the accident occurred on interstate 75 in tennessee on a portion of highway between chattanooga and knoxville. the highway was constructed through a valley which lies between the cumberland and great smoky mountains. from the time the highway first opened back in 1973, there had been numerous multi-vehicle chain-reaction accidents in the same three-mile section. the first occurred just four months after the highway opened. 3 people died in a 17-car pileup. 10 were injured. just one month later, there was a nine-car accident. although there were no deaths, nine were injured. >> during the first six years the highway was open, there was an average of one multi-car accident each year. one of the largest was in november of 1978, involving more than 60 vehicles. 6 people were killed, nearly 100 injured. all of the accidents had one thing in common -- the sudden appearance of a dense, thick fog, reducing visibility to near zero. tennessee state highway officials responded by installing fog-warning lights to warn drivers when fog was in the area. highway patrol officers were posted to stand watch ev

the accident occurred on interstate 75 in tennessee on a portion of highway between chattanooga and knoxville. the highway was constructed through a valley which lies between the cumberland and great smoky mountains. from the time the highway first opened back in 1973, there had been numerous multi-vehicle chain-reaction accidents in the same three-mile section. the first occurred just four months after the highway opened. 3 people died in a 17-car pileup. 10 were injured. just one month later, there was a nine-car accident. although there were no deaths, nine were injured. >> during the first six years the highway was open, there was an average of one multi-car accident each year. one of the largest was in november of 1978, involving more than 60 vehicles. 6 people were killed, nearly 100 injured. all of the accidents had one thing in common -- the sudden appearance of a dense, thick fog, reducing visibility to near zero. tennessee state highway officials responded by installing fog-warning lights to warn drivers when fog was in the area. highway patrol officers were posted to stand watch ev

from chattanooga, tennessee, meet jordan thomas.n lost his legs in a boating accident and now provides prosthetics for children in need. i'll be back in an hour with our next top ten cnn hero. go to cnn.com/heroes and start voting for the cnn hero of the year. >>> a frantic search for survivors in two disaster zones. thousands of miles apart. shattered lives and rising death tolls in the south pacific and indonesia. the pictures you have to see to understand the depth of the devastation. >>> and a great story here. a complete stranger rescues a child from a burning building. what he says led him to the 4-year-old boy and the next risk he took just one day after the rescue. >>> police hunt for more suspects in the horrible beating that left a chicago teen dead. like us, they have seen the video of that vicious attack but it's what they need to hear that is keeping the investigation in limbo. >>> it is october 1st, 2009. so glad you're with us. i'm susan hendricks. you're watching hln "news and views." we start with breaking news on t

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out here, freeze warnings in purple, including metro atlanta just to the west and getting into chattanooga, too. pretty impressive from mid to late october. we'll have temperatures below freezing in some places you see in the dark shades of blue. 36 degrees in charlotte right now. outlying areas outside of the heat islands, below freezing. 42 in atlanta, 40 in birmingham, 42 in nashville. you get west a little farther, look at the temperatures warming up. dallas 62, houston 64. that's one thing we're watching. the other thing we're watching is out across the tropics. tropical storm rick losing some characteristics now. 65-mile-per-hour sustained winds. the track takes it to the north today, bends it just south of lapaz. rain in northern mexico by, i'd say, friday and early saturday. >>> beautiful day for you in d.c. look at that sunrise. that is gorgeous. definitely a postcard look at the capitol. warmer for just about everybody east of the mississippi this afternoon. robin will enjoy that. >> i'm just enjoying that view. thank you. >>> look at this view. wait until you see a brawl that ha

this e-mail from steve in chattanooga. as far as i can tell, david letterman is an adult. what he does in his spare time with another consenting adult is no one's business but theirs. we're getting split down the mid dd here, what you're saying. another call in. morgan in nevada, go ahead. >> caller: hi. >> hi, morgan. >> caller: how are you? >> good. >> caller: good. i think it's disgusting what happened. i really do. >> hey, we've got three-way calling going on here. technology is amazing. so morgan, you take issue with this? >> caller: oh, i do definitely. i think they all know what they were doing. he's not the only one who's had, you know, affairs. but having a girlfriend and cheating on her, i think that was absolutely wrong. absolutely wrong. >> do you watch him? >> caller: no, i do not. >> you're not going to start obviously now. >> caller: absolutely not, mike. i think it was wrong from day one. and the girls were as much at fault as he is. >> morgan, thanks for the call. and your friend can have the phone back, by the way. another call in. jack in michigan, go ah