It was May 1, 2003 when President George W. Bush made his dramatic landing on the deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln, arriving in the passenger seat of a Lockheed S-3 Viking fighter jet.

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Activist Bayram Kalyon, arriving back in Istanbul, had also been a passenger on the Mavi Marmara.

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At the Union Passenger Terminal in downtown New Orleans, people began arriving as early as 5:30 a.m.

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