in the 1960s and big apple tourism. c.b. cotton is live on the intrepid. and how many crew members were reunited today? hi, john. nearly 200 brave service members returned to the u.s.s. intrepid, service and sacrifice on full display. some of these were part of the initial crew from 1943. phone operators, mechanics or emergency crew members during the time aboard the ship. able to withstand some of the most severe attacks during world war ii and later served during the vietnam and cold wars. decommissioned in 1974 and is now a museum. they flew from as far as california to reflect and remember. during the time in service, more than 250 service members paid the ultimate sacrifice on board.
victim but also no stereotype of a predator as well. it can happen to anyone. she has started a non-profit, stopping traffic, to speak out about the dangers. sandra. sandra: c.b. could cotton live in new york city. gillian. gillian: the state department, antony blinken is speaking right now. we are going to keep an eye on his remarks to see if he says anything about the hostage situation we are following out of iran. the white house confirming so far that five americans illegally detained there have now been moved out of prison and into house arrest. they have yet, though, to confirm any other details about the prisoners release or comment on reporting there has been in fact been a prisoner exchange. while the national security council says the release is far from done and negotiations are still going. bring in dan hoffman, former cia
sandra: well, it is a sign of the times. more and more children living life online, especially during the summer when social media, kids are coming into contact with adults who make a living off keeping their real criminal identities hidden. now there are new warnings that sex traffickers are stepping up their use of social media platforms to target children and gain their trust. c.b. cotton has more from the new york city newsroom. homeland security investigations just rescued several children who they say were victims of online child sexual exploitation or abuse. agency also identified hundreds more children who were also likely victims. it was all part of their summer enforcement campaign called operation renewed hope . as we dug into this, we learned numbers spiked during the
remains were hers. now, no one has been charged in her death, and suffolk county district attorney ray tierney refused to say whether accused long island serial killer rex heuermann is linked to the case. we are going to continue to work this particular case as we did the gilgo four investigation. we re going to have the no comment on what, if any, suspects we develop do. reporter: prosecutors request a cheek swab from heuermann. according to court dock youths, they think documents, they think it could backfire, a prosecutor writing should the defendant s dna from the cheek swab not match the dma profile from the pizza crust and napkins. submitted the from rex heuermann, the defense would be presented with a potential trial defense. the manhattan architect is currently charged in the deaths of three women and the prime suspect in a fourth killing. he s currently being held without bail. neil? neil: thank you for that, c.b..
neil: all right, some closure for at least one family in the gilgo beach murders, an identification on a victim from many years ago. c.b. cotton has more. c.b. reporter: another victim in the gilgo beach killings has been identified after nearly three decades. her name is karen vergata. we were able to identify fire island jane doe as karen very bat that who was 34 years old at time of her disappearance. she went missing approximately february 14th, 1996. at the time she live on west 45th street in manhattan and was believed to be working as an escort. reporter: prosecutors say vergata s legs and feet were town oblong island in 1996 and her skull discovered in 2011 about 20 miles away. investigators used a cheek swab there a relative to confirm the