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♪ and the home of the brave ♪ [cheers and applause] pete: that is our nation's anthem and that is navy vocalist christina villalva this morning. abby: that made me cia cry. if you were in the studio you could hear a pin drop. think about singing at 7:00 a.m. in the morning and that was so beautiful. pete: on memorial day today we will be honoring it all morning long. pete: allong.pete. clayton: all the pictures you are sending in we asked to you memorialize friends and neighbors you wanted to memorialize on this memorial day. they have been pouring in. pete: chris sends us this picture of ...

It's august 2nd, 2005, and the day begins with excitement in the air. >> the biggest fair in eastern iowa, a lot of people expected to be there over the week. a lot of people already turning up for the fair. it is just in the first few hours. >> a weatherman at kwqc tv the local nbc television station is preparing to do a live shot for the newscast. >> the kickoff day was special needs day where they invited people from around the region with special needs to come and enjoy the fair with their caretakers for us as a tv station we like to get there and do all of our newscasts from that fair the...

August 2nd, 2005, davenport, iowa, a developmentally disabled man and his caretaker are riding on a 50-foot ferris wheel when disaster strikes. >> he slipped underneath his safety harness and was dangling from the top of the ferris wheel. >> the caretaker gave it all she had. i mean, you see her screaming and holding on to his arm and he's slipping through. >> oh, my good! >> but she can't hold on any longer. >> he falls. your stomach just drops. i screamed. it's goose bump inducing. >> but help is on the way. >> the woman actually holds on to him just long enough that some of the guys who wor...

It's august 2nd, 2005, and the day begins with excitement in the air. >> the biggest fair in eastern iowa. a lot of people expected to be there over the week. a lot of people already turning up for the fair. it is just in the first few hours. >> a weatherman at kwqc tv the local nbc television station is preparing to do a live shot for the newscast. >> the kickoff day was special needs day and it was where they invited people from around the region with special needs to come and join the fair with their caretakers. for us as a tv station, we like to get there and do all of our newscasts from t...

>> we embraced and cried for a minute with her and then everything was okay. >> she gets a warm hug from little aden, too. and little aden tells his dad, daddy, i will never push another button again. an investigation into why the doors did not reopen leads to the firing of a train operator. aaron bailey filed a lawsuit against portland's transit agency claiming negligence and intentional infliction of emotional distress. but the court ruled in favor of trimet. a crowd holds its breath as a developmentally disabled man slips from the top of a 50-foot ferris wheel at an annual iowa state fair...