mind. reporter: krepps has heard this tune before. so has congressman charles rangel of new york. also a veteran of the korean war. the congressman even takes it one step further. i don t pay too much attention to the north koreans as we didn t pay too much attention in 1950 when we drove them to the river. it s the chinese communists that are pulling the strings there. everyone knows it. reporter: krepps doesn t know in the north koreans are sincere or if they re trying to deflect the international spotlight off themselves. but he says the offer represents movement and perhaps a chance to finally say good-bye to richard. i miss signature around with him having a beer or something and talking about those days in korea. talking about all our days as youngsters, we played together, we played baseball together. we did everything together. every day of our life. i miss that part of it.
got hit by a truck after getting hit by a school bus. this brave boy ran over, pulled her out and carried her home. the little girl was later flown to the hospital and is being treated for a broken leg. the north koreans have the international spotlight on them. a top official recently offered to return the remains of hundreds of american soldiers killed during the korean war. a sincere offer or are the north koreans trying to deflect attention? doesn t matter to the families of those american troops. they want their loved ones brought home. reporter: twin brothers, vincent and richard krepps enlisted in the army in 1949. they were just 19 years old. we were both in the 2nd infantry division, a branch of the army.
we were in the same unit, same battery, same platoon. reporter: during a vicious battle against the north koreans, the krepps brothers and their platoon were given the other, stand or die. vincent survived. richard vanished. by this time i was i guess i had tears running down my face, and i knew the worst probably had happened. reporter: richard was captured by the enemy and later died in captivity. richard lives through me. and i live through richard. richard was very quiet. he loved being home. reporter: vincent krepps has spent the last 60 years trying to have his brothers remains brought home. he s encouraged by north korea s recent offer to return the remains of several hundred american soldiers, encouraged but guarded. i know there s a lot of families out there thrilled to death over this. but there s some caution in my