Witnesses describe FAILED execution: 'LIFTED HER HEAD'

ALTITUDE AFTER PLUMMETING. ALMOST HALF OF ITS ALTITUDE ON. THE TERRIFYING ISRAEL BOUND. FLIGHT. WHILE SEVERELY WOUNDED ALLOWING. FOR PASSENGERS TO STORM IN AND.

RESTRAIN THE CO-PILOT AND. REGAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT. WE NOW KNOW THE CO-PILOT IS AN. OMANI NATIONAL WHO IS BELIEVED. TO HAVE UNDERGONE RADICAL. ISLAMIC INDOCTRINATION AND. ISRAELI OFFICIALS ARE. INVESTIGATING AS A POSSIBLE. TERRORIST ATTACK. EXACT MOTIVES NOT CLEAR THIS. HOUR. WE WILL HEAR FROM SOME OF THOSE. BRAVE PASSENGERS WHO SPRUNG. INTO ACTION AND AVERTED A. POTENTIALLY MAJOR DISASTER. >>> ATTORNEYS FOR CRISTA PIKE. WARNED THE STATE OF TENNESSEE. HER MEDICAL ISSUES COULD.

DISRUPT. TODAY THAT THEY WERE RIGHT. CRISTA PIKE CONVICTED MURDER. AND LONE WOMAN ON TENNESSEE'S. DEATH ROLE SURVIVED TWO DOSES. OF LETHAL INJECTION LAST NIGHT. WITNESSES SAY THEY WERE. ESCORTED OUT OF THE OBSERVATION. ROOM AFTER BOTH DOSES LEFT PIKE. SENATORING BUT NOT DEAD. SHE IS IN THE HOSPITAL. RECEIVING LIFE-SAVING TREATMENT. AND THE STATE IS GRAPPLING WITH. THE QUESTION, WHAT HAPPENS NOW? HELLO EVERYONE. THIS IS OUTNUMBERED. I'M KAYLEIGH MCENANY ALSO.

JOINING US KENNEDY-- LISA BOOTH. FOX NEWS POLITICAL ANALYST AND. DR. MARK SEAGULL SENIOR MEDICAL. ANALYST AND AUTHOR OF THE NEW. YORK TIMES BEST SELLER MIRACLES. AMONG US AND THE NEW BOOK. ANGELS AMONG US. AVAILABLE NOW YOU CAN PREORDER. IT YOU SEE IT THERE. WELL THE EXECUTION WAS. RE-SCHEDULED AFTER A MORNING OF. LEGAL BACK AND FORTH. AT 8:17 A.M. THE SIX CIRCUIT. COURT OF APPEALS STAYED THE. EXECUTION WHICH WAS SCHEDULED. FOR 10 A.M. THE SUPREME COURT REVERSED THE. STAY A LITTLE BEFORE 6 P.M. IN. THE EXECUTION PROCESS BEGAN.

AROUND 8 P.M. BEFORE THE FIRST DOSE OF THE. LETHAL INJECTION CHEMICAL, PINTO BARBADOL, PIKE ROW. DELIVERED WHAT WAS SUPPOSED TO. BE HER LAST WORDS. AFTER SPENDING 30 YEARS ON. DEATH ROW, SHE SAID SHE WAS. QUOTE, AT PEACE. THIS WAS AT 7:27 P.M. AND OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT. HOUR, PIKE WAS GIVEN TWO. INJECTIONS. AT ONE POINT WITNESSES SAY SHE. RAISED HER HEAD AND ASKED. PRISON OFFICIALS ABOUT A. FEELING IN HER ARM. AND AT 8:26 P.M. PIKE WAS. REPORTED TO BE ALIVE AND.

SENATORING. WITNESSES WERE ESCORTED OUT AT. 8:53 P.M. THEY COULD STILL HEAR HER. SENATORING. PIKE WAS THEN TAKEN TO THE. HOSPITAL WHERE ATTORNEYS SAY. SHE IS RECEIVING LIFE-SAVING. TREATMENT. WITNESSES LATER DESCRIBED THE. CHAOTIC SCENE. >> AT ONE POINT AT 7:34 SHE. SAID MY ARM FEELS LIKE IT'S. ABOUT TO BURST OPEN. >> SHE LIFTED HER HEAD OFF THE. TABLE. OR OFF THE GURNEY I SHOULD SAY. WITH HER MOUTH OPEN. KIND OF GASPING BUT NOT MAKING.

THE SOUND OF GASPING. BUT WITH HER MOUTH THAT WIDE. OPEN. >> MEDIA WITNESSES REPEATEDLY. ASKED, CAN WE OPEN THE. CURTAINS? BECAUSE WE COULD STILL AUDIBLY. HEAR HER SENATOR SNORING AND WE. WERE KIND OF LOOKED AT LIKE WE. DON'T KNOW. >> WE COULD NOT SEE WHAT WAS. HAPPENING. WE HEARD ACTIVITY. BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT. HAPPENED. WE'RE NOT SURE THAT'S. APPROPRIATE. AND THAT'S A QUESTION THAT WE'D. LIKE ANSWERED. >> I'VE WITNESSED I WILL FIVE. EXECUTIONS IN TENNESSEE. NOTHING ABOUT TODAY WAS NORMAL, TYPICAL AT ALL.

>> DR. SEAGULL THIS IS. POSITIVELY BIZARRE TO JUST AN. OUTSIDER LIKE ME. BUT HOW DO YOU SURVIVE TWO. SYRINGES OF PINTO BARB TOLL. INTENDED TO BE A FORM OF. EXECUTION. >> KAYLEIGH IF I TELL YOU THE. ANSWER TO THAT CAN YOU PLEASE. EXPLAIN THE LEGAL SIDE AS A. HARVARD TRAINED LAWYER. I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS WHOLE. SITUATION. THIS IS THE SECOND FAILED. EXECUTION THE STATE OF. TENNESSEE THIS YEAR. ONE OCCURRED IN MAY TO TONY. CARRUTHERS WHERE NOBODY COULD. GET AN IV IN HIM. BLOOD WAS COMING OUT OF THE.

VEINS. THEN A DOCTOR CAME BECAUSE. UNDER TENNESSEE LAW DOCTORS. DON'T DO TICHLT V AND IS TRIED. TO PUT A CENTRAL LINE IN HIM. COULDN'T GET IT IN. NOW WE HAVE THIS. I'LL TELL YOU POINT BLANK, THAT. THIS OCCURRED BECAUSE THEY. COULDN'T GET THE IV IN. PROPERLY, PERIOD. AND EITHER THEY WENT THROUGH. THE VEIN BECAUSE SHE SAID SHE. WAS FEELING A LOT OF PAIN IN. HER ARM. THEY PROBABLY PIERCED THE VEIN. AND WENT THROUGH IT. WHEN WE PUT AN IV IN SOMEONE, HERE'S HOW WE DO IT. WE PUT IT IN THE VEIN AND DRAW. BACK TO SEE IF THERE'S BLOOD. THAT'S HOW YOU DO IT. I TRAINED AT BELLEVUE WHERE WE.

HAD TO PUT IV UNLESS DRUG USERS. AND THEN THE NURSES END UP. BEING THE BEST PEOPLE IN THE. WORLD AT DOING THIS BUT IN ON. PHYSICIANS DON'T WANT TO BE. INVOLVED. HEALTH CARE WORKERS DON'T WANT. TO BE INVOLVED. THEY WONDER IF IT HAS TO DO. WITH THEIR OATH. WHEN THE CARRUTHERS CASE. HAPPENED THERE WAS A HUGE. OUTCRY. AMA THE AMERICAN MEDICAL. ASSOCIATION DOESN'T WANT. DOCTORS INVOLVED. SO THEY'VE KIND OF AGREED. DOCTORS WILL OVERSEE AND ONLY. IF YOU CAN'T GET THE IV IN. THEN THEY'LL TRY TO PUT A.

CENTRAL LINE IN. I'VE NEVER HEARD OF A DOCTOR. THAT CAN'T PUT A CENTRAL LINE. IN. MAYBE THEY A ARE NOT DRINKING. ENOUGH FLUIDS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE. BACKGROUND OF THIS BUT I'M. TELLING YOU IV LINES ARE EASY. TO GET IN. >> INTERESTING AND THEY'VE HAD. KENNEDY TWO ISSUES THIS YEAR. ALONE. THEY HAVE AUTHORITIES THAT SAY. THEY FOLLOWED EVERY STEP. APPARENTLY SOMETHING IS NOT. WORKING. >> YEAH THIS IS ONE OF THE. REASONS WHY I'M OPPOSED TO THE.

DEATH PENALTY. BECAUSE YOU CAN SCREW IT UP. AND THEN IT BECOMES INCREDIBLY. INHUMANE AND THEN YOU HAVE THE. MORAL QUESTIONS WITH THE. DOCTOR. AND I DON'T THINK DOCTORS. SHOULD BE FORCED TO KILL. SOMEONE. I DON'T THINK BAKERS SHOULD BE. FORCED TO BAKE CAKE IFS THEY. HAVE A MORAL ISSUE WITH IT.

IT IS AGAINST THE HIP ACCURATIC. OATH AND GOES AGAINST THEIR. PROFESSION TO PRESERVE LIFE. I DON'T KNOW THE ARGUMENT SEEMS. TO BE THAT COLEEN'S MOTHER. DESERVES CLOSURE. I DON'T KNOW THAT THIS GIVES. HER CLOSURE. AND I'VE SAID THIS ON THE COUCH. BEFORE. IF YOU ARE A PERSON OF FAITH. AND I KNOW MANY OF US ARE. YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE THAT GOD. WILL INSTILL HIS OWN VENGEANCE. UPON THIS WOMAN FOR THE. HORRIFIC CHOICES THAT SHE IS.

MADE. I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THE STATE. SHOULD BE IN THAT POSITION. AS HUMAN BEINGS, I DON'T THINK. THAT IT SHOULD BE AS A STATE BE. PUTTING PEOPLE TO DEATH. AND I KNOW THAT THAT MAY NOT BE. A POPULAR OPINION. BUT WHEN I SEE THINGS LIKE THIS. HAPPENING BEFORE US. IT JUST REINFORCES THAT BELIEF. >> YOU MAY HAVE THE DETAILS IF. YOU WANT TO SHARE. BUT JUST FOR VIEWERS IF YOU ARE. WONDERING WHAT THIS WOMAN DID. ACCORDING TO NEW YORK TIMES SHE. BEAT SOMEONE WITH AN ASPHALT.

ROCK, COLEEN, SLASHED HER BOX. CARVER. AND THEN TOOK A PIECE OF THIS. INDIVIDUAL'S SKULL ON THIS. YOUNG WOMAN'S SKULL AND SHOWED. IT TO AT LEAST ONE PERSON. AND LET ME JUST QUOTE THE TIMES. HERE. SO THE MOTHER OF COLEEN MS. SLEMERS FAMILY REMAIN FIRMLY IN. SUPPORT OF MS. PIKE'S. EXECUTION. RAISED FUNDS TO COVER THE DRIVE. FROM THEIR HOME OUTSIDE OF. JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA TO. NASHVILLE TO WITNESS THE. EXECUTION. MAY MARTINEZ MS. SOMERS MOTHER. WAS ADAMANT THAT MS. PIKE COULD. NOT ATONE FOR THE DEATH OF HER.

DAUGHTER AND SHOULD BE. EXECUTED. THAT IS THE FAMILY'S POSITION. >> AND I'M GLAD YOU POINTED OUT. WHAT PIKE DID HEHERE. BECAUSE SHE LURED COLEEN INTO. THE WOODS AND FOR 30 MINUTES, SHE AND AN ACCOMPLICE SLASHED. COLEEN'S WITH A BOX CUTTER. A MEAT CLEVER. CARVED A PENTO GRAM INTO HER. CHEST AND THEN CRUSHED HER. SKULL AND TOOK THE SKULL AROUND. LIKE A TROPHY. THAT IS WHAT CRISTA PIKE DID. THAT IS WHY SHE WAS ON DEATH. ROW. AND I HEAR YOU KENNEDY ABOUT. THE MORAL ARGUMENT. BUT I THINK THE MORAL ARGUMENT.

HERE IS THAT WE HAVE LOST OUR. MORAL COMPASS AS A SOCIETY. BECAUSE WE USED TO FOCUS ON THE. ACTIONS OF THE KILLER. AND NOW SOMEHOW WE EXCUSE THE. ACTIONS OF THE KILLER? WE TRY TO FIND SYMPATHY OR. EMPATHY FOR THAT INDIVIDUAL? AND WE JUST WENT THROUGH THIS. WITH LINDSAY CLANCY. AND YOU LOOK AT OVER A HUNDRED. GROUPS TO HAVE ASKED. TENNESSEE'S GOVERNOR LEE TO TRY. TO SPARE CRISTA PIKE THE DEATH. PENALTY. IN HERE. THE FOCUS SHOULD BE ON PIKE'S. ACTIONS LIKE Y YOU POINTED OUT. KAYLEIGH. SO I THINK THAT'S THE MORAL. ARGUMENT. ALSO THIS IS NOT SOMEONE WHO. HAS BEEN REFORMED.

WHILE SHE'S BEEN IMPRISONED, SHE ATTEMPTED MURDER? ON ANOTHER INMATE AND ALSO. TRIED-- FORMED AN ESCAPE PLAN. BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. SO THIS IS NOT A WOMAN WHO. HAS--. >> AN AWFUL PERSON BUT BEING. OPPOSED TO THE DEATH PENALTY. DOES NOT EXCUSE WHAT SHE DID. AND I WANT TO MAKE IT VERY, VERY CLEAR. AND THIS IS SOMETHING-- A. QUESTION THAT OVER THE COURSE. OF MY LIFE AND MY DECADES ON. EARTH, I'VE TRULY WRESTLED. WITH. BECAUSE YES THERE IS A PART OF. ME THAT'S VERY VENGEFUL THAT. WANTS TO SEEK JUSTICE.

BUT THEN YOU KNOW, I KEEP. LANDING ON THE POSITION THAT IF. WE WERE SO SICKENED BY THE. INHUMANE ACTS OF AN EVIL. PERSON, IT DOES NOT JUSTIFY IT. BY BEING INHUMANE OURSELVES. >> I DON'T THINK IT'S INHUMANE. TO TAKE THE LIFE OF SOMEONE WHO. HAS TAKEN ANOTHER. I BELIEVE IT'S AN EYE FOR AN. EYE. I DO SU FORT DEATH PENALTY. BUT I HEAR YOU AND I RESPECT. WHAT YOU'RE SAYING AND I JUST. HAVE A DIFFERENT OPINION.

>> VIEWERS MAY WANT TO HEAR. THIS IS MS. PIKE FROM 1998. >> I'M NOT SCARED TO DIE. I CANNOT PINPOINT WHERE I WENT. OFF TRACK AND THINGS JUST START. FALLING APART. HOW MY LIFE HAS ENDED UP LIKE. THIS, I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND. IT. AND YOU KNOW MAYBE IT'S JUST. NOT MEANT FOR ME TO UNDERSTAND. RIGHT NOW. >> I THINK KENNEDY HITS AT A.

CERTAIN POINT. IN OUR SOCIETY YOU HAVE PEOPLE. EITHER ANTIOR PRO DEATH. PENALTY. WHAT WE SEEM TO HAVE DONE IS. COMPROMISED ON SOME WEIRD HALF. EFFORT WHERE WE ALLOW PEOPLE TO. SIT ON DEATH ROW FOR DECADES. AND THEN WE GIVE THEM A LETHAL. INJECTION WHICH MAY OR MAY NOT. BE EFFECTIVE. I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS POLICY IS. BENEFICIAL TO ANYONE INCLUDING. THE VICTIM'S FAMILY. I SAY THIS AS SOMEONE WHO IS. PRO DEATH PENALTY AS BOTH. CONSERVATIVE AND A CHRISTIAN. AND I BELIEVE IT'S BECAUSE THE. SENTENCES WE HAND DOWN ARE AN. ENGS PROFESSION OF OUR. SOCIETY'S MORAL JUDGMENT. AND THAT THERE ARE SOME CRIMES.

THAT DO DESERVE DEATH BECAUSE. WE AS A A SOCIETY SIMPLY CANNOT. KOL TRAIT THEM. BUT AGAIN I AM FOR REFORMING. WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE AS THE. DEATH PENALTY SYSTEM. I THINK WE'VE BECOME SO FOCUSED. ON TRYING TO BE AS JUST AS WE. POSSIBLY CAN BE TO PEOPLE. CONVICTIONED OF CRIMES THAT. WE'VE FORGOTTEN THAT THE POINT. OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. IS TO PUNISH PEOPLE. AND TO DETER FUTURE CRIMES FROM. BEING COMMITTED. SO IF THE SOLUTION HERE IS TO. LIMIT THE APPEALS PROCESS OR TO. SET DEADLINES IF THE SOLUTION.

IS TO MANDATE A SPECIFIC KIND. OF EXECUTION. TO NOT ALLOW LETHAL INJECTIONS. WHICH HAVE THE HIGHEST BOTCH. RATE OUT OF ALL FORMS. THERE WAS ONE STUDY THAT CAME. OUT THAT FOUND THERE WAS A 7%. BOTCH RATE FOR LETHAL. INJECTIONS COMPARED TO 0% FOR. FIRING SKAUDS. SO MAYBE THE SOLUTION IS FOR US. TO STOP BEING SQUEAMISH AS A. SOCIETY AND TO RECOGNIZE THAT. PUNISHMENT IS NECESSARY AND. THAT MAYBE WE'LL HAVE TO MAKE. SOME DIFFICULT CALLS ABOUT HOW. IT'S HANDED DOWN. >> AND I'M ALSO WITH THAT. I'M NOT AGAINST THE DEATH.

PENALTY I'M FOR PHYSICIANS. PLAYING THIS ROLE AND I'M. AGREEING WITH YOUING ON THIS. INJECTION. BY THE WAY HER ORIGINAL CRIME. WAS SUPPOSEDLY SHE THOUGHT THE. OTHER WOMAN WAS CHEATING WITH. HER BOYFRIEND. AND THIS WAS A VENGEFUL, SPITEFUL INHUMANE CRIME. AND IN IDAHO IT IS THE FIRING. SQUAD. AND IN TENNESSEE THERE'S ALSO. THE CHAIR. YOU CAN HAVE THE EELECTRIC. CHAIR IF IT'S BEFORE 1999. BUT SHE CHOSE THIS. >> WE'LL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW IT. AT THIS POINT WE HAVE NO CLUE. HOW THIS WILL PLAY OUT. >>> WELL THE WOMEN'S RUGBY. TEAM AT A TOP UNIVERSITY. CHANGES ITS NAME TO ELIMINATE.

THE DISTINCTION OF WOMENS TEAM. IS THIS EFFORT TO EMBRACE TRANS. INCLUSION? ULTIMATELY ERASING WOMEN ALL. TOGETHER? NEXT.