>> it would be nice to see tt. >> he will. >> be nice to see him make a success of rebuilding himself in the way that you have i think. >> thank you. >> it's been a pleasure to meet you. >> thank you. >> good luck with the book. it is a great book. very honest and fascinating. thank you very much. >> thank you. well, good sunday morning to you all. and there was a panic at the indiana state fair last night. look at this video, folks. that's a concert stage collapsing. you can hear the people screaming there. but four people are now dead. a number are injured as well. and in a moment, i'll be talking to the people who were there to

capture this incredible video. also, to politics where there was a big win for michele bachmann. but also texas governor rick perry. both are off and running for the republican nomination. i'll tell you where they're headed. as, the u.s. government is stepping up search efforts to find u.s. servicemembers missing in action from the vietnam war. we'll tell you why there is such a rush to bring the fallen them. hello to everyone. i'm t.j. holmes. as always, good morning to the american service members, the men and women watching us right now. we do need to start, though, with that deadly stage collapse at the indiana state fair in indianapolis. the fair is closed today because of the accident. i do want you to stop and look at the television screen for a moment because we're about to show you 20 or 30 seconds worth of video.

amazing video of the moment it happened. again, the video goes about 20 seconds. you can see it and you can also hear what was happening. let's watch. >> this video you're seeing is taken by a couple that was there at the concert. we're going to be talking to them in just a moment, we'll give you some of the details about this. at least four people were killed when the scaffolding around the stage collapsed. this happened because a powerful gust of wind, reportedly 50 to 60 miles per hour just blew it over. as many as exiting people were injured. all of them were under that

twisted metal. people are actually using their seats as stretchers to try to help. take a listen. >> we saw a big wind gust. and you could see the entire stage come down over to the right-hand side. and you could see people underneath it. >> all of a sudden, you just look up. it happened so fast. it just came down and you saw people running. the next thing you know, you look back, there were was people underneath the stage. >> i don't know what was happening because we're just praying for these people because the stage is on top of hundreds of people. >> i just automatically started crying. called my family, family started calling me. they knew i was a big fan that i'd be there. the people in front of me, i cried for them. there's a little boy, that's one thing that's haunting me. i'm hoping that he got out. >> we do expect to hear more from police in just a bit. they're holding a news conference. that video you saw of the stage

toppling over. it was actually taken by ken hussong, he joins me from mariana, indiana. you were there with your wife. how many were there? you were waiting for a concert to start, is that right? >> we were in the grandstands, and the first part of the concert. already taken place and we were waiting for the band to come out. >> so was there any indication that something was not quite right as far as the weather goes? i know you were being warned that some nasty weather was coming in, but did you expect it to be severe, were you or your wife, were you all paying attention to those weather reports and thinking about taking shelter? >> we were watching it come in from the north and the sky just started getting darker and darker. and then it was obvious that something was going on, it

appeared there was a line of lighter colored clouds that were coming in. and then almost instantly, within a few seconds, the winds started picking up and dust started blowing. and you could tell something was going on that hadn't even started to rain yet. >> sir, describe, because i've heard a number of people describe that there was one huge wind gust and it blue up debris, it blew up dust into the air. would you describe it as well that there appeared to be one huge gust that came through and did this? >> it was one large gust of wind that came through. the dust was blowing up, and you could see paper and that type of stuff was coming up off the ground, the stage and then the parking lot area. >> sir, what was the moment like? and we're seeing your video here, what was it like to see this happening?

could you not believe what you were seeing. we heard some people say they thought this was happening in slow motion? >> it was slow motion, it seemed as it was starting, it was just high wind. the wind started getting worse. it was not stopping. it was one continuous. i started looking toward the sky to see a if a tornado or funnel cloud was in the area. you could see it about that time, it's when the rigging on the stage started to wave a little bit and it collapsed. >> sir, to wrap up here, as you were making your way up or down to help, i guess, what was that scene like, i know you certainly cannot estimate, maybe you can. how many people were under there, just the horror of the 16

knowing people were under there? >> when the rigging started to fall, i was hoping it would fall straight on the stage and not fall on the audience. at that time, it started going to the front and trapped the people at left front by the stage under the rigging. and then there were people in the area started going up there to help. the state police were right there around the stage area. they were able to get there immediately and without heavy equipment. some of the people were not able to be taken out from underneath the stage in rigging area because it collapsed on them. >> sir. how long had it been before the last act left the stage? >> they were changing the setup on the stage. i'm not sure, might have been as much as 45 minutes or longer. and the longer we sat there, it looked like it was starting to get dark. but i don't think anyone knew it

was just a gust of wind that came blowing through there. >> ken hussong who took that incredible video. sir, i appreciate you sharing your experience from last night. thank you so much. all right. with 16,892 iowans voting, the winner is congresswomen michele bachmann. >> well, as we turn to politics now, just heard there how it all went down in high what yesterday. a big win for michele bachmann in the ames iowa poll. a poll who wins more to iowans than the folks who win it. and another in south carolina. >> it is time get america working again, and that's why, with the support of my family and unwavering belief in the

goodness of the america. i declare to you today as a president of the united states. >> we've got one more in the game now. that's technical technical governor rick perry, he made it official that he is now in the race. the results yesterday from the iowa poll, the straw poll, perry who didn't campaign there, who wasn't necessarily a part of it. he was a write-in. look at that, he did, he was able to pull up 4% of the vote there. paul had a strong one. the congressman from texas. also tom pawlenty who many thought needed to finish first or second, had a decent showing coming in third, but still might have come in under the expectations of what he needed to do. cnn dispute political director paul steinhauser breaking down the numbers and showing us why perry's showing is impressive. >> reporter: good morning. michele bachmann was already in

the top of the polls now by wins this poll in ames, iowa, it's important. here's what bachmann tells supporters soon after winning the straw poll. >> thank you, everyone, we did this together! thank you, everyone, for coming today, and thank you so much. what we saw happen today is this the very first step toward taking the white house in 2012. and you have just sent a message to barack obama will be a one-term president. >> the congressman from texas is making a run for the white house and just a finish for the minnesota governor tim pawlenty who now has questions whether his campaign will continue. and a fourth place finish for

rick santorum from pennsylvania. the biggest surprise here, i guess, rick perry, the technixa governor, on the same day announced he's running for the presidency. t.j., back to you. >> our thanks to paul steinhauser there. you can tune in to candy crowley later this morning. "state of the union" coming your way at 9:00 eastern time. at 11 minutes past the hour now, day two of the philadelphia's expanded curfew brought fewer reports of arrest. we saw at least 50 people rounded up when they broke curfew friday night. teenagers between the age of 13 and 17 have to be off the streets by 9:00 p.m. that used to be midnight. the city kept 20 recreation centers over to give teenagers an at alternative to thank

hanking out. pakistani police have detained several possible suspects in the wake of an american held. there have been no claims of responsibility or ransom demands. also, do you remember this video? we showed it here to you on cnn. it angered a lot of people once it hit the web. it's a young man beaten during the riots, and people acted like they were going to help him, but then they started robbing hill. they went through his backpack. took what they wanted while he was still standing there bleeding there, needing assistance. now, one of the guys on the tape is in custody, he's more than 200 people picked up during last week's riots. well, triple-digit

temperatures in texas cooling down quite a bit, thanks to -- rain? are you kidding me. a welcome edition to our weekend this weekend. meteorologist alexandra steele, good to see you again. good to see rain. >> absolutely. breaking that streak. we'll talk more about that. also the tropics are heating up. a tropical depression has formed in the atlantic. and well te'll tell you who is the gun. coming you up. ♪ [ doug ] i got to figure this out. i want to focus on innovation. but my data is doubling. my servers are maxed out. i need to think about something else when i run. [ male announcer ] with efficient i.t. solutions from dell, doug can shift up to 50% of his company's technology spend

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dollars ft. worth airport, the rain keeping temperatures out of the triple digits. we welcome in alexandra steele. is that right, they had 40-plus stay of 90 degrees? >> yes, the precious commodity right is rain. you said only an inch, but south and west had 2 1/2. it's a fait accompli. we're back to the 100s tomorrow. >> anymore rain? >> no more rain in the forecast. 102 in dallas. the rain is pretty much a done deal. of course, the heat continues, but let's talk about the streaks and what we're going to see and also severe weather potential for fliers in the mid-atlantic. there's dallas, we're talking about how many days? well, it's pretty unbelievable but it is over for now and we're back in the 100-degree territory. in the 90s yesterday from dallas to waco.

40 consecutive days for dallas, second longest streak in history. so really unbelievable numbers. so what we're going to see in waco, a dollar scenario, back in the 100s. 90s yesterday. the longest streak in history eclipsing 1980. as we look toward the south and eve, what we're also going to see some severe weather, especially in the mid-atlantics. if you're waking up good morning to you around baltimore and washington, boy, it will be a strong day around richmond, virginia, as well. rain, 1 to 4 inches. in the northeast, cloudy skies, cooler than average temperatures because that cloud ceiling keeping things cool. here in the mid-atlantic, some strong winds, possibly, right along the golf coast, some winds. winds about 70 degrees temperature. seattle to portland. sunny in l.a., temperatures in the low 70s. 72 is your high. temperatures being held down from new york to boston, albany

to loudonville all the way up to lake george. not the best lake day, that's for sure. td-7 has formed, 11:00 last night. it will move over bermuda. we'll talk about the impacts coming up. t.j. >> all right. 17 minutes past the hour now. he's been called the game-changer. texas governor rick perry now an official presidential candidate. hear how he decided to kick off his campaign. stay with us on this "cnn sunday morning." ♪

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check your steps at foodsafety.gov. 18 minutes past the hour now. rick perry is in the race. the governor made the announcement yesterday at south carolina. after that, he went on new hampshire, then he's off to iowa later today. the immediate effect on the 2012 race for the white house. >> reporter: t.j., rick perry announced he is running for president at the conservative red state gorgeous but they could have called it the red meat conference because the texas governor was dishing it out and republicans were eating it up. offering up his own brand of long star conservative,

congressman rick perry with his speculation about his ambitions. >> it is time to get america working again, that's why with the support of my family and the unwavering belief of the goodness of the america, i declare to you today as a candidate for the president of the united states. >> reporter: perry wasted no time going after the president, blaming him for the recent downgrade of the u.s. credit. >> the fact is for nearly three year, president obama has been downgrading american jobs and downgrading the hope for say better future for our children. >> reporter: in a speech that was pure tea party, he promised to shrink government and repeal the national health care law. >> i'll work every day to try to make washington, d.c. as inconsequential in your life as i can. >> reporter: it was a bid to overshadow his gop rivals at the iowa straw poll, where perry

didn't have the organization to win. south carolina governor haley said perry played it like a pro. >> i think to do it the same day that you got an ames iowa poll lets us now it's time and i love that. >> reporter: outside perry's speech, democrats dressed in civil war attire and resurrected the governor's comments in 2009 that said he would appear to support secession. he told the crowd, he believes in america. >> first and foremost, i'm an incredibly proud american. and i know something, america is not broken. washington, d.c. is broken. >> reporter: several republicans in the room said it was the speech conservatives have been waiting for. >> i think he's a wonderful conservative, and that he's a fiscal conservative and that is really what is important to get this country back on track.

>> there's one word that didn't find its way in the perry speech, bush. democrats are quick to point out if perry makes it to the white house, he'll be the second texas governor in a row to do so. but first, perry has to do so in places like texas and new hampshire and that's where he's headed to next. a week after a taliban rocket downed a u.s. helicopter over afghanistan, we're remembering some of the 30 americans who died. that's coming your way next. it's 22 minutes past the hour on this cnn sunday morning. it's true. you never forget your first subaru.

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well, 25 minutes past the hour on this "cnn sunday morning." and it was a story that stunned the country, afghan insurgents shooting down an army helicopter a week ago, the highest single

day loss of u.s. lives since that war began. and also this that touched the country. a 10-year-old boy, braden nicoles, he sent us an ireport with a picture of his father. and he wrote, and i'm quoting now. it said "my father was one of the 30 u.s. soldiers killed in afghanistan with the s.e.a.l.s rescue mission. my father was the pilot of the chinook. he goes on to see i have seen pictures of the victims of this deadly mission. i wish you would include a picture might have father. he is the farthest to the left. after a request like that, you can't turn him down. this is a picture of his father, farthest from the left. braydon's father and family, the helicopter pilot, after braydon's request went viral, a fund was set up to help the family. because of these fallen

soldiers, cnn is going to salute some of them that died. among them navy s.e.a.l. tommy ratliff, his best friend said he always wanted to be a navy s.e.a.l. and joined two weeks after graduating high school. i want to bring in ashley from cnn.com, and look at the lives of those who died. we hear the numbers oftentimes, but i'm glad we're stopping to focus in on a couple of these service members. >> with thomas, let's talk about that, tommy, in high school he weighs very ambitious, very driven. but he also had a great sense of humor. this say guy whose science teacher said he was the best at dissecting frogs and he was just sort of clowning around a lot. but we would be here for an hour talk about how decorated he was, the bronze medal and the very

sad thing is he has a two sons and a wife who is pregnant. >> they serve, and they do, there's a pregnant wife or a 2-month-old, they always have very young children it seems which adds to the tragedy. brian bill is another one. chief petty officer. >> again, extremely accomplished, very driven. a pilot, a skier, a triathlete. his father said his goal was to climb the seven summits which is climbing all the continents, the highest peeks on those continents. he had a quiet toughness about him. his friends said during a vigil last night in stamford, connecticut where he is from, when everyone was having a really good time. and everyone was -- you know, he would step back a little bit. he didn't like attention. he was someone who just had a

very strong quiet presence. >> now, this is just -- these are just two we're focusing on. but people can find out about all of them. we have this feature set up, is that right? >> absolutely. people can go to cnn.com to read and learn about all of the navy s.e.a.l.s who died. >> ashley, thank you for that. we'll be talking to you again this morning. there is a little bit of what she's talking about on cnn.com. all 30 you can find out more. find out more about the names behind some of the pictures you have seen and some of the headlines and dig deeper into the servicemembers were. ashley, thanks so much. we're coming up on the bottom of the hour now. and the united states is now stepping up the efforts to find the remains of missing u.s. servicemembers visiting in vietnam, though. we'll talk to the head of the one of the search teams after the break. plus, we've got the latest

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all right. just past the bottom of the hour on this "cnn sunday morning." welcome back, thank you for spending part of your weekend with us. i'm t.j. holmes. we are expecting to hear a little more from police just a short time from now on that deadly stage collapse at a concert in indiana. and someone in the audience got this all on video. take a look and a listen. again, this was at the state fair in indianapolis. four people killed. at least 40 others injured. now listen to how police describe what may have caused this. >> what hit really wasn't a storm, it was a significant gust of wind. and that gust of wind is what upset all of the rigging and structures that were above the stage and caused that collapse.

>> now, that gust of wind estimated around 60 to 70 miles an hour. and the state fair closed today because of this tragedy. we'll be talking at the top of the hour with an ireporter. one of our ireporters who was there when that stage collapsed. also, some of the stories making headlines, michele bachmann making the iowa straw poll. she beat out congressman paul. tim pawlenty finished a distant third, but third nonetheless. almost 17,000 ballots were cast in this nonwiding but significant vote. also, take a look at what's happening in north ireland right now. a heavily catholic city. this is the result of people wearing masks, throwing rocks, attacked police vehicles, setting several on fire. police were eventually able to

restore calm. in the end, opposition leader ventured outside of the city today. aung san suh kyu. the u.s. government stepping up efforts to find the remains of missing u.s. servicemembers in southeast asia. teams are rushing to locate and identify nearly 1,800 mias before their remains are lost and while their relatives are still alive. ron ward is with the group leading the searches. he is joining us this morning by skype from vietnam. and also joining me here in the studio is joanne shirley, her brother is still missing in vietnam. thank you both for being here. while you're sitting here right next to me, tell me what year was it?

you probably know the exact day your brother went missing. >> november the 28th, 1972. >> we're talking about almost 40 years -- >> 39 years this fall. >> 40 years next year. explain to people for a moment, even though there has to be say sense of closure that you've had over these years that your brother is lost, why is it so important to have him home, his remains home? >> because we believe that that's possible. and we also believe that that's our obligation to all our servicemen who are serving today, as well as in the past, that we don't leave them on foreign soil. that we recover them, we bring them home with honors. >> all right, ron, let me bring you in now. you're leading up this search. is it fair for me to say it's kind of a renewed or stepped up effort, the effort always continues. but now you feel like you have a race against the clock for a couple of reasons. explain to me why time is of the essence right now? >> well, t.j., we've been doing

this ever since the war, the economy for the missing in vietnam. 1985 is when we regan to really work jointly with the vietnamese, it was kind of a steady effort by the u.s. government to do this. now, we're realizing that we if we don't step up our efforts now, we're going to lose opportunities to bring these men home. one of the problems is that we're losing witnesses. all the american-vietnamese witnesses are getting older. the vietnam generation is getting older. so within the next five to ten years, we need to get the information from those people. go ahead. >> well, i was going to ask, curious, how do you go about doing this? you talk about witness accounts. and i assume you have some historical information. but how in the world, do you 40

years after the fact, even begin to try to track down and find remains? >> well, t.j., you started out with the file from the war is the information we began with. and when we started doing this operation jointly with the vietnamese, we were actually able to send teams into vietnam, to interview witnesses to go to crash sites, to go to burial sites, and we investigate all of these places in a hope to find a place to excavate. that's your motive to excavate, recover remains and send those home so the identification laboratory can find those remains and bring them home to their families. >> speaking of those family, let me bring you back in here. when they brought you into the studio, i was amazed. you have something framed.

i want you to explain it. but that belonged to your brother, and it was found in vietnam, but still no trace of him or his remains. >> correct. >> explain what that is first? >> okay, it's called a blood chip. i didn't know what it was either when they told me they had found it. a lot of military people don't know what it is. it folds down to 2 by 3, zips into the pocket of a flight vest. it has a number on it. that number is put in a database correlated to your name. if you don't return, the number stays correlated until they either find you or, you know, it stays in the database forever. they have excavated the mountain that they think my brother crashed into from top to bottom now on two different excavations. in between those two, they excavated the lower half. found no personal effects, no human remains. went back in 2008 to decide should they excavate more

extensively. while they were out there, they found this, just exposed in the jungle for 36 years? i don't think so. we believe, my own people in the government, my own governor who has been a great supporter of the issue and my face, immediately, when i was giving him the update said somebody must have planted it so our guys will go back and do more. >> even though the circumstances surrounding it, what was it like to still get this piece back, knowing it was belonging to him? >> well, it was miraculous because they found it in july 2008. in the faw, i called out there and said to them and said can i have it. they said, we're processing it. i said, when you get through, let me know. they e-mailed me. and said it's being fedex'd to you. it arrived at my house on the

day my brother had been missing 36 years. my children were there with their families. my mother was there. we got to open it up together and actually see what it looked like. and that just made it even more amazing to get it. >> you can never really be at peace until your brother gets home? >> i can in that, as a christian, i've said my goal is to do everything i can. i'm a housewife from georgia, but i'm totally committed to this issue. and i want to do everything i can. and i learned very quickly, it's not just about bobby. it's about all our guys that are missing. so in the end, if i get a resolution, praise the lord, if i don't, then, you know, i'll know that one day when we're face-to-face, we can look each other in the eye and know that, you know, he's pleased with what we've tried to do to bring him back. >> ron ward, last thing to you, is this what keeps you going? these stories of these families and makes you keep up those efforts and making sure you don't stop until you try to give

folks like miss shirley that resolution she needs? >> it's our government's commitment to keep the promise to family members like joanne, and i've got to tell you, t.j. i come to work every day, i don't have to convince myself that i'm doing something worthwhile. i meaner it's one of the most gratifying jobs you can imagine. just the search itself, but when you bring somebody home and you're able to help those families gain closure, it's priceless. >> ron ward, we appreciate you taking the time with us there. i know you're over there searching. it's going on right now, but we thank you for taking the time from there in vietnam. and miss joanne shirley, it's a pleasure to have you here and hear your brother's story. we're 42 minutes past the hour now. coming up, we're going to head back to the city of brotherly love. it hasn't really lived up to that name. a lot of people will tell you

lately, there's a new curfew in place to try to keep teenagers off the streets. we've got a follow-up for you. see how things went last night. we're right back.

all right. about a quarter to the top of the hour here now. philadelphia mayor michael nutter says parents and teenagers are starting to get the message. fewer teen aers were arrested over the new curfew policy. our susan candiotti is there. >> reporter: on the second night

of a beefed up curfew, philadelphia police rounded up anyone under 18 out on the street past 9:00. targeting two downtown areas popular with locals and tourists. this 16-year-old was caught in the dragnet while out with older friends, ages 18 to 22. >> someone has to come and get her. >> i think it's utterly ridiculous. >> reporter: the crackdown is to sent a message that flash mob violence won't be tolerated. and parents whose children get in trouble could face fines. >> a wake-up call to a lot of people. sometimes, people don't want to hear what they don't want to hear. >> reporter: but these friends say they were out for fresh air. >> my daughter called me and told me he's in the back of a paddy wagon for curfew. >> reporter: and you said what? >> i said, oh, my god. >> reporter: this parent of a 17-year-old honor roll student was required to pick up his daughter before she could be

released. that's the rule. >> she was upset, yeah. i thought it was kind of fun but, you know, after a while, i got say little nervous. >> reporter: privately, some officers questioned what the show of force will accomplish. when the spotlight dims when the patrols are less frequent, will anything have changed? >> all we're doing is putting a temporary band-aid on a problem that isn't going to go away. >> reporter: sociology teacher maria catholis believes it's putting the problem on teens for wider problems and focused on tourist areas. >> there's lots of violence and black violence in philadelphia every single day. and what has changed now is black and white violence. >> reporter: the mayor, community police and community organizers insist things have changed. >> we've got challenges with the young people and we'll work with them. >> reporter: attacking the far more serious problem than the

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you've seen the models right now of what it's going to be. probably about three quarters of size of manhattan. >> okay. >> what you're seeing there is a sun-powered solarscape. if you look there, think about the air conditioning you need there because it's cold or warm. well the solarscape will prevent that. the idea is you'll have no reliance on fossil fuels whatsoever. >> so it's kind of incapsulized. >> absolutely. so if it's hot, it will keep it cool. if it's cool it will keep it warm. and you have this reliance that we have and this need for energy. >> how is general motors getting involved in this game here? >> general motors are providing the vehicles and they're rather extraordinary, because they're only going to be run on electricity. >> that's the car? >> that is the car. it's called a two-wheel

propulsion system and the en-v system. we are providing the next urban vehicle. what is the greatest problem people have with vehicles? obviously, traffic and accidents and the use of fuel. so here you have an electrically powered vehicles. >> how is this supposed to work? it's an automatic system or you're actually driving it? how did this work? >> you get into the car and apparently it has a gps, so you program the gps so you're not actually powering the car itself. also, it communicates with other cars so there won't anybody accidents. >> you got my attention. >> and they say this is the next emerging markets. this is where the gross in the motor industry is going to take place. >> when will they have the city up and running? >> they say about 2020. they started development in 2008. >> okay. >> they have a very light transit rail system so people won't be using cars. what's extraordinary about this city is it's going to have a lot

of affordable housing. also very friendly towards the elderly community. the way that it's going to work. i mean, it sounds almost fantastical. this eco-friendly remarkable city. and there's a tiny singaporean consortium who are building it. by 2020 maybe this is the city of the future and we'll be go g wow, and we'll be living this way. >> this is not too far away, that is not too long to wait. "morning passport," about eight years from now. >> one of those vehicles would be nice now. >> nadia bilchik. we're eight minutes to the top of the hour now. it one is of the most compelling stories of world war ii. the airmen of the fighter pilots who had to fight discrimination in order to serve. we're hearing from them this

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world war ii. they formed a squadron of african-american fighter pilots. history proved the critics wrong. now, with one of their restored vintage training planes headed to the smithsonian, several of the airmen taking a look back. >> the men of the tuskegee airmen, certainly, we're a member of the very exclusive group of airmen. i mean, we all worked together. we loved one another. >> i was doing what i considered one of the most challenging and pleasant careers of my life. and that was flying. >> so it was like say fraternity. it was a tremendous amount of brotherhood. because guys were helping each

other, you know, fellow couldn't perform through some degree or couldn't grasp something immediately. his brothers would jump in and try to encourage him and teach him. >> i went overseas with the 99th pursuit squadron. we were the first black fighter squadron in combat. i flew 77 combat missions, going overseas to fight was doing so as an american. but i felt very proud of being and was willing to go fight and die for. it had nothing to do with the racial status that i had to endure. and it was my love for america in spite of the imperfections. >> thinking we were making history, a part of history never occurred to us. and we were just doing the best we could.

>> we went for many, many years where nobody knew that we existed. right now, it's about almost 70 years ago. so it took a long time for them to recognize us. >> sigh feel that recognition has finally come around. i simply hope that our young men and women of america will look at this experience and the story of these tuskegee airmen and from it, make themselves a committee of one so that we can perpetuate the legacy that these airmen have left. well, as we approach the top of the hour on this "cnn sunday morning." stay with us. come back. we're going to reset the top stories of the morning, including tragedy at the indiana state fair. a stage collapses. a number of people are dead. the very latest when we reset at

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