This statue near Hanoi's West Lake, which depicts a falling pilot, marks the spot where John McCain was shot down in 1967
Swan-shaped paddle boats sit in Hanoi's Truc Bac Lake, where John McCain was shot down in 1967.
A woman selling fruit walks along Truc Bak Lake, where John McCain was shot down in 1967. He landed with a broken arm and leg, and nearly drowned.
The John McCain statue in Hanoi, commemorating the spot where he landed after being shot down in October 1967
When driving along West Lake in the Vietnamese city of Hanoi, you may notice an easily missed concrete monument on the side of the road. It shows a falling pilot and an inscription beside it states that on October 26, 1967, John McCain was shot down here.