0 thanks. you can see more of rachel's interviews with the biggest name in sports every friday night. called "unguarded" right here on fridays. next on "cnn newsroom," live coverage of the boston red sox victory parade, not just celebrating the comeback of the team, but the resilience of the city. this is a live look at fenway park in boston. it is time to celebrate the boston red sox parade, starting at 10:00 a.m. eastern. so it's starting right now. >> right now. as you know, the red sox would be the world series against st. louis wednesday night. you're seeing everybody gather for the big celebratory parade. going down tremont, cambridge, blossom, charles river. speaking of the charles river, we'll see the duck boats. and here we go. we've seen a couple of the duck boats. kids waving. this is the third world series win for the boston red sox in just the last nine years. >> millions are expected to show up. >> yeah, 3 million showed up in 2004, the end of the curse as it's called. we'll stay with this all morning. of course, this means more than just a win for baseball team. it's also a big win for the city. >> yeah, this parade is going to actually pass by the finish line of where the marathon was, the bombing earlier this year in april. >> yeah. let's start it off officially. good morning, everybody, i'm victor blackwell. >> and i'mallison cassock. >> and honoring the beloved red sox. >> who days ago won an unexpected championship. >> unexpected because they went from worst to first. the city of boston has been celebrating this beloved team, well, since -- for years. but, will, especially this season, because of the marathon attack in april. and then the team came to represent much more than baseball, and now the red sox are the epitome of what it means to be boston strong. >> oh, yeah. cnn's alexander field is live along the parade route with more. good morning, alexandra. >> reporter: good morning, allison. a beautiful morning here in boston. a perfect setting for a well-deserved celebration in this city, and look at how many people are ready to celebrate this morning. this crowd has easily doubled in size over the last hour. they are lined up 20 deep. the parade route is four miles long. it is expected to draw about 1 million fans. this is really a magnificent sight when you consider so many of these people are lined up in the same spot where they were on that terrible day back in april. but they have decided to come out this morning to cheer on a world championship team. safety is top of mind this morning. you can see police -- uniformed police officers all over this city. massachusetts emergency management agency says it is fully activated right now, coordinating with authorities on the ground, and authorities on the water. this parade will end when the duck boats head out to the charles river. of course, the most important part of this morning is that all these people, these 1 million fan, stay safe and can enjoy a celebration six months and or in the making. allison, victor? >> alexandra, what about the marathon bombing survivors? do we know that there's anything special planned specifically for them? >> reporter: it should be the most moving moment of this entire day, as we're told the red sox will stop just about when they make it to the marathon finish line, just down boylston street that way. we're told they have plan, some sort of tribute. but the details have not been released, so that's a moment we'll wait to see together. allison, victor? >> okay, alexandra field, thank you. the boston marathon finish line has been a strong symbol for the red sox and their fans this entire season. you may remember wednesday night after the red sox won the world series, fans kissed the finish line in celebration. that finish line is part of the parade route today, as alexandra said. >> yeah, a bittersweet image for a lot of people in boston. the sight of so much pain as those bombs went off in april. but now, a symbol of hope as the city moves forward, stronger than ever. joining us now aaron hearn and his mother katherine hearn. aaron was hospitalized after being hit by shrapnel, after watching his mom run that marathon. good to have you both with us. i know it's very early out where you are. aaron, how are you feeling now? how is your leg? >> nothing really bugs me anymore. i feel pretty good. so, yeah. >> well, that's good. tell us what this win means for you. >> just really happy when i saw the final pitch. so really happy. >> are you going to be watching the parade on tv, you're in california, so how excited are you to really watch this, and then that moment when the parade's supposed to -- or expected to pass by the finish line? >> it will be emotional, but it'll be really cool. >> now, you got to throw out a pitch for the boston red sox game when they came to san francisco to play with the giants. what was that like? >> that was really cool. it's a pretty cool experience, to go out on the field and see the whole park, and throw out the first pitch. it's really cool. >> katherine, what does it mean to you that the boston red sox have really embraced the victims of that bombing in april? going to visit them in hospital, sometimes without cameras, and the only way we found out is because the people in the hospital actually told the media. what has that meant to you? >> it was really special. it's pretty cool being around major league players, and especially from the area, and it's really nice. it was a good experience. >> how about you, katherine? >> it was -- it was huge from the very first visit. the children's in boston, to getting to see them again when they came out here to play the giant, definitely a big part of his recovery, and something that could put a smile on his face, and all of our faces at a time that was obviously, you know, very trying. >> katherine, do you think you'd run in the boston marathon again? >> i -- i need to. i need to. i'd like to. is with -- i guess i have an official finish time, but it actually all happened right as i was coming up to it. i crossed only because it was the only place to go, and i was trying to get to my phone to find my family. and i feel like i need to. but i'd like to -- i'd like to do it as a fund-raiser next time, and possibly for boston children's, since they took such good care of aaron and so many other kids there. >> you know, we're following this parade in boston, not just because it's a sporting event. but it's a news event. for people who aren't huge sports fan, tell us what this team means to you, especially this season, katherine. >> it became our -- it became another team. you know, we were giants fans, and obviously, the giants didn't have as good a year, had a hangover from a year ago, i suppose. and we've been eagerly watching the red sox as our second team, really, another home-away-from-home. and we were extremely happy for them. we've been rooting for them the whole way. and it meant a lot to -- it was very special win for so many reasons that you guys are going to be talking about this morning and have been since the world series started. but you really couldn't script this any better, and it's just really special to this team, in this city, to enjoy this win. and it's nice to really be -- to feel like we're a part of it still, 3,000 miles away. >> katherine and aaron hern, of kwou course, enjoy the parade. about 7:08 where you are out in the morning. thank you for getting up early to speak with us. >> sure. >> thank you. >> thank you. we turn our attention now to los angeles where l.a.x. is open again, but terminal 3 remains closed after yesterday's shooting rampage that left one tsa officer dead and two more injured. it all threw off the travel plans of 167,000 travelers. >> on the floor! on the floor now! on the floor! >> and some of them had to run for cover when the shooting started. police are now trying to learn what they can about the 23-year-old suspect. police identified him as paul ciancia. overnight, we learned about a series of texts he sent to his family that concerned them so much, they contacted police. cnn's dan simon joins me from los angeles. dan, good morning. what's the latest on the bags left behind by those passengers who fled terminal 3? >> reporter: yeah, good morning, allison. first of all, you have a lot of luggage that was left behind. when the shooting happened, people just bolted for the exits and just dropped their bags and left their personal belongings, and as you can imagine, people are eager to retrieve their stuff. at one point, they were going to be allowed back into terminal 3 to retrieve their belongings, but that's been on hold. the fbi is still investigating this crime scene. it's a very large crime scene. and so, it is closed indefinitely. perhaps it will reopen later this afternoon, but we've not been told of the plans. >> you think about how all of this -- all played out yesterday, this gunman shooting up -- shooting up the terminal, basically. it sounds as though it could have been much worse. clearly, it was a tragedy. one tsa officer dead, two more injured. this terminal was packed with people, right? >> reporter: no question about it. you had a terminal filled with people. you had a gunman who was intent on shooting, show that he was not afraid to fire his weapon, and more telling, he had several clips of unused ammunition. this is how the mayor put it yesterday. >> -- that there was additional runs that this gunman had, and the fact that these officers were able to neutralize the threat as they did, there were 100 more rounds that could have literally killed everybody in that terminal today, were not for the actions, there could have been a lot more damage. >> reporter: as for the suspect himself, paul ciancia, we know he took several rounds to the chest. we don't know his condition. we know he's in the hospital. we would like to know how he's doing, want to know his condition, and whether or not he has been able to speak to investigators or whether or not they've been able to ask him any questions. allison in. >> okay, dan simon, from l.a.x. thanks. we're learning more and more about the tsa officers, that the fact they don't carry guns at the airport. >> yeah. and would it have made a difference in the shooting at l.a.x. if they had guns? 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