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Or the cop or the fireman. here we have@ four deaths arising out of these bombings. we will allocate out of the $25 million or $30 million a percentage, like in aurora colorado or virginia tech it was around 65% or 70% of the total. then we took that money and divided it up equally among all those who died. 32 died in virginia tech. 16 died in aurora colorado. then the remaining money we distributed to the physically injured. some terrible injuries in boston. depending on how long the physically...

Happened to see that the co-pilot of the plane was trying to get out of the window. i took the ladder, a small 12-foot ladder and put it up to the nose of the airplane. and i was able to take a few steps up and pull him out and cradle him like a baby and bring him down and walk him with another fireman to safety. >> the captain and senior flight attendant are among the victims. >> i remember feeling just a lot of sorrow. two of my crew members died. so many passengers died. >> with the focus on ...

>> your realtime captioner: linda marie macdonald we begin with breaking news. multiple injuries after a car smashes into a bay area home. good evening, im elizabeth cook. >> im allen martin. right now police are sorting out a strange accident on lee street in south san jose that sent a car plowing into a house. kpix 5s kiet do tells us this was not a glancing blow. the car wound up deep in that house. >> reporter: in fact, firefighters right now are working to shore up this heavily damaged bu...

2:50 monday afternoon, at exactly the moment a week ago that terror struck boston, the city came to a standstill. a moment of silence to reflect and remember all they have been through and all they have lost. [ bell ringing ] >> reporter: in medford, the bells tolled as the first funeral was held. hundreds of family and friends, including local police and fire officials came to remember 29-year-old krystle campbell. >> the fact that someone from my community was touched by this event, its touche...

Died bravely doing what he committed to do, serving and protecting others." then there are those still fighting to survive. officials say 33-year-old transit officer richard donohue was shot multiple times during the gunfight with the tsarnaev brothers in watertown, tonight, in serious condition. liz nordens two sons each lost a limb near the finish line. >> it was a nightmare. its running between two hospitals, trying to be each of them as sick as they are or hurt as they are, its, i couldnt be...

Those who died and who have been so seriously injured, i know, at this point, answers are something that matters, vitally to them. and, again, we -- you are right that he must have been bleeding enough, that dave, who went back to look at his boat, saw it pretty quickly. >> yeah, absolutely, diane. and let me just give you guys a quick, whats going on in front of me, basic lick. y residents are on the street right now, im less than a block away. there are flifr police officers walking up, people...

The boat out at police, that police apparently had moved in, they had some device, a robotic device that could be tipping the boat. they were concerned about a suicide vest and, dick clark, how would they have been able to determine, ultimately, if he had one on or not if they couldnt approach the boat? >> well, i think they probably did approach the boat with the robot. and the robot probably had a camera in it and they were probably able to tell that way that there was no -- there was no suici...

Right? i mean youd be changing it from search and rescue, you wouldnt be using those terms if you didnt still believe people were alive. >> well, we still hope that people are alive. thats why were still using the term search and rescue. but we may be involved by tomorrow in a search and recovery. but this was a terrific, terrific explosion and event that video that you showed, i saw that over and over again today. its just -- it takes your breath away. its awful. but i think the story here is t...

Listening to dr. george smith who headed up the ems response there. we got a sense. before the break, we got a sense of the different hats that each one of those many of the residents have to wear. you brought up the mayor also being a fireman. also knowing the people quite well, perhaps, they are trying to help. >> absolutely right. the mayor protem, when he arrived on the scene, according to newspaper reports has told the firefighters unaccounted for, he grabbed his face with his hands and ben...

Is on our web site www.cbssf.com. >> p from boston, the hunt for the marathon bomber. >> someone knows who did this. >> pelley: but theyre still at the starting line. >> the f.b.i. is investigating it as an act of terrorism. >> pelley: john miller, bob orr and elaine quijano have the latest including what we now know about the bombs. weve learned the identities of two of the dead, a woman and an 8-year-old. jeff glor on martin, the boy who put a face on the tragedy. dr. jon lapook tells us how t...