>> the moment as president obama awards the nation's highest military honor to sergeant leroy petry, only the second time that a living, active duty service member from the wars in iraq and afghanistan has received the medal of honor. >> as he lay in a stretcher being loaded on to a helicopter, one of his teammates came up to shake the hand that leroy had left. that was the first time i shook the hand of someone who i considered to be a true american hero, that ranger said. leroy petry showed that true heroes still exist and that they're closer than you think. >> that hero, sergeant petry is here with his wife, ashley, daughter, reagan and sons austin and landon. welcome to the entire family. what a crazy week it's been. how did you find out, sergeant, that you won? >> it's not really won but --
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