i'm jeff parness, and i just want to show the world that new yorkers will never forget what people didfollowing 9/11. every year on the 9/11 anniversary, we take volunteers from new york and send them to some part of the country where they had a disaster and help folks rebuild. >> you pull into town and the tallest thing there is a grain silo, it's a culture shock. >> rebuilding homes or barns or churches, it's our way of saying "thank you." now more than half our volunteers are not from new york. people from all the small towns that we've helped show up to help the next community. >> we're going to pitch in as much as we can. >> after katrina, we jumped on his bandwagon. it's contagious. >> it's like a big dysfunctiona contagious. >> it's a big dysfunctional family reunion of disaster survivors who get together and do a barn raising. >> banging nails and building something but it's relationships that help you heal. >> it's about using the 9/11 anniversary, celebrate that volunteer spirit. >> we'll see you all next year. >> people say thing you for doing this. want to thank me, show up

jeff parness was deeply moved by the outpouring of help his town received after the attack.ce 2004, he has been saying thank you by giving back to communities across the country. and that's the reason he is a cnn hero. >> september 11th was a very tough time for the fire department. there were some friends, guys i went to the academy with. the day afterwards, people came from everywhere to help out. it was incredible, you knew you weren't alone. that outpouring of kindness and generosity was more powerful than the terror that happened. that really changed me. i'm jeff parness, and i want to show the world that new yorkers will never forget what people did for us following 9/11. every year on the 9/11 anniversary, we take volunteers from new york and send them to some part of the country where they had a disaster and help folks rebuild. >> nice to meet you. >> the tallest thing there is the grain silo, it's a little culture shock. rebuilding homes or barns or churches, it's our way to say thank you. now more than half of our volunteers are not from new york. people from all t

i'm jeff parness and i just want to show the world that new yorkers will never forget what people didor us following 9/11. every year on the 9/11 anniversary we take volunteers from new york and send them to some part of the country where they had a disaster and help folks rebuild. >> there's a grain silo, a little culture shock. >> rebuilding homes or barns or churches is our way to say thank you. now more than half our volunteers are not from new york. people from all the small towns that we've helped, they keep showing up to help the next community. from louisiana, california, indiana and illinois. every year you see more t-shirts from more locations. >> after katrina we jumped on his bandwagon. this whole paying it forward thing is contagious. >> this big dysfunctional reunion of all these disaster survivors to do a barn raising. >> it's about using the 9/11 anniversary to celebrate in that volunteer spirit. >> we'll see you all next year. >> people say thank you for doing this and, you want to thank me? show up on the next one. >> jeff's group has also restored an american flag f

i'm jeff parness and i just want to show the world that new yorkers will never forget what people didon the 9/11 anniversary, we take volunteers from new york and send them to some part of the country where they had a disaster and help folks rebuild. >> nice to meet you. >> the tallest thing in the town is a grain silo, it's definitely a little bit of a culture shock. >> rebuilding homes or barns or churches is our way of saying thank you. now more than half our volunteers are not from new york. people from all the small towns that we've helped keep showing up to help the next community. they're from louisiana and california and indiana and illinois. every year he see more t-shirts from more locations. >> after katrina we jumped on his bandwagon. this paying it forward is could be teenage jus. >> like this can dysfunctional family reunion of disaster survivors. >> it's the relationships that help you heal. >> it's about using the 9/11 anniversary to celebrate the volunteer spirit. >> we'll see you all next year. >> people say thank you for doing this. i said you want to thank me? show

sot jeff parness new york says thank you foundation "nuestra esperanza es que no sea recordada simplementeel 11 de septiembre, pero lo que ocurrio al dia siguiente en el cual todos se unieron para reconstruir esta nacion" ...y en dias subsiguientes con actos de bondad de personas sencillas y comunes que ahora honramos con la oportunidad de dar una puntada a este grandioso simbolo. --en arizona el pasado mes de enero sin embargo la bandera nos hizo recordar los vulnerables que aun somos, cuando el simbolo nacional acompano el feretro de cristian green, una nina nacida el dia que las torres gemelas cayeron y que fue victima de otro acto de terror: el atentado contra la congresista gabrielle giffords, que dejo un saldo de seis muertos. --uno de los pedazos mas historicos de la bandera nacional del 9-11, es este parche con tiras de una bandera en la que descanso el cuerpo del presidente abraham lincoln. bridge ricardo villarini verona, nueva jersey "mas de 20 mil personas han tenido el honor de dar aunque sea una sola puntada en el tejido y restauracion de este importante simbolo, que no solo

that really changed me. >> i'm jeff parness.just want to show the world that new yorkers will never forget what people did for us following 9/11. every year on the 9/11 anniversary, we take volunteers from new york and head them to other parts of the country that had a disaster. >> we pull into the town and the tallest thing there is the grain silo. it is definitely a culture shock. >> this is our way of saying thank you. more than half of our volunteers are not from new york. people from all of the small towns, they keep showing up to help the next community. from louisiana, california and indiana and illinois. every year, you keep seeing more t-shirts from more locations. >> after katrina, we jumped on his band wagon. >> this is a big dysfunctional family reunion of the survivors who get together to do a barn raising. >> you are banging nails and building relationships to help you heal. >> it is using the anniversary to celebrate in the volunteer spirit. >> people say thank you for doing this. i say if you want to thank me, sh

i'm jeff parness.ant to show the world that new yorkers will never forget what people did for us following 9/11. every year on the 9/11 anniversary, we take volunteers from new york and send them to some part of the country where they had a disaster and help folks rebuild. it's definitely a real culture shock to work by a grain silo. homes or barns or churches, it's our way to say thank you. now more than half our volunteers are not from new york.

i'm jeff parness.orld that new yorkers will never forget what people did for us following 9/11. every year on the 9/11 anniversary, we take volunteers from new york and send them to some part of the country where they had a disaster and help folks rebuild. it's definitely a real culture shock to work by a grain silo. homes or barns or churches, it's our way to say thank you. now more than half our volunteers are not from new york. people are all the small towns we've helped, they keep showing up to help the next community. they're from louisiana, california, indiana, illinois. every year you keep seeing more t-shirts for more locations. after katrina we just jumped on his bandwagon.

i'm jeff parness and i just want to show new york will never forget what people did for us following year on the anniversary we take volunteers from new york to where they had a disaster and help them rebuild. >> how are you? >> it's definitely a culture shock. >> rebuilding homes or barns or churches. that's our way of saying thank you. now, more than half our volunteers are not from new york. people from all the small towns we help, they keep showing up to help the next community. they're from louisiana, california, indiana, illinois. every year you keep seeing more t-shirts from more locations. >> we're going to pitch in as we can. >> in katrina, we jumped on his bandwagon. it's contagious. >> like a big dysfunction family reunion of family disasters that get together and do a barn raising. >> it's building relationships that help you heal. >> it's about using the 9/11 anniversary to celebrate that volunteer spirit. >> we'll see you all next year. >> people say, thank you for doing this, and i say you want to thank me? show up on the next one. >>> to find out more about jeff's wor

jeff pare -- parness is founder. >> we the south tower collapsed the flag was shredded to pieces. >>ner our tattered flag is still there. now the official 9/11 flag stitched up across the nation using material from flags damaged in other disasters. >> we are part of american history. it is good. >> i think it is like a pleasure to be here. we are only a young age. usually older people would be doing this stuff. we are part of history at a young age. >> firefighter john wallace oversees the exhibit. >> the 343 guys that we lost is one of the reasons why i do this. just helping and never for getting about those guys. and their families and their kids. this is a wonderful thing to keep their memory alive, if you will, for me. and everybody else who helped us after 9/11, all the support that new york got. >> good job. great, thank you. >> they created a scenic piece of american history that was destroyed on the worst day in modern history and brought back to life. it is about connecting us all. ♪ my home sweet home ♪ >> americans came to know the world trade center as a collection of sky

par for the course, isn't it? >> yes, definitely. >> thanks so much, jeff. >>> next at 5:00, an education fit for a princess. why kate middleton is headed back to school. >>> also, here comes the halloween hype. costumes are already h the stores and why this one is causing some controversy. we're back in a moment. >>> we have some jobs to tell you about. toys "r" us is on a hiring binge. the toy retailer is adding more than 40,000 employees to its stores and distribution centers in the next few months. they plan to start filling these positions over the next few days and will continue hiring new employees through november. >>> hostilities are apparently escalating in the schwarzenegger/shriver divorce. this past weekend, the former governor was seen biking and wearing his t-shirt saying "i survived maria," but now it has been changed. on the bottom it says, "2007-2010," the years of his second term, and was a gag gift for maria's staff, but someone changed the year on the shirt to say 1997, the year the couple began dating. it's an intriguing preview of the memoir he's writing called "total recall." one hall