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Most firemen in america are volunteers. >> by a one dash day are about 69 percent across the nation. john: but they like to help people? >> they love helping people and are in it for that reason alone. john: chief, thank you. now the myth aboutiskitos and the full moon and

Dont drive or use machinery until you know how lyrica affects you. those who have had a drug or alcohol problem may be more likely to misuse lyrica. ask your doctor about lyrica today. its specific treatment for diabetic nerve pain. >> alisyn: their fathers new york city firefighters deaths believed to be linked to the terror attack on 9/11. 13 men whose only dream to follow in their hero fathers footsteps are being denied quote legacy points that would put them higher on the list of candidates ...

Back to florida with the latest on that propane plant explosion. this video shows the moments right after the blue rhino plant in tavares exploded. seven in the hospital with critical injuries. thankfully all others have been accounted for. scary moments in south philadelphia. want to show you what is left of three homes. look at that after a natural gas explosion tore them apart. eight people injured including two small children. and a contractor who had been working in one of the buildings. ...

Emergency landing. after the crew noticed an indicator light that warned after fire in the cargo hole. so the air flight in route from cedar rapids, iowa to georgia didnt know what to expect. >> we didnt know if it was going to be a safe landing or horrendous landing. we didnt know where we were going down. >> it was wild. i mean, i -- i stayed calm somewhat, you know. but i could tell there were some people, you know, once we stopped, people were very panicky. you know, wanting to get to that e...

>> im sorry. the anchor-based reestablished in detroit for example. you also have your police, teachers and firemen who live in the suburbs. so the industry from cheap labor markets, then take out the tax base, detroit has been picked apart. >> steven, stoleup on that? >> one of the things that is true is that we have caused a lot of our own problems here in detroit with bad decisions. bad decision making. but we have also add lot of help. the disinvestment at state level, disenvestment at natio...

Knee is still sore now. thats what knocked the camera out of my hand, it threw me forward. my son -- >> how old is he? >> hes 20. and hes complaining about his arm because he put his hand up so he couldnt hit the seat in front of him. it was a hard jar. >> so now youre on the ground and its time to get off this plane. how did they handle that? >> a lot of confusion. first i think on the film you can also hear one of the attendants saying open the door on the right hand side. one guy opened the e...

>> when you say invest, i hear the word spend and to a government that is so utterly corruption corrupt. half what it was in the 50s. >> the crime rate went up after the riot. then you had the police and firemen unions are not the unions that bankrupted this city. oh, the policemen and the firemen. i grew up in a family with a policeman father, those unions are not bankrupting these cities. >> i think if we are not going to invest in detroit, we should just sell it to canada because canada seems...

Detailed discussion and plan outlined by say the local mayor as well as the state, as well as nationally. we need to come together and figure out a way to quell this storm. i think it starts with examining the pension fund obligations that weve promised historically to people that have retired. kelly, you cant retire -- im talking police and firemen, 20 years on the job and then collect a pension check -- people are living longer. you live to 90 years old. you will be collecting a check longer t...

I can hear you fine. >> all right. what would it mean for your finances if your pension was reduced? >> well, it would -- i dont know if id be able to stay in the condo, i have a small condo where im at. i dont know if id be able to stay in my condo. i dont really need all the pension for myself. im single, but id like to send some of my -- help my grandkids with college. you know, we just dont know right now. not only myself, theres a lot of widows. >> i think were losing that connection, larry...

I feel sorry for these folks and god help us, i hoe the rest of the country doesnt end up like detroit and everything turns out well but its not our job to do it. >> what about the -- is it true when you look at the financial crisis, sure, the big banks had a role, but consumers had a role as well. that had personal responsibility for getting involved in bad debts and things like that, and what sheris saying the citizens of detroit had a responsibility here, maybe they didnt hold up their end of...