in no way is this resolved yet. there are many questions to be determined but you can imagine they have a lot of those questions for that crew. there is another tragic development here we should tell you about, that is this. the fire department here in san francisco says it believes it s possible that one of its responding fire engines had hit and struck one of the two teenage girls who were killed here on saturday. now we don t know if that actually killed that child and the investigation is still ongoing to make sure that that is in fact what happened, that the fire truck hit this child. but they are going on the investigation right now and looking at that possibility so it is yet another traj twist to this entire thing. andrea? is. adding to that tragedy. i m no pilot, and you know this issue better than anyone, tom, but when you are going that slow, isn t there the risk of stall and wouldn t the rudders start shaking, wouldn t there be alarms going off? was pilot fatigue a possib
origin. but i will introduce our lead fire investigator, deputy sorry, fire marshal john mapes. hi, i m john mapes, lead investigator. that s m-a-p-e-s. and can t release too much information to you right now. there is an ongoing investigation. there will be help from experts from different departments, chp, and ours, to determine the cause. right now, i don t have anything for you on the cause. thank you. i would now like to introduce the clearly there s a lot of concern, there s an investigation. it s going to be a while before we learn exactly what happened. traj, tragic death. the bride, four friends, die in the back of that white limous e
realize there are shorter distances to get yourself started. there were signs in the form of an accident. when you re sort of up and coming, you got hit by a car, is that right? yes. hi a successful amateur career as a racer and my first professional year i was kind of really looking forward to it. i had picked up sponsors that were supporting me. and the spring of my first year before my first race even i got hit by a car and broke my back, broke three vertebrae in my back. it was, you know, it was a tough one to take at that point in your career. did you think it was over. for a little bit, yes. the struggle, you have to definitely survive something like that mentally, not only physically but mentally and know you can come back. it s thinking that you re going to be strong enough again. and you were. and in 2001, you won the iron man here. it was just about a month after the traj ache tacks of 9/11.
barbara at the pentagon, give us the headlines for 2010. beginning of the year, middle of the year, end of the year. afghanistan, of course. war has been traj nick some ctr this year. 30,000 more troops on the ground. and shutter for the war in the middle of the year when stanley mckristol got fired by the president as the top commander. along with don t ask, don t tell have been the two major stories this year. what should the pentagon be focusing on next year? they already have their marching orders 2011. getting troops out of afghanistan. and bring them home. and looking further down the road, i mean, let s not for get 9/11, this year, ten-year anniversary, it could become a political football. bin laden has not been found. all of this could rear its head again in the political season. i know the white house as well. obviously looking at that ten-year anniversary.
very high. and one of the things that the polls indicate is that most americans want compromise between democrats and republicans and they like what got done in the lame duck. i want to sneak in one, media has to step up big time. we have a tough year ahead and you know how big the bills are. we do know how big they are. barbara starr? begin org the middle of the year or the end of the year is afghanist afghanistan. the war has been traj nick sogi cases, and record casualties and 30,000 more troops on the ground, and a shutter for the war in the middle of the year when general stanley mcchrystal was fired by the president as the top commander, and they regrouped and put petraeus in there quickly, but still, it has really, along with don t ask, don t tell have been the two major stories this year. what should the pentagon focus on? well, they have marching orders to start finding a way to get troops out of afghanistan and bring them home.