daniel somers was one of them. his parents have dedicated the most -- dedicated themselves to making sure other vets don't get left behind. some soldiers never come home. some soldiers come home but never leave the wharf. >> bright, vivacious, gregarious. just very intelligent. younger would give the shirt off his back two friends who didn't have what he had. >> reporter: daniel somers enlisted in the california national guard in 2003 and wanted to make a difference. >> two airplanes have crashed into the world trade center. >> why parents lived within 2 miles of the twin towers so we always felt that that was a part of his desire to give back. i don't think he ever had going overseas and killing people. >> most people's exposure to the guard was they are the people that stayed home. they were called out for floods and for fires. >> reporter: but national guard stayed deployed longer and were often redeployed again and again. daniel faced two deployments. he was managing -- managing a humvee, fully exposed. >> he w

mentioned somer of the protests on the streets of little havana in miami. we are joined by danielhang with the miami herald. tell us about the events that have been going on in little havana and elsewhere this morning. guest: good morning, as you can imagine there has been a lot of celebration as your last color just noted. traditionally, people will breakout their pots and pans and bang them. of crowds waving large cuban flags. because we have exiles or emigrants from many parts of latin america there are folks here in solidarity from venezuela, colombia, ecuador, in other countries. after theed shortly new started to spread. i would say maybe around 1:30-2:00 a.m. people started spilling into the streets. setting off fireworks, people in their pajamas, this has been awaited here for a very long time. there was a lot of pent up was released. some of it is bittersweet because cuba remains under fidel's posthumous rule. many of the folks who ts of repudiation and had their homes taken from , manynd suffered greatly of those have passed away. the children feeling he bittersweet sens

mentioned somer of the protests on the streets of little havana in miami. we are joined by danielng with the miami herald. tell us about the events that have been going on in little havana and elsewhere this morning. guest: good morning, as you can imagine there has been a lot of celebration as your last color just noted. traditionally, people will breakout their pots and pans and bang them. of crowds waving large cuban flags. because we have exiles or emigrants from many parts of latin america there are folks here in solidarity from venezuela, colombia, ecuador, in other countries. after theed shortly new started to spread. i would say maybe around 1:30-2:00 a.m. people started spilling into the streets. setting off fireworks, people in their pajamas, this has been awaited here for a very long time. there was a lot of pent up was released. some of it is bittersweet because cuba remains under fidel's posthumous rule. many of the folks who ts of repudiation and had their homes taken from , manynd suffered greatly of those have passed away. the children feeling he bittersweet sense