purdy was located at a refugee camp and was able to contact her family during a live broadcast. forward to returning but says life is a struggle there. >> still a struggle especially with the people still living in the evacuation centers. therapeutic to be with people who know what it was like and see that they have moved on or doing well hopefully. >> purdy will stay in japan for five weeks. she's donating money raised by her family to help the school students during this very difficult time. >> it's 5:53 now. time to check the morning commute with mike inouye. >> i'm still blown away by that connection over twitter, found that person. the south bay we're looking at a new incident. the sensors show the northbound commute and that's great but let me move the -- an accident on the south bound side. reports of one vehicle overturned. but just property damage from the initial report. we watch for this slowing, also around fairmont, starting about noon some road closures because of music in the park. we travel the peninsula where 101 and 280 are moving smoothly. we'll see low clouds

. >> reporter: cannon purdy will never look at the world the same way. >> i lost friends and witnessed a whole town be destroyed. >> reporter: this is what happened to the town where cannon taught english to japanese children, completely destroyed. >> not even close to finishing cleaning up. so, it's going to be long, long process. >> reporter: for three days after the earthquake and tsunami hit the 25-year-old's family in san jose didn't know whether or not she was dead or alive until cannon's sister saw nbc's ann curry in the region and sent her a tweet to look for her. >> are you cannon? >> reporter: moments later a reunion via satellite phone and days later a return home to california. >> i'm nervous to go back where the earthquakes are happening, they are still having aftershocks. >> reporter: she is now heading back to japan where the school she taught sat holding a graduation ceremony. it was canceled when the tsunami hit. >> it's still a struggle, especially with the people still living in the evacuation centers. >> reporter: cannon will try and help. her family raised $3,000,

bud purdy knew him. >> it was sad, he was a friend. >> reporter: hemingway took his life in his foyereporter: bud purdy was one of the last people to witness the depression that clouded his final years. >> he was very uncertain about everything. he wasn't, his mind wasn't working good. >> reporter: what happened to hemingway? it's a question we're still trying to sort out. fame kind of ate him in a way. >> reporter: hemingway was a journalist before he was a novelist, from an early age, practicing and refining his spartan style. >> when this first book came out "the sun also rises" it was if he invented a new language. >> american idiom in a plain spoken unadorned style. i think for many writers this opened the flood gates. >> reporter: hemingway moved to paris in the '20s, continuing a worldwide tour that would last for decades. he lived in florida, safaried in africa, reported on a spanish civil war and sailed the caribbean, many times crossing to cuba, all the while writing, and understanding that what he left out was more important than what he put in. >> he said the dignity of an

we're talking about cannon purdy.we first brought you her story in march when her family in san jose reached out to us and the "today" show's anne curry to help find her. she arrived in japan hours before the massive earthquake. eventually she was found safely. now nearly five months later, she is returning to help recovery efforts. >> i'm hoping to see everyone i didn't get to see the first time and make sure that everyone is doing all right. and sort of see every one in a more positive note. >> and she is very positive. we chatted with her last night. she will be in japan for five weeks. she'll be sending us video update that you'll see only on nbc bay area. >>> as our days get warmer in the summer, it is something you have to keep in mind. a horrible tragedy that you can prevent. last year, 49 children died nationwide because they were left alone in hot cars. scott budman has some ways to remember your most precious passenger. >> reporter: in one hour, the temperature inside the car jumped more than 30 degrees. if