On March 6, 1958 Mayor Archie Lavigne lit a flame, signifying that a new way of heating homes and buildings had arrived in the city. It was called natural gas.
fence, approaching a delta flight preparing for takeoff. they are investigating. the evacuation at the statue of liberty. a fire apparently sparked by a construction accident. video showing propane tanks there in flames. more than 3,000 tourists had to clear liberty island. lady liberty later reopened. and remembering a long-time member of our own abc news family. barrie dunsmore, whose three decades as a foreign affairs correspondent spanned seven presidents, six continents, more than 100 countries. he was there the night the berlin wall fell in 1989 and, of course, our thoughts are with his wife and his children tonight. when we come back, our trip to vietnam. i head to find what s left of the prison where john mccain was held, and what we found that moved us.