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The deadly attack struck a devastating war in gaza where more than 40,000 people have been killed and more than 97,000 have been injured according to the hamasrun palestinian ministry of health. Joining us now, Nbcs Raf Sanchez in tel aviv. Raf, how has this day been memorialized . Jose, memorials began at 6 29 a. M. one year to the minute that the Hamas Terror Attack began at the Nova Music Festival site down in southern israel, some two miles from the Gaza Border and that site is now just a va...

Consummate symbol of fire prevention. >> its a lot of fun. we all have a grand time doing it. its a good excuse to be a kid again. and at the same time preventing fires. >> but during a 2004 flight at the albuquerque international balloon fiesta, ironically its the friendly face of smokey bear at the center of a catastrophe. >> well, it was like any other day. it was the last day of the fiesta here. the weather was as predictable as it could be. they had predicted calm breezes, and thats the way...

Deled after smokey bear, the consummate symbol of fire prevention. >> its a lot of fun. we all have a grand time doing it. its a good excuse to be a kid again. and at the same time preventing fires. >> but during a 2004 flight at the albuquerque international balloon fiesta, ironically its the friendly face of smokey bear at the center of a catastrophe. >> well, it was like any other day. it was the last day of the fiesta here. the weather was as predictable as it could be. they had predicted ca...

Piloted a hot air balloon modeled after smokey bear, the consummate symbol of fire prevention. >> its a lot of fun. we all have a grand time doing it. its a good excuse to be a kid again. and at the same time preventing fires. >> but during a 2004 flight at the albuquerque international balloon fiesta, ironically its the friendly face of smokey bear at the center of a catastrophe. >> well, it was like any other day. it was the last day of the fiesta here. the weather was as predictable as it cou...

We all have a grand time doing it. its a good excuse to be a kid again. and at the same time preventing fires. >> but during a 2004 flight at the albuquerque international balloon fiesta, ironically its the friendly face of smokey bear at the center of a catastrophe. >> well, it was like any other day. it was the last day of the fiesta here. the weather was as predictable as it could be. they had predicted calm breezes, and thats the way it started. >> bill has two young passengers in his balloo...

Albuquerque, new mexico -- a hot air balloon crashes into a 700-foot radio tower, leaving the pilot and his two young passengers dangling from above with little hope for survival. bill chappell is a retired forester with the u.s. forest service. for the past 15 years, hes piloted a hot air balloon modeled after smokey bear, the consummate symbol of fire prevention. >> its a lot of fun. we all have a grand time doing it. its a good excuse to be a kid again. and at the same time preventing fires. ...

We had what you call microbursts or wind shears that just come out of nowhere. a sudden wind that just fouled everything up that morning. >> a spectator on the ground captures the moment when the smokey balloon is driven off course by a 60-mile-an-hour blast of wind. >> theres smokey up there. >> despite bills desperate efforts, theres no way to avoid a 700-foot radio transmission tower. >> my first thought was to get over it. i had no option except to go up. cant steer a balloon. >> bill fires ...

Modeled after smokey bear, the consummate symbol of fire prevention. >> its a lot of fun. we all have a grand time doing it. its a good excuse to be a kid again. and at the same time preventing fires. >> but during a 2004 flight at the albuquerque international balloon fiesta, ironically its the friendly face of smokey bear at the center of a catastrophe. >> well, it was like any other day. it was the last day of the fiesta here. the weather was as predictable as it could be. they had predicted ...

Consummate symbol of fire prevention. >> its a lot of fun. we all have a grand time doing it. its a good excuse to be a kid again. and at the same time preventing fires. >> but during a 2004 flight at the albuquerque international balloon fiesta, ironically its the friendly face of smokey bear at the center of a catastrophe. >> well, it was like any other day. it was the last day of the fiesta here. the weather was as predictable as it could be. they had predicted calm breezes, and thats the way...

Prevention. >> its a lot of fun. we all have a grand time doing it. its a good excuse to be a kid again. and at the same time preventing fires. >> but during a 2004 flight at the albuquerque international balloon fiesta, ironically its the friendly face of smokey bear at the center of a catastrophe. >> well, it was like any other day. it was the last day of the fiesta here. the weather was as predictable as it could be. they had predicted calm breezes, and thats the way it started. >> bill has t...