[applause] >> greet the people of kansas city, missouri and kansas city, kansas. we had a great convention. he location was perfect. we were praised for the way we an the convention. people in kansas city volunteered and helped us and did a lot of work. i'll never forget my time in kansas city. i remember waiting by the phone to see if president ford was going to call me because bob clarke of abc called me and said you're going to be the nominee for vice president. and bob and i were good friends. john conley was right down the hall. it was a line is great place for a convention. i think everyone agreed. ,egardless of party or whatever we did have a good convention. people came and spoke their minds. we had a full house every night. the t say enough about ood people of kansas city. >> let's start with the story to have memories you have of kansas, the convention. > well, i had been very much immersed in policy issues for a number of years but not politics. i had not been involved at all in political matters. next thing i knew, sam donaldson had his microphone in m

national convention in kansas city, missouri. and ronalderald ford reagan ran a close race for the nomination, and neither had a majority of delegates when the convention began. in this discussion, the panelists remember the role played by republican senator bob dole, who was the temporary convention chairman and was selected by president ford to be his running mate. the kansas city public library hosted this 90 minute event. >> my thanks to bill lacy and audrey coleman and the whole institute for putting this on and creating this exhibit and helping us to put on this panel. and also to senator dole and mrs. dole. senator dell famously said one president ford picked him and they did the press conference right after they picked him, he said, dole is a four letter word you can say in public. today are jerry fogel, who is chairman of the jackson county republican party, the boy wonder chair of the jackson county republican party of 1976 and part of the host committee for the convention. besides being chair of the republican party in

it was called the kansas city miracle, and the kansas city spirit. on the other hand, we did nominate william jennings bryan, and he was massacred by william mckinley and teddy roosevelt in the 1900 general election. and then in 1928, we hosted another convention, a republican convention, that nominated herbert hoover. now, he was pretty successful in the general election, he won in a landslide, in fact. but the next four years were terribly not successful, the great depression. in 1976, there were humorous comments, mostly by democrats, about the previous republican convention in kansas city and the nomination of president ford was hoped by the ford folks. so kansas city has a background in this. i also want to mention one other fact before i go to the panel about kansas city's background. as audrey mentioned, the convention held is in kemper arena. that might seem there is a coincidence with my name. in fact kemper arena was funded , in part by a gift from my father out of my great-grandfather's charitable trust in order to save the american royal.

officials at a kansas city, kansas, water park are trying to figure out why a 10-year-old boy was killed attraction, a giant waterslide. that is 17 stories high, the world's largest and features a 168-foot plunge at 65 miles an hour. caleb schwab was the son of a kansas state lawmaker. >>> and donald trump gives a speech in detroit today outlining his economic plans. its reported they include a proposal to allow parents to deduct child care costs from income tax. a new "the washington post"/abc news poll finds trump trailing hillary clinton by eight points nationally. clinton up by 12 points in the battleground state of virginia. >>> beaches are a big part of rio de janeiro's beauty, but lurking under the water is a dirty secret. jamie yuccas reports from rio. >> reporter: a waterfall of trash and sewage flows from the top of rio de janeiro's largest mountain. the federal government promised improvements would be made after winning the olympic bid in 2009 but resi s ever been done to treat the water. >> translator: it is equivalent of a father going through a difficult financial situatio

the water slide at the water park in kansas city, kansas is the tallest in the world. it will drops them 100 feet at 65 miles an hour. they are telling local media outlets the harness wasn't working before the tragedy. on sunday at the park 10-year-old caleb swab the son of kansas state representative scott swab was riding when something went horribly wrong. michelle and i want to thank kansas city kansas community and all of our friends and family for the outpouring of support and compassion as relates to the sudden loss of life for our son caleb. thomas swab. your continued prayers are welcome and appreciated. >> we are saddened to share a young boy died this afternoon. >> the parks closed while officials investigate this afternoon. they are not giving details as to what may have gone wrong. >> to be honest, this is not something we have experienced. safety of our guests is a priority. in addition to the safety of what happened on the ride others are affected. our prayers and condolences to the schwab family. >> investigation will begin on that one. >> we have anothe

kansas city is 318 square miles. i give you this information because we are going to talk about costs, then we have to talk about costs in the context of a city budget. at 318 square miles, and if you want a little bit of an understanding as to what that means, san francisco would fit into kansas city eight times. it has a population of 470,000 which is the density of about 1460 people per square mile. when you do that which you would need to be thinking is every person is a dollar of taxes, or every person is a dollar for infrastructure. now compare that with san francisco which is a much smaller city, about 40 square miles. has a density of 17,000 per square mile and 820,000 people. or new york city, 27,000 per square mile. or manhattan, 22 square miles, 69,000 people per square mile. when you look at that and you understand the connection between density population, dollars for taxes, et cetera, without of course factoring in the various levels of tax schemes, whether it's more property tax relief or in the -- tax

a water slide tragedy in kansas is causing concerns about safety. we look at the regulations of local water parks... to keep riders safe. and. the f-a-a needs to fill thousands of job positions... as they hit an all-time low. how much time left you have to apply... your fox5 weather 24/7 forecast is creamy swirls of pure indulgence. silky sifts of total transcendence. tempting accents of sheer pleasure. this should be the name. or something more like "golden gold." or maybe, "mmmmmm mmhmm." but, with 20% of your daily fiber, its actually fiber one. we have some breaking news. shots fired during a peaceful protest in ferguson, missouri. this comes on the second anniversary of michael brown's death... who was shot and killed by a police officer. we want to warn you -- some may find this video distburing. "nats of gunfire, screaming" witnesses told the "associated press" that a car sped through protesters blocking a street. the car hit a young man... witnesses say he flew into the air and his shoes were knocked off. gunfire broke out as the car drove o

it happened at schlitterbahn waterpark in kansas city, kansas. caleb schwab was the son of a kansas state representative. kansas state police are investigating the accident. the park has released no information on how the boy died. "we honestly don't knowwhets happened. thats why an investigation, a full investigation is necessary. we have to understand what's the water slide opened two years ago. the difference between dissapointment and olympic glory, can be one one-hundreth of a second..tonight -- our special olympic coverage continues.. steve chamraz is in the olympic zone -- with what's coming up at 6:30. thanks george and carole. nathan adrian felt that dissapointment in the london games.. so to make himself swim faster in the pool, he's relying on a cool new techenology.. we'll show you how it olympic zone -- at 6:30. scott steele tells us when we can expect rain at the wisconsin state fair. and john malan will show us how people are enjoying their time on the fairgrounds. john joins us live when we come back. feingold: i'm russ feingold a

wonderful kansas city weather out there. i was worried about you people with snow and now i got to be worried about you with torrential downpours. it's so good to be back. it's always an awful lot of fun to come back from cazenovia college in upstate new york, where the snow comes and comes and comes and comes and comes. but it's wonderful to come from here to here, i have to tell you, i've said this to you before, and i mean it every time. this is one of the best venues to speak at in the entire country. i speak -- absolutely. the truman forum room has this wonderful ability to be scholarly and intimate at the same time. the audiences are among the best educated and usually the best behaved of the audiences that i speak at, and coming here to the truman forum, is something that i look forward to every single year. we started talking about this talk, henry and i, oh, about six or seven months ago. and for anybody in the p.r. business, you know that when you get invited someplace, they immediately want a blurb about what you'

sof a it hoped in 2014, how many times did the kansas department of labor inspect the ride? well, zero. according to the topeka capital journal which filed an open records request this week. >> i believe that some of the horrific accidents that continue to occur could be avoided if there was more regulation. >> reporter: the last time that markey introduced the bill, the iaapa president released a statement saying that it opposed it and the industry is already safe and regulated, but the family of caleb schwab might s disagree. jake tapper, cnn. >> in a statement, the water park said that safety is the top priority at schlitterbahn, and all of the rides are inspected daily before opening. the park passed a safety inspection by a insurance company it hired. and we heard from the pennsylvania park where the 3-year-old was with hurt, and said that nothing has happened in the ride's 78-year history, and the roller coaster is inspected daily before opening. thank you so much for being with me today. i'm fred e rica whitfield and so much more ahead, and time now n for vital signs

city, kansas.nd accident in just ten days. the concern now, there's no set regulation for safety regulations in the parks. there are more than 400 a movement park information the united states with more than 330 million visitors per year. no federal agency is responsible four oversight. it's up to the states to regulate but some are more than others. the trade group that represents amovement parks tells cnn serious incidents are extremely rare. the most recent data from 2014 shows of the millions of people who visited amusement parks in the united states, there were more than 1100 reported injuries. but that number does not account for water parks, traveling fairs and carnivals, alison, ryan. >>> the zika virus has killed a newborn baby girl in houston. this is the first fatality in texas that's linked to the virus. officials are saying the girl's mother travelled to latin america during her pregnancy. texas governor greg abbott now asking president obama for zika funding. and in florida, four more

the park is led to a good safety program and they say they fought kansas city. they are in the fund business where in the safety business. at waterworld, it's 50 at jackson's that mean fun. but that amusement comes from discipline. before the park opens, before most people are even awake in the morning, we're out there testing the rights. the serious safety program is intended to prevent what happened about at the kansas city water park ten -year-old caleb schwab died while writing the world largest hollow slide which in german means insane. somehow during the 17 story high drop and supposedly strapped into a injured. we don't have any objections were you have to be strapped in. waterworld spokesperson also says their tireless pride is sick stories the flat line is about a third of the height of the deadly waterslide in kansas city. >> i was nervous, i was kind to scare. bishoff family brother to kids here today with the accident in the back of their mind. >> you hope they do they safety jobs, you hope that they check everything. there are certain rides i don't

. >> laura: a popular water park in kansas city, kansas remains closed this morning as investigators try to piece together what led to a tragic accident on the park's main attraction. brian webb has the latest. >> reporter: a day after the tragic death of caleb schwab at kansas city's scrlitterbahn water park, they have yet to determine what had. underway. the focus is on the family. >> reporter: the 10-year-old was killed on the verruckt water slide. the slide features a 168-feet plunge at 65 miles per hour. 264 stairs lead to the top. >> our lifeguards are critical, and it would be very difficult for them to focus after something like this. so for that reason we felt it was wise to close >> reporter: caleb, the son of kansas state lawmaker scott schwab was at the park with his family at the time. in a statement the family thanked the community for their support adding, quote, since the day he was born, he brought abundant joy to our family and all those he came in contact with. the verrukt, which means insane in german opened in 2014 following multiple delays. as the entire park ar

but no other communities in kansas. ofle there were supporters segregation and saw the us in having to go to separate schools, the african-american community also was very proud of this rules. these are excellent facilities. the teachers who were teaching in the classroom all had bachelor's degrees if not masters degrees. these were some of the only professional job for american women in the city of topeka or it that will be lost once schools are integrated. so our support for the idea of integration there is also some buses from the teachers desk assistant on the teachers and aa cpcal chapter of the who fear the loss of these institutions and jobs. naacp and fear the loss of these institution and jobs. tension about full access to neighborhood schools, where these african-american children live and what would happen to these teachers in these institutions. was designed to tell the broader story of the struggle for civil rights in american history and the roots of that go back to the origins of labor in the united state

a ride on the world's tallest water slide turned deadly in kansas city over the weekend. the victim... a 10- year-old boy - who we are now learning - died from a neck injury. and now as reid binion reports - the park is closed - pending a state (winter prosapio / schlitterbahn corporate director of communications) "we are saddened to share that a young boy died on verruckt this afternoon." a state lawmaker's son died tragically sunday... ...while riding the world's tallest water slide in kansas. caleb thomas schwab was just 10 years old. he was killed while riding the 'verrrckt' - a towering, 17-story water slide at schlitterbahn water park in kansas city. verrrckt - which translates to "insane" in german - propels riders down a steep incline -- from a platform higher than niagara falls. reaching speeds of 50 miles an hour, it then sends t up and down a second incline. caleb's father - state legislator scott schwab and his wife, michele, released a statement sunday that read in part... "since the day he was born, he brought abundant joy to our family and all those who he

that young boy is kansas lawmaker scott schwab's son caleb. witnesses describe the boy going down the steep 168 foot drop of the world's tallest water slide sunday with the safety net. (s/ jessica lundquist / park visitor :23-:29)"extremely horrible. i have two 12 year olds with me today and still very emotional." schlitterbahn closed the park, and blocked access to the slide. park guest jessica lundquist says families were scrambling to find out what happened." (s/ jessica lundquist / park visitor :37-:43)"i just saw everyone's faces as they waited to see if it was their loved ones that were affected." a spokesperson says it is the first death on the slide. (s/ winter prosapio / schlitterbahn :47-:54)"we honestly don't knowwhets happened. thats why an investigation, a full investigation is necessary. happened." several guests told 41 action news the straps on the slide's rafts were not working properly. (s/ jessica lundquist / park guest 1:01-1:09)"a lady in front of me said that multiple times she rode the ride today, the verruckt, and that

the incident happening sunday at the schlitterbahn waterpark in kansas city, kansas. prosapio says: "we honestly don't know what's happened. that's why an investigation, a full investigation, is necessary. we have to understd what's happened." the family of ten- year-old caleb schwab is now mourning his loss. he's the son of a kansas state representative. park goers are shocked by the news. lundquist says: "i hope they take the proper precautions to protect kids from now on." the waterslide -- the verruckt -- is german for crazy... and drops riders almost 170 feet at 65 miles per hour. the water slide was removed from the park's website after the accident... but then added it back on shortly after. the ride has an age limit of 14 years old prosapio says: "to be honest, this is something we have not experienced. safety of our guests is a priority. so in addition to the safety, what happened on the ride, the staff is affected. the waterpark is now closed... as an investigation is underway, prosapio says: "our lifeguards are critical and it would be very difficult for th

welcome to the kansas city public library. i'm henry fortunado, former director of public affairs, or perhaps beflitting my new part-time status as a visiting fellow at the hall center for the humanities at the university of kansas, maybe i should say director of public affairs emeritus. whatever you want to call me, i'm off the payroll here, but i can't stay away from this place, i'm afraid. i'm kind of addicted to it. as one of my former colleagues said just an hour ago, i can't go cold turkey. especially tonight when -- when for the fourth time in four years we're hosting presidential historian extraordinaire paul robert greene at cass novoa college in cass novoa, new york, where he's taught for the past 36 years. he also serves as the college archivist. as i just suggested since 2012 bob greene has been making annual appearances at the kansas city public library. in 2012 he spoke on president george h.w. bush. in 2013 he was back for a talk about first lady betty ford, and last year, almost to the day of the 40th anniversa

kathy queen joins us live from kansas city, kansas with the latest on this, good morning. >> reporterorning. just to give you human side of it, caleb swab was here at the park with his mother, father, brothers. his father is kansas state representative scott swab, elected officials day. it should have been a family fulfilled day that turned tragic for this family when he was ride ago this water slide. it it was, my gosh, opened in 2014. it had several delays before it opened back then because there were some safety concerns. now, the tamly wants the boy to be remembered as someone who loved sports, he loved his church, he loved being involved with his church and family was too upset to talk. they did talk through a spokesperson and they wanted people to respect their privacy during this very sad, sad time but they wanted everybody to know that they did appreciate all of the support from the community. as far as the park, we did talk to a spokesperson for the park. they say that the beginning of every season, that not only that ride but the entire park is inspect by a independent team,

>> alex perez in kansas. alex, thanks. >>> now, to major developments in the race for the white house tonight. a group of 50 republicans signing a letter this evening saying donald trump, in their words, would be, quote, the most reckless president in american history. it comes just as trump tries to out tonight. showing hillary clinton at 46%, trump at 34%. she has a 12-point lead. tonight, trump's new tax plan, and how he handles protesters in the crowd. is it a sign, a new sign of discipline? and tonight, an apparent break within the bush family. who is now signaling support for trump? abc's tom llamas, on the campaign trail. >> reporter: in a rare moment today, donald trump, who never backs down from a fight, let protesters interrupt him at >> i will say, the bernie sanders people had far more energy and spirit. i will say that. >> reporter: trump once encouraged his supporters to take on people disrupting his rallies. >> knock the crap out them. all right, you can get them out. i'd like to punch them in

city, kansas. the slide is the tallest in the world. going down the slide, you can reef speeds of nearly 70 miles an hour. 10-year-old caleb schwab was there with his parents and three brothers. his father is a state representative. and tonight, what one witness, a nurse who was right there, now says he witnessed. abc's alex perez is in kansas city. >> reporter: tonight, an eyewitness giving the first accounts of the horrific accident that kill 1 >> basically, i'd heard a couple loud booms, just sounded like something hit the slide, like, boom, boom. i looked at my cousin who was standing next to me, and i said, i think that's a body, outside of the raft. >> reporter: steve castaneda was in the schlitterbahn water park in kansas city sunday afternoon. he says schwab was riding in the front of the raft with two women in seats behind him when the boy fell out. castaneda, a registered nurse, hand on the slide, the lifeguard said, there's nothing you can do. >> reporter: earlier in the day, castaneda r

, kansas. it happened on a water slide whose name is german for "insane." omar villafranca is in kansas city. >> reporter: excitement turned to horror sunday afternoon when ten-year-old caleb schwab was killed while riding down the 17- story water slide on a raft. two other passengers were also injured. winter prosapio is the water park spokesperson. inspected every day, and all rides are inspected by an outside party. >> reporter: caleb was the son of kansas state representative scott schwab, enjoying the park on a day honoring state lawmakers. the family released a statement saying, "caleb brought abundant joy to our family and all those who he came into contact with." >> it is taller than niagara falls. >> reporter: verruckt is dubbed the tallest water slide in the the attraction opened in 2014, after several delays. adjustments had to be made to the second hill when test runs show the raft launching off the slide. in this promotional video released by schlitterbahn, three riders strap into

jill mcgill from kansas city. great if someone from the same city on the other side of the street. mayor james was elected to his position in 2011. is focused in his passion for the work that does have to do with education, employment, efficiency and enforcement. and i had a very interesting conversation with him when i was in kansas city result for a workshop on police committed collaboration where he presented. he was very passionate about this work. following sly is going to be a ron bowman. he rose up through the ranks and his deputy city manager in arlington, texas, and director of public safety. he is involved in several projects here at sine and he is a valued and respected colleague. he brings a wonderful perspective of city management from his experience as a police officer andy police chief. then we have my new friend, leonard matarese, director of research for project is open at the center for public safety your the thing i like most about him is that when i was an undergraduate at rutgers in new york i

journal, the state of kansas inspekded rides at the park but not since 2012. -- -- inspected. a daily inspections but details have not been released. here there are inspections done by lifeguards every morning also so sounds like there's a good protocol in place. >>> let's get to dave aguilera right now. >>> 64 degrees in downtown denver this morning. a couple early morning weather watchers checking in and it's cooler down south at 56. frank was on vacation for a there's rain there but looking for more. here's the futurecast. sunny skies early and clouds by the noon hour. this afternoon isolated thunderstorms much like the last several days and it will be another hot one today. 94 in fort collins and 91 in boulder and denver will be 90 degrees. there's a cool down coming. right now it's traffic time and joel is keeping an eye on that. >>> good morning, a couple trouble spots out there. side street issues and look at i-76 and i-270 this morning. you can see the volume we have on the roadways picking up as we head in the eastbound direction especially coming up in a bit. here's

the kansas secretary of state wants that decision overturned. the colorado built goes spacecraft was flown to kennedy space center in florida on monday. this is a huge milestone for the local lockheed martin group that built the satellite. if you ever wondered how they move a satellite across the country - this is how. the team loaded it into an air force c-5 cargo plane. it's the biggest cargo plane they have - even a semi can fit in there as force base monday morning and arrived in cape canaveral monday afternoon. 9news reporter colleen ferreira is live just outside lockheed martin - colleen this satellite will launch into space in november. a loophole is letting builders where some say they shouldn't be... what denver is doing to keep some areas more residential and less big box. and - getting extra crispy in the sun. the marketing ploy weird. wants another chance to lead the country. former president nicolas sarkozy says he plans to run again in 20-17. sarkozy lost to current president francois hollande in 20-12 after serving one term. very

caleb, the son of a kansas state lawmaker, scott schwab, was at the park with his family at the time. in a statement - the family thanked the community for their support -- adding quote -- "since the day he was born, he brought abundant joy to our family and all those he came in contact with." brian webb for cbs news. website -- verruckt riders have to be at least 54 inches tall. people riding in the three-person raft cannot exceed 550 pounds. chicago protestors ?angry about the police department's handling of the latest ?police shooting caught on tape?... vow to march through the streets this week. @23 nats: we gather to call for justice for paul o'neal and others othersmore than a hundred people spent the weekend holding a ?sit-in and rally? at millennium park. this is the video they're angry about. chicago police released ?body cam video? last week showing police response as a black teen "paul o'neal" ran from officers. none of the cameras recorded the fatal shot. the chicago police superentendant has said the department is looking at how it might ?retrain officers? in the wake of

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just down on i-70 in abilene, kansas. this year, which happens to be the 125 anniversary years of eisenhower's birth, we launched the boyhood home to examine the eisenhower era. tonight which marks the midpoint of that series out there on the corridor if you want to see the other two. bob greene and the library's good friend and someone who has became my good friend is baa k. he's back to give us a review of the 1952 presidential election of eisenhower against the democratic, adlai stevenson. this talk had been in the making for more than 35 years. bob wrote his dissertation about it shortly published there after his first book. the first of 17 that he has written or edited. a seriously revised version of that first book, the dissertation on the 1952 campaign is now forthcoming. it won't be available tonight. unfortunately. but, you will be able to order it on amazon soon enough. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome, bob greene. [ applause ] >> you are not going to be able to quit this place, never in a million years. >>

las vegas in kansas... the death of a child on a water slide has many looking at the safety of the rides. i'm john huck. i'm christine maddela. a ten-year-old boy was killed on the world's tallest water slide over the weekend. police say the victim -- caleb schwab -- died from a neck injury. officers found the boy's body in the pool at the end of the 168- foot tall "verruckt".

omar villafranco is in kansas city. e sunday afternoon when killed riding this 17 story water slide on araft. o other passengers were injured. winter persapio i theater pa spokesperson. >> all our rides are inspeed every day. actually. our ride are inspected by an outside party. >> cale the sonf kansas state representative scott swab, enjoying the park on a day honong state lawmakers. saying caleb brought abundant joy to our family and although he came into contact with. >> tallerhan niagara falls. >> it is dubbed the tallest water slide in the world. the attractn opene in 2014 after several delays. adjustments had to be made to ow the raft launching off the slide. in this promotional video released by the company, three drop down more than 168 feet miles per hour. passengers are thrust up and over another 50 foot drop. to ride, each passenger must be at least 4'6." the combined weight of three riders must be 400 pounds. this girl took the plunge with friend on the watt r slide an hour before the deadly accident. the 18

city, kansas. he died of a neck injury ri related to him. they had minor facial injuries. a number of riders said there were problems with the harnesses on the ride that day. the park spokeswoman says she has not heard about that issue. >> we honestly don't know what happened. there is a full investigation necessary. >> he was the son of a kansas it is unclear if he met the height requirement or the weight limit for the group. >>> a passenger falls from a ferris wheel. they are pictures from social media. the kids fell 35 to 45 feet. they were alert. police do not know why the accident happened. the rest of the rides were op >>> aa person playing pokemon go was shot and killed. calvin was shot in the back. the shooter ran off not taking anything. >> we don't have any cameras in the park here. had it been on the city street a few blocks up, maybe a different story. a picture or got video to lead them to the shooter. >>> in san diego this police chase ended peacefully but could have been internationa

city, kansas. sot - presser the boy's family with him at the schlitterbahn water park at the time of the accident ... the park immediately closing down. investigators rushing to the scene - now working to figure out what went wrong on this giant waterslide - the verruct. its billed as the world's tallest water slide ? reaching higher than the statue of liberty . this file video showing the riders reaching speeds of up to 45 miles per hour. its name - verruct - means crazy or insane in german. the ride so risky ? once every rider climbs the 264 steps to the top - they hear this: nats - employee reading waiver a two-page safety warning. a-b-c news getting special access when the ride opened in 2014 ? even getting a look at the testing. sand bags strapped into floats go flying off the slide. originally the verruct - capable of launching riders up acceleration. so fast engineers had to slow it down. the slide's opening ? delayed time and time again. tonight - park officials confirming to a-b-c news ? t

city, kansas. the slide is the tallest in the world, taller than the empire state building. going down the slide, you can reach speeds of nearly 70 miles an hour. 10-year-old caleb schwab was there with his parents and three brothers. his father is a state representative. and tonight, what one witness, a nurse who was right there, now abc's alex perez is in kansas city. >> reporter: tonight, an eyewitness giving the first accounts of the horrific accident that killed 10-year-old caleb scab. >> basically, i heard a couple loud booms, just soued le sothing hit the slide like, boom, boom, and looked at my cousin standing next to me, i said, i think that's a body. outside of the raft. reporter: steve was in the water park in kansas city sunday afternoon, he says schwab was behind him when the boy fell out. he raced over to help. >> as i get closer and i put my hand on the slide, the lifeguard said, there's nothing you can do. >> reporter: earlier in the day, he rode that waterslide with his cousin. she