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most notorious prisons where they had been held for 26 months. fattals grandparents and cousin, perhaps just like, watching c thmpb n this time yesterday from their home in seattle. i want to you watch their reaction the second they first laid eyes on him. >> they emerged. the families are cheering. theyre running down the steps. >> oh! >> flashing lights. >> how wonderful is that. what a moment for this family. like i am, waiting 26 months for this day to come. i have josh fattals unc...

Mississippi river, well, it really has now reached natchez, mississippi. look at all that water. thats about 100 miles north of baton rouge, louisiana. even though the water is not expected to rise, its not expected to go down, either. stressed levees may have to hold up to a few weeks more, a lot longer here. health officials warn the floodwaters are extremely dangerous with e. coli levels up to 200 times higher than normal. police have released the 911 audio from a drowning that left three c...

though there is a volcano erupting under icelands biggest glacier. were talking about the rapture in just a few minutes with steven baldwin. you dont want to miss that. in syria, the brutal crack down is far from over. a witness tells cnn that four people were killed today after a funeral march in the city of homs. the same city was torn apart by violence friday. todays assault came as people were leaving a cemetery after burying victims of that bloodshed. the syrian government has...

I used to give them juice and stuff. we never got in nobody elses business. >> reporter: only the 10-year-old child survived scrambling out a window and swimming to shore. >> he was having difficulty speaking and repeating about the car being in the water with his mom and siblings. >> reporter: police say without the boys eye witness act the van would have disappeared under the water. >> hes 10 years old and probably aware of what was going on and was able to do something about it, like i said, ...

The childs bravery at his church. >> hes 10 years old and was probably aware of what was going on and able to do something about it. like i said, hes a good kid. he was always one to help. >> reporter: the tragedy occurred moments after police responded to a 911 call concerning a domestic dispute at the familys home in newburgh, new york. the director of the day care center says the mom picked the kids up unusually early and noticed that lashandra armstrong didnt look right. >> she did mention s...

Tightly by a family member. just a sweet face on this boy. but that was just a short time ago and they drove off. apparently tonight the community, different church group, there will be a vigil at the scene. >> cannot even begin to imagine what this family and this little boy is going through. thank you so much for the interview. next, were going to stay on the story the newburgh fire chiefs standing by. hes going to talk about the night when they found the minivan and how the boy looked.

[ male announcer ] engine light on? come to meineke now for a free code scan read and youll say... my money. my choice. my meineke. compelling new details how a young boy beg ford help for his mother and siblings after she drove the minivan into the river. from the only survivor from what police are calling a murder/suicide in newburgh, new york. 10-year-old lashawn armstrong the only child that escaped from the sinking van. he swam back to shore, flagged down a car. sheila stephens joins me b...

And her three children. the woman who picked up 10-year-old lashawn armstrong after he escaped from the sinking manny van. the fire chief of newburgh, a 10-year-old child taken to his fire station. his team, his firefighters, responded to his horrific scene on the hudson. michael vatter joining me by phone. we heard from meave ryan, what we didnt hear that is she really has commended your fire department for getting to the scene so fast but there wasnt much your firefighters could do. >> you kno...

Reaching out. we have had people just coming to us and what can we do to help? and were still organizing that, you know? and its -- its a bit of an undertaking and its hard. but i think, you know, this is a tough town. its a small town. its seen its share of tragedies but nothing on this scale. >> thats what the mayor said. thats what you say. out of to use your word a very shattered newburgh, new york. chief michael vatter, my thanks to you. president obama is heading home tonight to chicago....

Ramp in newburgh, new york for the 5 and 2-year-old boys who died as well as an 11-month-old baby girl. >> i loved them to death. i didnt want nothing like this to happen. >> reporter: only 10-year-old leshaun armstrong survived. he escaped through a window and swam to shore. the boy made it to a nearby fire station where he pleaded for help. >> he was in a state of shock. disbelief. he was really nervous. and he just stated that she was in the water. >> reporter: rescue crews eventually found t...