the call might be from their son mason, 19 years old, mason wells was with his missionary partner joe empeyt the brussels airport. >> departure, one of the bombs went off there and that's when mason was injured. >> reporter: all the men were hurt but expected to survive. the wells who live just outside of salt lake city haven't been able to speak to their son. they know he was close enough to the blast to be hurt. burns and foot injuries. what is it like being parents and having your son in the middle of something like this? >> i think the word is -- you feel -- you feel helpless. you feel scared because there's not a lot you can do. >> reporter: this isn't this family's first time in the center of a terror attack. 2013 mason and his father had just left this block on the boston marathon when the first explosion went off. moments later chad wells explaining what he saw to wolf blitzer. >> chad wells, are you on the phone right now? >> yes, wolf, i'm on the phone. i can hear you. >> reporter: how strange is it for your family to be involved in two of these? >> i think two of these are enough

as you mentioned, the family of joe empey, his mother and father flew here yesterday, saw him for the first time since the attacks in the hospital. for them, this is all still sinking in. >> it's almost gotten progressively worse as it sinks in. you know, immediately it was, oh, he's great, talking to him on the phone he sounded at piece, it wasn't that big a deal. we're thinking, oh, this is great, he's got a few injuries. but now as it starts to sink in, you think about just how tragic it could have been and how tragic it was for so many people, we're really lucky. >> we got on the web and saw that people had lost their lives. my heart was broken for everyone involved. it made me grateful that he is still alive. that was all that mattered at that time. >> reporter: joe empey was one of those three mormon missionaries from utah that were injured in the brussels airport when those explosions happened. another one was mason wells. he was 19 years old. he suffered second and third degree burns. and it's estimated that he was less than 50 feet away from the explosions, alex. we also spok

now, we also spoke with the family members of joe empey, another one of the missionaries who were injuredand were able to see their son, and they are so thankful that he, apparently, will make a full recovery. alex? >> okay. well, we're certainly holding them all in our thoughts and prayers. thank you so much, gabe. >>> let's turn now to presidential politics as we are getting new pictures of polling sites, like this one in seattle, washington, where democrats began caucusing about a half an hour or so ago. democrats will also caucus in alaska and then hawaii later on today. today's democratic contests come at a time of renewed tensions between donald trump and ted cruz after allegations in a "national enquirer" story about senator cruz. cruz calls the "enquirer" report "garbage." two of the women named in the report have also come forward to say that the story about them is completely false. nbc's vaughn hilliard is covering the cruz campaign from wisconsin. with a welcome, what is the cruz campaign strategy to try to move on from this controversy? >> reporter: hi, alex. i think the frus

. >> reporter: joe empey and the other missionaries he was with are all expected to make a full recovery. chris? >> gabe gutierrez, our hearts go out to so many families. thank you so much. and coming up, we'll turn to politics at home. we're watching the democratic caucuses, which are underway right now in three states, washington a little later, alaska and hawaii. if bernie sanders sweeps those contests, what could it mean for hillary clinton's delegate lead? we'll talk about it coming up. (vo) you can check on them. you can worry about them. you can even choose a car for them. (mom) honey, are you ok? (child) i'm ok. (announcer vo) love. (mom) we're ok. (announcer vo) it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. don't let dust and allergies get and life's beautiful moments. with flonase allergy relief, they wont. most allergy pills only control one inflammatory substance. flonase controls six. and six is greater than one. flonase changes everything. to folks out there whose diabetic nerve pain... shoots and burns its way into your day, i hear you. to everyone with this pain that makes ordinary

this morning we also spoke to the family members of 20-year-old joe empey, his family member, his parents, they just saw him for the first time yesterday. they flew here to brussels. for them all this tragedy is just sinking in. >> it's almost gotten progressively worse as it sinks in. you know. immediately was, oh, he's great, you know, talking to him on the phone he sounded at peace and it wasn't that big of a deal. so we're thinking, oh, this is great, you know. he's got a few injuries. and but now as it starts to sink in every once in a while and you'll sit and think about it and think just how tragic it could have been and how tragic it was for so many people. we're really lucky. >> when i actually got on the web and saw that people had lost their lives and my heart was broken for everyone involved, just made me grateful that he was still alive. and that was all that mattered at that time. >> another one of those missionaries, 66-year-old richard norby, he has been in a medically induced coma for the last several days. his wife telling me this morning doctors plan to start bringing h

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. >> reporter: amber empey and her husband just arrived in brussels to comfort their 20-year-old son joe, one of 14 americans injured in the terrorist attacks. >> my heart was broken. everyone involved made me grateful he was still alive. >> reporter: the young mormon missionary is heavily bandaged by alive. how are you feeling? >> i'm feeling good. >> reporter: he was at the back of the check-in line when the blast knocked him unconscious. >> i just remember i opened my eyes and law lots of people laying around the floor. it was tragic and scary. i thought, whoa, this is really happening, this is really a bomb. >> reporter: today doctors started bringing another one of the missionaries with him, richard norby, out of a medically induced coma, his wife and son by his side. >> he's a tough guy? >> yeah, incredibly nice, and soft. he's a fantastic teacher. he loves people. >> reporter: pam norby almost made the trip to the airport with her husband but stayed home because there wasn't enough room in the car. despite his severe injuries, he somehow managed to call her. >> and i could tell by