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You get a text that says bin laden is dead. whats the first thing you do? >> well, i went down to times square, because i got a -- i just had a sense that people would be gathering and sharing this moment in history. and when i got there, a fire truck was just pulling up and people broke out in spontaneous applause of the firemen, not so much of bin ladens death. more a celebration of our heroes here. and i shook the firemans hand and he says its good to see you, get up on the rig with the boys....

>> well, i went down to times square because i got -- i just had a sense that people would be gathering and sharing this moment in history. and when i got there, a fire truck was just pulling up and people broke out in spontaneous applause of the firemen. not so much of the bin ladens death, more a celebration of our heroes here. and i shook the firemans hand and he said, its good to see you. get up on the rig with the boys. so i went up and shook their hand as well. and it was just -- its -- it...

What were seeing out in michigan and colorado is nothing short of horrifying. out of control fires ripping through homes and destroying neighborhoods. look what happened in the city of detroit just four hours, 85 separate fires. high winds up to 150 miles per hour spread the raging flames from house to house. you combine those winds with hot, dry weather and downed power lines and you have the perfect storm for disaster. every available firefighter was out trying to get things under control. but...

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