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Mooned him had no idea that chris cared for i would be the last german killed on the border some very emotional testimony from chris cuffe roy's mother gary hart what happened after he was shot dead where he was cremated and then buried in a very modest ceremony his family was put under immense pressure not to talk about the circumstances of his death because it was always source of embarrassment for the east german regime for the border guards they for border guards who were actually shooting at him they received a commendation and cash bonus of 115 months but that wasn't the end of the story...

The iron curtain is now history that's what these young people say they are from the so-called visit grad countries in poland the czech republic slovakia and hungary their message 30 years after the fall of the wall europe stands united and in his speech german president flung fighter steinmeyer emphasized the role of east european countries before the fall of the wall the openly demonstrated for more freedom. didn't move out or didn't fire its been born without the courage and desire for freedom that motivated the poles hunger ariens czechs and slovaks the peaceful revolutions in eastern euro...

East german army so they decided to flee and they sort of went to the wall just right behind b.'s trees where the war was they climbed the war undetected got over it and then they had to cross this strip of death really which was filled with barbed wire all sorts of traps there were guard towers and of course armed guards with a standing order to shoot to kill and then they crawled underneath these barbed wire obstacles and of course they triggered an alarm and the lights went off and the guards were alerted and that's when the shooting started so they ran to the final fence that's right here ...

[cheers and applause] >> bush was seen as moderate alternative to ronald reagan but dropped out of the presidential campaign after poor primary. a short time later he accepted his reagan's offer to be his running mate. reagan's view of the soviet union. and pushed hard on deregulation and war on drugs. in the natural progression, bush became the republican party's nominee in 1988 with senator dan quayle from indiana as his running mate. the republican team defeated massachusetts governor michael could you caucus and texas senator lloyd benson. >> i, george herbert walker bush, do solemnly swea...

>> eric: on this day in 1988, president ronald reagan took his first trip to moscow. president reagan and president gorbachev had dinner and a walk and talked. next week, the wall fell and the soviet union collapsed. that happened 29 years ago today. i'm eric shawn in for shepard smith. "your world" with megan mcdowell is in next for neil cavuto. we continue to honor the men and women that have given their lives while serving our nation. we thank them today and for all of our day.