every public accommodation needs to be wheelchair-accessible. there are also other other forf disability. most of the issues we are hearing about are wheelchair accessibility issues. there is a small group of private individuals who are wheelchair-down that go around the city and they look at small businesses. and i dare say anybody in small restaurants have some accessibility issues. it is another attempt at making your building wheelchair accessible. i am not sure which of you may be merchants and which it may be landlords. the law applies to both. and that means you were 100% liable for any barriers to access and any damages that may be associated with those barriers. there are ways you can defend yourself. with your landlord or at senate -- or a tenant, this can avoid a lot of problems later on. the inspections offer a limited attempt at bringing a civil action for damages. it does not affect the ability to bring damage claims under the symbol laws. however, most lawyers -- they will not pursue the case. so, oftentimes, it works it to stop t

>> all four advance will hold up to 2 wheelchairs and 3-4 other riders in the van. someone who is larger would find it inany other, it's basically the seats would accommodate them. >> i had tears in my eyes because about a year ago i had a friend and she was in a wheelchair and there was no way i can take her in my car. now i'm calling her on the phone and tell here, carshare. thank you so much. excuse me. miss harriet wong. >> hi, thank you for coming. are we to assume the driver of the accessible van is a family member or a friend? >> it can be a family member or a friend. the system is set up so that if you want to add up to 5 family members, friends, they will always be free of charge from an access card or we have a fob that we usually give so anyone of them can drive the vehicle, however the main account holder would be you or the person who signs up for the access mobile program. >> can you define what the fob is? >> excuse me, harriet, were you finished? >> go ahead. >> it goes basically on a key chain. it's very small. it's a little electronic device and it

securement, does the company provide the 4 point for the wheelchair? >> each van has securing devices. they are standardized now across the advance when we first brought them out. the side ones had slightly different securing devices than the back loading ones but now they are the same so anybody using either one they would find it convenient. >> how much is the membership fee? >> we have different programs but in general most people join a program that is $10 a month for membership fee and to use the vehicle starts at $8.25 an hour and we have a low income program that cuts that price in half. >> okay. maybe can i get your business card? >> i also have some materials i can leave here. >> okay. thank you. >> mr. hutchinson could you perhaps repeat slowly your website address so the caption can get it. city carshare.org and we have substantial information on the website, but we also can be reached via e-mail or telephone and we are more than happy to have someone sit down and talk with anybody who wants to find out about the program. >> thank you. i wan

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it's time to start bringing wheelchairs into shore. throw away the canes forever. i can't fight mayor's disability anymore. i forgot what i have started fighting for and we are going to make it better than better. it's better for ever and make it better than forever more. thanks. >> thank you very much. is there anymore public comment? okay. seeing that there is no more public comment. we'll go to item 4, information team report from chair or cochair is it? right? i just would like to say report from cochair. i went to the new bay view branch public library. very beautiful place. you guys, it's really accessible. everyone should go there and look at it. it's very nice. then they had another event on how to grow your organization whether it's non-profit or just whether it's advocating at the library on monday last week and it was very informational and it will be at the public library again this coming monday. i was forgetting about them captions. sorry. it will be at the main library again this coming monday from 10-1:00. it's called how to grow your business or ad

the wheelchair marathoners say they have a double motivation to come to london.ance to the bombers in boston. the other is to be an inspiration to those who were so badly injured by those bombs they face the life in wheelchairs themselves. >> there's a purpose for us being here, and for me, it is to be an advocate. and to help those who are injured from birth, newly injured, like in boston. and it's in-- and that's what i hope to be. >> reporter: tatyana mcfadden has had a tough race through life and is now more motivated than ever. mark phillips, cbs news, london. >> axelrod: and that's the cbs evening news for tonight. there will be much more than on the boston marathon bombings later tonight on a special edition of "48 hours." for now, i'm jim acle rod in new york. for all of us here in cbs news, good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org next - the challenges for cy deputies who tried to keep e streets and residents safe. ve a million quest >>> oakland police will soon lose their help from outside agencies.

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now an elite wheelchair racer, she hopes her story will inspire others.tims of the boston blasts lost limbs, the road to recovery likely to be a long and arduous process. what advice would you give them? >> it's not going to be easy, for sure. we can just live a normal life like everyone else can. even if we're in a wheelchair or if you're wearing prosthetics. >> reporter: erin mclaughlin, cnn, london. >> a reporter finds himself in the cross fire of a police takedown in boston and the cameras are rolling. you have to see this video. this guy's story is quite amazing. >>> wolf blitzer will talk to him in boston next. everyone's retirement dream is different; how we get there is not. we're americans. we work. we plan. ameriprise advisors can help you like they've helped millions of others. to help you retire your way, with confidence. ♪ that's what ameriprise financial does. that's what they can do with you. let's get to work. ameriprise financial. more within reach. let's get to work. before i do any projects on on my own.st at angie's list, you'll find r

all sorts of people who were running in the marathon are now going to be running in the wheelchair marathon. it's extremely frustrating. >> bill: absolutely. we are going to talk if we have time in this hour because as you are seeing on the screen ladies and gentlemen, there is a developing story and we are trying to get this guy dzhokhar tsarnaev out of this boat. and into police custody. and they don't want to kill him because they want to find out why he did what he did and if there was anybody else that was happening him. howie, do the presence and the fbi, i think they did a pretty darn good job even though this guy was able to run away last night when his brother was killed in the shootout overnight. he was able to escape on foot. it's dark, it's watertown, he knows the area, whatever. do you concur the cops have done a good job here? >> yeah, i think they have. i was really surprised when they came up with the audio and/or excuse me the video yesterday. i thought it would take them days if not weeks to come up with -- >> -- >> bill: the fbi was really

wheelchair. the drag bag, that's his thing. >> the great thing about oscar is he wants to inspire handicap dogs. he says he feels sorry for them. watch his video. he says sometimes they move slow, obviously he is not moving slow. >> this is dog inspiration for other dogs that have disabilities. >> what i love about oscar is that he can also give love, look. >> this is a cute little dog. >> i like him. >>> the cover of french vogue, it's making people want to cover their eyes. >> he is showing off some man hair. >> that's really his man bush? >> that's what people are calling it. >> what's the big deal? >> it's france -- >> it's not only making people go whoa, but people are saying you know, that's a lot of hair. >> there's nothing wrong with having some hair, but it seems out of control. >> i don't mind it, but it's weird to see on the cover of a magazine. >> she also sporting a mustache. >> and people are like the man's pubes don't bother me, but tis mustache does. >> he begins the photoshoot fu

rescuers pulled the injured away in wheelchairs at one point. at least one bomb that did not explode was reportedly recovered at the scene but there is conflicting information about that as this story continues to develop in the evening. tonight downtown boston is essentially locked down. police have urged people to go home and avoid large crowds just to be safe. the attack came at the end of the boston marathon, one of the oldest and most famous of the world's marathons. a grueling 26-mile race into downtown boston ending on boylston street. we have a team of correspondents covering every angle of the attack and we will begin tonight with terrell brown in boston. >> reporter: the explosion went off at the most crowded points of the race. 12 seconds later there was a second explosion just a couple blocks away. >> it's so terrifying. it's so scary. and it was so loud. >> i just walked away, 15 feet away, 20 feet and, you know, a bomb went off. and it knocked me to the ground and then, you know, everybody started running, panicking. >> reporter: j

our board in front of the clubhouse we set up picnic area and all the picnic areas will allow a wheelchair to be allocated and you can see the traffic from one side of the play grounded to the other one. right now i can see the court on the play ground on the side on the left-hand side and the clubhouse that was finished. we have this was only stairs so when we did the renovation you can see the ramps to the facility. this is another club view at the ramp. i know there is a view of the harbor area in the path of traffic that you have in between the play grounded and the clubhouse and it's everything compliant. another view of the play grounded. you see the ratio structure and the play structures. right here i think this is the i wanted to show this this was the opening celebration. there is a space allocated for the wheel chair right now right there by the picnic tables. these is the park this is a very top-of-the-line play grounded that was funded by a gift. the park the construction and the size. and i can see over here that they are a pathways that are with the right that mentioned to b

>> why are you in a wheelchair?> i got shot in north carolina, so i was quad and then paraplegic, you know. this helmet, i'm epileptic. you know, which i have grand mal seizures. so, i wear the helmet to protect my head because the bullet is still in my head. >> bennett is only two months away from completing his sentence of seven years for burglary and grand theft. but neither that nor the fact that he's in a wheelchair will deter officers from scrutinizing him as much as any other inmate. >> you need any help doing that. or can you get it yourself? >> while bennett undergoes a strip search, all his possessions, including his helmet and wheelchair, are thoroughly inspected. officers quickly discover that a religious booklet contains more than one revelation. >> upon opening the book, i noticed that he had some pornography that he's had for quite some time. you can tell because he's laminated it or stuck it inside this book. >> they found some pornography. >> uh-huh. >> that they took out. >> oh, those was in a book

and these drivers and medal yon owners do an excellent service to the wheelchair using customers of san francisco. i want to first of all introduce the video that was kate put together on her own time and riding around with some of these drivers and once the video is complete, i would like to have annette williams present the awards. >> [video] good guy. always has jokes. [ applause ] >> thank you, kate, for that video. would you like to present the awards? >> thank you. we are very proud of these drivers and i think one of the things that's really important to point out is that these are representative of many more drivers that work here in san francisco as taxi drivers and we provide almost 400,000 trips a year in the taxi program and they are some of the examples of the amazing drivers that work in that program. we are very proud of them and very proud of the work that they have done and the relationships that they built. you can see in the movie that it's a different thing, it's really the connection that happens between the customers and drivers that makes a difference in the l

they started raising money to build a wheelchair ramp at her house. to make the bathroom accessible. and they hope to get mariah's family a vehicle they can use. >> everybody that saw the story immediately thought about their own daughter or son and how it would change their life. >> reporter: mariah says -- >> i'll walk again. >> reporter: and play soccer again too. the family is thankful for the financial support, but even more thankful for what the team and the league have done for mariah's spirits. >> her soccer team has been really, really great with this and i don't know -- i don't know how to even thank them because they've been supportive being here. the girls have been here every other day they come. her coach. they call. they just have not left us, you know, and i think that's helped mariah a lot. >> i'm thankful for my soccer team. >> the league sold t-shirts to raise money to help make their home more wheelchair accessible. the san jose earthquakes have agreed to host a night in her on it to raise money. >>> still ahead, the warriors are i

wheelchair competitor won the women's wheelchair division and she is dedicating this marathon to the people of boston. >>> you can check out more images from the week and follow developments in the boston marathon bombing at kpix.com. >>> well frightening scene at another large gathering. this one in denver. some 80,000 people were attending the marijuana celebration marked by this date, 4/20. the crowd panicked and scattered. the people wounded will be okay. the celebration was to continue tomorrow, but has been canceled. >>> also in colorado, five snowboarders have been killed in a back country avalanche. the group triggered the slide on loveland pass about 60 miles west of denver. the area was blanketed with fresh snow. all of the boarders were wearing avalanche beacons, which helped search and rescue recover the bodies. a sixth snow boarder was able to dig himself out. >>> well, a big loss to oakland's crime fighting effort. alameda county is ending its police partnership with the city. don knapp on how it is raising tensions in the streets. don. >> reporter: and the overtime cos

they said put him in a wheelchair. we couldn't put him in a wheelchair. there was no way. he waset going really cold. we were just trying to keep talking to him, keep him alert. >> our complete coverage of this terrorist attack continues with mary from the newsroom. >> reporter: the shots we're about to show you capture the explosions at the moment they go off. you can see runners approaching the finish line, when all of a sudden, there is an explosion at the sign, near the spectator bleaches. one of the runners actually falls to the ground. you saw that from the force of the blast. and perhaps some scrap nel -- shrapnel hits his leg. a few minutes later, another explosion, leaving many casualties in their wake. >> heard two big explosions. large plumes of dust. smoke, glass. obviously everybody was going crazy. at first, it almost sounded like a cannon blast. but it felt so strong, it literally almost blew my head off. and everybody started running the other way. there were a few people running over towards them to help out the injured. and there were some really bad, bad

a day to make history as a mother-daughter, wheelchair team. >> this was the first time in the 117 years with the boston marathon that a female duo team actually entered and was going to complete the race. well, if we're going to start this, we're going to finish it because one shot to do it and we're going to do it. >> natalie, too, had a special running companion. >> i was with my father who was running the marathon with me. he had put in a lot of hours and dedicated a lot of time to training. >> by the time they reached the starting line, the air was electric. >> the pulse of the crowd at the starting line is just -- there's so much excitement and happiness. >> when we got to hopkington and she got in her chair, you could just see the excitement. she was just hugging people and high-fiving people and any opportunity to kiss somebody, she was. >> wave after wave of runners started the race. nearly 27,000 people running for the finish line. >> we did our -- you know, our duty at the starting line, got everybody off and running and i jumped in the car with my intern and we headed for the

lot of times, that a sidewalk curb between the service facility is only leaving not much room for wheelchair to prepare to load people in, and you know, i would -- i don't want to repeat anything else, but it does create people with disabilities of a solid, you know, obstacles here, not about a landscape or something, at least you can wheel over it or at least you won't totally block your way, but here, if you actually, if i drove around and try to look for a parking space, i will try to avoid those because it just practically you cannot have this access in those places if you have a facility over there, so i'm echoing all the previous speakers that we are opposing the locations and i hope you can grant the appeal. thank you. >> thank you. >> next speaker, please. >> good evening, commissioner, my name's amy lou, a long term tenant of mr. yee, mr. benny yee for over 20 years. he is a very responsible landlord. once when i received a notice from -- about the smf and last year on april 19th, i gave the notice to mr. yee and then he did not receive anything before that, so he -- he's hoping to

. >> one of the faces of this tragedy was a gentleman we saw mountain wheelchair. with you apparently he also helped identify the older brother to authorities? >> reporter: that's right. >> reporter: there are reports who say that jeff an iconic man in the wheelchair who had both legs amputated, once he was able to wake up enough wrote down on a piece of evidence, bag, saw the guy, looked right at me. he was able to help authorities pinpoint the older suspects. more details continue to come out. >> incredible that he had that composure after what he had been through. >>> we are learning more about the people who helped out in the moments after the bombing. how a bay area man's expertise helped stun visitors right after the bombing. [ yelling ] >> preparing for a huge disaster in the bay area. the emergency drill that helped volunteers think like first responders. >> judging by the picture over my shoulder, traffic into the city not so good but the weather was just about perfect. sunshine for all of us and temperatures that range from the 60s at the coast to 80s inl

suddenly, dozens of victims now needed his help. >> my first patient was a young man in a wheelchair.ought him in, got him in a stretcher, and he went right out to the hospital. i went back out to start getting -- to bring the next person in and that's when i saw the stretcher with the physician on one side and an ems coming in and a physician was doing cpr. >> it was 29-year-old krystle campbell. >> he was just a beautiful young girl. she reminded me of my daughter, actually. and her wounds were horrific. you know, we worked very hard on her for a while until it was clear that it was -- it wasn't going to help the situation at all. and at that point we were feeling for a pulse and then the cardiac rhythm on the monitor was such that she was not going to survive and at that point the physician, you know, pronounced her -- said she was dead. >> dead in his arms. >> we just kind of all -- we just let out this gutteral scream, you know. but that was it for that moment because we had to go on to the next patient. >> for the next 45 minutes, steven worked triage on the front lines. dozens

a day to make history as a mother-daughter, wheelchair team. >> this was the first time in the 117 years with the boston marathon that a female duo team actually entered and was going to complete the race. well, if we're going to start this, we're going to finish it because one shot to do it and we're going to do it. >> natalie, too, had a special running companion. >> i was with my father who was running the marathon with me. he had put in a lot of hours and dedicated a lot of time to training. >> by the time they reached the starting line, the air was electric. >> the pulse of the crowd at the starting line is just -- there's so much excitement and happiness. >> when we got to hospital kinton and she got in her chair, you could just see the excitement. she was just hugging people and high-fiving people and any opportunity to kiss somebody, she was. >> wave after wave of runners started the race. nearly 27,000 people running for the finish line. >> we did our -- you know, our duty at the starting line, got everybody off and running and i jumped in the car with my intern and we headed fo

i ended up picking him up from the ground to put him in a wheelchair.y just arrived. >> reporter: you see yourself as a hero? >> no, i'm not. reporter: why? because i wasn't doing nothing different from the others first responders who were right at the scene. >> reporter: arrendondo said he could not help his own sons but he believes fate helped him to save someone else's son yesterday. what would they have thought of what you did yesterday? >> they will see a father who really cares for others and also who loved them and never going to forget them. >> reporter: as he left the scene yesterday arrendondo had one flag left. he told those around him, america is bleeding. terrell brown, cbs news, boston. >> pelley: the spirit of boston. that's the cbs evening news for tonight. for all of us at cbs news all around the world, i'm scott pelley in boston. good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org we're here! we're going to the park! [ gina ] oh hey, dan! i really like your new jetta! and you want to buy one

if you are in a wheelchair, a shower curtain would be a barrier. thinking about the door to the bathroom. you want to have a nice, white door. 3 feet would be very nice. even a little bit larger bathrooms are you could maneuver in it would be helpful. >> let's look at some six. we got an e-mail from some of who watches us online who had a question about whether or not there are any downside to getting one of these vessels sinks, one of the six that sits on top of the counter. >> that is one of the reasons i like j.c. plumbing. they have a great selection, and i can make my point. let's compare these two six. this is a bowl shape, and this is a ceramic that comes straight down. the disadvantage of this -- and it is very beautiful and makes quite a statement -- and i alluded to this before. it is about cleaning this, and coming year. getting down here, that is difficult to do, so that is going to be more difficult to clean. this is a good one. again, clean lines that come straight down. there is no difficulty cleaning that. >> would someone call that

. >> he came in in a wheelchair with a turn cut on his right leg, left leg and his tibia bone, his leg bone there with nothing around it. no skin, no foot, no leg. >> reporter: what goes through a doctor's mind when you witness the carnage that you witnessed? >> at the time i don't think you think about that. i think you just try to help the people. it's like police and fire and the physicians, you just try to help people who need help. >> reporter: but what sticks most in his mind is this woman he treated and the last thing she asked him before she left. >> what's your name? and you tell them your name and you get choked up because they're telling you, they're giving your name. now you're... they want to thank you. they thank you and it's like, now, this is real. >> reporter: scott, it's estimated about half of those most severely injured survived because dozens of doctors and nurses were already on hand and were able to quickly triage the wounded. >> pelley: thanks, elaine. we're joined now by deval patrick, the governor of massachusetts. governor, the f.b.i. does not seem to have mu

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so they ended up using wheelchairs. but people began making phone calls and calling 911 describing what they are seeing and asking for help. and we'll have that for you in just a moment. about an hour ago, the president spoke of this tragedy and the investigation. listen. >> we still do not know who did this or why. and people shouldn't jump to conclusions before we have all the facts. but, make no mistake, we will get to the bottom of this. and we will find out who did this. we'll find out why they did this. any responsible individuals, any responsible groups will feel the full weight of justice. today is a holiday in massachusetts. patriot's day. it's a day that celebrates the free and fiercely independent spirit that this great american city of boston has reflected from the earliest days of our nation. draws the world to boston streets in the spirit of friendly competition. boston is a tough and resilient town. so are its people. i'm extremely confident that bostonians will pull together, take care of each other, and

you can see wheelchairs in there. there is a wheelchair component to this marathon. whether those were from the marathon or from rescue vehicles, i don't have any way to know. but as you can see on the left-hand side of the screen certainly order to some degree has been restored, and now to wonder -- it's also my understanding some of this you see, the trash on the street, is marathon-related and not related to this matter. so this is right outside marathon headquarters. and right outside the hotel there, and those explosions just before this hour began. we're getting -- mollie is our new england-based correspondent. mollie, what are you getting? >> we don't have a whole lot of information and this is just beginning to get a handle on what is happening down there near the finish line of the boston marathon on boilston street. an area of the city, very busy today. it wasser in the end of the race. the elite runners finished earlier this morning. this is the time of the day when some of the slower runners and people who came late in the race and coming across the finis