>>> THERE’S GOOD NEWS TONIGHT.
YOU KNOW SO OFTEN THE GOOD NEWS
DOESN’T GET AS MUCH ATTENTION AS
THE BAD, SO EVERY SATURDAY WE
HIGHLIGHT THE MANY PEOPLE WHO
SPREAD JOY AND LOVE.
THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THOSE
STORIES THIS WEEK.
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THIS IS WHAT HONOR LOOKS LIKE.
A SEA OF AMERICAN FLAGS AS
HUNDREDS OF PROBATIONARY
FIREFIGHTERS IN NEW YORK CITY
UNITE FOR THEIR SPIRIT RUN
BEFORE GRADUATING FROM THE
ACADEMY.
>> HOW ABOUT A BIG ROUND OF
APPLAUSE FOR OUR FDNY
PROBATIONARY FIREFIGHTERS.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> NOW THE NEWEST MEMBERS OF NEW
YORK’S BRAVEST.
AND TALK ABOUT LENDING A HELPING
HAND -- 15-YEAR-OLD LILBARDO RAN
26 MILES AT THIS WEEK’S L.A.
MARATHON BEFORE COLLAPSING.
LAPD SERGEANT JAY BAHAMENO
RUSHED IN, BUT THE TEENAGER
INSISTED ON FINISHING.
>> YOU GOT IT.
>> SO THE SERGEANT LIFTED HIM
UP, HELPING HIM WALK.
AND THEN HE CARRIED HIM ACROSS
THE FINISH LINE.
>> YOU GOT IT, DUDE!
[ CHEERS ]
>> AS A FATHER, I WOULD WANT MY
KIDS TO HAVE THAT MENTALITY THAT
YOU NEVER GIVE UP.
YOU KNOW, THAT’S PART OF THE
QUALITIES OF A HERO IS NEVER
GIVING UP.
AND HE NEVER GAVE UP.
>> YOU GOT IT, DUDE.
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>> AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT
HEROES, IT’S MOMENTS LIKE THIS
THAT LIVE FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS.
>> NO.
NO, NO, PLEASE DON’T --
>> THAT’S SOPHIE SHAVING HER OWN
HEAD TO SUPPORT MOM TRACY WHO’S
BATTLING STAGE-FOUR OVARIAN
CANCER.
SOPHIE MAKING SURE HER MOM KNOWS
SHE WILL NEVER FIGHT ALONE.
>> OUR MIND GOES TO KICKING
CANCER IN THE BUTT.
SHE’S THERE TO SUPPORT ME, WHICH
IS JUST AMAZING.
>> AND HERE’S A MILESTONE --
JENNIFER DUGGAN WILL NEVER
FORGET --
>> PLEASE STAND SO WE CAN HONOR
YOU.
PLEASE STAND.
>> THERE SHE IS GETTING HER
MASTER’S DEGREE AT TENNESSEE
TECH WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY
PLAYED THIS MESSAGE FROM HER SON
WILLIAM, SERVING IN THE MILITARY
FAR FROM HOME.
>> HEY, MOM.
I KNOW I’M NOT THERE FOR
GRADUATION, SO I FIGURED I’D
MAKE YOU A VIDEO AND TELL YOU
I’M PROUD OF YOU.
CONGRATULATIONS.
I LOVE YOU.
KEEP PUSHING.
I’LL SEE YOU SOON.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> SO TAKE ME BACK TO THAT DAY
THAT YOU SAW HIM ON THAT SCREEN.
>> OH, MY GOODNESS.
IT WAS SO EMOTIONAL.
MY HEART JUST EXPLODED.
I WAS SO PROUD OF WHAT HE’S
DOING.
THIS IS HIS SECOND DEPLOYMENT
WITHIN TWO YEARS.
>> JENNIFER ALSO SERVES, A PROUD
MEMBER OF THE TENNESSEE ARMY
NATIONAL GUARD.
HOW DOES IT MAKE YOU FEEL AS A
PARENT TO KNOW AND SEE THAT YOUR
SON GETS IT?
>> WHEN HE DECIDED TO JOIN THE
MILITARY, I SAID, WILL, ARE YOU