agree to these concessions, if we pull back from the borders, if we increase the risk to our people because we ve given up territory, can they rely on a palestinian government to keep the peace? that to me is a huge issue. because i m not sure they can. i remember, larry, on september 11th, people in ramallah took to the streets to cheer that america got hit. does president abbas have people who want peace in his country, enough to get peace? larry: we ll have both of you back in the days ahead. i know both of you are baseball fans. ahead, is ralph franka. we ll check in with chad myers and get another update on hurricane earl next.
.500. you have a 13-game lead. that s exactly what we did. we played .500. which you, as a dodger fan would know, was a terrible, terrible .500. how, ralph, did you get over that? well, i think part of it was after the game, ann and i were going to be married in 17 days, you know, the 20th. we went out and my car, dean of campus ministries, father pat riley, and i said, why me? why me? you know, i do everything right. i don t abuse myself. i love this game. and he said god chose you because he knew your faith would be strong enough to bear this cross. so, i accepted that. it may just be jesuit philosophy. but i accepted that. then i got home, and my brother john, who you know, the boxing
school. at the beginning, i got only one girl. after that, 40 children. and now 2,000. after several years, i see the change. because they know how to read and write. and they borrow the books from our library to read for their parents. i need them to have a good education to build their own family, as well as to build their own country. larry: our hero and her organization have helped more than 2,000 children receive an education. to help our hero educate more kids, go to cnn.com/heroes. speaking of heroes, ralph franka is next. don t go away. right now, there s a nurse saving a life in baltimore.
thompson hit for the home run that is now called the shot heard around the world. voted the greatest moment in baseball history. i think it s the greatest moment in sports history, and the saddest moment of my life. ralph, i know you went to bobby s memorial service. what was it like? it was very, very nice, larry. i had to go to say good bye to an old friend, you know. i once said i lost the game but i made a friend. and bobby and i became close. at first it was very difficult for me, but after i got to know bobby and we attended golf tournaments, certain award dinners, i got to know him and we started to talk and we became very close friends. it was a very rewarding ceremony. the family was there, and i was happy and proud to be there, because i consider him a real good guy, a genteel man. larry: even though, ralph, we