Coram, long island, native was a natural protector. At age 17, he told his parents he wanted to be in the military and serve as a marine. My mother wasnt too fond of that idea, told him to go to school first, so he chose the ai ar force. Reporter his brother vincent recalled for us the drive louis had. No one could disagree with his deep sense of patriotism. He just wanted to serve, take care of his country. He loved his country. Reporter this week, bonacasa was among six other u. S. Airmen killed by a suicide bomber in afghanistan. Fellow new yorker and nypd detective joseph lemm was killed. In his hometown of west harrison, the community is in disbelief. Its heartbreaking. He was a classa good guy. Reporter as for bonacass family, they stood by him for four tours in the middle east. Vincent says he always kept in touch through skype. The loss now for this close family unbearable. Just the great memories hes to bring us that much closer. My brother died for us, and im very proud of hi
Body out, i just lost it. Its just so incredibly touching. Reporter the sight chokes up mcraes exwife. They were married three years from 2005 to 2008. She says the 44yearold d. C. Native has two sons from an earlier marriage and this is him and his oldest son desmond and now has a daughter with his current wife. Mcrae fought fires in the district over 20 years. He responded to this fire at a high rise in the shaw neighborhood this morning. He came out, then collapsed. An hour later he was dead. The world is missing kevin andre mcrae, lieutenant, husband, father, son, brother, uncle, cousin, friend, just an all around wonderful person. Reporter mcrae is the 100th firefighter to die in the line of duty in the district. The 99th . His cousin james mcrae who died of a heart attack in 2007. It was devastating it. It was a complete shock. 10 always had a smile on his face. I i kevin always had a smile on his face, always had a positive attitude. It could get pretty ugly in the last 20 hours
Today. East versus west and this is a show, east in blue, lebron james to d. Wade who tosses it off the backcourt board, back to king names for the dunk. Later in the 1st quarter kobe bryant with the steal. He flings it to kevin durant. He gets the dunk of his choice. The d. C. Native goes for the windmill. 2nd quarter the west chris paul to kobe. He lobs it up for Blake Griffin for the onehanded throwdown. The west up 6955 at the half. In the 4th quarter more from the west, paul gives it to durant down the lane for another serious dunk. The score really doesnt matter. Its just fun but the west is leading the east. College hoops this afternoon, jeff jones and american looking to avenge a 19 point loss to holy cross on january 19th. Final minute in overtime au down one, inside to steven lumpkins, layup is good and the foul. He would make the threepoint play giving american a two point lead. Final seconds game tied 6161. Holy cross misses the free throw. Danny munoz up the left side lets