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>> reporter: since this story first aired, eugene has been looking for another total stranger to help with another huge act of kindness, and here he is. alberto velasquez lives in poverty with 24 family members under one roof. eugene met albertos family on skid row in los angeles, and then hired alberto, a skilled seamster, to help start a clothing line called kin lov gua. proceeds will guarantee alberto ind his family a living wage and fund many other kindness projects to come. eugene may have ...

>> i have a film degree. >> reporter: which makes you wonder, then, how were you going lk make him walk again? >> ( laughs ) thats the part i had no idea. >> reporter: eventually, though, he learned about this exoskeleton device that can help some people walk again. unfortunately, it costs about $80,000. so, to pay for it, eugene quit his job at a research company in northern california to hike... >> here we go! >> reporter: ...from the california-mexico border to canada. >> were going! >> repor...

Was a teacher, a principal. a devoted mom of four. a freak accident 12 years ago changed her life. she was confined to a wheelchair. >> i was just depressed, sad. i was mad at the world. and i wanted my life back. i wanted my legs back. >> reporter: after nearly ten years in that wheelchair, a promise to her late father brought her here. the hangar clinics boot camp for amputees in oklahoma city. >> i met a group of amazing amputees. they were up and they were walking and they were out of their ...

What diane henderson has to contend with. inside her house on oaklands banning drive. >> came down and i guess came through the back bedroom and bathroom and down through the hallway. and all through the patio. it burst through. >> it started coming down our yard really fast. >> reporter: barbara stone has a wul of mud in her backyard, too, part of the same slide that has left two houses seriously damaged. she was met at her home thursday night by a fire fighter. >> he came in and says, okay, yo...

Anyone that wants this evidence to investigate it, please contact me. >> reporter: the syrian regime denies any involvement, but idlib province is a syrian rebel stronghold, regularly pounded with air strikes by the regime and its ally, russia. suspicion will also fall on the regime because of an earlier chemical attack in august 2013, thought to have killed hundreds. the u.n.s chemical weapons watchdog concluded it was sarin nerve agent. russia also denied it was responsible today. its direct i...

Dynasty tumbles down. "nbc nightly news" begins now. from nbc news jose diaz. >> we begin with an unfolding tragedy in colombia where there is a state of emergency after an avalanche swept through a small city killing 150 people and more missing. the heavy rain that caused three rivers to overflow their banks. it happened in the city near the border with ecuador. nbcs lucy cavnof with the details. >> reporter: in south colombia a dangerous effort to get the injured. releasing an avalanche of wat...

>> reporter: extremely dry conditions have contributed to outbreaks across eight states this year. hardest hit were ranchers, losing much of their land and thousands of cattle. >> theyre kind of like our children to us. every cow, every calf. and thats whats made this so devastating. >> reporter: but strangers have made the difference. thousands of bales of hay, feed, and other aid donated from as far as ohio and south dakota. >> they have made it so that we have the try and we have the fight to...

London was a city defiant. parliament was in session. the westminster bridge reopened this afternoon. the attacker sped the 800-foot length of this bridge, up on the sidewalk much of the time. look how narrow it is. his suv would have taken up most of it. he ran over dozens of people. one woman going into the water. that surveillance video shows the car barrelling on, crashing into the railing, surrounding parliament. masood then getting out, armed with two knives, charging the main gates, fatal...

One of those, an american from utah, celebrating a milestone anniversary. there with his wife. abcs chief foreign correspondent, terry moran, reporting from london tonight. >> reporter: tonight we are learning more about the man who attacked the heart of london. khalid masood, 52 years old. british-born. believed to have acted alone, though he was long known to authorities here as an islamist radical. police now executing raids across the country, arresting eight, and seizing evidence. the inves...

And minus 40-degree temperatures, pulling a sled with 200 pounds of supplies behind him. >> people are limited by this, not their body. if you dont think its possible, its not possible. >> reporter: at the north pole, hell plant a flag with names of people battling cancer arranged to spell out hope. >> its not about me and my story. its about people who are fighting for their lives and people who need that hope. >> reporter: sean swarner often envisions the end of this remarkable journey. >> ill...