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You have probably never heard of high school senior conner olausson, but this week, he touched the hearts of the entire kansas town. he died the other day. it wasn't a shock nor a surprise. he had been battling cancer for a long time. his friends knew conner did not think he'd survive to the end of the school year. so they did something extraordinary. they made sure conner got his diploma. >> bottom line, my kids -- i'm proud of you guys. when we go in there, we're going to be strong for our kids. we're going to be strong for our kids. >> he -- when he was diagnosed, i looked him in the eye an...

Giving conner what he deserved. he's earned his high school diploma. and if we can give him everything that he's earned and every bit of recognition he's earned, why not give it to him? i mean, we're simply giving him what he was due at this point. >> today actually came about because of a sen of urgency. when conner had a stroke and became paralyzed on his left side, we knew that time was of the essence. and we also knew what the right thing to do was in this particular case. and that was to honor connor and give him the option to walk across the stage. >> i stand here before you and i certif...

Conner, olson, ladies and gentlemen, has earned the right to receive this diploma and be proclaimed a member of the graduating class of 2010. >> conner has graduated now. he's a member of the graduating class of 2010. and how awesome is that? he reached a goal of his. and, you know, conner is going to continue to teach. he's going to teach through his actions, he's going to teach through his perseverance, he's going to teach through his strength. more importantly, though, he's going to teach now through all of the things that he's accomplished up to this point. that's going to be conner's lega...

hardest hit. we spent the day driving around yazoo city, about 100 miles north east of here into the other hardest hit area of mississippi, chocktaw county, a little town where a little community outside of that town is where three of the youngest victims were killed by this storm, three young girls, ages 13, 9 and 3 months. we drove along the road where their homes once stood, and don, what we saw there was absolutely amazing. homes that just don't exist anymore. one of the mobile homes where two of the 13-year-old and the 9-year-old lived doesn't exist. it was blown away over the t...