A FALLEN
HOME.
I'M GLENNA MILBERG LIVE AT MIAMI
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
LAURIE.
>> Laurie: GLENNA, IF YOU
COULD SEE THE TV RIGHT NOW, LIVE
SKY 10 CAPTURING TRAFFIC AS IT'S
STOPPED AND SO MANY POLICE AND
FIRE RESCUE VEHICLES JUST
BLARING.
THEY ARE HONORING THIS FALLEN
HERO, AND IN TWO FIRE TRUCKS ARE
HOLDING AN AMERICAN FLAG OVER
THE PROCESSION FROM THEIR
LADDER.
IT IS A VERY EMOTIONAL SCENE ON
I-95 AS THEY WAVED TO THE FAMILY
AND SLIEWLT THIS FALLEN HERO.
-- SALUTE THIS FALLEN HERO.
THIS WAS VERY UNIQUE.
WE HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED A
MOMENT LIKE THIS ON THE TARMAC
LIKE THAT BUT THE FAMILY WANTED
US THERE.
>> THEY DID.
OTHER PROFOUNDLY PROUD OF WHAT
SERGEANT JOHNSON HAS DONE, END
LIFTED.
THEY SHARED SO MUCH WITH US OVER
THE PAST WEEK ABOUT HIS LIFE,
HOW IT WAS, WHAT A GREAT FATHER
HE WAS, HOW THEY SHARED PICTURES
OF HIM IN A JOB HE HAD PRIOR AT
WALMART.
LIFE.
ARMY.
HE WAS STATIONED A FORT BRAGG.
HE ROSE INTO HIS ROLL IN THE
SPECIAL FORCES ASTY GREEN BERET.
SUCH AN HONOR TO HAVE A MILITARY
MEMBER YOUR FAMILY IN SUCH AN
IMPORTANT PLACE SERVING THE
COUNTRY.
THERE IS AN ORGANIZATION SO MANY
5,000 ROLE MODELS.
THEY HAVE ESTABLISHED A
SCHOLARSHIP IN HIS NAME NOW.
HE IS A ROLE MODEL, WAS PART OF
THAT, AND WILL NOW FOREVER BE A
ROLE MODEL.
SO THAT IN PERPETUITY WILL BE
ONE OF HIS LEGACIES THAT, THIS
SCHOLARSHIP.
BUT HIS FAMILY HAS BEEN SO
GRACIOUS IN SHARING THIS U.S.
HERO, UNITED STATES SERVICEMAN,
AND WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN THEIR
OWN PERSONAL HEARTACHE AND
TRAGEDY WITH THE COMMUNITY AND
WITH THE COUNTRY.
BEING A GOLD STAR FAMILY, WE
HAVE SEEN SO MANY OTHERS THAT
SHARED THIS BOND, THIS
REGRETTABLE SAD, HEARTBREAKING
BOND, AND WE, MAY I SAY, ARE ARE
GRATEFUL FOR THAT.
LAURIE, CALVIN.
>> Calvin: GLENNA, WE ARE
GOING TO GO FROM YOU TO OUR
SANELA SABOVIC SO PLEASE STAND
BY.
WE KNOW YOU ARE PART OF THIS
PROCESSION.
TAKE US TO WHERE YOU ARE, THE
VEHICLE THAT YOU ARE IN AND TALK
ABOUT WHAT YOU SEE.
>> Sanela: CALVIN, THE JOHNSON
FAMILY GRACIOUSLY INVITED US TO
BE A PART OF THIS CONVOY, THIS
PROCESSION.
IT'S CURRENTLY HEADING BACK TO
THE FUNERAL HOME IN HOLLYWOOD
WHERE ALONG I-95 TRAVELING
NORTHBOUND.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, POLICE
OFFICERS, CIVILIANS SALUTING
THIS CONVOY.
IT'S SUCH AN EMOTIONAL SCENE TO
WATCH UNFOLD.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE UP AHEAD, YOU
HAVE A MIAMI-DADE FIRE RESCUE
TRUCK WITH THE FLAG DRAPED OVER
THE EXPRESS LANES HERE.
JUST AN EMOTIONAL DAY FOR THE
JOHNSON FAMILY.
I HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK TO THEM
OFF-CAMERA.
DISTRAUGHT.
HIS AUNT AND UNCLE WHO HELPED
RAISE HIM SINCE HE WAS FIVE
YEARS OLD HARDLY CONTAINING
THEMSELVES, TELLING US THAT THEY
HAVE BEEN LIVING OUT A NIGHTMARE
FOR THESE PAST TWO WEEKS,
UNDERSTANDABLY SO.
AND AGAIN, THEY GRACIOUSLY
CONVOY.
YOU CAN SEE FIRE CREWS SALUTING
US AS WE'RE DRIVING.
THE HEARSE JUST A COUPLE CARS
AHEAD OF US.
THE VEHICLES IN FRONT OF URS ARE
IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBERS, AND
BEHIND US ARE MIAMI-DADE
COMMISSIONERS JOSE "PEPE" DIAZ,
ALSO COMMISSIONER JORDAN,
CONGRESSWOMAN FREDERICA WILSON
ALSO A PART OF THIS CONVOY.
AGAIN, WE ARE HEADING NORTHBOUND
ALONG I-95 GOING TO GET ON THE
TURNPIKE MOMENTARILY TO MAKE IT
BACK TO FUNERAL HOME IN
HOLLYWOOD WHERE THE FUNERAL IS
SET TO TAKE PLACE THIS WEEKEND.
>> Laurie: SANELA, WHAT DID
YOU LEARN ABOUT PRESIDENT
TRUMP'S CALL WITH LA DAVID
SNFNTLE.
>> Sanela: WE ARE HEARING FROM
FAMILY MEMBERS THAT PRESIDENT
TRUMP CALLED SERGEANT LA DAVID
AFTERNOON.
THE CONVERSATION WAS BRIEF IT.
LASTED FOR ABOUT FIVE MINUTES OR
SO.
HE EXPRESSED HIS SYMPATHIES AND
DEEPEST CONDOLENCES.
WE ARE HEARING THAT IT WAS A
VERY EMOTIONAL CONVERSATION.
MYESHIA JOHNSON HAS BEEN
HEARTBROKEN.
SHE'S KNOWN LA DAVID SINCE THEY
WERE SIX YEARS OLD.
THEY WERE THE LOVES OF EACH
OTHER'S LIVES.
AGO.
IT'S BEEN A VERY EMOTIONAL AND
TRYING TIME FOR HER, AND AS
GLENNA MENTIONED, THE MOST HEART
BREAKING BAFFERT THAT PLANE
SIGHT CEREMONY WAS HER GRIPPING
ONTO HER LATE HUSBAND'S CASKET
WITH THEIR CHILDREN NEARBY.
SHE IS SIX MONTHS PREGNANT.
YES, AGAIN, PRESIDENT TRUMP DID
REACH OUT TO THE FAMILY, SPOKE
TO HER FOR ABOUT FIVE MINUTES,
THANKING HER HUSBAND FOR HIS
SERVICE TO THIS COUNTRY.
HE WAS ONLY 25 YEARS OLD.
BUT HE DID EXPRESS HIS DEEPEST
SYMPATHIES AND CONDOLENCES.
>> Calvin: E. A PROFOUNDLY SAD
MOMENT FOR ALL OF US, THE FAMILY
MEMBERS AND FRIENDS AND PEOPLE
WHO DIDN'T EVEN KNOW LA DAVID
JOHNSON SERVING OUR COUNTRY
COMING BACK, AN AMERICAN HERO AS
HE HAD LEFT.
ONCE AGAIN, YOU ARE LOOKING AT
THE FUNERAL PROCESSION ON I-95.
YOU.
JUST A SAD HOLD.