. -- stair race. i got to the test after suiting up with 50, 60 pounds of equipment. it was time for the climb. yes, we got there, but it was far from easy. we only did about eight floors of the 28. that is no joke. the games are coming thanks in large part to fire battalion chief gerard williams and police lieutenant beckell. they met at the games in sweden in 1999. after years of passion and effort, the time has come. they are sure to be proud fathers. in fairfax county, jeff goldberg, abc 7 news. kimberly: coming up -- how a local program is teaching kids to cook and giving them kimberly: a 7 on your side kraft is recalling 6 million boxes of mac & cheese because some boxes may contain pieces of metal. the individual boxes have a use by date of september 18. kraft has not said if injuries have been reported. the boxes can return to the store for a refund or exchange. a program does more than teaching cooking methods, it is changing hundreds of students' lives. that mix the careers through culinary arts program the latest harris' hero's. leon: it's closing time at t

one of the first events is the firefighters stair race and i got put to the test. >> feeling all right! jeff: after suiting up with 50 to 60 pounds of equipment, it was time for the climb. yes, we did finally get there but it was far from easy: we only did eight floors out of the 28 floors it could have been. that is no joke at all. the games are coming thanks in large part to the fire battalion chief williams and the police lieutenant. they met at the games in sweden in 1999. after years of passion and effort, the time has finally come. >> says our babies are about to be born. so -- empty nesters. jeff: they are sure to be some very proud papas. jeff goldberg, abc 7 news. leon: my gosh. tired just looking at them. all right. today, the first full day of prince charles and his wife camilla's visit to the u.s. this morning, the pair visited memorials on the national mall and mount vernon. they were joined by jesse jackson and congressman john lewis at the martin luther king memorial. prince charles visited the national archives while the duchess of cornwall visited the shakespeare theat

the flames raced up the stairs trapping the children in their second floor bedrooms. >>> a ski left accident in maine sent four people to the hospital. it happened at sugar loaf mountain. 200 people were riding the lift when it suddenly stopped and reversed direction. >> the lift stopped at about a couple hundred feet up the trail and it started to come down back wards which is not normal. i was pretty terrified actually. there was a lot of screaming going on behind us. >> in all, seven people were hurt. the lift will be closed until investigators figure out how it happened. >>> still to come, backers of a plan to lure the raiders out of oakland just scored a big point. the milestone for a proposed stadium near los angeles. >> and going coast to coast in a car that drives itself. the long distance test for the new technology departing tomorrow from the bay area. female announcer: you're on the right track to save big during sleep train's triple choice sale. for a limited time you can choose up to 48 months interest-free financing on a huge selection of tempur-pedic models. or choose to save

folks raced up the flights of stairs in fight for air climb.d-raiser took place inside san francisco's 52-story skyscraper at 555 california street. former bank of americaable. that is the second tallest building in the city. this was all in an effort to help the american lung association. climbers said it was tough but worth it. >> it's very hot. and but it's a feeling exhilarating feeling when you make it to the top. >> the idea behind the event is to challenge people to climb for loved ones literally fighting for air because of lung problems. >> a long way to go. i guess it was all for a good cause. ow that would hurt. >> that's a lot of flights of stairs. >> earth hour ripples across the world highlighting climate change by going dark. we'll show you how san francisco plans to take part next. >>> it's that type again when land mashes across the world go dark for an hour. it is called earth hour. take a live look at the golden gate bridge. it's going to be dimming its lights for an hour starting at 8:30. earlier today earth hour swept throug

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investigators believe a malfunctioning hot plate left on kitchen counter inn knighted the plames that raced up the stairsnd floor. officials believe the orthodox jewish family may have left hot plate on to keep food warm during the sabbath. devastating news has rocked the community. >> you always think that fire happens in different neighborhoods. never close to home. but now it hits home. >> i know the mother and i really hope that -- i don't know. she makes it through this. i don't know how she's going to face what happened to her family family. >> reporter: mayor with blass yo visited the scene and surveyed the damage in the home. he calls what he saw unimaginable. >> you can only imagine that this beautiful vibrant family 24 hours ago intact and now so many lost. and two clinging to life. >> reporter: fire investigators say they found a smoke detector in the basement but none on the first or second floors. in new york, bryan llenas, fox news. >>> two new jersey police officers remain hospitalized in critical condition tonight after a wrong way crash that killed another officer and a friend in new yor

folks raced up flights of stairs in the fight for air climb.he fundraiser took place inside the skyscraper at 555 california street. the former bank of america building. it's the second tallest building in the city with 52 stories. this was all in an effort to help the american lung association, and climber said it was tough but definitely worth it. >> hot, heavy breathing. and it's an exhilarating feeling when you make it to the top. >> the idea is to challenge people to climb for loved ones literally fighting for air because of lung problems. >>> landmarks around the world went dark to raise awareness last night for climate change in support of earth hour. two bay area landmarks took part in the demonstration. you see as the brooklyn bridge hit the off switch -- the bay bridge hit the off switch and lights went out for earth hour starting at 8:30. and golden gate bridge turned off most of its lights, some were left on, though, for safety reasons. >>> and although it's known as the city of light, paris also participated for a short time by tur

race, the people at the front are there for the challenge. usually it's the marathoners when you're talking about stairs no one shows more mastery than these guys firefighters. i mean, this is what we might have to do on any given day. so it's good for us to be prepared and this is a good training exercise for us. >> reporter: in the middle you get people like john foley here to have fun with the stairs but couldn't be more serious about the cause good i'm actually doing it because i have a brother-in-law who has pretty bad lung disease. as a matter of fact he had a double lung transplant last sunday. >> they hope to raise more than 240 those sand dollars for prevention research and advocacy while john hopes to get a better appreciation for what his brother is going through. >> i want to get the full experience of what it's like to have -- have difficult breathing and real until a normal situation like climbing stairs. in the future i can tell people what it's like hard to breathe to help raise and in empty future. >> reporter: and that is what it means to fight for air. in center city, steve patterson cbs3 "eyewitness news". ♪ >> join cbs3 and