abc's terry moran caught up with one of them, 33-year-old rebecca roche. >> i had a bad feeling whenmoke, and when i saw, after hearing the noise and hearing the second one, it's the boston marathon, it's one of the world's marathons. it's at the finish line. i suspected it was terrorism. it was a moment of what should have been joy and turned into panic and just heart-wrenching fears of the worst. >> roche ran with the words mom and dad written on her legs for her mother and a friend were badly injured by one of those explosions. >>> coming up next, putting aside their rivalry. what new york is doing to show boston its support. >> and putting on a brave face. how boston native mark wahlberg is reacting to the tragedy in his hometown. [ male announcer ] it's simple physics... a body at rest tends to stay at rest... while a body in motion tends to stay in motion. staying active can actually ease arthritis symptoms. but if you have arthritis, staying active can be difficult. prescription celebrex can help relieve arthritis pain so your body can stay in motion. because just one 200mg ce

my co-anchor terry moran reports. >> reporter: at a high school just outside phoenix, arizona, a mad stalks the hall. it's just a training exercise, but this is every parent's worst nightmare. >> on the ground! these men are learning how to fight the next school shooter. >> can't wait that long. >> reporter: and oddly enough their coach .is 19 0s action film legend steven segal. >> for every second that goes by, i told you, you could have dead children. >> reporter: he knows a thing or two about simulated shooting. but he's not acting here. he's a full fledged member of maricopa county's official posse, under the leadership of sheriff joe arpaio. >> we'll be training, trying to neutralize domestic terrorists without firearms and with firearms. >> reporter: the county's posse will protect the county's schools. it's the highest profile gambit from the man they call sheriff joe. >> if we have to take action, we will take action. if there's some type of catastrophe that's going to happen. >> reporter: and the stakes are higher than ever. >> a caller is indicating she thinks there's someo

abc's terry moran continues our coverage. >> reporter: a candlelight vigil in the tight-knit neighborhoodhester for one of their own, a beautiful gap-toothed 8-year-old boy named martin richard, killed at the finish line of the marathon just after getting some ice cream. there is so much love here. >> we're here for support and love. that's what we do. >> reporter: they are dorchester strong, and they came out for martin and for his family who are suffering so much. here a family facebook photo, his mother denise recovering now from severe head injuries, his 6-year-old sister jane who lost a leg, his brother henry and his father bill. what does this do for you to be here? >> if it happened to my family, i know they'd be here for me. >> respect. it's terrible, it's awful, especially for the mother and the daughter. it's awful. >> reporter: neighbors dropped off flowers at the martin home. the clock in the center of town was stopped at the moment he was killed, and at a park where he used to play, children scrawled "pray for martin." >> when they announced it, i was like is it this martin,

"nightline" anchor terry moran has more tonight on her ground-breaking life, the country she transformed and an outpouring of respect from across the globe. >> reporter: margaret thatcher was a woman who relished political combat. >> i'm enjoying this. >> reporter: and for nearly 20 years, she vanquished just about everyone who took her on. >> no, no, no! >> reporter: she towered over her time, a grocer's daughter who busted open the old boys' club of british politics, remade her country along conservative lines, and became a world figure. >> my face softly made up and my fair hair gently waves -- [ laughter ] >> the iron lady of the western world. >> reporter: when margaret thatcher entered politics in 1959, she was a young mom. >> speaking in the house of commons is quite different. it's a unique experience. >> reporter: becoming prime minister in 1979. britain was in crisis. across the atlantic, another staunch conservative was coming to power, and she found a soulmate in ronald reagan. they confronted the soviet union and then reached out to gorbachev and brought the cold war to an e

terry moran, abc news, new york. >> "no place on earth" was written and directed by the gifted janiceand always part of our abc family. "no place on earth" opens this weekend. we thank you for watching. we're also there for you at abcnews.com. and "nightline" later at its new time of 12:35 eastern, and as we say goodnight, a reminder. this day marks 45 years since the assassination of martin luther king jr, so we leave you with a live picture of his memorial in washington, d.c. tonight. goodnight. >>> only on abc 7 news cruel knock knock joke being played on bay area homeowners and you can be the next victim if you don't answer the door. >> police investigate a robbery in this restaurant. how they wound up shooting a teenager. >> tonight the rescue of a lost hiker in southern california. the signal she sent that may have saved her life. >> the president's parting shots and the environment as he concludes an overnight bay area fund raising mission. >> and it's a tragic follow up to a senseless crime. the shooting of a paramedic has just become a murder investigation. >> teenager, i'm d

abc's terry moran has their story. >> reporter: for six decades this story remained buried deep under ground. until america chris was exploring this cave in ukraine in 1993, and came upon the remains of some kind of settlement down there. >> those objects were someone's life. >> reporter: jews lived there. including these two men, now 92 and 86. it's an astonishing new story of the holocaust told in a documentary "no place on earth." for nearly a year and a half during world war ii, while other jewish families were being rounded up and sent to die, they lived in pitch black with their family and four other families, 38 jewish men, women and children total. today, they talk with pride, even nostalgia, about their ordeal in those caves. >> you went to sleep with pillows and good blankets. what else you want? you're in paradise. >> reporter: they forged for food at night. built showers deep under ground. finally, in may 1944 the russian army liberated the area and the five families came back into light, back into life on earth. >> we were just happy to survive and then life started to tu

of >>> from boston, this is a special edition of "nightline," terror at the boston marathon with terry moranght from boston. a city reeling tonight in shock and sadness, really. we are just a few blocks away just down there from what was the finish line of the boston marathon. and in most years on this night these streets the heart of downtown boston would be humming with activity packed with people celebrating the achievement of the runners their loved ones coming from all over the world to support them. but tonight these streets are frozen in time when two bombs went off at the finish line, wounding more than 140, killing three, at least. including an eight-year-old. and tonight, the investigation is in full swing. the fbi is in charge. they are pursuing all leads, all of this, this grim day, a reminder of our country's constant vulnerability to sudden and murderous attack. the 117th boston marathon, one of the world's great sporting events. more than 23,000 started the race. half a million spectators along the 26.2 mile course. boston's is one of the world's six major marathons. runners f

terry moran, abc news, new york. >> how amazing does that documentary look?to tell. to tell it and have people alive to tell the story. even in their old age to go back. the fact that he felt comfortable in the complete darkness more so than when the lights were on. incredible story. >> captivating personalities the two brothers. the family holds the world record for surviving underground, one year, 146 days. >> absolutely. we do want to say this, "no place on earth" written and directed by the gifted janet tobias, once and always part of the abc family. opens this weekend. definitely want to catch it. something worth watching. >>> coming up, when mark zuckerberg takes the stage, people listen. >>> will you buy the new facebook phone? after you see why it is so different. you will have a better idea of what you will >> you don't think something you are watching on tv will affect your life. my husband, it was his birthday. he and my son went and played golf. he was having a massive heart attack. my son eric remembered seeing on "world news with diane sawyer" a

. >> from new york city, this is "nightline" with terry moran. >> hello, everyone. and thanks for joining us today. more trouble aboard the carnival cruiseship called "triumph of" a vessel that two months ago left thousands stranded at sea and living in squalor for days after an engine failure resulted in widespread power outages. this afternoon, that same ship was blown away from its alabama mooring by high winds while it carried 800 people aboard. abc's matt gutman has the latest on the cruiseship with the course as wayward as its luck. for the second time in as many months, all aboard the triumph of were left adrift. storms with 70-mile-an-hour winds. 800 crew and contractors were on the kol las sus as it bounced off of other boats while it was undergoing months of repair. >> due to high winds, the carnival triumph of broke its morings. it had a small collision with an army corps of engineer boat and a deck barge. during that collision, it took a few scrapes and scratches. >> reporter: and an eyewitness described the slow motion chaos as the ship drifted in the b

search for the terror suspect with the backpac >>> this is a special edition of "nightline" with terry moran. >> good evening and welcome to boston here where we are here in the aftermath of the marathon bombings on monday and the accelerating investigation today. but we have breaking news tonight out of texas. just a few hours ago, there was a tremendous explosion at a fertilizer plant just north of waco. >> i can't hear, i can't hear! get out of here, please get out of here! please get out of here! please get out of here! please get out of here! >> you can get a sense of the tremendous force that was released in that explosion. the fertilizer plant blowing up. witnesses saw a fireball 100 feet in the air resolving itself into a towering cloud over the plains of texas. we are hearing that more than 170 people have been injured, more than 20 of those critically. told by police in the area that there are fatalities, confirmed fatalities. they don't want to give us the exact number at this point. that explosion that you just saw registered a 2.1 on the rick administer scale, according to the u

terror at the boston marathon with terry moran. >>> good evening and thanks for joining us tonight. here in boston on the day after. maybe the most striking thing about this city the day after the bombings is not just that boston is rising up. of course it is. it's a great american city. but that it is doing so under a kind of armed guard. the police presence here is very strong on the streets. in fact, several blocks behind me there where the finishing line of the boston marathon was, where those bombs went off, they're still blocked off. it's an active crime scene back there. and the presence of the uniformed military personnel patrolling the streets of a great american city. it's a different feel here. but for most people here and around the country, it was the emotions today. flags at half staff. and here in boston, mourning the dead, supporting the survivors, celebrating those life-saving heroes who did so much. they are the focus now that three dead, 8-year-old martin richard, a little boy who loved baseball, was at the finish line to cheer on the runners with his family. 29-y

. >> a couple of other eyewitnesses describe the raw power of the blast with abc's terry moran. here's what they had to say. >> i was at ground zero. i seen things i don't want nobody to see because i ran over there because i lost some of my friends, i'm telling you. another place where i work, which is probably half a mile away, it sucked the doors out of the building. >> wow. >> we hear -- it sounds like thunder or lightning, but then it feels like an earthquake, and our power went off, stuff was falling, and we didn't know what it was, so all of our neighbors on our street walked outside, and then we saw the big like smoke of it and stuff, and then people kept driving by and telling us what happened. stuff flying everywhere. so much stuff was on fire and -- >> just a giant explosion obviously. now, are you being evacuated from your home now? >> they're saying that we need to evacuate, so we are. >> to give you an idea of this blast, 2.1 on the richter scale. one guy 50 miles away says they heard and felt the explosion. they thought thunderstorms that were coming in later in t

abc's terry moran has the story. >> reporter: for six decades this story remained buried under ground. until this man was exploring a cave in ukraine. >> those objects were someone's life. >> reporter: jews lived there. it's an astonishing new story of the holocaust told in a documentary "no place on earth." they lived in pitch black with their family and four other families, 38 jewish men, women and children total. today, they talk with pride, every nostalgia about their ordeal in those caves. >> they forged for food at night. built showers deep under ground. in may 1944 the russian army liberated the area and the five families came back into life, life on earth. >> we were just happy to survive and then life started to turn normal. >> reporter: in 2010, chris nicola took them back to the cave. >> i know where i am. let's close all the lights for a minute. ahh, now, i feel good. >> reporter: out of the darkness where they found life, the 38 c jews of that cave have children, grandchildren. >> that shot of all of those children and grandchildren tells the whole story. incredible. >> t

abc's terry moran looks back at the amazing life of the woman known as the iron lady. >> oh, good ideaoman who simply relished political combat. >> i'm enjoying this! i'm enjoying this! >> reporter: for 20 years she vanquished about everyone who took her on. >> no. no. >> reporter: she towered over her times, a grocer's daughter who busted open the old boys' club of british politics, remade her country along conservative lines and became a world figure. >> my face softly made up and my fair hair gently waved -- [ laughter ] the iron lady of the western world. >> reporter: when margaret thatcher entered politics in 1959, she was a young mom. >> speaking in the house of commons is quite different. it's a unique experience. >> reporter: becoming prime minister in 1979. britain was in crisis. across the atlantic, another staunch conservative was coming to power and she found a soulmate in ronald reagan. the two first confronted the soviet union, then reached out to mikhail gorbachev and brought the cold war to an end. in britain, thatcher gave her people a strong dose of free market conser

she told terry moran she feels guilty, if she wasn't running they wouldn't have been hurt. >> president obama is vowing those responsible for the bombing will feel the full weight of justice. and the commander-in-chief promised all federal resources at hand. >> i have also spoken with governor patrick and mayor menino and made it clear they have every single federal resource necessary to care for victims and counsel the families. an that all americans stand with the people of boston. >> the white house says the attack is being treated as an act of terrorism. >> in washington, lawmakers observed a moment of silence. moments after getting word about the boston explosions at the capitol, flags low lowered to half staff. house speaker boehner, said while this is a terrible day the american spirit will help us carry on. our coverage of the terror at the boston marathon does not end here. later this half-hour, the banner headlines from the newspapers worldwide, covering the developing story. stay with us us abc news and abc news.com all day long. >> to other major headlines we are following t

applause] the merriman smith a mortal -- memorial award in the broadcast category for 2013 goes to terry moranckmann award recognizes a correspondent who could summarize the journalistic excellence and personal qualities of alba beckmann, the former president of the white house correspondents association and correspondent for the "chicago tribune." the award this year goes to ryan liz oh of the new yorker. [applause] thank you all, have a good night. [applause] i'm going to need everyone to be quiet because i have some secret video that we shot of the process of what goes into this dinner. out there fight so hard for tickets to this dinner, betterht so hard for table placement. i was stunned at how intense it got. i thought i had seen it all. until a certain congressman is he sitting up here tried to take over this dinner. >> congressman. we can't have you stockpiling all of these tickets, deciding where everyone gets to sit. i really need you to release some of these tables. >> you know my motto, you my won'ty back to lacerate yours. >> i have integry. i want cut a dl. >> i've seen your work,