that's where sandy mar sell comes in. custom-fitted k-9 vests cost $950. e for most police departments. so sandy a life-long animal lover started vested southwest in k-9s working tirelessly from home to raise the money. >> the dog goes in first. he's a first responder and deserves to have a vest. >> reporter: we met sandy at this massachusetts sheriffs office where six k-9s train every day, jumping hurdles, running through tunnels wearing those vests. sandy started 13 years ago and donations have poured in big and smachl recently allison henry donated her birthday money, enough to vest her local k-9 officer named riker some far, no k-9 has been turned away. in fact 450 dogs have gotten the body armor in 37 states. officer meyers' dog will get his in weeks. >> what is it about a k-9? >> i think i see the bond when i look at each of these officers with their dog and i feel like i'm doing what i am meant to do. >> reporter: committing to her passion to protect k-9s. abc news, bristol county, massachusetts. >> this is one of those things where you think, i'm an

. >> on the night hurricane sandy hit bell mar, brian was among the first to respond. >> i don't think anything could prepare us. we had a 15 foot storm surge. it was down wires, power out, cars floating around with headlights on - you hoped no one was in them. >> brian and the team scrambled to save their supplies. >> the water in this room was waste deep, if not higher. we were able to bust the doors, swam in through the open-day door and fished around in the pitch-black until we found the stuff we need and carried it out through the bay to rescue people. >> they rescued fam lirks and whatever they could find. >> once we saw people on the front porches, begging for help, we knew we had to go in. whatever we could get our hands on - kayaks, surfboards. brian was shocked when it happened to the boardwalk he ran along. >> the board walk behind us was gone - listed up and piled at least on one side of the street - shocking to see the stuff that your kids play on - a source of joy and happiness in a heap. >> the community has rebuilt. and brian built up his resilience to run the marathon.

. >> on the night hurricane sandy hit bell mar, brian was among the first to respond. >> i don't think anything could prepare us for what we saw. >> when the storm hit we had a 15 foot storm surge. it was pitch-black, downed wires. cars floating with lights on - you hoped no one was in them. >> the team scrambled to save their supplies. >> the water was waist height. we swam through, fished around in the pitch-black, found what we needed and carried it out so we could rescue families. >> they rescued families and what they could find. >> once we saw people on front porches, begging for help. we loaded people in whatever we could get our hands on at the time. >> brian was shocked when it happened to the boardwalk he ran along. >> never seen anything like it. the boardwalk behind us was gone. it listed up, piled on one side of the street. shocking to see the stuff your kids play on - a source of joy and happiness. >> in the years since hurricane sandy, brian's community rebuilt, and he has built up his endurance to run the marathon. >> some of the houses that were destroyed are still des

. >> on the night hurricane sandy hit bell mar. brian was among the first to respond. >> i don't think anything could have prepared us for what we saw. when the storm hit there was a 15 foot storm surge that inundated the area. it was pitch-black, down wires, power was out. it was scary. cars floating around. you were hoping no one was in the cars. >> brian and his team scrambled to save his supplies. >> water in the room was waist deep, if not higher. we were able to bust down a door, swam in through the open bay door, and fished around in the pitch-black until we found the stuff we needed and carried it out through the bay, so we can rescue people. >> they rescued families and whatever they could find. >> once we saw people on their front porches, essentially begging for help, we knew we had to go in. we leaded them in whatever we could get our hands on - kayaks, surfboards. >> brian was shocked at what happened to the boardwalk. >> it was lifted, piled on one side of the street. it's shocking to see a source of joy and happiness

mar de china, rumbo a vietnam, las evacuaciones ya comenzaron. >>> para ayudarnos a una mejor idea, lo comparamos con dos de las mÁs poderosas tormentas de estados unidos, sandyados unidos en el 2012 con huracÁn categorÍa tres, con vientos de 115 millas por hora, dejÓ a 117 muertos, y katrina que fue la sexta tormenta mÁs poderosa y devastadora de la historia de estados unidos, en el 2005, como un huracÁn de categorÍa 5 con vientos de 175 millas por hora, 183 murieron y el monstruo de hoy es mÁs poderoso, estamos hablando de una tormenta con vientos de 200 millas por hora. los daÑos, aÚn no se pueden cuantificar jorge. >>> tiene que ver con el cambio climÁtico, son peores tormentas ahora. >>> sÍ, fijate que sÍ jorge. dicen que indudablemente si el cambio no tuvo que ver, obviamente no es la Única razÓn. >>> gracias vilma. otras noticias, la filtraciÓn de un video. tuvo enormes repercusiones en mÉxico, tanto por las imÁgenes, como por estar vinculado con arellano fÉlix, en minutos plasmaron los Últimos momentos de su vida, compartiÓ con figuras de la farÁndula y el deporte, como informa joaquÍn fuentes, buscan pistas, tuvimos valiosos testimonios. >>> el video

mars, rihanna and justin timberlake and won for favorite country album, favorite pop artist and favorite female artist. >> not bad. >> not bad at all. >>> we could get some new answers today about the sandy school shooting. what we may learn about the gunman and the police response and the controversy over things that will remain secret. >>> investigating a house fire in pittsburgh and why this is a reminder to everybody as the thanksgiving holiday approaches. >>> 8:25. the cleanup from a deadly tornado goes on in illinois. want to show you video of new minden, illinois. blue tarps covered damaged homes there. people say some of their homes were ripped from the foundations. they are just completely gone. others are now clearing out debris, sorting through into piles. at least two deaths are blamed on that tornado. >>> fire crews back here are making progress on the fire burning in sonoma county. it started friday about ten miles northeast of geyserville. it is now 65% contained. 3300 acres have burned. all evacuation orders for the area have been lifted, though. some of the firefighters, they will start leaving today. the cause of that fire, still under investigation. >>> 8:25. an unatte