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And the reason i had to fight them was because at first i said i wasn't going to fight. it being my second or third day in prison, i was informed that if you didn't fight, it would put me at risk. i just accepted where i was and what i was going to have to do and it wasn't going to kill me, and so i -- i fought. and that was pretty much the first fight i've ever been in in my life. i couldn't walk very well for about three or four weeks. i had bruised ribs, bruised kidneys. i had black eyes for about six weeks. what i do to get by here is i make a purpose out of it. if you don't find something...

Give it up for all of our outstanding american athletes who are competing in london right now. when i'm watching, you know, when people run track, you know, i understand that i know how to run. they're just much faster. these gymnastics folks i don't understand. how do you not bust your head every time you're on that little balance beam? i couldn't walk across that balance beam. >> that's president obama giving a shout-out to the u.s. olympic team at an event in ohio today. the president also made some calls to u.s. athletes like michael phelps the great swimmer and the women's gymnastics team...

Right now. when i'm watching, you know, when people run track, you know, i understand that i know how to run. they're just much faster. these gymnastics folks, i don't understand. how do you not bust your head every time you're on that little balance beam? i couldn't walk across that balance beam. >> that's president obama giving a shoutout to the u.s. olympic team at an event in ohio today. the president also made some calls to u.s. athletes like michael phelps the great swimmer and the women's gymnastics team to congratulate them on their wins. as for stephen colbert he can't get enough of d...

>> i remember we started taking off people's shirts and just pouring some of the water, the drinking water, on them or soaking their t-shirts in ice water, putting them back on there. >> give me that glass of water. my arm's burning. >> we had to triage and get the worst ones we thought needed to go to the hospital, of course, the ones that skin was coming off and couldn't walk or burned, you know, more than 25%, 30% of their body. >> the oil tank catches fire hours earlier. lisa stewart is one of the first responders. >> the flames were shooting up hundreds of yards and black smoke was just e...

Panic. they were almost listless at that stage. >> lieutenant piccone crawls across the ice, trying to disperse his weight. >> i reach the kids. that's when it got crazy. the ice broke. the kids, we all went right in. >> now six firefighters, two police officers, and the two children fight to stay afloat. >> it seemed like an eternity. >> there was no way that we were going to let these kids go. >> rescuers onshore scramble to pull everybody to safety, and miraculously everybody, including the kids, make it back to solid ice and eventually to shore, more than 20 minutes after they fell in. >> ...