>> for a little while he ran right over covid. >> when did it change. >> so the fever hit and never let up. 14 days straight he ran fever. >> finally he was put into the children's hospital in memphis. >> nurse comes in and is like, looks like jacob played four quarters of football with no pads on, on the inside of his body." >> reporter: when you hear that from a medical professional, what are you thinking? >> truthfully, god, where are you taking us with this? you know, am i going to be on that list of-- is my kid going to be one of those numbers? >> jacob had developed severe inflammation of a rare and fatal condition related to covid-19. for four days he and his mother sat together in a hospital room. jacob slowly improved. but over the course of those four days, doctor went from treating five pediatric covid patients to 21 and in three

weeks peaked at 33 patients and three children died in the month of august. >> we had the perfect storm, vaccination rate, delta variant and school starting back. >> this doctor is medical director of infection prevention here. >> not only it is devastating to see a child in that situation and to know the majority to this standpoint preventable. it's devastating. >> we didn't wear a mask like probably should have been. >> was he vaccinated? >> he's not. >> were you vaccinated. >> i'm not. >> but this has changed things, she has planned to see her doctor about the shot. >> i'm getting it, i just have questions first. >> people every class period were like what did you go through. it's no joke. i was telling them about it, take this more serious or you could probably end up like how i ended up. >> jacob lost 20 pounds and that's a big deal for a young football player xgt and he missed a few games of his senior

year. he made it back on to the field that was him on friday running out there with his teammates. he told us he does want to get the shot. and after everything he went through he told us some of his teammates got vaccinated after seeing him in the hospital. >> omar villafranca in memphis. it's not only kids filling hospital beds, a growing number of pregnant women are suffering from covid that's got doctors he pressuring them to take the jab. yadier molina records. >> she's enjoying every moment with her son cj, after contr contracting covid-19 at 6 and half months pregnant she ended up the icu. >> i prayed to god my husband and mom could raise my son because i don't think i'll make it out of here is. >> reporter: she had not been vaccinated. >> i wanted to get the vaccine but wanted to see how it panned out a little bit more. >> reporter: nearly 76% of adults have received at least

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military the kchaotic final day of the u.s. evacuation from afghanistan are fresh in their minds, a terrorist attack at the airport killed more than 13 u.s. troops and deadliest day for the american military exercise in afghanistan. american military in afghanistan. >> marines had warning an attack was coming and even had a physical description of the bomber but in the crush of humanity outside the airport they were unable to spot him. >> the major was there when the bomb went off. >> how far away were you? >> i was about 15 feet. >> yet he's somehow alive andible to give the first eyewitness account of the blast. >> we brought a truck with a loud speaker to try to disperse the crowd i was standing by the truck when the bomb went off. >> the truck yielded you.

>> i'd say so. >> after the suicide bomber opened vest gunman open fired from the roof. and he described the actions of the marine corps really. >> he blew off his feet and shot to the shoulder, immediately recovers his weapon and puts the opposing gunman down. >> if they just open fired without you firing back what would have happened? >> without a doubt many more marine and civilian lould have been lost. >> 15 marines wounded among them kelsey her parents allowed us to show these pictures of her recovery. >> another corpal with blast to his lungs and internal organs has the grit and courage at risk of his own life to drag another if injured marine out of harm's way. >> it happened 300 yards away from the main entrance of the airport and marines were at the

hotel where british troops were located, the day of the attack, abbey gate was the only way into the airport. >> the other two gates had been closed for a while so what was happening is everyone, it looked like the city converging on abbey gate. >> despite intelligence warnings of an imminent attack by terrorist group known as isis-k the gates stayed open. >> the day of the attack we got most direct kagsz of a threat at the abbey gate and individual to look out for. we made sure that information was passed to our marine snipers and to the marines on location. >> how difficult would it be to pick out one person who you have a description of? >> i'd say next to impossible in crowds of thousands tightly packed, shoulder to shoulder, chest to chest, i mean, this was

a very dense crowd. >> the operations officer of the battalion said the marines took every possible precaution. >> armed aerial surveillance overhead at the time. we had electronic counter measures for improadvised explosive device that would eliminate any electronically-triggered device. >> but the suicide bomber was not detected and the carnage was horrific with 170 afghans killed. the airport went into mournings 13 dead americans went home with honors. >> i'm sure you ask yourself, in retrospect what could you have done differently? >> the mission was evacuating people. we had to keep that road open. there wasn't a lot we could change about that mission, we executed it. >> it was to have been their last mission. abbey gate was scheduled to close and those marines were

supposed to return to the airport to board planes for the flight out. >> david martin at pentagon. the stars of stage and screen are mourning the death of median norm mcdonald. jamie yuccas looks back on his life and hilarious career. >> mr. reynolds what are you doing. >> it's an over sized hat, it's funny. >> norm mcdonald spent five years as a cast member on "saturday night live." >> weekend update with norm m macdonald. >> a french man was arrested after climbing the side of a high rise, yep, he climbed right up the side of a high rise. just like a snam. >> his dead pan delivery was his trademark making light of serious situations. >> was o.j. simpson high on

speed the night of the murders, absolutely not said defense attorney johnny cochran today and simple test of any of oj's blood at the crime scene will prove it. >> the humor that defines him may have also cost him his job, he was abruptly fired as weekend anchor because a public executive was good friends guys simpson. his career spanned the world of sit comes. >> time for you to take the wheel. >> and films and comedies of all ages. >> this is great. when i graduated first grade all my father did was tell me to get a job. >> macdonald died on tuesday, he was just 61, friends revealed he had been privately battling cancer for nearly a decade. he never wanted the diagnosis to affect the way the and yens saw him. just as his jokes made impact his death has too.

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a workforce that recognizes that our greatest strengths lie in our differences. join us at deliveringjobs.org one of the most famous monuments in all of france has gotten a face lift, it's vision of the late artist cysto who passed away in new york last year and never saw the work completed. ian lee with the story. >> reporter: unveiling art doesn't normally involve wrapping it but high above the sky workers are doing just that, draping the iconic architecture 270,000 square feet in fabric. >> we have to make sure it is lovely. >> christo is known for wrapping monumental buildings around the world and just after his death last year french authorities gave the okay to cover the

project, and his nephew is overseeing it to keep his uncle's dream christ to is not here, i his his enthusiasm and energy. >> it is slowing traffic and stopping tourists in their tracks. this woman from chicago is impressed. >> i find it exciting, the weather is wonderful, so why not? >> criticals though call the project wasteful saying all of this fabric is recyclable and the perfect gift, wrapped, to remember the artist who envisioned it. ian lee, cbs news. >> that's the overnight news for this thursday. for some the news continues, for others check back for cbs mornings and follow online any time at cbsnews.com. reporting from the nation's capital i'm jan crawford.

>> good morning, this is cbs news flash, from new york. the first all-civilian crew in history has made it to space, a giant leap for space travel and spacex, they lifted off from nasa's kennedy space center in florida for a three day flight. the crew includs jared, heyley, sian and chris sembroski as mission specialist. they will splash down on saturday in the gulf of mexico or the atlantic near florida. more news on the cbsnews app on

your cellphone for connected tv. i'm tom nson, it's thursday, september 16th, 2021. this is the "cbs morning news." >> three, two, one -- [ cheers ] >> ignition and takeoff -- >> "inspiration 4," spacex makes history sending four civilians into space. the special phone call they'll make while spending three days in orbit. booster battle. a new debate emerges on whether americans need a third covid vaccine shot. person of interest. investigators focus on a man whose fiancee went missing whose fiancee went missing during a cross-country trip. captioning funded by cbs good morning. good to be with you.