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Part of his motivation it seems, it was quite worried about deploying to afghanistan. you know, he presented as a sort of heroic act. but i think he didnt want to go to afghanistan basically. >> everyone stand by. lets take another quick break. well be right back. [ male anns joe woods first day of work. and his new boss told him two things -- cook what you love, and save your money. joe doesnt know it yet, but hell work his way up from busser to waiter to chef before opening a restaurant specia...

Runs to the road and meets up with trooper shanigan. >> i am very proud for what my dog did leading the state trooper to our house and by doing so, he saved our house. >> but buddy isnt finished. he runs back out to the road again. >> i had a firefighter that had come to up to me during the whole episode and told me they had followed a german shepherd in from the same general location that i had met the dog. the dog led two different people in to the same location doing almost the very same thin...

Be the last man, do a sweep to make sure no one was left behind. >> an experienced firefighter had to have an awful lot of beer and concern going into that building. thats what makes it lot of fear going into that building. thats what just makes it such a heroic act. >> i got to the sixth floor. all of a sudden this tremendous noise started, went black, the building was shaking. it was rocking and rolling. we were getting tossed around. i knew that the building was collapsing. i thought it was j...

Educated person. charles ramsey is really articulating. hes a compelling witness of what took place. >> you know, i saw this being brought up yesterday. if it wasnt brought up, i wouldnt have brought it up. we should be proud of the circumstances. this man did a heroic act. >> i think youre right. theres four things that he did. he made the 911 call. >> absolutely. >> he declined any kind of reward money. he said, i dont want a reward. third, said, im not a hero. thats exactly what we expect our...

Into the tank of gas and splashed up on my heater and ignited catching me on fire. i ran outside in the snow. told buddy we need to go find help. >> buddy obeys, thats when he runs to the road and meets up with trooper shanigan. >> i am very proud for what my dog did leading the state trooper to our house and by doing so, he saved our house. >> but buddy isnt finished. he runs back out to the road again. >> i had a firefighter that had come to up to me during the whole episode and told me they h...

When gasoline ignites. the blaze leaves ben with first and second-degree burns. >> one of my parts had fallen into the tank of gas and splashed up on my heater and ignited catching me on fire. i ran outside in the snow. told buddy we need to go find help. >> buddy obeys, thats when he runs to the road and meets up with trooper shanigan. >> i am very proud for what my dog did leading the state trooper to our house and by doing so, he saved our house. >> but buddy isnt finished. he runs back out t...

>> she was trying to shield, get her children into a closet, protect them from harm. and by doing that put herself between the gunman and the children. thats when she was tragically shot and killed. >> and she wasnt the only one. principal dawn hocksprung was a beloved figure at the school. officials say she died trying to overtake the gunman. erica hill has more on hocksprungs heroic act and the close-knit town. >> reporter: this connecticut town still largely in shock. the sights and sounds of...

The blaze leaves ben with first and second-degree burns. >> one of my parts had fallen into the tank of gas and splashed up on my heater and ignited, catching me on fire. i ran outside in the snow, told buddy we need to go find help. >> buddy obeys, and thats when he runs to the road and meets up with trooper shanigan. >> i am very proud for what my dog did, leading the state trooper to our house. and by doing so, he saved our house. >> but buddy isnt finished. he runs back out to the road again...

>> fear and concern going. thats what make its such an heroic act. >> i got to about the sixth floor, all of a sudden, this tremendous noise started, went black. the building was shaking, rocking and rolling. we were getting tossed around. i knew the building was collapsing. i thought it was a matter of seconds before we are dead. >> we know there are people trapped here. we need to get them out. >> we are 4 feet under. i dont know. >> all of a sudden, i am laying in blackness and it went deathl...

A swing to make sure nobody was left behind. >> an experienced firefighter had a lot of fear and concern going into that building. thats what makes it such a heroic act. >> i got to the 6th floor all of a sudden this tremendous noise started went black the building was shaking. it was rocking and rolling. we were getting tossed around i knew the building was collapsing. i thought it was a matter of seconds before we are dead. >> we have a number of people trapped from the previous collapse. >> a...