broken, but pulled out alive by a first responder. he didn t see gracie at first, he heard somebody screaming and he was able to start digging. reporter: gracie s miraculous survival celebrated at this high school as they mourned the lost. dwayne johnson, an leb transition, coached football part time. his wife donna waited tables at two restaurants to support her family and helped coach the track team. gracie s sister was a senior here. and the johnson s two nephews, paris and beigen were visiting from missouri. the family decided to go hiking on this popular trail recommended in guide books for children. the sheriffs said the recent heavy rains loosened the boulders. the reason gracie is alive, her father saw the boulders coming. gracie told the deputy is that her father shielded her from boulders and pushed her out
your family. and you re just a miracle. everyone has faith in you. that s in your name. reporter: gracie s middle name, faith. the miracle of her survival celebrated outside the high school where her parents both coached. in this small town, duane and donna johnson were deeply rooted. duane, an electrician, coached football part time. donna waited tables at two restaurants to support her family. but still had time to help coach track. their daughter, gracie s sister, was also killed, was a senior here. the two nephews, paris and beigeon were visiting from missouri. they decided to go hiking that morning on the popular trail recommended in guide looks for children. the sheriff s department says recent heavy rain and freezing temperatures loosened the massive boulders and triggered the slide. the reason gracie is alive, her father saw the boulders coming. gracy told the rescuing deputy, home run father shielded her from the boulders.
yeah, shepard, this just coming to us now crossing the wire. apparently the a.p. spoke directly to the sheriff and that s where they received this information. the story goes like this. apparently the morning of the shooting, the sheriff says that the morning of the shooting jared loughner s father saw his son jared loughner take a black bag out of the trunk of the car. the sheriff tells the a.p. the father approached loughner mumbled something and took off running. jared loughner s father got in the truck and chased his son into the desert as he fled on foot. this coming from sheriff dub nick talking to the associated press. fox news has called the sheriff s department to try to confirm this information. the sheriff s spokesperson could not confirm the information for us. simply because with he says he is unaware of that conversation that the sheriff had with the associated press. so, shepard, this is brand new information. it could become very critical to investigators working on