looney was laid to rest beside his best friend, marine lieutenant travis mannion. the two became roommates at the naval academy class of 2004. they hit it off immediately and according to tom and janet mannn, were so close, they were like brothers. >> they talked the same way. they cared about the country in the same way. they wanted to serve. >> they wand to be involved. they wanted to be in the mix. >> reporter: but after graduation, the wars in iraq and afghanistan pulled them apart seemingly forever. as a reerngs travis was sent off to iraq where he was tragically cut down b a sniper three years ago. at memorial service for travis, brendon was clearly devastated by the loss. >> he was a great friend. and i'll never forget him. >> reporter: travis was buried near his home just outside of philadelphia. but when brendon looney was killed last month, theannions learned for the first time that he wanted to be buried side by side by travis. in a tough but selfless decision, the mannions had their son's remains sinterred in pennsylvania and reburred in arlington, next

lieutenant brendan loony will be buried next to travis mannion. loony died in a helicopter last week and mannion was killed in iraq in 2007. there is also a traffic alert this morning for drivers who take telegraph road. beginning this morning through thursday expect construction between 9:30 and 3:30. the northbound ramp will be close and left lane both north and south on telegraph from huntington to duke. you should try to find alternate routes and expect delays. it is about 6:08 and 51 degrees. still ahead this monday, this is going to make your monday a little better. donovan mcnabb goes home and gives redskin fans a reason to celebrate. >> verizon customers are in for a pay day. >> october is off to a rainy start. how long the storms will stick around and we will let you know how long the storms will stick around and we will let you know when we check traff more bold flavor!onds! more variety! more value! more of what you want... not what you don't. blue diamond almonds. (play-by-play announcer) it's up and it is... good! more than a snack. >

in the august fronts explode about two thousand room of back to their home countries over mannion and the area they returned mostly to poverty a chance of employment the decision by the french president was controversial and led to protests across europe it brought the so-called room issue to the international spotlight an estimated ten million members of the roma community in europe like access to healthcare education employment and housing according to a unesco report half of the room with children failed to complete prime rib you cation extra costs of schooling are a huge problem for many families sometimes do not have warm clothes and prefer to have thank you home in cold weather for example in bulgaria which is home to one of the largest roma communities in europe twenty percent the crewmen children never go to school. in many countries such kids even if sent to school and up in classes specially created for children with mental disability assent we gave only contributes to the exclusion of the roma the unesco report the true sponsibility on governments and calls on them to think

. >> mannion was buried at the family plot in west conshohocken. but his family later learned of his desire to be laid to rest at arlington national cemetery. a wish the family plans to fulfill someday. tough decision to make. but we think this is the right thing. this is where he wanted to be. >> reporter: so when word came that loony would be buried at arlington. the mannings made the extraordinary decision to move their son's remains so the two best friends would be buried next to each other forever. >> he wanted to be with his brothers. and now he's with one of his closest brothers in brendan together, side by side. >> and loony was from owings, maryland. >>> a texas water department employee is being called a hero after her quick thinking saves a customer's life. she was complaining about a toilet. and during the conversation, the customer sounded disoriented and had trouble remembering details. the worker sent an ambulance to her home and the woman had suffered a stroke. the woman said she was being careful. >> i always said, i'd rather ask f