Let me see your hands it was bad. Worse than anything you would see in a movie. Sometimes ive cried for my dad. Reporter the mystery. Was this a murder . Every day i think of that alls i could think of was my kids. What about my kids . Reporter it was in the dark that the fear began. In the dark, with the sounds of the black night around them, that it grew and grew. They terrorized our family and our friends. Reporter who was out there in the dark . Here, miles and miles into primeval woods, so far from safety. From civilized protection. They could just come onto our property and and invade our lives. Reporter but on a summer night, deep in the california sierra, the terror came out of the dark. And came after them to take everything. The terrible, desperate chase and its awful end. And now the question is, what really happened out there in the dark . I still feel like i need to go help him. Reporter it looks so innocent now, closed up, dead quiet, empty. Here in its place at the end o
And when the shooting stopped, a man lay dying. Was it selfdefense or murder . It was worse than anything you would see in a movie. One blinding burst of violence. A nightmare with no end. Sometimes i cried for my dad. Every day i think about it. I think about it every single day. Im lester holt and this is dateline. Heres Keith Morrison with miles from nowhere. It was in the dark that the fear began. In the dark with the sounds of the black night around them that it grew and grew. Terrorized our family, our friends. Who was out there in the dark . Here, miles and miles into prime evil woods so far from safety, from civilized protection. They could just come on to our property and invade our lives. But on a summer night deep in the california sierra the terror came out of the dark, came after them, to take everything. The terrible, desperate chase. Its awful end. And now the question, what really happened out there in the dark . Stand up. I still feel like i need to go help him. It loo
Obama white house. President ial address by the first lady to talk about the plight of the kidnapped Nigerian School girls as the world tries to find them today, saturday, m may 10th, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with lester holt and erica hill live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a saturday. Im lester holt. And im erica hill, alongside jenna wolfe and dylan dreyer. We do want to get to todays top stories for you. That is the search this morning for the three people inside a hot air balloon that crashed in rural virginia. Witnesses and Police Describe frantic moments when that balloon caught fire. Luke russert is on the scene for us this morning. Luke, good morning. Reporter good morning, erica. Virginia state Police Say Three people are still unaccounted for after a tragic accident last night. A hot air balloon went up as part of the beginning of the threeday festival here. Around 8 00 pm, the basket became separate
Me see your hands. It was bad. Worse than anything you would see in a movie. Sometimes ive cried for my dad. Was this a murder . Every day i think about all i could think, what if it was my kids . What about my kids . It was in the dark that the fear began. In the dark with the sounds of the black night around them. Then it grew and grew. They terrorized our family, our friends. Who was out there . In the dark . Here, miles and miles into primeval woods. So far from safety. From civilized protection. They could just come on to our property and invade our lives. But on the summer night, deep in the california sierra, the terror came out of the dark. Came after them. To take everything. The terrible, desperate chase. Its awful end. And now the question. What really happened out there in the dark . I still feel like i need to go help him. Narrator it looked so innocent now. Closed up, dead quiet, empty. Here in its place at the end of a 100yard dirt track that snakes off this lonely count