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>> travel the world in 90 minutes. >> $40 million to bring the world to time square seems cheap to me. >> 50000 square feet from switzerland, france, maine. >> you have to look closely but i cannot tell you what you are going to see. >> what are you doing? >> it is not what you hear in the news every night. >> the seal is going to be eaten by a shark. >> another confused liberal wandering around. >> nobody is wondering.
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>> the whole place went up and from what i understand a very small, terrifying time. this was a series of explosions. this was a huge plan one exploded and then it moved on. >> it may not look at but this footage and mid- shipping warehouses is the site of one of the first foreign terrorist acts on u.s. soil. in 1917 a group of german saboteurs attack. the u.s. was new troll in world war i which was neutral but shells and explosives were being made and shipped exclusively to the allies that were fighting the germans. >> the place blew up all 1400 men were working to restore
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buildings and raining shells but no one died, why? the courage of a woman named tessie mcnamara. >> the explosion which happened on that day was that sabotage and pretty much wiped out the entire plant. it would of done great damage if it wasn't for one particular woman who basically ran the switchboard desk for most of her duration and she was able to do that most of the people were able to flee into the town and she save their lives. >> i contacted the historical society to learn more and to see pictures and videos of the explosion that devastated the area. it now has a small area that the society is put together. i wonder why there wasn't a bigger statue. i bet you she had never heard of tessie and why is that? >> because nobody does nobody died. and that's a good thing except in her case it's a bad thing. nobody died so not a new story
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but like historical figures before her all that can change. people today are rightly looking for female role models to share out there to inspire other women. ir would argue that you can't get much better than tessie mcnamara, a true american heroine. >> how ridiculous, set a thing? you running the whole thing with this sure rose thing. >> we are not going to turn this into a stupid thing about sexism. but i want to learn more about her and her courage. what inspired her to save? >> she said later that she just thought of the people. she thought about their lives and how was important for them to get out and get safely back to their families. that's what her motivation was. >> travel the world in 90 minutes or less. >> this is a look at the 40 million-dollar exhibit.
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>> $40 million to bring the world to us time square seems cheap to me. >> it is a place where time square looks a little bit more like this and then something no matter where you go. >> we want to show that people would really remember about this place but we also wanted to show the fun stuff too. not only about the great empire state building or the statue of liberty but inside the meatpacking business. [inaudible] you have to look closely but i cannot tell you what you are going to see. >> it is located in the heart of times square. it's 50000 square feet seen from switzerland, france, japan, india and more. >> grand central is one of my favorite here the level of detail.
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>> it's just like the ceiling the have the grand central terminal on 42nd street. >> on the right with model workers, you came to the julep south america. the most a majestic city anywhere. >> this was created using 3d printing. some leave it behind in the country of their dreams others, well they don't. >> i going to take a model someplace in the exhibit? >> i might take mine home. >> the exhibit open may 9. it is not done yet. designers and engineers still working to keep it together. you know what that means, i will have to come back again, will you? tweet me your thoughts at chasing news. >> i suck.
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i suck at life and career. >> what are we doing? >> if you ever wondered what a starburst wrapper trust would look like, emily made her dreams come true. over four years and 10000 starburst wrappers, she completed the look with starburst shoes and a starburst wrapper corsage. she posted the process on her facebook. artistry and up cycling she had to individually iron each wrapper the fold them together. it's cool, right? [inaudible] this video of a 90-pound -- that was caught off the coast of california by sean stewart. he runs a local fishing. that is a 90-pound massive fish that i've never seen before.
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>> brownsville, coming back. >> brownsville in brooklyn is one of the most dangerous neighborhoods in new york city. gangs, violence, and crushing poverty are part of the landscape. i headed to my hall bridges academy to meet with a woman who is trying to flip the script on kids growing up in the neighborhood. meet nadia, she is the principal and founder of the school. >> she does not just want these kids to survive, she wants them to have the brightest future possible. we talked about with the kids face. >> we deal with a high gang rates and low employment rates. you also just have violence. that's real. often times i'm in the office and you hear helicopters. we've had to do a shelter and that means that to 30 years 3:0n gunshots in the neighborhood and we need to make sure the school is safe. >> it was time for us to take a
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tour of the school. we go into a classroom and there spoke with a six grader who is making a painting. she said this was a make america great again shoes. >> a solid dress online that said make america great again. it was like a turtle and goes up at the bottom. so that dress for donald trump inspired me to make this issue for that dress. >> she has a price for it. >> how expensive would that she be? like 250. >> that's a good price. do not going cheaper. >> the principal is teaching these kids to be critical thinkers, to be entrepreneurs and really find them fight their way out the very difficult challenges that many come from. >> you should never feel like just to get home you don't know if you're gonna make it just to get to school. every day, but they come in and they go to high school and we
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have the first graduating class that's going to college. those are the victories. >> what a hero, the idea that we hear so much in the media and the media loves to talk about how we got here, let's point the finger, blame this is not about who to blame, it's about how to pick yourself up and do great things. >> all one child needs is someone to tell them that they can be better. that's what she's doing for the community and that's commendable. >> the challenges these kids face is things in adult should not have to face. you shouldn't have to fight just to be of the make it out the door. >> thank you. >> it story. >> we only have paper plates here this is a viral video with 15 million views. >> on a plane -- >> she is going on a rant about
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annoying airplane passengers, listen to the. >> i'm trying to relax. [inaudible] >> well. [inaudible] >> we all know that picking the right prom dress is very important. but what happens when you order your dress online, it comes in the mail anything is going to look like this but it looks like this. now, women all over the country are posting their pictures of their actual versus what they thought it was going to look like prom dress. and they're really funny.
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[inaudible] >> for hundred 50 years and the secret has been held under lock and key. but slowly the secrets are starting to be told. >> have a story we should know about? help us chase it down by logging on to chasingnews.com/tips. >> when he was arrested in my kitchen the officers let me know it was heroin. >> my every waking thought is i really just want to get high once more. >> we did everything. >> it is an everyday battle.
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>> we have got to shatter the stigma, it is the only thing that keeps us alive.
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>> each time i stand there i know that my daughter is buried
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among 1000 babies. this is not what i would have chosen for her. she was alive for five days. she did served more than a mass burial. anyone deserves. there is a million people there and a million stories to be told. to see where it is. why is it such a secret? >> off the coast in the bronx a small island where 1 million people are buried. there are no grave markers with the names of the dead, no memorial day ceremonies for the veterans buried there, no flowers on the graves. it is new york city's, potters feel. a final resting place for peoples whose died alone or families were too poor, infants, stillborn, people who left for despair and chaos and were lost in the system. for 150 years the place in the secrets told were held under lock and key.
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the lot bodies are buried by prisoners in its rum like a prison by the department of corrections. it's easier to get to rikers island in here. i was able to take a tour of heart island at a time were slowly the secrets after 150 years, are starting to be told. [inaudible] >> beside potters field, heart island is the field for war soldiers. every building -- a phoenix house, drug rehab center in the 60s and 70s. you can see the rising phoenix mural painted. >> each one of these stone markers represents 150 people buried in two rows. it's just a number.
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>> more recent markers made out of pvc. is not a lot of visible signs out here that this is even a cemetery. we do have this come across that was built by prisoners who worked out here who buried the body. >> the bodies are buried by prisoners when they get to 150 they fill up the trench. we had to turn our cameras off. one thing that strikes me is how incredibly peaceful it is. it is sad and peaceful at the same time. melinda hunt is tells the people stories and she's fighting to
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lift the stigma. she said having the facility run like a prison doesn't help. >> the city burial just means that the families for whatever reason did not hire a funeral director. it doesn't mean that people don't have families or didn't care. it's just in new york city it is very easy to become disconnected. a lot of times people just feel overwhelmed by a death and they are not given much time to make arrangements. >> herbert's stories one of those. he was fighting in vietnam when his wife, 17 years old at the time gave birth to twins. one of those twins died soon after childbirth. when the time he got home his wife had signed up for city burial not knowing what it meant. >> naturally by her being so young and immature to the procedures of what is heart silent and where is it. they did not inform her
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properly. >> others buried here a baby was born prematurely during the blizzard of 70. total chaos in the city. the baby was transferred to mount sinai for emergency heart surgery but died. >> i kept calling, took like a we can happen they finally said, the body is gone. and i said what you mean? they said don't worry, the city will take care of it. she will be buried with other babies were still bone. >> my daughter set potters feel. the bombs are buried there, people had no families. unknowns, my daughter was not a bomb, not up popper, she was a human being whose body got lost and got buried there. and her mother cannot find her. she doesn't deserve to have the stigma behind her. no one does.
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why did it take 30 years for her to finally be able to look at the gravesite and why is this man still waiting to visit his daughter. it's the growing controversy over heart island and what it should become in the future.
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>> brownsville, brooklyn is transforming. it's coming back. let's go. we have to go. we ha you won't believe what they put in tyson fun nuggets. it's shocking actually.
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they're made with real 100% all-natural ingredients. like white meat chicken... and that's it. keep it real. keep it tyson. how do you please the world's toughest food critics? with elegant decor and ambiance? nah. just serve up tyson crispy chicken strips. made with real 100% all-natural ingredients. looks like the critics approve. keep it real. keep it tyson. >> one thing that strikes me about this place is how incredibly peaceful it is. sad and peaceful at the same
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time. i went on a rare visit to heart island, where 1 million people have been buried. a thousand a year, even today. most of the people are people who had no private burial arrangements, maybe they were too poor, didn't have family. a lot of people simply fell through the cracks in the system. today i'm going to talk about the controversy surrounding heart island. primarily over whether this highly secret place that has been held under lock and key should be open to the public. primarily for people whose relatives are buried there, but also maybe for you and i. unlike most cemeteries, there is not a lot of offerings are flowering's. this is the first one i've seen today.
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heart island is under the jurisdiction of the department of corrections, run like a prison but with few visitors. when you visit you turn over your cell phone coming sign a waiver and stay with the guard. that is relatively open compared to the past. much of violence history and people whose loved ones were buried there can only go as far as this gazebo. one of seven mothers sued the city for the right to visit the grave of the children. 2014 she became one of the first people to do so. >> that was another thing that made me terribly uncomfortable. i am standing there grieving for my bb and trying to connect and a correction officer standing there with his hand on his gun. not what you want to do when you go to visit the grave of a loved one. >> advocates kept pressing and now under settlement with the city they run one trip a month.
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what activists really want is for the place not to be a prison any longer but a part. in 2014 to queen city councilwoman created a bill that the island be turned over to the parks department instead of the permit of corrections. the parks department did not want the job. i asked the director why not just acquiesce and get rid of it? >> this is not a primary function. we do have the expertise now to do this because we been doing it for 100 plus years. the did parks department does not have that expertise. so, yes it is not the primary function of the department but it is something we're happy to continue to do. >> melissa who had the heart island project, this is the completely wrong approach. >> the most important thing is that you have to remove the jail
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system from the equation. essentially cemeteries a place where people gather. and that is not really permitt permitted. >> my visit to heart silent, it was a pretty heavy experience. it made me think about people i know who are alone right now. who are still alive. that made me think that maybe there is something that i should do for them while they're still alive. if that's what heart thailand did for me, the may be more people should be able to go out there and have that experience. in some small way don't we all play a role in how people and appear? shouldn't this place be open for more of us to come here if only to give us another chance and face up to that? >> essentially heart island is a
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place for people just disappear. ♪ ♪ double mocha. >> thanks for watching the show. i hope you had an outstanding memorial day weekend. i hope you had a chance to reflect on the true meaning of this holiday and the sacrifice that so many people have made them families have made for all of us. >> it is not what you hear on the news every night.
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