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attacks. an audacious goal but there are new things out there, new tests and a new take on cholesterol. and a man who suffered from dyslexia so debilitating that his mother had to read his schoolwork out loud. and we talk about human evolution. news about the terrorist attacks of 9/11 and what theyre still doing to us ten years later. in new york when the twin towers fell, thousands of men and women raced to help. youve seen these images. they spent weeks on what we came to call ...

Find. but then the mission will start to be more humanitarian, more clearing rubble, that type of thing. and as this goes on, the japanese will be able to tell this usaid disaster assistance team what they need. its more of an assessment team. >> so thats u.s. government help. what about in the case of nongovernment help organizations? >> well, the american -- the international red cross, the icrc is on the ground. the united nations has been talking about relief, and all, really, the whole worl...

A few have mostly tents but in others they are made of scrap. all are terribly hot inside and even the tents leak in the frequent rains. take this camp managed by the american red cross. before the earthquake that pile of rubble was a thriving neighborhood. most of the houses were salvaged from that trash. >> i dont think that anyone has completely understood how huge this disaster is and how much it has devastated what was already a devastated country. >> most kids have returned to school. an i...

$160 million they have raised. completely devastated what was already pretty devastated country. >> through some progress, most kids have returned to school. an international cash for work program is clearing rubble but the pace is slow. >> the question is take a numbe number. and we saw all of these compelling images on tv. doesnt take any direction. all sorts of other problems of this magnitude. >> so bob, how does it go to the next step? we know for example, former president bill clinton has ...

>> there was the very real potential where this storm could have knocked the building down in the wrong way on top of that pile which would have effectively ended the search and rescue. >> reporter: crews careful to protect their progress, covering the existing pile with a massive rubber mat. >> so if any of the rubble from the existing building that was demolished fell on to that pile, we could quickly remove it and know exactly where our line was. >> reporter: this morning the death toll risin...