on it. we believe there was a fire. we re trying to get details. passengers had to be evacuated. scary moments obviously but apparently there are no injuries. just a few minutes ago we did watch a bus transport passengers from that plane to the delta terminals here in atlanta. we want to bring in on the phone, you were in a hotel that overlooks the runway as i m told. can you tell us exactly what you saw? caller: we were just out on the balcony of our hotel that overlooks the runway and we were just watching planes come in and then after one landed there was a big boom and just a line of smoke and then it looks like it turned off the runway and then the fire got a lot bigger. and then fire trucks went over and they started evacuating everybody. did you see any need for any ambulance or anything like that? caller: a bunch of ambulances and fire trucks went to it. i don t know if they needed them or just because of the fire. okay. thank you so much for that eyewitness a
those just like her, determined to turn their grief and their loss into triumph and survival. that s why she is this week s cnn hero. my husband, corporal michael davis, was killed in baghdad, iraq. you know, even four years later, people still don t really know how to react when you say, hi, i m taren and i am a widow. after the funeral, i felt ostracized. everybody liked to write off my grief due to my young age. they say at least you re young, you can get remarried. the widows are not going to judge you laughing or tell you i m grieving wrong. i just wanted to create what i was searching for and just hope there were others that could come and help me too. i m taryn davis and i invite a new generation of widows to share their love, their sacrifice.
they step outside of that comfort zone. his impact will continue to affect us all for the rest of our lives. there are moments where they can all reflect, followed by that time where they feel like they re living life to the fullest. my little sister wrote taryn. she didn t know how to get me through the loss so she wanted me to find other sisters. from my first event i went from feeling completely alone to not anymore at all. you get up that high, you see the world a different way. i think as widows, we see our life a different way when we land. these military widows give me new life again. they teach me so much and show me how far i ve come and to know one day another widow will come along and they re going to be the one that s changing that widow s life. that s pretty amazing. the american widow project has connected almost 800 women through its online community and retreats. now, remember every cnn hero is chosen from people you tell us
secretary of state hillary clinton is in pakistan today to smooth things over with the government leaders. they are still angry over the secret u.s. raid that killed bin laden. sources say clinton told the pakistanis that american aid is on the line, unless they do more to rout out terrorists. today we discussed in even greater detail cooperation to disrupt, dismantle and defeat al qaeda and to drive them from pakistan and the region. we will do our part. and we look to the government of pakistan to take decisive steps in the days ahead. a cia forensics team will also be heading to pakistan. pakistan will let cia experts scrub osama bin laden s compound for evidence. now, the team will use sophisticated technology to look for anything hidden in the walls or the ceilings or items that are buried on the grounds. the patriot act gets a four-year extension. this was just minutes before that law was set to expire. now, congress renewed the measure late thursday after a lot of
malveaux. i want to get you up to speed for friday, may 27th. secretary of state hillary clinton is in pakistan today to smooth things over with the government leaders. they are still angry over the secret u.s. raid that killed bin laden. sources say clinton told the pakistanis that american aid is on the line, unless they do more to rout out terrorists. today we discussed in even greater detail cooperation to disrupt, dismantle and defeat al qaeda and to drive them from pakistan and the region. we will do our part. and we look to the government of pakistan to take decisive steps in the days ahead. a cia forensics team will also be heading to pakistan. pakistan will let cia experts scrub osama bin laden s compound for evidence. now, the team will use sophisticated technology to look for anything hidden in the walls or the ceilings or items that are buried on the grounds. the patriot act gets a four-year extension. this was just minutes before that law was set to expire.