BREAKING OVERNIGHT, HISTORY IN
FLAMES.
THE WORLD WATCHES IN HELPLESS
HORROR AS NOTRE DAME CATHEDRAL
BURNS.
FIREFIGHTERS BATTLING FOR 12
HOURS TO SAVE THE 850-YEAR-OLD
CHURCH.
>> OH, MY GOD.
>> THIS MORNING THE FULL SCALE
OF THE DESTRUCTION REVEALED AS
THE SUN RISES IN PARIS.
TEARS, PRAYERS, AND HOPE AMONG
THE RUBBLE.
JUST AHEAD, THE RACE TO SAVE
PRICELESS ARTIFACTS AND TO FIND
OUT WHAT STARTED THE FIRE.
WE'RE THERE LIVE.
>>> THE COUNTDOWN.
THE MUELLER REPORT SET TO BE
RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC THURSDAY,
BUT HOW MUCH WILL WE ACTUALLY
SEE?
>>> FIGHTING BACK.
ACTRESS LORI LOUGHLIN FACING UP
TO 40 YEARS IN PRISON, PLEADING
NOT GUILTY IN THAT COLLEGE
BRIBERY SCHEME.
WHY SHE HAS DECIDED AGAINST
CUTTING A DEAL.
>>> THOSE STORIES, PLUS DASH FOR
FREEDOM.
THE NORTH KOREAN DETECTOR WHO
WAS SHOT WHILE FLEEING THE
COUNTRY SHARES HIS STORY FOR THE
VERY FIRST TIME.
>>> NBC NEWS EXCLUSIVE.
OUR INVESTIGATION OF FACEBOOK.
DID MARK ZUCKERBERG PUSH TO SELL
YOUR PRIVATE DATA?
>>> AND NEVER SURRENDER.
THE U.S. MARINE WHO CRAWLED
ACROSS THE FINISH LINE OF THE
BOSTON MARATHON AND THE HEROIC
REASON HEPLAZA.
>>> HI, EVERYBODY.
WELCOME TO "TODAY."
TUESDAY MORNING.
NICE TO HAVE YOU WITH US.
GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH US,
WILLIE.
FELT LIKE THE WHOLE WORLD WAS
WATCHING YESTERDAY THROUGH TEARS
AS NOTRE DAME, OF COURSE THE
SYMBOL OF THE ATHCATHOLIC CHURC
THE CENTER OF PARIS, FRANCE.
SO MANY VISITORS HAVE COME TO
THIS SPACE.
THAT'S A LIVE LOOK, HAVING BEEN
DESTROYED, PART OF IT, BY
FLAMES.
>> YES.
AND THE PEOPLE OF PARIS, THE
PEOPLE OF FRANCE STOOD HELPLESS
AS THEY WATCHED THEIR BELOVED
CATHEDRAL BURN.
I GUESS WE COULD WAKE UP THIS
MORNING AND BE THANKFUL THAT
PART OF IT IS STILL STANDING AND
SOME OF THE TREASURED AND
PRICELESS RELICS HAVE BEEN
PRESERVED AND SAVED FROM THAT
FIRE.
>> THIS IS ALL ABOUT FINDING OUT
WHAT WAS LOST AND WHAT WAS
SAVED.
LET'S GET TO THE LATEST.
OVERNIGHT OFFICIALS ANNOUNCING
AT LAST THE FIRE IS FULLY
EXTINGUISHED.
NOW THEY ARE WORKING TO FIGURE
OUT WHAT STARTED THE FIRE AND
JUST HOW MUCH OF THIS NEARLY
900-YEAR-OLD CATHEDRAL HAS BEEN
DAMAGED.
>> SOME GOOD NEWS.
AS I SAID, MUCH OF THE PRICELESS
ARTWORK AND RELICS INSIDE
INTHAVE
BEEN SAVED, INCLUDING THE FAMED
8
8,000 PIPE ORGAN.
>> A WORLDWIDE FUNDRAISING DRIVE
HAD STARTED TO REBUILD, AND THIS
MORNING IT HAS ALREADY RECEIVED
$300 MILLION IN COMMITMENTS.
WE HAVE A LOT TO GET TO.
WE WILL TALK TO CARDINAL TIMOTHY
DOLAN IN A MOMENT IN PARIS,
RICHARD ENGLE IN POSITION THERE.
RICHARD, GOOD MORNING.
>> Reporter: GOOD MORNING,
WHAT A BLOW TO THIS CITY.
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN COMING HERE TO
SEE WHAT IS LEFT OF NOTRE DAME
CATHEDRAL.
AS YOU SAID, SOME GOOD NEWS.
FIREFIGHTERS WERE ABLE TO SAVE
THE BUILDING ITSELF.
THEY NOW SAY THAT WITH THE ROOF
REMOVED, WHICH BURNED OFF THE
STRUCTURE IS UNSTABLE.
DAYBREAK OVER A NEW AND
DIMINISHED PARIS SKYLINE.
THE CATHEDRAL OF NOTRE DAME
STILL STANDS, BUT WITHOUT HER
ELEGANT SPIRE.
BURNED AWAY BY A DEVASTATING
FIRE.
>> FOR ME, NOTRE DAME IS
PROBABLY AS MANY AS FOR
AMERICANS, IT'S A MOTHER.
SUDDENLY YOU FEEL YOUR MOTHER
HAS BEEN HURT BY THE FIRE.
>> Reporter: WHILE AN
INVESTIGATION IS STILL ONGOING,
FRENCH OFFICIALS ARE SO FAR
CALLING THE BLAZE UNINTENTIONAL.
THEY SUSPECT IT STARTED AROUND
6:30 MONDAY NIGHT AMONG
SCAFFOLDING.
BUT THE FLAMES SPREAD QUICKLY
ACROSS THE MEDIEVAL ROOF, MADE
OF SO MANY TIMBERS, IT WAS
NICKNAMED THE FOREST.
THE HEAT KEPT BUILDING AND
RISING UNTIL --
>> OH, MY GOD, PEOPLE JUST FELL
INSIDE THE CHURCH.
>> Reporter: THE SPIRE CAME
CRASHING DOWN INTO THE CHURCH'S
INTERIOR, FANNING THE FLAMES
EVEN FURTHER.
FOR HOURS THAT FELT LIKE DAYS,
IT SEEMED LIKE NOTRE DAME, OUR
LADY OF PARIS, MIGHT BE LOST.
>> FLAMES WERE EVERYWHERE.
PEOPLE WERE EVERYWHERE.
IT WAS VERY QUIET ON THE STREET,
VERY SOMBER.
>> Reporter: FRENCH OFFICIALS
TOLD THE NATION TO BRACE THAT
SHE MAY NOT BE SAVED.
AND THAT THIS GOTHIC MASTERPIECE
VISITED BY 13 MILLION A YEAR AND
FULL OF PRICELESS ART AND SACRED
RELICS WOULD BE REDUCED TO ASH.
AROUND 400 FIREFIGHTERS FINALLY
CONTAINED THE FLAMES ENOUGH TO
GO INSIDE AND SAW THIS.
THE INTERIOR WAS BADLY DAMAGED,
BUT NOT A CHARD SHELL.
FIREFIGHTERS SAVED THE
STRUCTURE.
NOTRE DAME WOULD SURVIVOR.
AND THEY SAID MAJOR WORKS OF ART
AND RELICS, INCLUDING THE HOLY
CROWN OF THORNS, WERE SAVED.
PARISIANS CAME OUT TO SING FOR
THEIR BELOVED CATHEDRAL AND
PRAISE THE FIREFIGHTERS.
FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON
TOLD THE NATION THE WORST HAS
BEEN AVOIDED.
NOTRE DAME WILL BE REBUILT, HE
SAID, BECAUSE IT IS WHAT THE
FRENCH PEOPLE EXPECT AND WHAT
THEIR HISTORY DESERVES.
AS IF TO PROTECT NOTRE DAME FROM
FURTHER DEVASTATION, PARISIANS
CAME IN GROUPS TO SING AND PRAY
FOR AN ICON OF THIS CITY OF
FRANCE, OF THE WORLD.
AROUND 100 FIREFIGHTERS ARE
STILL ON DUTY, ON STANDBY TO
PROTECT IN CASE THE FIRE STARTS
AGAIN.
THE REAL CONCERN FLOU IS THAT
WITH THE LOSS OF THAT ROOF, THE
STRUCTURE IS UNSTABLE.
THERE IS A FEAR AMONG FRENCH
OFFICIALS THERE COULD BE A
SHIFT.
THERE COULD EVEN MORE FROM PARI
LATER THIS MORNING.
CRAIG MAKING HIS WAY TO NOTRE
DAME CATHEDRAL LATER ON.
HE WILL JOIN US LIVE.
>>> TO WASHINGTON.
THE COUNTDOWN TO THE RELEASE OF
THE MUELLER REPORT.
A HEAVILY REDACTED VERSION OF
THE SPECIAL COUNSEL'S
INVESTIGATION.
NBC WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT
KRISTEN WELKER JOINS US WITH THE
LATEST.
GOOD MORNING.
>> Reporter: GOOD MORNING TO
YOU.
THE PRESIDENT AND HIS TOP
ADVISORS ARE BRACING FOR
THURSDAY'S RELEASE OF THE
IN FACT, MR. TRUMP'S OUTSIDE
LAWYERS HAVE BEEN HUDDLING TO
MAP OUT THEIR RESPONSE PLANS.
IT COMES AS SOME OF THE MORE
THAN ONE DOZEN CURRENT AND
FORMER OFFICIALS WHO COOPERATED
WITH MUELLER ARE EXPRESSING
CONCERNS THAT THE RELEASE COULD
EXPOSE THEM AS THE SOURCE OF
DAMAGING INFORMATION ABOUT THE
PRESIDENT.
ONE PERSON CLOSE TO THE WHITE
HOUSE EVEN SAYING THERE IS A
BREAKDOWN LEVEL ANXIETY AMONG
SOME CURRENT AND FORMER
STAFFERS.
ANOTHER FORMER OFFICIAL TELLING
NBC NEWS THE $1 MILLION QUESTION
WILL BE REDACTED.
THE OTHER KEY FOCUS, WHAT WILL
THE REPORT SAY ABOUT THE ISSUE
OF OBSTRUCTION?
YOU RECALL WHEN ATTORNEY GENERAL
BILL BARR RELEASED HIS SUMMARY
LAST MONTH HE SAID THERE WAS NOT
ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO CHARGE THE
PRESIDENT WITH OBSTRUCTION.
MUELLER DIDN'T MAKE A
DETERMINATION ABOUT WHETHER THE
PRESIDENT HAD OBSTRUCTED
JUSTICE.
SEPARATELY, BARR WAS CRITICIZED
BY DEMOCRATS FOR TESTIFYING LAST
WEEK HE BELIEVES U.S.
INTELLIGENCE OFFICIALS SPIED ON
THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN.
ALL OF THAT FUELING DEMOCRATS'
DEMANDS TO SEE THE FULL
UNREDACTED REPORT.
FOR HIS PART, PRESIDENT TRUMP
HAS DECLARED TOTAL EXONERATION.
WE'LL BE WATCHING CLOSELY.
>> WKRISTEN WELKER AT THE WHITE
HOUSE, THANK YOU.
>>> AN NBC NEWS EXCLUSIVE.
A NORTHERN DEFECTOR WHOSE TASH
FOR FREEDOM WAS CAUGHT ON CAMERA
HE IS SPEAKING OUT FOR THE FIRST
TIME.
TODAY KEIR SIMMONS IS IN SEOUL,
SOUTH KOREA.
HE HAS THE STORY GOOD MORNING.
>> Reporter: GOOD MORNING.
IT'S INCREDIBLE WHEN YOU WATCH
THE INTERVIEW TO THINK THIS IS A
DE
DEIF ETTER WATCHED BY MILLIONS
AS HE DASHED ACROSS THE WORLD'S
MOST DANGEROUS BORDER.
HE TELLS US IT WAS A SPUR OF THE
MOMENT DECISION.
THE IMAGES WERE DRAMATIC.
A NORTH KOREAN DEFECTOR FLEEING
ACROSS THE BORDER, COLLAPSING IN
A HAIL OF BULLETS, DRAGGED TO
SAFETY BY SOUTH KOREAN SOLDIERS.
PICTURES SEEN AROUND THE WORLD.
WE SHOWED THEM TO THE FORMER
NORTH KOREAN SOLDIER WHO MADE
THAT STUNNING ESCAPE.
THIS IS YOU RUNNING FOR YOUR
LIFE.
>> Tra
I STILL CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S ME,
OH CHONG SONG SAID.
THE SON OF A GENERAL IN NORTH
KOREA, HE LIVED ON $100 A MONTH.
NOW HE LIVES IN A SMALL
APARTMENT WITHOUT HIS FAMILY BUT
WITH HIS FREEDOM.
>> WE HEARD TWO BURSTS OF ABOUT
40 ROUNDS.
>> Reporter: LAWSUIT COMMANDER
DANIEL McSHANE WAS THE JOINT
DUTY OFFICER THAT DAY AT THE
DMZ.
>> HE HAD BEEN SHOT TWICE IN THE
SHOULDER, TWICE IN THE STOMACH,
AND WE ONE HIT HIS LUNG.
SO HE WAS SHOT FIVE TIMES.
>> Reporter: THE MAN WOUNDED,
SEEMED UNLIKELY TO LIVE.
>> HE LOOKED PRETTY DONE.
>> Reporter: WHAT'S THAT LIKE TO
HAVE YOUR FRIENDS, THE PEOPLE
THAT YOU HAVE SERVED WITH,
FIRING AT YOU AS YOU RUN FOR
FREEDOM?
>> Translator: IF I WERE IN
THEIR SHOES, I WOULD HAVE DONE
THE SAME, HE SAYS.
>> Reporter: WE SHOWED HIM
SAVANNAH'S EXCLUSIVE 2018 REPORT
RETRACING HIS STEPS.
YOUR STORY WAS TOLD ON AMERICAN
TELEVISION.
>> I WOULD LOVE TO VISIT THE
U.S. ONE DAY, HE SAYS.
HE WANTS TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE
AMERICAN MEDICS WHO HELPSAVE HI
THE HOSPITAL AS WELL AS TO THE
SOUTH KOREAN PEOPLE.
EVERY TIME I WATCH THE VIDEO, HE
SAYS, HE REALIZE THAT I AM ALIVE
IS A MIRACLE.
AND THE DIPLOMACY HERE GRINDS
ON.
KIM JONG-UN WARNING OF RISING
TENSIONS.
PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYING HE WOULD
BE OPEN TO A THIRD SUMMIT.
BUT SAVANNAH AND WILLIE, THIS
DEFECTOR SAYS HE IS HAVING TO
DEAL WITH FEELINGS OF LONELINESS
AND GUILT AND SAYS THAT HE WOULD
JUST LIKE TO SEE THE TWO KOREAS
REUNITED.
>> HOW FASCINATING TO HEAR THE
STORY FROM HIS PERSPECTIVE AFTER
SEEING THAT VIDEO SO MANY TIMES.
KEIR SIMMONS IN SEOUL, THANK YOU
VERY MUCH.
>>> THAT MASSIVE COLLEGE
ADMISSIONS SCANDAL BACK IN THE
SPOTLIGHT.
ACTRESS LORI LOUGHLIN, ONE OF
THE MOST HIGH-PROFILE PARENTS TO
BE INDICTED, NOW HAS ENTERED A
NOT GUILTY PLEA.
NBC NEWS NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT
MIGUEL ALMAGUER HAS THE VERY
LATEST.
MIGUEL, GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
PROSECUTORS TURNED YUP THE HEAT
ON LORI LOUGHLIN LAST WEEK
CHARGING HER WITH AN ADDITIONAL
FELONY, CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT
MONEY LAUNDERING.
LEGAL EXPERTS SAY THAT SECOND
FELONY WAS MEANT TO SEND A
MESSAGE.
NOW THE ACTRESS IS SHOWING SHE
MAY BE READY FOR A FIGHT.
>> Reporter: LORI LOUGHLIN AND
HER FASHION DESIGNER HUSBAND
PLEADING NOT GUILTY TO TWO
FELONY COUNTS, BRINGING THE
CELEBRITY COUPLE ONE STEP CLOSER
TO TRIAL WHILE THE POSSIBILITY
OF A PLEA DEAL DWINDLES.
FACING A MAXIMUM SENTENCE OF 40
YEARS IN PRISON, INVESTIGATORS
SAY THEY HAVE A TROVE OF
EVIDENCE, INCLUDING WIRE TAPS
PROVING THE POWER COUPLE PAID
$500,000 IN BRIBES TO GET THEIR
DAUGHTERS INTO USC.
IT COMES JUST A WEEK AFTER
ACTRESS FELICITY HUFFMAN AND A
DOZEN OTHER PARENTS AGREED TO
PLEAD GUILTY TO ONE FELONY
COUNT.
WITH LOUGHLIN AWAITING HER RIGHT
TO APPEAR, IT'S BECOME FODDER
FOR COMEDIANS.
>> YOU PAID 500 GRAND FOR USC.
>> YEAH, NOT INCLUDE THE 300
GRAND I BLEW ON TUITION.
>> WHAT DID YOUR DAUGHTER MAJOR
IN?
>> COMMUNICATION.
>> Reporter: WITH JOKES ASIDE,
THE STAKES ARE GETTING HIGHER.
A COLLEGE SCANDAL INVOLVING THE
RICH AFAMOUS TAKES ANOTHER TWIS.
LEGAL EXPERTS TELL US BECAUSE
LOUGHLIN ALLEGEDLY SPENT
$500,000 IN BRIBES SHE WILL
LIKELY GET PRISON TIME
>>> THIS MORNING ON "IN DEPTH
TODAY," AN EYE-OPENING AND E
EXCLUSIVE NBC INVESTIGATION.
>> DOCUMENTS WE OBTAINED SHOWED
THAT FACEBOOK USED DATA AS A
BARGAINING CHIP DESPITE SAYING
THAT PRIVACY IS A PRIOR IT I.
NBC'S STEPHANIE GOSK WITH THE
DETAILS.
>> GOOD MORNING.
YOU KNOW, WE KNOW FACEBOOK
GATHERS INFORMATION ON US.
ALL THE LIKES AND SHARES, PHOTOS
AND FRIENDS.
NOW DOCUMENTS OBTAINED BY NBC
NEWS REVEAL IN NEW DETAIL HOW
THE COMPANY USED AND PLANNED TO
USE THAT DATA.
WITH VERY LITTLE DISCUSSION OF
PEOPLE'S PRIVACY.
FACEBOOK UNDER NEW SCRUTINY THIS
MORNING.
MORE THAN 4,000 DOCUMENTS
OBTAINED BY NBC NEWS FROM A
COURT CASE AGAINST THE COMPANY
LIFT THE CURTAIN ON FACEBOOK'S
BUSINESS PRACTICES BETWEEN 2011
AND 2015.
ONE EMPLOYEE EVEN COMPARING THE
COMPANY TO VILLAINS IN "GAME OF
THRONES" AS THE SOCIAL MEDIA
GIANT LOOKED FOR WAYS TO GROW
ITS BUSINESS AND CUT LOSSES.
TOP EXECUTIVES AT THE COMPANY
INCLUDING CEO MARK ZUCKERBERG
AND COO SHERYL SANDBERG
DISCUSSED WAYS TO SELL USER
DATA.
IN 2012, DOCUMENTS SHOW
ZUCKERBERG WANTED TO FIGURE OUT
THE REAL MARKET VALUE OF USER
DATA TO SET UP PUBLIC RATE.
A PLAN SEEMINGLY AT ODDS WITH
ZUCKERBERG'S PUBLIC MESSAGE.
>> WE OFFER THESE EXTREMELY
ROBUST PRIVACY CONTROLS WHERE, I
MEAN, LITERALLY ANY PIECE OF
INFORMATION THAT YOU SHARE, YOU
CONTROL EXACTLY WHO SEES IT.
>> Reporter: ULTIMATELY,
FACEBOOK SAYS IT NEVER SOLD
DATA, BUT IT DID TRADE
INFORMATION WITH OTHER
COMPANIES.
>> FACEBOOK IS BEING STRATEGIC
IN TERMS OF TRADING USER DATA IN
ORDER TO GET, YOU KNOW, STUFF IN
RETURN.
>> Reporter: THE DOCUMENTS SHOW
THAT FACEBOOK ALLOWED SPECIAL
ACCESS TO DATA FOR COMPANIES
DESCRIBED AS FRIENDS OF
ZUCKERBERG, LIKE AMAZON, WHICH
RECEIVED SPECIAL TREATMENT IN
JUNE OF 2013 BECAUSE IT WAS A
FACEBOOK ADVERTISER.
WHILE ANOTHER MESSAGING APP SEEN
AS A COMPETITOR TO FACEBOOK
MESSENGER WAS RESTRICTED FROM
ACCESSING FACEBOOK'S DATA.
FACEBOOK SAYS THE DOCUMENTS WERE
CHERRY-PICKED FROM A COURT CASE
INVOLVING A LITTLE KNOWN
STARTUP, WRITING, THE SETS OF
DOCUMENTS BY ZDESIGN TELLS ONLY
ONE SIDE OF THE STORY AND OMITS
IMPORTANT CONTEXT.
WE STILL STAND BY THE PLATFORM
CHANGES WE MADE IN 2014, 2013.
FACEBOOK HAS MADE A GREATER PUSH
TO ADDRESS PRIVACY ISSUES, LIKE
THE DATA OF 87 MILLION USERS
THAT WAS IMPROPERLY SHARED WITH
POLITICAL CONSULTING FIRM
CAMBRIDGE ANALYTICA.
TO PUT ZUCKERBERG IN THE HOT
SEAT ON CAPITOL HILL.
>> IT WAS MY MISTAKE AND I'M
SORRY.
I STARTED FACEBOOK.
I RUN IT, AND AT THE END OF THE
DAY I'M RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT
HAPPENS HERE.
>> Reporter: STILL SOME SAY
FACEBOOK'S PAST ATTEMPTS TO
TRADE AND SELL USER DATA RAISE
MORE QUESTIONS.
>> IT IS COMPLICATED.
IT SOUNDS LIKE ALLEGATION IS
THAT FACEBOOK WAS WILLING TO
GIVE DATA ON USERS TO COMPANIES
IT WAS FRIENDLY WITH, HAD A GOOD
RELATIONSHIP WITH.
WHAT KIND OF DATA?
WHAT DID THE COMPANIES DO WITH
IT IF THEY GOT IT?
>> THERE ARE DIFFERENT TIERS OF
DATA.
THE PERM INFORMATION THAT YOU
SHARE.
YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS, YOUR REAL
ADDRESS, MAYBE YOUR PHONE
NUMBER.
BUT THEN IT'S YOUR BEHAVIOR.
AND THAT'S THE STUFF THAT YOU DO
WHEN YOU ARE ON FACEBOOK.
WHAT DO YOU LIKE?
WHAT DO YOU SHARE?
WHAT INFORMATION DO YOU SHARE
ABOUT VACATIONS, PLACES THAT YOU
GO?
ALL OF THAT BEHAVIORAL
INFORMATION IS HUGELY IMPORTANT
TO COMPANIES THAT WANT TO TRY TO
SELL YOU STUFF.
SO IT ENDS UP BEING THIS
CURRENCY FOR FACEBOOK AND OTHER
COMPANIES LIKE IT TO TRADE WITH.
BUT NOW FACEBOOK SAYS THEY ARE
NOT.
>> NOT DOING IT.
AND THAT THOSE DOCUMENTS ARE
FROM A WHILE BACK IT SOUNDS
LIKE?
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
A TIME THAT FACEBOOK WAS
STRUGGLING TO MAKE PROFITS.
THEY WERE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A
WAY TO MONETIZE THIS INCREDIBLE
CREATION THAT THEY HAD COME UP
WITH AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE
ORIGINAL IDEAS.
>> ALL RIGHT.
STEPHANIE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
IF YOU WANT TO 7:50.
DYLAN JOINS US ON AN
INFORGETTABLE IMAGE FROM
YESTERDAY'S BOSTON MARATHON.
A U.S. MARINE CRAWLING ACROSS
THE FINISH LINE.
>> THIS REALLY IS AN INCREDIBLE
STORY.
HIS NAME IS MICAH HERNDON.
A 31-YEAR-OLD U.S. MARINE
VETERAN WHO RAN TO HONOR THE
LIVES OF THREE MEN HE KNEW WHILE
SERVING IN AFGHANISTAN.
SIMPLY PUT, THERE WAS NO WAY HE
WASN'T GOING TO FINISH.
>> Reporter: A MARATHON MOMENT
GOING VIRAL OVERNIGHT.
VIDEO OF MICAH HERNDON CRAWLING
OVER THE FINISH LINE IN THE
123rd BOSTON MARATHON MONDAY.
>> YOU GOT THIS!
>> Reporter: HERNDON, AN OHIO
NATIVE, COMPETING AS A TRIBUTE
TO THE MEMORIES OF THREE MARINES
HE SERVED ALONGSIDE.
THOSE THREE MEN DIDN'T SURVIVE
AN ATTACK IN AFGHANISTAN IN
2010.
THEIR LAST NAMES MARK JUAREZ,
RUPERT HAMER, AND MATTHEW
BALLARD, ATTACHED TO THE LACES
OF HIS RUNNING SHOES.
ALONG THE ROUTE THE RUNNER SAYS
THE REPETITION OF THEIR NAMES
AGAIN AND AGAIN SERVING AS THE
FUEL TO KEEP HIM PUSHING THROUGH
THE PAIN.
FINALLY THAT PAIN BECOMING TOO
MUCH TO BEAR.
HERNDON DROPPING TO HIS HANDS
AND KNEES.
PAINSTAKINGLY CROSSING THE
FINISH LINE AFTER THREE HOURS
AND 38 MINUTES.
A MARINE ON A MISSION TO HONOR
HIS FELLOW FALLEN SOLDIERS.
REALLY JUST AN INCREDIBLE SIGHT.
HE ACTUALLY DID IT VERY QUICKLY,
3:38.
HE SAID THE PAIN HE FELT DURING
THE MARATHON WAS NOTHING
COMPARED TO THE PAIN HE FELT
LOSING THOSE SERVICEMEN.
>> WHAT A WAY TO HONOR