tj rogers was his friend. >> you know he worked his way up from being a photograph resist tech to -- it's an american dream. lived life to the fullest. >> reporter: today they sent a statement expressing sympathy to the family and saying his passion and energy left a mark on micron the idaho community and the technology industry. >> their company is a manufacturing iconn. a time when everybody is griping about outsourcing he was a hero. he -- really big guy. he will be missed. >> reporter: trading of stock was halted when the death was confirmed. the safety board is investigating the crash. >> a surge in hiring pushed the dow to its highest levels since the crisis started. the dow gained 157 points and the nasdaq gained 46 points. tom joins us with the good news on the job front and the reason california is lagging behind. >> reporter: what a lag it is. here is the problem. let's just take a look. what we have here is the united states blown unemployment rate at 8.3. california is at 11.1. way higher than the national average. that is just numbers. let's look at the number of people