a game between the sharks and vancouver canucks. as you mentioned, grace, she was attending the game with her sister. her name is maggie [ indiscernible ] , 16 years old from discovery bay. she moved to california from canada a couple of years ago. she and her sister wearing canuck gear attended that game. but i guess there is a woman in back of them in the row behind them who was a loyal sharks fan and when at one point during the game when the sharks scored a goal, that woman raised both her hands and smacked it right into the back of maggie s head. herger fell forward dazed. i guess what s distressing is that she has suffered a traumatic experience four years ago when she underwent surgery for a brain tumor. to this day it s benign. she said that woman had been harassing her all throughout the game and that woman was drunk. sharks released a statement last night. the sharks said that arena staff along with san jose police interviewed the person who made contact with the i
we ll look back at the stories that inspired us from 2011, the stories that inspired us, shocked us. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and good morning, welcome to today on a friday morning. i m matt lauer. good morning, everyone, i m savannah guthrie in for ann. it s the last friday of 2011. happy 54th birthday. you didn t have to say the 54. i was going to say isn t it great we celebrated our 40th in the same week. verizon is payicharging a convenience fee if you want to pay your bill online. didn t the people at verizon pay attention with what happened with bank of america a few months ago with the debit card fee? people are outraged at being nickelled and dimes. you got to pay extra to pay your bill so we ll get into that. a marine who made it through tours in iraq and afghanistan uninjured, forced into a fight for his life after being shot in florida. wait until you hear how he used his military training to survive. we ll talk to him live from t
reporter: the summer winter action tours, or s.w.a.t., insists a runs a tight ship and is shocked by what police uncovered. he was waiting for the kids when they arrived to salt lake city and sent them home from salt lake city. it s not like they were partying on the bus. this is what they found in people s luggage. reporter: part of the bus caravan, they say their bus was not searched and can t believe what other students tried to get away with. sometimes you re going to have bad apples and we try to eliminate that the best we can. and remove the bad virus from the program immediately. but my track record speaks for itself. this video shows a party atmosphere. the tour group claims they have plenty of staff on board to keep the trip drug and alcohol-free. they hope the drug bust won t spoil it for everyone. the kids are scheduled to return here to lafayette tomorrow night. the one girl i talked with by phone says she s having the time of her life despite the mistak
demonstrators spent a month on top of tree. a dozen occupy protestors were arrested earlier yesterday after they took over a foreclosed home. activists from just cause say they occupied the home in west oakland yesterday afternoon to protest fannie mae foreclosure policies. police arrested four people. work crews then bordered it up. san jose police are investigating another disturbing case of fan violence at a big league sports event. a 16-year-old girl says a drunk sharks fan attacked her at hp pavilion. kraig debro joins us. reporter: there is not a lot they can say about the case right now because the girl was a juvenile. the girl was take ton the the girl was taken to the hospital. she was conscious on the way to the hospital. the woman responsible or alleged to be responsible was not arrested by police. this all happened on wednesday night. this is a picture of maggie and her six-year-old sister mia. this comes from the marin independent journal. two nights agot
very relieved. debra villalon live at the contra costa county jail with details of a cold case that is no longer. reporter: in this jail tonight sits raymond vong who was always the prime suspect in the murder of his girlfriend in 1999. but it took a savvy customs agent to finally nab him. alice sims was a 21-year-old college student and new mother when her boyfriend reported her missing. he became the focus when sims remains were found in the nevada desert. a failed lie detector test and a big insurance policy on her. but it wasn t until today that raymond wong now 40 face adjudge and showed no emotion arranged for murder. he is a very cocky, somebody i would consider arrogant individual. and i believe that for years he s thought he s gotten away with this. reporter: originally wong fled his pinol home for canada and more recently china. but a child pornography wrap tripped him up. a customs agent apprehended him as a sexual predator. pinol police got the call that reo