forget that. but of course for teenagers there is another rite of passage. butting heads with parents. which that last morning may have, pure chance, saved jesus' life. >> we always went to work together. for some reason we had an argument that morning so i didn't get to ride -- tag along with the ride that day. >> reporter: you might otherwise have been there. >> i would have probably been the one to get off to go check that. >> reporter: why would anybody want to hurt him? >> i can't find a reason why somebody would want to do it, to want to kill him. >> reporter: and this bomber, whoever it might be, came very close to also murdering fabian. >> if you want my button pushed, bring a child into it. >> reporter: the d.a. john pointer found fabian's plight to be particularly heartbreaking. >> i couldn't imagine 7 years old and seeing my dad blown up. >> reporter: and running all that way. >> people don't understand, it was like maybe a couple miles as the crow flies.