE EXALTED. FOR ALL

OF US HERE, GOD BLESS YOU.