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Early friday morning, chp was able to confirm that the tenth had died at the hospital. that person was taken to a burn unit at uc davis medical center where they passed away, i believe it was late thursday night. >> and matt, do we know anymore from the witnesses though how this collision happened? what happened here? >> yeah, you know, well, chp told us that all throughout thursday that the basically we had a fedex truck that was driving southbound on the 5 very, very well traveled freeway here...

Even there too, its going to get colder much after the storm pulls on out to sea later on monday afternoon. guys, this is a big snowstorm. a swathe of to 12 likely just south of chicago. >> snow and cold. thank you for the big heads up. as for the snow, massachusetts saw some of the worst of it nearly two feet fell in some parts of that state. richard lui is in boston with the very latest. when we spoke this morning, you were expecting temperatures to warm up a little bit. how is it there now? >...

Entire neighborhood. >> right at the, not outside but just inside the garage is when the explosion happened. it blew everything off that wall and on to me. had i been knocked unconscious, i probably would have been burned up. the fire came shortly after. theres angels all around us. >> two people were seriously hurt and had to be taken to a burn unit. investigators are wondering if there was a gas leak in the area. day 21 of the whitey bulger trial in boston. this week, the rifle man takes it ...

Today. its the fuel to the fire. the 93 octane in this thing. 70 miles per hour by the time it hits the dr. maybe all the way to san juan. we could see that. over to haiti. then, as it gets up here in the bahamas, go left to the u.s. or right to the atlantic ocean. it certainly could be a storm. the first one of the year that has the potential to get to the hurricane status. >> it makes me nervous when you say its not impressive. you shouldnt taunt a storm. >> its impressive. >> thanks, apprecia...

Situation like this when you have a crisis, the doctors are not at the scene. you have the ems going over there. all the ambulances coming in from every angle, every hospital to be able to assess exactly whats going on. the first thing comes to mind is the abc they have to take care of. airway, breathing, circulation, making sure everyone is able to breathe. theres no active bleeding going on. theyre securing the breathing. what we get, this is obviously in san francisco. but usually when youre ...

But instead they can make a choice to find the good and allow that to help them heal. >> our senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen visited tarleton and her new boyfriend and heard their incredible story. >> carmen tarleton loved her husband, but when their marriage fell apart, he attacked her, dousing her with chemicals. deep burns on over 80% of her body. more than 50 surgeries saved her life, but doctors couldnt erase the scars. youre the head of a major burn unit. have you ever seen a ...

It took a long time to find a match, but they did. this whole concept of having a face that belonged to someone else that passed away -- here the interview. >> reporter: carmen tarl ton loved her husband, but when their marriage fell apart he attacked her. her beautiful face destroyed. deep burns on over 80% of her body. doctors couldnt erase the scars. >> youre the head of a major burn unit. have you ever seen a burn injury like this? >> never. never seen anything like this. >> reporter: doctor...

One of the local television stations. the mayor said the blast was so powerful that it knocked the mirrors off of his pick up truck and blew the hat right off of his head. >> thats unbelievable. throughout the night you were reporting along the lines of the heros in this story. there was a response effort and getting people to local hospitals. initially we heard they were getting sent to a local hospital and there was a triage center. as the night continues we learned there were efforts from all...

Winter to his base. >> she stood on her feet in front of the medic during that two hours and was remarkable as she never shed a tear or made a sound. >> reporter: ted waluter begged the highest ranking officer to airlift her to a burn unit before she died of her infections. that saved her life. >> you didnt even know her name. >> i didnt know her name. hardly even knew where she lived. >> reporter: but he never forgot that brave little girl. repeating the story again and again for 60 years, a st...

Airlift her to a burn unit before she died of her infections. that saved her life. >> you didnt even know her name. >> i didnt know her name. hardly even knew where she lived. >> reporter: but he never forgot that brave little girl. repeating the story again and again for 60 years, a story that made its way here to korea. earlier this year the government put out this flyer nationwide hoping to find that little girl. they found her. before national korean media, the elderly woman met the american...