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Love for their families, for each other and for this country. we can remember jay alben, the pilot, who met his wife on an aircraft carrier and told his mother before shipping out, if anything happens to me just know i'm doing what i love. we can remember ryan baupert, the former track star, running the leadoff leg, always the first one into action. who quit his job as an accountant and joined the marines because he wanted to do something more meaningful with his life. we can remember brian kennedy the rock climber and lacrosse fanatic, who told his father two days before his helicopter went d...

On it were four marines. major jay alben, captain ryan boupert, corporal brian kennedy, and staff sergeant contend dell waters bay. together they became the first american casualties of the iraq war. their families and friends barely had time to the register of the beginning of the conflict before confronting their awesome cost. eight years, seven months, and 25 days later, army specialist david hickman was on patrol in baghdad. that is when his vehicle struck a roadside bomb. he became the last of nearly 4500 american patriots to give their lives in iraq. a month after david's death

we've got a lot of power lines that are down and we want them to call 911 to report it. don't try to move it or anything else like that. >> reporter: so jon, like you said, yes, the worst is over, but the storm is not finished here. we know we've got an inch and a half of rain so far but meteorologists predict we could have rain today, tomorrow and even into wednesday morning, so tropical depression barrel isn't going anywhere, very fast. jon. jon: we heard there were a lot of rescues there over the weekend. i'm guessing nobody is venturing back into the water today? >> reporter: wel...

29-mile per hour winds on the peach, paling in comparison to what we saw between midnight and 2:00 a.m. where we had 70-mile per hour gusts. that's very close to hurricane winds. we spoke with the mayor and he said yes we did luck out in jacksonville because we are seeing minimal damage, a lot of downed power lines, 20,000 folks without power but working to thet power as soon as possible. the roads, very slick, a lot of debris and we spoke to the mayor and he says he knows it's memorial day weekend, people are going to head out and if you don't need to travel, stay indoors. here is w...