NBC Nightly News - 1999-05-28

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[0:07] Obstacle course on the road this

[0:09] Memorial Day weekend. A bumper crop of

[0:11] roadblocks. Tonight, the lay of the land

[0:13] and the air.

[0:16] Recall a million minivans, all with a

[0:18] potentially dangerous problem. Are the

[0:20] airbags safe?

[0:23] Sacred ground. America's military

[0:25] cemeteries filling up fast. Will there

[0:27] be enough room for all who serve?

[0:30] And NBC News in depth. Why Americans

[0:33] can't seem to get enough of NASCAR, the

[0:35] fastest growing professional sport

[0:37] making millions at 200 m an hour.

[0:43] From NBC News World Headquarters in New

[0:46] York, this is NBC Nightly News with Tom

[0:49] Brokoff. Substituting tonight, Brian

[0:52] Williams.

[0:54] >> Good evening. Those of you joining us

[0:55] from home tonight, or at least indoors,

[0:58] you're among the fortunate, as you're

[0:59] about to see. It's rough out there. As

[1:01] predicted, and for all the right

[1:03] reasons, good economy, cheap gasoline.

[1:05] The unofficial start of summer is now

[1:08] officially underway. And about that

[1:09] tough travel tonight. You are looking

[1:11] live at the Garden State Parkway on the

[1:13] way to the Jersey Shore. This is just

[1:15] south of Newark, New Jersey. It's

[1:17] already starting. This is the scene

[1:19] tonight in Texas. Traffic backed up on

[1:21] I35 running north south right through

[1:23] the center of Dallas. Not just the roads

[1:26] are jammed tonight. This is Chicago

[1:28] O'Hare where just under a million people

[1:30] will be passing through this weekend. As

[1:32] NBC's Jim Ava reports tonight, getting

[1:34] there is a challenge anyway you go.

[1:39] >> As America rushes to celebrate summer,

[1:42] record traffic at the airport threatens

[1:44] holiday calm. 12 and 3/4 million

[1:47] passengers will fly by Tuesday. 85% of

[1:51] the airline seats full today.

[1:53] >> It's going to be the busiest one ever.

[1:55] >> The airlines predict big delays and

[1:57] blame an overworked traffic control

[1:59] system. In fact, delays were up 51% last

[2:02] month, 34,000 late takeoffs in April of

[2:05] 99 compared to 22,500

[2:08] in April of 98.

[2:10] >> Air traffic control delays cost the

[2:11] economy a little over $4 billion a year.

[2:15] That's both the money that it cost the

[2:16] consumers and money it cost the airlines

[2:18] as well.

[2:19] >> The Bartos family from suburban Chicago

[2:22] concerned about delays woke up at 4:30

[2:24] this morning for an 11:44 flight.

[2:27] >> It's a lot of work, but you know, you're

[2:29] kind of like on an adrenaline, you know,

[2:30] adrenaline, you know, cuz you're

[2:32] excited.

[2:33] >> Much of that tension builds on the roads

[2:35] to the airport. 27 million vacation

[2:38] trips this weekend and the government

[2:39] estimates construction zones jam some

[2:42] major highways every 30 to 40 miles.

[2:45] Alex Delbecio is braving Interstate 94

[2:48] construction this weekend on a family

[2:50] trip from Birmingham, Michigan to Erie,

[2:52] Pennsylvania.

[2:53] >> Well, I'm not very uh enthusiastic about

[2:55] the construction uh that's going on this

[2:58] week.

[2:58] >> At 6,000 safety belt checkpoints across

[3:01] the country, the slowdown today is

[3:03] intentional. Officers watching passing

[3:05] cars with zero tolerance for the

[3:07] unbelted and a steep fine at this

[3:09] Washington DC roadblock.

[3:11] >> There's a $50 sign, two points of your

[3:13] lightning. Have a nice day. Enjoy your

[3:14] weekend.

[3:15] >> Outside Detroit today, the fine is $45,

[3:18] but belted passengers get a bonus.

[3:21] >> Free passes for either some golf balls

[3:22] over TJ Barrymore um or for some go-kart

[3:25] rides out there.

[3:26] >> Even in Montana, there's a slowdown.

[3:28] Today, for the first time in history,

[3:30] Montana has posted speed limits on its

[3:33] interstate.

[3:33] >> We're going to enforce the law.

[3:37] >> And the if you have a choice, the worst

[3:39] time to fly is tonight, the peak hours.

[3:42] The best time to get out will be

[3:43] tomorrow morning. And returning, try to

[3:45] wait till Tuesday morning. Brian

[3:48] >> Jim Off Braving Chicago all here for us

[3:50] tonight. Thanks. There is another note

[3:51] of caution as Americans hit the road

[3:53] this weekend. This one about safety. A

[3:56] wildly popular type of minivan may have

[3:58] a very dangerous problem that the

[4:00] government would like you to know about.

[4:01] More tonight from NBC's Robert Hager.

[4:05] It's the largest recall ever for airbags

[4:07] that go off when they shouldn't. 1

[4:09] million Daimler Chrysler minivans four

[4:12] to 5 years old to be called in for

[4:14] checks. The problem? Rare, but hard to

[4:17] imagine anything more startling. Turn on

[4:19] the ignition and the bag goes off

[4:21] instantly because of a short circuit in

[4:23] wiring. The government says 50 drivers

[4:25] have complained that it happened to

[4:27] them, resulting in 21 reports of

[4:29] injuries. Fortunately, none serious.

[4:32] Minivans to be checked are all 1994 and

[4:35] 1995 models, Dodge Caravan, Plymouth

[4:38] Voyager, and Chrysler Town and Country.

[4:41] The government's been investigating for

[4:42] a year and a half, but Daimler Chrysler

[4:44] agreed voluntarily to deal with the

[4:46] issue now. will notify the 1 million

[4:49] owners by mail in about a month. Tell

[4:51] them to bring the vans to a dealer to

[4:53] inspect the wiring and replace it if

[4:55] necessary. The problems in some wiring

[4:58] right down here in the base of the

[5:00] steering column. There's some sharp

[5:01] metal down there that could cause some

[5:03] chafing that can cause a short circuit

[5:06] in which case the airbag could deploy

[5:08] unexpectedly. But only after a driver

[5:11] had just turned on the ignition. The

[5:13] recall comes just as Daimler Chrysler's

[5:16] in the midst of another completely

[5:17] different dispute about airbags in older

[5:19] minivans. Charges that when there is an

[5:22] accident, the bag on the passenger side

[5:24] can go off too powerfully. 12 children

[5:26] have been killed, but Chrysler says the

[5:28] bags are safe when passengers are

[5:30] properly belted. That one's still under

[5:32] investigation. Problems for the very

[5:35] automaker that was first to develop

[5:36] minivans and make them one of the most

[5:38] popular vehicles on the road today.

[5:40] problems now just as drivers hit the

[5:42] road for Memorial Day. Robert Hager, NBC

[5:45] News, Washington.

[5:47] >> Switching over now to the crisis in

[5:49] Kosovo, the very latest on a very shaky

[5:51] peace process to listen to the Russian

[5:53] who talked peace today in Belgrade.

[5:54] There is reason for optimism tonight,

[5:56] but others are much more cautious. We

[5:59] are joined by NBC News Pentagon

[6:01] correspondent Jim Mlky with more on that

[6:03] tonight. Jim Brian, after peace talks in

[6:05] Belgrade today, the Russian envoy says

[6:07] he sees a light at the end of the

[6:09] tunnel. But US officials warned there's

[6:11] still a long way to go.

[6:14] >> Russia's Victor Cheramir leaves Belgrade

[6:16] tonight saying he's very satisfied with

[6:18] today's peace talks. And Mallosvich

[6:20] announces he's ready to take a peace

[6:21] deal brokered by the UN. But US

[6:23] officials remain skeptical because

[6:25] Mallich has said it all before and still

[6:28] not agree to all of NATO's terms. Until

[6:30] then, NATO will keep turning up with

[6:32] record numbers of air strikes. And the

[6:34] State Department provides new evidence

[6:35] to back up the war crimes indictment

[6:37] against Mallosi. Saddled photos. They

[6:39] can show the certain zooming maps

[6:41] destroy the evidence of atrocity

[6:43] >> and a massive cover up of these massive

[6:46] wars.

[6:47] >> Meanwhile, a massive humanitarian effort

[6:49] is underway to save refugees inside.

[6:52] Then next week, private reliefs plan to

[6:54] air drop food to those refugees who are

[6:56] barely surviving.

[6:58] >> Some of them report having for days

[7:00] eaten leaves uh or tried to squeeze

[7:03] water out of vegetation uh in order to

[7:06] survive. But the air drops themselves

[7:08] are extremely dense. Low flying planes

[7:10] top 175,000 of these packets contain

[7:13] high kelp biscuits. But each packet is a

[7:16] pound and a half and hard to break.

[7:18] Dropped from a plane, they become

[7:20] virtual biscuit bombs that could kill

[7:22] people on the ground. And the planes

[7:24] themselves could get mistakenly shot

[7:26] down either by Serb troops or NATO war

[7:29] plananes.

[7:30] >> I think it's it's not a good idea,

[7:32] frankly, as as an air. In Albania today,

[7:34] African troops to observe memorial

[7:51] tonight. The peace talks could take at

[7:53] least two or three more weeks, but if

[7:55] they don't succeed by then, the air

[7:57] strikes could drag on for two or three

[8:00] more months. Brian

[8:01] >> Jim Mclashesky at the Pentagon this

[8:03] Friday night. Thanks. And still ahead as

[8:04] we continue this evening, America's new

[8:07] national pastime. Look fast. The fastest

[8:10] growing sport in the country isn't

[8:11] baseball or basketball.

[8:14] >> I think we appeal to the masses of

[8:16] people that that drive Pontiacs, that

[8:18] drive Chevrolet.

[8:20] >> Hot Wheels. This is NASCAR. Why is it

[8:23] bigger than ever these days? And up

[8:25] next, running out of sacred ground as

[8:27] the nation honors those who made the

[8:29] ultimate sacrifice. A question of space.

[8:32] Will there be enough?

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[10:54] >> Now, two of the area's best forecasters

[10:57] have joined together. The Oregonian and

[11:00] Matt Safino, voted Portland's best

[11:02] weather caster by the Associated Press.

[11:05] Now, look for Matt's forecast every

[11:07] weekday in the Oregonian and every weekn

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[11:12] the news comes first.

[11:14] >> As this Memorial Day weekend kicks off,

[11:16] there is a cloud over what is the last

[11:18] and one of the most treasured honors for

[11:20] this country's veterans burial in a

[11:22] military cemetery. The question is, the

[11:24] US running out of room? You are looking

[11:27] live tonight at Arlington National

[11:28] Cemetery, Virginia, the most famous of

[11:30] America's military burial sites. 265,000

[11:34] people have been buried here since 1864.

[11:37] But as NBC's Bob F reports, Arlington

[11:39] and other military cemeteries may not be

[11:42] able to properly honor this nation's war

[11:44] dead

[11:46] >> present.

[11:47] >> Today we are gathered here to bury

[11:49] another American veteran

[11:52] >> in Co Pepper, Virginia. There is room to

[11:54] bury Specialist Fourth Class Lacy

[11:56] Wright. But this lovely cemetery, 132

[12:00] years old, has only 312 grave sites

[12:03] left. By the end of next year, it will

[12:05] be full.

[12:07] >> This is home. This is where we work.

[12:08] >> And that's where you want to end up.

[12:10] >> That's where we want to end up.

[12:11] >> The situation alarms 88-year-old veteran

[12:14] Claude Gwyn, who has spent the last 51

[12:16] years helping to preserve these grounds.

[12:19] >> People who served in the armed services

[12:22] uh deserve to have a good resting place.

[12:26] The problem is not just call peppers.

[12:29] Just over 1,000 veterans die every day.

[12:33] 377,000 die every year. Without

[12:36] expansion, veterans burial grounds will

[12:38] be full early in the 21st century.

[12:41] >> The demographics of the projected

[12:44] veterans deaths will overwhelm the

[12:48] existing national cemetery space. It's

[12:52] not that much of a problem, says the

[12:54] Veterans Administration, which insists

[12:55] the VA is expanding old cemeteries or

[12:58] building new ones at what it calls an

[13:01] unprecedented rate.

[13:02] >> Where we have space, there's plenty to

[13:04] last the next 50 to 100 years.

[13:07] >> But at the American Legion Hall in Co

[13:08] Pepper, where they take their vows

[13:10] seriously,

[13:11] >> I pledge allegiance to the flag of the

[13:14] United States of America.

[13:16] >> Many veterans feel betrayed. They

[13:18] promise all the bets that they'd be

[13:20] buried in a national cemetery.

[13:22] >> Here there is disappointment and anger.

[13:25] >> Makes me mad in hell. It's a damn shame.

[13:28] Really?

[13:29] >> You don't have many veterans in Congress

[13:31] in either house and your top man slick

[13:35] Willie was a draft dog.

[13:37] >> Even if Co Pepper succeeds in buying the

[13:39] cemetery 5 acres nearby, these veterans

[13:42] are realists.

[13:43] >> There's a finite amount of dirt that we

[13:45] have to do that. And that's and and

[13:47] that's just a fact of life, but it's

[13:49] just another erosion of veterans

[13:51] benefits

[13:52] >> and a sign of the times which saddens

[13:54] even an optimist like Claude Gwyn.

[13:57] >> The public doesn't give a damn

[13:59] >> about veterans,

[14:00] >> right?

[14:01] >> They served and they're forgotten

[14:04] >> more or less. Yes.

[14:05] >> Once they were ready to die for their

[14:07] country. Now they wonder if their

[14:10] country will be ready for them. Bob

[14:13] Paul, NBC News, Co Pepper, Virginia.

[14:16] On Wall Street today, a short session

[14:19] with considerably less drama than

[14:20] yesterday's virtual freef fall for the

[14:22] Dow. Today getting back almost 93 points

[14:25] in light holiday trading. Good day over

[14:27] on the Nasdaq up over 51. For the week,

[14:30] the Dow down in all almost 270 points.

[14:34] NASDAQ down just under 50. Up next, NBC

[14:37] News inepth. This country's hottest

[14:39] sport and one of its hot prospects. I

[14:42] want to be the competitive driver in

[14:44] NASCAR that happens to be a woman.

[14:47] >> Stock car racing's heroes and heroine.

[14:50] What it's like to race with the big

[14:51] boys.

[14:56] >> For the 1% of the world that expects

[14:58] more from a truck. There's the allnew

[15:01] GMC Sierra, completely redesigned with

[15:04] the first ever standard four-wheel

[15:05] anti-lock disc brakes on a half-tonon

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[15:11] 1enters,

[15:14] your wait is over.

[15:17] Come in now during the National Sierra

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[15:21] make comparisons, not compromises.

[15:26] Getting those urban cowboys on horses

[15:28] was trying enough. And you throw in some

[15:30] serious chili, we're talking major

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[15:33] We were way out there and this cowboy,

[15:35] he pulls a Zantac 75 out of a saddle

[15:38] bag. I said, "What are you, a Zantac

[15:40] salesman?" He said, "No, I'm doctor."

[15:43] >> The medicine in Zantac 75 is the number

[15:45] one doctor prescribed acid reducer. It

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[15:49] controlling acid for up to 12 hours.

[15:51] >> Hats off to you, doc.

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[16:56] >> We're picking up our CEO. Fortunately,

[16:59] the company cars have OnStar.

[17:00] >> We swerved off the road and boom, the

[17:02] airbags go off. There was a deer. I

[17:05] never saw it.

[17:06] >> Seconds later, an OnStar advisor calls

[17:09] and says, "I just got a signal. Your

[17:10] airbags went off. Should I send an

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[17:12] >> We were fine, but she called for a tow

[17:14] truck and a limo.

[17:15] >> Good thing I called OnStar.

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[17:18] >> Oh, right. The one-touch connection to

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[17:26] >> Sunday. What did China steal and why are

[17:28] they still getting away with it? Plus,

[17:30] war crimes prosecutor Louise Arbor

[17:32] indicts Mall. Can he be tried on Meet

[17:35] the Press?

[17:37] >> NBC News in depth tonight. NASCAR. If

[17:40] that name doesn't ring a bell, it will.

[17:42] NASCAR is stock car racing, the number

[17:45] one spectator sport in the US, and it is

[17:47] very big business. It wasn't always,

[17:49] however. The sport started back in 1948

[17:52] on the hard sand at Daytona Beach. A

[17:54] ticket was 50 cents. Today, there are

[17:57] 2,000 races each year at 134 big and

[18:00] small sanctions tracks in 39 states. The

[18:03] average price of a ticket now 50 bucks.

[18:05] What's behind this mania for the

[18:07] ultimate muscle car? NBC's Bob Dodson

[18:10] begins our in-depth reporting.

[18:16] >> Big time stock car racing is as hot as a

[18:18] piston. 6 million fans in the stands.

[18:22] 180 million more watching on TV. Double

[18:26] the number a decade ago. We appeal to

[18:28] the masses of people that that drive

[18:31] Pontiacs, that drive Chevrolet.

[18:33] >> And everybody's been stuck in traffic

[18:35] before and wanted to pull out on the

[18:37] left lane and just blow everybody off.

[18:40] That daydream is part of what makes

[18:42] NASCAR a $2 billion a year business. But

[18:47] being fan and familyfriendly is a big

[18:50] part, too.

[18:51] >> They're not money hungry. They're not

[18:52] greedy. They're not like the owners of

[18:54] the NBA. Unlike the NBA or the NFL, fans

[18:58] here can get real close to their heroes.

[19:01] >> You can't walk to the Steelers locker

[19:03] room.

[19:04] >> That closeness makes them unusually

[19:05] loyal to the sponsors who back their

[19:08] favorite drivers.

[19:09] >> We'll use anything but Tide in our

[19:10] washing machine.

[19:12] >> So faithful, some of America's biggest

[19:14] companies now pay $9 million to slap

[19:16] their logo on a stock car. Jeff Gordon's

[19:20] car has more than 40. We think we uh we

[19:23] generate about $5 in uh revenue for

[19:27] every dollar we spend.

[19:28] >> Because Gordon is the man to beat, he's

[19:31] won nearly a third of all the races this

[19:33] year. He's only 27, but he's had more

[19:37] wins in less time than any driver in

[19:40] NASCAR history.

[19:41] >> It couldn't get much better than it is

[19:43] right now.

[19:44] >> In 7 years, he's won $29 million.

[19:48] Yet he still treats fans like they sign

[19:51] his check.

[19:53] >> Without those free spending fans, the

[19:55] sport might still be stuck in the mud.

[19:57] It began on dirt tracks in the South

[20:00] half a century ago.

[20:02] >> NASCAR isn't just down in Dixie anymore.

[20:04] Donald Trump plans to open up a new

[20:05] track near New York City. Because stock

[20:09] car racing now draws more television

[20:11] fans than baseball or basketball.

[20:16] These new fans are sending sales of

[20:18] NASCAR toys and products zooming.

[20:22] >> Bean bags. I have five of those.

[20:24] Scrapbook.

[20:24] >> $80 million a decade ago.

[20:26] >> Make the noise. Cabbage patch baby

[20:28] fishing hooks.

[20:30] >> Nearly a billion today.

[20:33] No one knows how much bigger NASCAR will

[20:36] get. But with polite young stars like

[20:38] Gordon, the next generation of fans is

[20:41] already here and buying. They've just

[20:44] spent 50 million bucks for the hottest

[20:46] collectible doll in the country, NASCAR

[20:50] Barbie.

[20:51] Bob Dodson, NBC News, Charlotte, North

[20:55] Carolina.

[20:56] >> We should mention close to half of

[20:58] NASCAR's fans are women, but among the

[21:01] ranks of the top drivers, they are rare.

[21:03] Tonight, we hear from one of them.

[21:04] Shauna Robinson, a 20-year driving

[21:07] veteran, a 34year-old mother of two,

[21:09] looking for her first big league win.

[21:11] Now, Shauna Robinson, in her own words,

[21:15] >> I want to be the competitive driver in

[21:18] NASCAR that happens to be a woman, and

[21:21] I'm that's what I'm going to accomplish.

[21:23] I was raised to live to where you can be

[21:24] whatever you want to be. You can go

[21:25] after whatever goal, but you have to

[21:27] work hard for it. Uh, I think the best

[21:29] reactions comes from those that see me

[21:31] race or out of race or familiar and then

[21:33] they're just like that's so cool what

[21:34] you do and we we support you 100% and

[21:38] you know that and I mean from men,

[21:39] women, doesn't matter what age.

[21:43] It's not that it takes a lot of muscle.

[21:45] You have to be in shape but it takes a

[21:47] lot of of concentration, mental

[21:49] awareness and and just consistency. It's

[21:51] not necessarily how big you are. Having

[21:53] a family was something very important to

[21:55] me. I mean, I just can't tell you what

[21:57] it's done for me as just a mother.

[21:59] There's nothing more that you can feel

[22:01] than that to have that those little ones

[22:03] that look up to you and count on you.

[22:05] >> You want to help mommy put her shoes on?

[22:08] Help me put my shoes on.

[22:09] >> This is my life. And as a mother, that's

[22:12] what I am first. First and foremost. And

[22:14] and I'm a race car driver. That's that's

[22:16] my job. That's what I do when I go to

[22:17] work every day.

[22:19] >> NASCAR driver Shauna Robinson in her own

[22:22] words tonight. Up next, as we continue,

[22:24] Tom Broaus's Memorial Day tribute to the

[22:26] greatest generation and their children.

[22:28] Bonds forged in wartime that last more

[22:31] than a lifetime.

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[23:25] Smile.

[23:27] Eat.

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[23:32] Escape to Red Lobster.

[23:37] These hands have been trusted with many

[23:39] a small head.

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[25:16] war could erupt. The deal has been

[25:18] struck. Dupont reported.

[25:20] >> Wild wild trading going on.

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[25:24] mornings.

[25:27] There's been a lot said and written

[25:28] about the greatest generation of

[25:30] Americans. Victorious in war, hugely

[25:32] successful here at home. It's a lesson

[25:34] in life their children have now found

[25:36] they cannot live without. Tom Brohaw

[25:39] tonight on those learning while there's

[25:40] still time.

[25:43] The children of those who served in the

[25:45] Second World War live with a reward and

[25:47] memory of their parents'

[25:48] accomplishments.

[25:50] Dr. Beth Gardner, whose father Dr.

[25:52] Thomas Valentine was a surgeon on the

[25:54] front lines. I was convinced that I was

[25:56] the only one who had a personal Jeep

[25:58] that was personally in World War II.

[26:01] >> And like George Chungus, whose father

[26:02] Constantine was one of the first to land

[26:05] at Utah Beach on D-Day.

[26:08] >> He was quite a man. Quite a man.

[26:09] >> Not long ago, George wrote to me, "Dear

[26:12] Mr. Brokoff, my father died at the age

[26:15] of 44 in 1963, but I can still remember

[26:18] the stories that he told. Though the

[26:20] stories were rarely about the horrors of

[26:22] war.

[26:23] >> He would talk about his comrades, his uh

[26:25] friends. It was really all about

[26:27] relationships.

[26:28] >> Often his father would speak of one

[26:30] special man, Beth's father, Thomas.

[26:33] >> If he had a hero, it would have been uh

[26:37] Dr. Valentine, who um he watched as a

[26:41] medic operate on soldiers in the most

[26:44] incredible uh battlefield conditions.

[26:46] After the war, both men came home to

[26:48] suburban Boston to make different but

[26:50] valuable contributions.

[26:52] Dr. Valentine would become a renowned

[26:54] neurosurgeon.

[26:56] Constantine would take over the family's

[26:58] generations old dairy business. Although

[27:01] out of touch with Dr. Valentine for 15

[27:03] years, one day he took it upon himself

[27:05] to drive into Boston to deliver several

[27:07] tubs of specialty Greek cheeses to Dr.

[27:10] Valentine and renew his acquaintance. I

[27:12] remember this wonderful cheese that

[27:14] turned up that and that it was

[27:16] associated with somebody who knew dad

[27:18] and that I think dad felt incredibly

[27:22] honored that somebody would remember

[27:24] him.

[27:25] >> Two years later, a brain aneurysm would

[27:27] strike Constantine.

[27:28] >> When the time came for um the operation

[27:32] that he had and he requested Dr.

[27:34] Valentine perform that operation, he

[27:36] would trust nobody else. The complicated

[27:38] surgery was a success, but Constantine's

[27:41] heart would give out and he died a short

[27:44] time later. With tragedy came an

[27:47] enormous medical bill. Something else

[27:50] made that bill quite extraordinary.

[27:52] >> It was marked, paid in full, with a warm

[27:55] personal note to the family from Dr.

[27:56] Valentine, remarking, among other

[27:58] things, on the impact on him by the

[28:00] surprise visit by my father two years

[28:02] earlier.

[28:03] >> That was very much of what he did. And I

[28:05] think that came out of the war. I think

[28:06] that came out of his generation.

[28:09] >> Because of George's letter, he and Beth

[28:11] have met for the first time.

[28:13] >> I can remember my dad talking about the

[28:15] fact that they were lucky if they got

[28:17] any light. Um,

[28:17] >> now where is your father in that

[28:19] picture?

[28:19] >> He's right here.

[28:20] >> Right there.

[28:20] >> A chance to share memories and the

[28:23] legacy of their parents' generation.

[28:26] >> I am what I am today because of him. If

[28:28] I could be like him, uh, that's all I

[28:31] could ever ask for.

[28:33] >> And that is NBC Nightly News for this

[28:35] Friday evening. Don't forget Date Line

[28:37] tonight at 9:00. I hope to see you later

[28:39] on for the news on MSNBC on cable at 9

[28:42] tonight and again on CNBC at 10 each

[28:45] evening. I'm Brian Williams reporting

[28:47] from New York. Good night and have a

[28:49] good Memorial Day weekend.

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