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Hell. >> really? >> yeah. >> its almost a perfect society in that sense. because in a perfect society, i believe, everybody should be able to feed themselves and their friends or their family, at least reasonably well. in that if theyre not able to do that, they should be shunned and demonized and marginalized. >> agreed. most of the firemen are known for their cooking. we cook some outstanding meals. weve learned to shop, weve learned to shop with less to feed more. you dont want to be a belly-...

But in january 2003, there was an unusual cold snap, with temperatures below freezing. citrus growers used kerosene heaters to save their orange crop. jean and jim long used a kerosene heater in the workshop of their home so the pipes wouldnt freeze. but something went terribly wrong. when firemen arrived, the house was totally ablaze. jean long had escaped the fire. but her husband, jim, was trapped inside. >> my father-in-law came to the door to wake us. he said that -- he said theres a fire a...

Just a little smoke coming out of the window. then i saw more. i grabbed my camera, i started shooting. >> as pearlstein zooms in on the building, he sees a man perched on a window ledge trying to escape the thick smoke. >> im like, oh, my god, now this is a life or death situation. >> firefighters from the fdny rescue one unit arrive at the building joining other crews already on scene. patrick barr and kevin shay now both retired were with rescue one that day. >> there was people on the street...

>> firemen searched the area around the home, but there was no sign that jim had escaped. >> and i just thought my dad would come walking out. but, no. >> the longs home was attached to a workshop jim used to store the equipment for his tree-trimming business. it, too, was on fire. after the fire was put out, the firefighters cut through the metal siding. they found the body of 53-year-old jim long. jean was taken to the hospital where she was treated for minor scrapes and bruises. one of the br...

Up on a mountain like this and put their lives on the line. >> but the situation quickly goes from bad to worse. >> oh, thats horrible. good lord. oh, fellows. my goodness. youre watching this live, folks. if you know a prayer, say it. >> and now its the rescuers who need help. just moments before the rescue chopper came crashing to the ground, its arrival was the most welcome sight to selena maestas, one of the climbers waiting on the ice, hoping for a miracle. this is her first trip to mt. hoo...

Boots, their clothes, are often moldering and shambolic. but they fight on. this is the second time theyve been to this house. if it happens to be arson, chances are no one will ever know for sure. given the ever-shrinking resources available to the department, most fires cant even be investigated. this fire is out within an hour. and after the fire, dinner. the cliche that is firemen are great cooks. in this case, the cliche is true. lieutenant mike devins and the boys of squad 3 are cooking up...

In that if theyre not able to do that, they should be shunned and demonized and marginalized. >> agreed. most of the firemen are known for their cooking. we cook some outstanding meals. weve learned to shop, weve learned to shop with less to feed more. you dont want to be a belly-robber. you better bring some food back for the boys. >> firefighters in my experience are a lot like the marines ive met over the years. no matter how badly led, ridiculously underequipped, underappreciated, no matter ...

Struggled to find out how a small fire had exploded so quickly and killed 31 people. now, a team of forensic experts said new computer technology provided the answers. >> the computer graphics helped us to understand what had taken place and also to present the results to people who were maybe not as familiar with the technology that we were using, so we could explain the results to them very simply. >> some time around 7:15 p.m., a smoker at kings cross carelessly dropped a match on the wooden ...

The brady bill, it stopped $2.1 million in gun sales because it prevented, you know, felons, people with domestic violence records from buying guns with commercial gun shops or people that sell guns. so things like that, about suicides. more white men kill themselves. homicides between 15 and 34. that was news, african-american men. just different statistics. also what different places are doing to try to combat this issue. >> something else. this was from the supreme court. we just saw this on ...

Staying in a hotel temporarily, they had just been looking for homes to rent the day before. and just then, it hits her. >> i just ran out of the office, and i jumped on my motorcycle. >> clayton wade was the real estate agent who had been showing rochelle houses and the only person in the country who she knows speaks english. now, he keeps her on the cell phone as he races to the hotel. >> when i drove up, you could see smoke and flames starting to move up the elevator shaft. it was obviously v...