so it was only fitting diane was there the night heather fell instantly in love with a guy named chris jones. >> heather went to a new year's eve party in r9d -- in 1999. she came home we sat down and talked and giggle good this guy she met, chris. >> narrator: diane recalls that heather found chris dazzling. >> dazzled over his knowledge of wine. just his knowledge of the world. >> reporter: she liked that. >> she loved that. she absolutely loved that. >> reporter: diane was surprised to see how fast the new couple of moving. within weeks, heather and chris were living together. and not long after, diane noticed a change in her cousin. a big one. >> they got very involved in a lot of online gaming and some things like that. and so they had a very very sedentary lifestyle. so that's when she gained i would say, about 250 pounds. >> reporter: 250 pounds over how much time? >> maybe a year and a half. i mean it was a very short amount of time. >> reporter: that's life changing. >> it was tough. >> reporter: did she seem depress good the weight gain? >> absolutely. yes. >> reporter: her cousin

jones, a patriot, marine, i'll toss it back to you. >> thank you for your service and your movie. >>> meanwhile, 24 minutes before the top of the hour. heatherund the country. >>> this is a real eye opener. a teacher in the d.c. suburbs is in big trouble this morning after a disturbing video surfaces. we want to warn you, this whones hard to watch. [ screams ] >> yeah, believe it or not, in the orange, that man right there, hitting his students with a belt. that is a teacher. it's a substitute teacher in maryland outside of washington, d.c. the students cower on the floor, others run away terrified and scream. some just stand by and watch and laugh. what led to the incident is not yet known. the school district said the substitute has been removed from the classroom. police are now investigating. >>> remember the terrifying video of a father who was being attacked by mob of angry bikers in new york city? that happened about a year and a half ago. and the father was beaten on the streets of manhattan about a year and a half ago after a motorcycle gang pulled him from his car in a fit of rage. now for the first time ever he is telling his stor