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establish a foothold near kandahar city where the taliban movement was born. tropical storm karl growing stronger making landfall. checking on the market now. look at the dow jones industrials up just a bit up 30 points on the day. the nasdaq following suit and the nasdaq up 8 points. right now waiting to hear from a real american hero. south africa sergeant salvatore giunta is about to speak with reporters in italy. he is the first living person to receive the medal of honor since the vietnam war. he was serving in afghanistan october 25th, 2007. gun fire hit him in the chest and yet he got up and ran straight into the ambush to help three wounded soldiers. joining me here is retired army colonel jack jacobs and mike jakoff.
the term hero is thrown around for folks and athletes and this man is a hero. >> we salute him staff sergeant south africa va tore giunta speaking from his wife jenny beside him. they got a phone call from the president letting them know this would be happening and certainly right. salute not only him but the service and the sacrifice of so many of the men and women in the armed forces serving around this world. we'll be right back. piggy: weeeeeee, weeeeeee weeeeeee, weeeee weeeeeeee. mom: max. ...maxwell! piggy: yeah? mom: you're home. piggy: oh,cool, thanks mrs. a. anncr: geico. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more.
office and -- i mean, it was -- it was intense. it was exciting. when the call came through, i was really really proud. i was proud to know sal and proud to be with him and proud to be his wife. i'm proud of what he went through and i was emotional, of course. there was a lot of emotions running through me. of course, good emotions and sad emotions for those that were lost. but it was also -- it's a very -- it was very intense. very intense moment. and the past week has also been exciting, intense, it's been busy. busier than usual of course. but it's for all good things. >> and there we're listening to south africa sergeant salvatore giunta who's going to be the only living recipient of the medal of honor since the vietnam war. he was in afghanistan in october 2007. they were ambushed by the enemy and even though the firing was
♪ when i see your face ♪ ♪ there's not a thing that i would change ♪ ♪ 'cause you're amazing ♪ ♪ just the way you are ♪ finally this half hour, for the first time since the vietnam war a living serviceman will receive the medal of honor. >> the nation's highest military award is being given to a soldier for his extraordinary act of heroism, an act he talked about with martha raddatz. >> reporter: staff sergeant salvatore giunta was waiting at his army post in italy with his wife, jennifer, when the call came from washington. >> my heart started racing pretty fast at that time, and then when he said president barack obama, it just started really pounding.
chasing the other away. giunta pulled his friend brennan to safety. >> sergeant giunta was just right there with him, just holding his hand. >> reporter: despite giunta's efforts, it was too late to save josh brennan. >> he'll say he was just doing his job. but the reality is there's very few people in the world that would have done what he did. >> you know what the award says. above and beyond the call of duty. >> if everyone who has gone above and beyond the call of duty received the medal of honor, i think everyone i stand with would have the medal of honor. >> reporter: martha raddatz, abc news, vicenza, italy. >> you can see how obviously humble he is about receiving the medal of honor. and his family went on to say, more specifically his father said, this is really bittersweet for us because we're so happy for our son but in order for him to get this obviously two wcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwcwc
>> reporter: he was just 22 years old at the time, during this battle, which abc news cameras captured. it was a fight so intense, an ambush so sudden, that soldiers were lying wounded within seconds. among them, giunta's closest friend, sergeant josh brennan, shot multiple times and cut off from the other soldiers. >> to tell the story about that day hurts me. >> reporter: staff sergeant brett perry back in afghanistan for a second tour was with giunta on that frigid mountain during the battle. >> i can't even begin to describe how intense it was. the most intense whizzes i've ever heard from bullets just going right over us. >> reporter: with two taliban fighters now dragging his friend josh brennan away giunta charged right into the ambush, killing one of the taliban fighters and
the unitede nations calls the disaster the worst it has ever faced. army staff sergeant salvatore giunta is going to receive the army's highest award for valor. he's the first living recipient from the warsgh in iraq and afghanistan to earn the medal of honor. he helped save one soldier during a taliban attack in afghanistan and saved another as two taliban fighters were capturing him. about 3,400 medals of honor have been award s war. i'm don lemon at the cnn world headquarters in atlanta. "bin laden's new jihadists" continues in a momen you can't have a box top on a can. yes we can. but a can isa box. we know. i don't think you do. [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup.
salvatore giunta will receive the meda of honor. he's the first living recipient to earn the honor in afghanistan. he saved soldiers. four people died this morning when a double decker bus crashed into a railroad overpass in new york. the mega bus company said a dozen others were hurt. the bus headed w to toronto was e it was supposed to be when the tragedy happened but did not explain why. mega bus launched an investigation into the accident. officials in colorado say a wildfire raging in boulder county could be contained by monday. residents of the burn areas won't be able to return to their homes today. not sure when. the fire has burned 169 homes, making it the most destructive in colorado history.
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