>> reporter: add dave worked at the same parts plant as hunnicut. she has five kids. >> how am i going to continue to provide interest my children? i don't want them to go homeless or without food. >> reporter: as these workers tighten their belts, the ripple effect hits local merchants who lose business, the city loses tax dollars, and families face tough questions. >> what do we do? we're just-- no money, no help. and no answers. >> reporter: and as the strike continues, the people we spoke to, the workers caught in the middle, say they're starting to look for new jobs, not because they want to, but because they have to. dean reynolds, cbs news, chicago. >> ninan: a new generation of firefighters. ahead, how they were inspired by their heroic 9/11 fathers. sps. >> ninan: finally tonight, brave recruits are honoring a heroic legacy. 301 fiempts were sworn in this week in new york city, including a record number of men and women whose firefighter fathers died on 9/11. here's mola lenghi. >> ever since i was little, i always wanted to do this. >> rep

>> no, i didn't, i honestly didn't. >> reporter: hunnicut and many of her fellow workers at avancez neart wayne, indiana, have applied for unemployment benefiou$265 week in y of $600. do you have savings? >> no. >> put your hands up. go weeee! >> reporter: andrea davis worked te the s she has five kids. >> how am i going to continue to provide for my children? i don't want them to go homeless or without food. >> reporter: as these workers tighten their belts, the ripple effect hits local merchants who lose business. the city loses tax dollars. lad families face tough questions. >> what do we do? we're just-- no money, no help, and no answers. >> reporter: and as the strike continues, the workers we spoke to say they're starting to look for new jobs, not because they tnt to, but because they have to. norah. >> o'donnell: dean, those are dewerful interviews about the impact this will have. tank you. and there is still much more ahead on tonight's "cbs evening "ws." fraud prompts a nationwide crackdown, and our original reporting gets results. investigators zero in on a possible cause in th