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This -- ill tell you what, boy, this really just kind of pop up your spirit for the possible. how is the doggy doing? tell us about that feeling of seeing that she was still there. >> it was extreme relief. she is doing great. once we found her, we took her straight to a vet and had her completely checked out. and aside from being covered with soot and ash, she was in perfect health. >> i mean, looking around, i know it just had to be so heartbreaking to see everything that was taken by this fir...

Survived, if theyre just out of reach. talk about that if you would? >> reporter: well, we do know at one point more than 70 cellphone towers were destroyed in this fire. theyve got 67, 68 or even more at one point back up. so communications have vastically improved in this area. and what they believe people were missing because they couldnt get in contact with their loved ones. people left with only seconds to spare, so they had limited time to communicate with their loved ones. this will be a ...

States history. 400 people reported missing and cell towers destroye eed maybe thats why. 400 people not accounted for. more than 3,500 structures destroyed. nearly 200,000 acres burned. the area of new york city. and heavy soot prompting schools to closed and the soot traveled as far as fresno more than 200 mimes to the south. nbcs steve patterson is in sonoma county in the town of glenallen, entire storms destroyed. looking at the map of the fires. youre in between a few fires, where you are r...

Surveillance flights near communist north korea at the time, it was something the united states was doing. it wasnt exactly a front of mind concern for the american public, though. until all of a sudden it had to be. >> the evidence now is the north koreans did indeed soot down the american plane as they boasted they did. some wreckage full of shrapnel holes has been found. but of the 31 men aboard they have found no survivors. so far president nixon has said nothing in public. hes left it to th...

And the black stuff right here is like the soot and stuff in the windows, the black, sticky stuff. all this other material is just bars of soap, broken little pieces and stuff. >> in the short time hes been back in population, draper has traded his sculptures for envelopes to mail motions hes written to his judge. and since he has no money in his inmate account, he talked another inmate into making a phone call to his mother to check on her health. >> they called and said she said she was all ri...

And the black stuff right here is like the soot and stuff in the windows, the black, sticky stuff. all this other material is just bars of soap, broken little pieces and stuff. >> in the short time hes been back in population, draper has traded his sculptures for envelopes to mail motions hes written to his judge. and since he has no money in his inmate account, he talked another inmate into making a phone call to his mother to check on her health. >> they called and said she said she was all ri...

Faced with snipers, boobytraps, sued bombers. >> this now is a cnn exclusive. we are taking you to the front lines where soldiers are working to free the area around a mosque where the last isis fighters remain. here is cnns senior international correspondent nick paton-walsh j forty-two here to the river is all isis has left of mosul and this is the story of how it fell on the streets around the mosque they once held sacred but then destroyed. bristlian photographer gabriel chain is on foot wit...

Here? >> yes and no. no, because i know andrew is in heaven. >> 29-year-old andrew ashcraft was one of the hot shots killed. his mom remembers him returning from other fires covered in soot, a smile on his face, smelling of smoke as he hug her. >> after we lost him, there were times i would say to my husband, could you just put a fire in the fire pit, i just need to smell andrew for a minute. >> reporter: on the trail, there are carefully placed plaques every 600 feet. which means every so often...

In the aftermath friends, family and officials work to preserve the now hallowed ground and the memories of those lost. >> we had to get it right. you had to get it right. >> reporter: the result is a memorial like no other that will test your heart as well as break it. >> this is a good example of the whole way. >> reporter: a rugged seven-mile trail climbing more than 1,000 feet up the side of a mountain. is it hard to come here? >> yes and no. no because i know andrew is in heaven. >> reporte...

Family and officials worked to preserve the now hallowed ground and the memories of those lost. >> we had to get it right. you had to get it right. >> reporter: the result is a memorial like no other that will test your heart as well as break it. >> this is a good example of the whole way. >> reporter: a rugged seven-mile trail climbing more than 1,000 feet up the side of a mountain. is it hard to come here? >> yes and no. no, because i know andrew is in heaven. >> reporter: 29-year-old andrew w...