and then we had wonderful helen redding, singing woman, the whole bit. jim was looking for someplace to take her where there was some monument to women. and we found monuments to buffalos and everything but the only one we could find for a woman was this thing over in city park that's just kind of liberty or justice or something. they are always -- no real women. so that was also interesting. and then i see marvelous sally brownback here, the two of us decided there should be some type of memorial in downtown denver where those wonderful sufferage acts met with the supporting males and it was half and half in this church where they got this thing through in 1893 for women to vote. that's very historic, fantastic. and we discovered that that church had been where the first national bank was on 17th street. going in and explaining to them the wonderful historic place where they work and how we would like to have something, you may as well have told them there was going to be a nuclear attack at 3:00. they were -- i think we finally got to put a little tiny

helen is echoing tonight. >> i'm thinking i'm so thankful someone up there must be looking out for me. >> surae chin, 9news now. >> prince georges county, the red cross opened a shelter to help residents knocked out of their homes. scott broom reports from river dale park where not one, but two multistory apartment buildings in the 5300 block of riverdale road had roofs torn off. what some residents insist was a tornado. >> it was a tornado. >> seven story park tanglewood tower. cars destroyed by fallen sections of roof torn from two apartment buildings. >> people were outside and they said the wind was swirling around. >> a miracle no one was killed. >> we have to stay here. today, hundreds from two apartment buildings sweated in the hot sun. kids in steaming cars, the power out everywhere. others wandering with belongings. >> it's starting to get hot. you have a carload of kids, what's the plan? >> hotel. >> last night we -- >> the red cross came to the rescue, opening a shelter noter northwest high school. electricity, rest, and worry. >> we have to stay here a couple days now. i have to go to work on monday, so does she. >> this is pretty m