there are questions about the cleanup of radiation at the former navy ship-year-old. is it safe? vic vicky nguyen has the story. >> and to perform radiation experiments on animals. we have uncovered new e-mails from state regulators in an unprecedented move, the state health department reversed its decision to release 22 old buildings at hunters point. at first the state thought it had been tested and decline up, but new data says -- the state can't be sure that land is safe. we told you about tetratech with the $300 million contract to clean up radiation, whistle-blowers told us the company cut corners on safety in favor of profits. we also exposed an internal report where tetratech admitted it turned in fake soil samples as clean. the company had no comment. the navy says there's no rad logical contamination in the buildings that pose an unacceptable risk. our entire report is online right now at nbcbayarea.com until the "investigations" tab. post a comment, let us know -- do you trust the cleanup at hunters point? back to you >>> if you have a tip for the investigative unit, g

. >> at home in myanmar with her eight-year-old brother looking for piece and a life without persecution. they spend months at sea and navy ships have towed them away. after the 16-year-old was rescued by fishermen the first thing she tried to dos with find her brother. he ended up on a different boat after smugglers had found them. the picture taken in another refugee camp turned out to be of her brother. >> i was so i want and devastated when i could not find him. my family and i assumed he was'd and we even held funeral rituals for him. i could not find anythingful can you please help me find my brother? >> her mother was killed when the house was burned down in myanmar, the father had fled the violence and is now in china. exhausted and dehydrated, she's in the province with 800 asylum seekers and mig rants. >> they have destroyed our house, and we could not move around freely anymore. many girls any age were being raped and that's why i decided to leave. >> her brother arrived five days after his sister. he's in a shelter 20 minutes down the road. we got permission from the local authorities to bring the two together. he a

she left her hometown in myanmar with her 18-year-old brother looking for peace and life without persecution a month at sea when they were left and navy shipsed them away and the 16-year-old was rescued by fishermen the first thing she tried to do was find her brother. he ended up on a different boat after smugglers separated them and a photo taken by al jazeera crew brought hope, the picture taken in another refugee camp turned out to be of her brother. >> translator: i was devastated when i could not find him, my family and i assumed he was dead and held funeral for him and i cannot eat anything can you please help me find my brother. >> reporter: mother was killed when her house was burned down in myanmar and the father fled the violence and exhausted and dehydrated they arrive in province with more than 800 bangladesh migrants. >> they destroyed our house and could not move around freely and many girls may age were being raped, that is why i decided to leave. >> reporter: her brother arrived here five days after his sister and is in a temporary sister five minutes down the road and we got permission to bring the two together and also fe

year-old brother looking for peace and a life without persecution. they spent a month at sea after people strugglers left them and navy ships had toed them away. after the 15-year-old was rescued, the first thing she tried to do was to find her brother. he ended up on a different boat after smugglers separated them. a photo taken by al jazeera crew brought hope, the picture taken in another refugee camp turned out to be of her brother. >> i was jump set and devastate when i could not find him. my family and i assumed he was dead and even held funeral rituals for him. i cannot eat anything. can you please help me find my brother. >> her mother was killed when their house was burned down in myanmar. her father had fled the violence and now is in china. tired and dehydrated, she arrived with more than 800 rohingya asylum seekers and bangladesh mike grants. >> the buddhists had destroyed our house. we could not move around freely anymore. many girls my able were being raped. that's why i decided to leave. >> her brother arrived five days after his sister. he is in a shelter 20 minutes down the road. we got permission from the local authorities to b

year-old navy lieutenant, john f. kennedy. >> so, this is where kennedy, lieutenant junior grade, controlled the ship from? >> correct. jamie: right here, you could barely see over, and they operated in the dark of night. >> yes. jamie: 4 feel the away is where harold was operateing that turret this puts it in perspective. >> idea was to go out attack the destroyers and sink them. jamie: no radar? >> the 109 had no radar. >> on one such night august 1, 1943, out of darkness. a japanese destroyer traveling at 40 knots. 19-year-old harold marney is stationed in that gun turret. >> he gave the alarm, ship at 2:00. >> reporter: 2:00. jamie: the ship slices right through pt109. >> right here this wing tank, actually exploded. jamie: hard to imagine anyone could have survived. >> things happened so fast, he probably got sucked into the weight of the ship. jamie: harold and a second sailor andrew did not have a chance, the surviving sailors swam to a small string of islands and take refuge until they are rescued 6 days later, lute kennedy writes to harl's mother, jennie marney. >> this letter to offer my deepest sympathy for

because first funeral of the eight killed today will be up there and that is for that 20 year-old navy mid ship men justin zemser and we saw his mother on television, first confirmed fatality in this crash. wow, that is a tough day. you can bet a lot of people will go around this coming from annapolis to go to attend that. also yesterday the first lawsuit, of those hurt, already filed, coincidently somebody from philadelphia, bruce phillips, who lives in philadelphia. he is an amtrak dispatcher and works in new york city and he was riding as a passenger in the back. brain trauma, concussion and spinal injuries. we expect lawsuits but didn't expect to hear about one before they had the train back operating, but his lawyer didn't wait, he got first in line. >> that is for sure. >> all right steve, thank you. steve mentioned, the young man 20 years old mid ship man his funeral is today. karen hepp put together this story on some of the other victims. >> reporter: forty-seven year old lauren filla more a real estate powerhouse and profoundly missed. it is front page news, the the 41 year-old was he

belong to go 90 year-old caesar fussco is treasure trove of world war two navy history and his personal war history. >> i was a gunner mate, above the the tower see if there was enemy ships around. >> reporter: his many decade let him see perspective just as clearly as he saw the ships. >> you look at this youe where i am, and where is that guy here too. >> reporter: his memory long ago but still vivid. he a had four medals and uniforms he can still wear and striking resemblance to the 19 year-old caesar fussco who served two years. now at the retirement home where he lives, he has a few new world war two memories and buddies in the chairs near him like 89 year-old private robert mccann. through the whole world you never meet one another. >> it might have been better when we raised hell in earlier stages of our life. >> reporter: this stage brings great grandchildren and commendation from his congressmen and the rest of us. >> we're happy that we did our best. >> reporter: greatest generation. >> i know. >> reporter: in the company of a hero, carol erickson, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> greatest generation, no doubt about that. >> our thanks to them. >> indeed. >> still

that stuff belonging to 90 year old ceasar fuss co-is treasure drove of world war ii navy history and his personal war history. >> i was a gunner's mate. see if there were any ships> many decades now let him see perspective just as clearly as he saw the ships you. >> look at this and you say look, here i am, and where is that guy that was here, too? >> his memories but still vivid. came with war metals, uniforms co-still wear, and striking resemblance to the handsome 19 year old ceasar fusco who served two years now at the retirement home where he lives, he has few new world war ii memories, and buddies in the chairs near him. like 89 year old private robert mccann. >> you never met one another you come here and you meet. >> might have been better if we raised hell earlier stages of our life. >> but this stage bridges kisses from great grandchildren, and commondations of appreciation from congressmen and the rest of us. we're happy that we did our best. >> greatest generation. >> i know. thank you. >> a terrific group of guys. >> oh, that had to really get you. >> oh, it was like -- yes. >> oh, wow that just got me choke up. i can't imagine being there. amazing t

navy. everybody downstairs felt the ship -- when the gun exploded, the ship jerked. so all the handsome young officers that were surrounding my grandmother, who was 23 years old at the time but very beautiful, my grandfather, he had been trying to get to her and talk to her and he couldn't because of all the handsome young naval officers around. but when explosion occurred and the ship shook, they all rushed to go upstairs to do what they had to do, whatever they're trained to do and left her standing there. well, she -- she knew her father was up there so she fell in behind them, my grandfather fell in behind her, going up the steps to the deck, a sailor came running back calling out, "don't let ms. gardiner farther, her father is dead." when she heard that, my grandmother fainted right back into the arms of the president. he caught her tenderly and gently. so the ship did go and dock and when it docked, he picked her up and carried her down the gangplank. as she was going down the gangplank, she came to. later, she wrote her mother , saying that the first thing she remembered was going down the gangplank in the arms of the president and she struggled and her head