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in our world lead, d-day. their marching orders were save the world. on june 6th, 1944, u.s. paratroopers dropped behind enemy lines from high over normandy with no idea if they were going to make it out alive or if operation overlord would be successful. on d-day, staff sergeant tom rice jumped with the 101st airborne. just 22 years old. he said it was the worst jump of his life. now at age 97, he invited cnn along as he prepared for a second jump. rice trained at the gym for months. this week he made his way to france to climb aboard a c-47 once again. here s our inside look at how staff sergeant rice honored the thousands of allied forces who gave their lives on d-day and the ensuing operations.
france, australia and other allied nations, the real hear heros are the veterans. shepard: in the dead of night, hours before allied troops landed on normandy s shores, thousands of brave paratroopers dropped from the skies behind enemy lines. some of them thought it was a suicide mission. 75 years later, hundreds of parachutists today recreated that jump across northern france to honor the airborne soldiers that never came home. they used authentic c-47 transport planes. this was the scene over the skies. among those making the jump was 97-year-old d-day paratrooper tom rice. he says he spent six months with a physical trainer preparing for this very moment. in 1944, a bullet ripped through
the rest of these controls and the rest of the general cockpit. the air force job is to make sure we are prepared to fight in the skies. but every now and again like today, you get to take a c-47 over niagara falls. check this out. todd: that was amazing. todd: here she is, whiskey 7. it s a c-47 plane. and, like i said in the piece it flew on d-day. a day that changed the course of world war ii and quite frankly did change the course of modern history. it was unreal experience. i will never forget it back to you guys. steve: fantastic. todd piro live in niagara falls, new york. and across the falls is canada. brian: yes. what a perfect transition if i m smart enough to pick it up i will start reading now and turns out of i am. president trump about to leave for the g-7 summit in
it in normandy less than two weeks ago. we ve since learned that he s died at the age of 90. you remember his story. he was just 19 years old when he parachuted into occupied france june 6th as part of the 82nd airborne. he was the last man out of his c-47 transport plane before it plunged to the ground in flames. he landed in a small town in france that still hails him today as a hero. he visited the street that s named after him with my colleague, peter alexander. you wanted it to be named 508 after the unit. right. so many young men died, wounded, never got any type of medal. i get a little emotional. all my comrades that died in some of this action that they are not here to get the same type of honor. and it is very honoring for me to have all these people here