NBC Nightly News Full Episode - April 6

>>> TONIGHT, HISTORY. IS UNFOLDING RIGHT NOW. AS THE CREW OF ARTEMIS. II GOES WHERE NO HUMAN. HAS GONE BEFORE. THE BREATHTAKING NEW. IMAGES AS ARTEMIS. APPROACHES THE MOON. ITS FLYBY HAPPENING. RIGHT NOW. THE COMMUNICATION. BLACKOUT AS THEY GO. DEEPER INTO SPACE THAN. ANY HUMAN EVER. AND THE POWERFUL. MOMENT ON BOARD, THE. EMOTIONAL TRIBUTE THAT. BROUGHT THE CREW. TOGETHER IN THIS. POWERFUL HUG. >>> BEHIND ENEMY. LINES. THE STUNNING NEW. DETAILS ABOUT HOW THE. U.S. LOCATED AND. RESCUED AN AIRMAN DEEP. INSIDE IRAN. THE AMERICAN EVADING. CAPTURE FOR 48 HOURS, SCALING CLIFFS WHILE. BADLY INJURED. THE U.S. MILITARY. DEPLOYING A MASSIVE. DECEPTION FORCE TO. THROW OFF THE ENEMY. THE THREE WORDS THE. AIRMAN SENT BACK THAT. LED TO HIS RESCUE. >>> PLUS, PRESIDENT. TRUMP'S ULTIMATUM TO. IRAN. STRIKE A PEACE DEAL BY. TOMORROW NIGHT OR. ELSE. IRAN'S RESPONSE. TONIGHT. >>> SAVANNAH RETURNS. OUR BELOVED COLLEAGUE. BACK IN STUDIO 1A. HER POWERFUL WORDS ON. THE STRENGTH IT TOOK.

TO COME HOME, AND HER. EMOTIONAL MESSAGE TO. THE VIEWERS. >>> TRAGEDY IN THE. WATER. THE FATHER KILLED. SAVING HIS CHILDREN. FROM DANGEROUS RIP. CURRENTS IN FLORIDA. HIS WIFE SPEAKING OUT. TO US TONIGHT ABOUT. THE FINAL MOMENTS. >>> A FIERY CLOSE CALL. CAUGHT ON CAMERA. THE MOTORCYCLE. ERUPTING INTO A. FIREBALL. A PACKED FERRIS. WHEEL RIDE COLLAPSES. IN INDIA, PLUMMETING. TO THE GROUND AND. INJURING DOZENS. >>> A WOLF BITES A. TODDLER AT THIS ZOO. ENCLOSURE AT HERSHEY.

PARK. WHY THE PARENTS ARE. NOW BEING CHARGED. >>> AND THERE'S GOOD. NEWS TONIGHT. THE LAST CALL. THE VETERAN 911. DISPATCHER RETIRING. THE SURPRISE CALLERS. THAT HAD HER IN TEARS. "NIGHTLY NEWS" STARTS. RIGHT NOW. >> Announcer: THIS IS. NBC "NIGHTLY NEWS". WITH TOM LLAMAS. >>> AND GOOD EVENING. WE ARE COMING ON THE. AIR AS AMERICA IS. MAKING HISTORY IN. SPACE RIGHT NOW. ARTEMIS II AT THIS. VERY MOMENT IS FLYING. BY THE FAR SIDE OF THE.

MOON. TO DO SO THEY'VE. TRAVELED FARTHER FROM. EARTH THAN MANKIND. EVER HAS. AND THIS WAS THE VIEW. FROM ON BOARD EARLIER. TODAY, WHEN "RESCUE. ME," NOW MORE THAN. 200,000 MILES FROM OUR. PLANET, BROKE THE. DISTANCE RECORD SET BY. APOLLO 13 MORE THAN 50. YEARS AGO. AND LISTEN HERE TO THE. MOMENT THE CREW MARKED. THAT HISTORIC. MILESTONE. >> WE WILL CONTINUE. OUR JOURNEY EVEN. FURTHER INTO SPACE. BEFORE MOTHER EARTH. SUCCEEDS IN PULLING US. BACK TO EVERYTHING. THAT WE HOLD DEAR. >> THERE IS STILL WORK. TO BE DONE, AND. TONIGHT AS THE CREW.

WITNESSES HISTORY IT'S. A MOMENT OF SUSPENSE. BACK AT MISSION. CONTROL BECAUSE AS. ARTEMIS GOES INTO A. 40-MINUTE BLACKOUT. WITH NO WAY TO. COMMUNICATE WITH. EARTH. AND AS THEY COME OUT. ON THE OTHER SIDE. THEY'LL BE ABLE TO. SHARE WITH THE WORLD. WHAT THEY SAW. IT HAS ALREADY BEEN AN. EMOTIONAL DAY FOR. THEM. WATCH AS THE CREW. EMBRACES IN A GROUP. HUG. AND WE'RE GOING TO. EXPLAIN TO YOU THE. EMOTIONAL REASON THEY. ALL CAME TOGETHER. NBC'S TOM COSTELLO. STARTS US OFF TONIGHT. FROM NASA'S MISSION. CONTROL IN HOUSTON. >> Reporter: TONIGHT,

THE FIRST BREATHTAKING. IMAGES CAPTURED BY THE. ASTRONAUTS ON BOARD. ORION. >> THE MOON IS STILL. GETTING NOTICEABLY. BIGGER. >> Reporter: THE FIRST. HUMANS TO EVER TAKE IN. A TOTAL VIEW OF THE. FAR SIDE OF THE MOON. TAKING TURNS TRAINING. THEIR CAMERAS ON A. LONG LIST OF. PRESELECTED TARGETS ON. WHAT IS CLEARLY NOT A. DARK SIDE. >> THIS IS A VERY. TAXING EVENT ON THE. EYES. LOOKING OUT THE WINDOW. AND SEEING THE VERY. BRIGHT MOON. >> ALL THE REALLY. BRIGHT NEW CRATERS. SOME OF THEM ARE SUPER.

TINY. MOST OF THEM ARE. PRETTY SMALL. >> Reporter: ON THE. GROUND EXCITED. RESEARCHERS POINTING. TO THE IMAGES IN REAL. TIME. >> THERE IS A THEISS. CRATER RIGHT AT THE. SOUTH POLE. >> Reporter: THEIR. 252,000-MILE MISSION. ALREADY A RECORD. BREAKER. AS ORION FLEW FARTHER. INTO SPACE THAN APOLLO. 13 IN 1970. >> TODAY FOR ALL. HUMANITY YOU'RE. PUSHING BEYOND THAT. FRONTIER. >> Reporter: MISSION. CONTROL EVEN SENDING A. PRERECORDED MESSAGE. FROM THE LATE APOLLO. 13 COMMANDER, JIM.

LOVEL. >> WELCOME TO MY OLD. NEIGHBORHOOD. >> WE MOST IMPORTANTLY. CHOOSE THIS MOMENT TO. CHALLENGE THIS. GENERATION AND THE. NEXT TO MAKE SURE THIS. RECORD IS NOT LONG. LIVED. >> Reporter: THEN AN. EMOTIONAL MOMENT AS. THE CREW PROPOSED. NAMING TWO NEWLY. IDENTIFIED CRATERS, INTEGRITY AFTER THE. SHIP AND ANOTHER AFTER. COMMANDER REID. WISEMAN'S LATE WIFE, WHO DIED OF CANCER. >> HER NAME WAS CAROL. THE MOTHER OF KATIE.

AND ELLIE. >> Reporter: ALL FOUR. CREW MEMBERS VISIBLY. EMOTIONAL. WISEMAN BLOWING KISSES. TO HIS DAUGHTERS. WITH THE MOON GROWING. LARGER BY THE MINUTE. FOR 4 1/2 BILLION. YEARS EARTH HAS ONLY. SEEN ONE SIDE OF THE. MOON AS IT ORBITS THE. EARTH. MUCH LIKE A DANCER. CIRCLING THEIR. PARTNER, YET ALWAYS. KEEPING EYE CONTACT. >> THERE ARE YIEBLDS. OF TERRAIN OUT THERE. THAT ARE COMPLETELY. SURROUNDED BY. DARKNESS. >> OH, MY GOSH. THAT WAS AN AMAZING.

PICTURE YOU JUST. PAINTED. >> Reporter: FOR 40. MINUTES BEHIND THE. MOON A PLANNED LOSS OF. RADIO CONTACT BEFORE. EMERGING FROM THE BACK. SIDE AND AIMING FOR. HOME. TONIGHT FROM VICTOR. GLOVER TO HIS WIFE. >> HEY, BABE. I LOVE YOU. FROM THE MOON. >> Reporter: SO WE. MENTIONED THE. TEMPORARY LOSS OF. SIGNAL. IT LASTED ABOUT 40. MINUTES. THEY'VE ALREADY COME. OUT OF THAT. AND THEY'RE COMING OUT. OF THE OTHER SIDE OF. THE MOON. COMS ARE BACK. VIDEO'S BACK. AND RADIO CHECKS ARE. BACK. IT'S GOING TO TAKE A. FEW MORE HOURS BEFORE.

THEY START TO LEAVE. THE MOON'S. GRAVITATIONAL PULL AND. START TO BE PULLED BY. THE EARTH. GRAVITATIONAL PULL. AND WHEN THAT HAPPENS. THEY WILL START TO. PICK UP SPEED. SPLASHDOWN IS GOING TO. BE SET FOR FRIDAY OFF. THE COAST OF. CALIFORNIA. TOM? >> ALL RIGHT, TOM. COSTELLO. TOM, THANK YOU. >>> NOW TO OUR OTHER. MAJOR STORY TONIGHT. THE DARING RESCUE OF. TWO AMERICAN AIRMEN. FROM BEHIND ENEMY. LINES IN IRAN. PRESIDENT TRUMP. REVEALING TODAY ONE OF. THEM HID FOR NEARLY 48. HOURS AND MORE THAN.

150 WERE. INVOLVED IN THIS. DANGEROUS MISSION. COURTNEY KUBE NOW. TAKES US INSIDE THAT. RESCUE. >> Reporter: THE. HARROWING HIGH-STAKES. MISSION BEGAN AT. 10:10 THURSDAY NIGHT, WHEN THE U.S. MILITARY SAYS IT GOT. WORD AN F-15 CALL. SIGN DUDE 44 WAS. DOWN. AND ITS TWO AIRMEN. HAD EJECTED INTO. HOSTILE TERRITORY. THE DETAILS OF THE. OPERATION SHARED BY. PRESIDENT TRUMP AND. MILITARY LEADERS. TODAY. >> OVER THE NEXT. HOURS THE SEARCH AND. RESCUE TASK FORCE. CROSSED THE BEACH, ENTERED INTO IRANIAN. AIR SPACE, PROTECTED.

BY A FIGHTER STRIKE. PACKAGE AND MOVED. INTO THE OBJECTIVE. AREA ALL UNDER FIRE. >> Reporter: THE. PILOT WAS LOCATED. FIRST, WITH U.S. AIRCRAFT FLYING FOR. SEVEN HOURS IN BROAD. DAYLIGHT TO RESCUE. HIM. >> WITHIN HOURS OUR. ARMED FORCES DEPLOYED. 21 MILITARY AIRCRAFT. INTO HOSTILE AIR. SPACE, MANY FLYING AT. VERY LOW ALTITUDE, BEING SHOT BY. BULLETS. >> Reporter: AN A-10. WARTHOG AND JOLLY. GREEN RESCUE. HELICOPTER BOTH HIT. THE WARTHOG. ULTIMATELY CRASHED. BUT THE PILOT EJECTED. SAFELY. SEVERAL TROOPS ON THE.

HELICOPTER WERE. INJURED. BUT THE SECOND F-15. AIRMAN STILL MISSING. FINALLY ON SATURDAY. MORNING, THE CIA. CONFIRMED THE OFFICER. WAS BLADE INJURED BUT. ALIVE AND HIDING IN A. MOUNTAIN CREVICE. >> HE SCALED CLIFF. FACES, BLEEDING. RATHER PROFUSELY. TREATED HIS OWN. WOUNDS AND CONTACTED. AMERICAN FORCES TO. TRANSMIT HIS. LOCATION. >> HIS FIRST MESSAGE. WAS SIMPLE. IT WAS POWERFUL. HE SENT A MESSAGE,

GOD IS GOOD. >> Reporter: THE. PRESIDENT SAYS THE. DANGEROUS RESCUE. MISSION WAS IN THE. DEAD OF NIGHT. >> THE SECOND RESCUE. MISSION INVOLVED 155. AIRCRAFT, INCLUDING. FOUR BOMBERS, 64. FIGHTERS, 48. REFUELING TANKERS, 13. RESCUE AIRCRAFT, AND. MORE. >> Reporter: SOME. AIRCRAFT SENT TO THE. WRONG AREA TO CONFUSE. THE IRANIANS ABOUT. WHERE THE MISSING. AIRMAN COULD BE WHILE. SMALL HELICOPTERS. PICKED HIM UP. WET SAND GROUNDED THE. PLANES AND. REPLACEMENT AIRCRAFT.

HAD TO BE BROUGHT IN. >> WE BLEW UP THE OLD. PLANES. WE BLEW THEM UP TO. SMITHEREENS. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, BOTH AIRMEN NOW SAFE. AND GETTING MEDICAL. TREATMENT. >> AT MIDNIGHT 12:00. LOCAL EASTERN TIME, EASTER SUNDAY, MORE. THAN 50 HOURS AFTER. THE START OF THIS. OPERATION, THE JOINT. PERSONNEL RECOVERY. CENTER DECLARED DUDE. 44 BRAVO, BOTH THE. FRONT AND BACK. SEATER, RETURNED TO. FRIENDLY TERRITORY. >> COURTNEY JOINS US. NOW LIVE. WE'RE AL LEARNING.

TONIGHT WHAT BROUGHT. DOWN THAT F-15 IN THE. FIRST PLACE? >> Reporter: YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT, TOM. PRESIDENT TRUMP. SAYING A HEAT SEEKING. SHOULDER FIRED. MISSILE SHOT DOWN. THAT F-15, WHICH JUST. PROVES HOW DIFFICULT. THE WAR IN IRAN IS. BECAUSE EVEN AS THE. U.S. HAS TARGETED. IRAN'S MISSILES AND. THEIR AIR DEFENSES, ONE PERSON WITH A. PORTABLE MISSILE CAN. DISRUPT THE U.S. CAMPAIGN FOR DAYS AND. CAUSE THIS MUCH. DAMAGE. TOM. >> OKAY, COURTNEY, THANK YOU FOR THAT. >>> THE PRESIDENT. ALSO DOUBLING DOWN ON. HIS THREAT TO BOMB. IRAN'S BRIDGES AND. POWER PLANTS IF THEY. DON'T AGREE TO A DEAL. TO END THE WAR BY.

TOMORROW NIGHT. GARRETT HAAKE IS AT. THE WHITE HOUSE FOR. US WITH THAT PART OF. THE STORY. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, THE U.S. CONTINUING. TO HAMMER TARGETS. INSIDE IRAN. AS THE WAR ENTERS ITS. SIXTH WEEK AND THE. PRESIDENT COUNTS DOWN. TOWARDS A TUESDAY. NIGHT DEADLINE FOR. IRAN TO STRIKE A DEAL. TO END IT OR ELSE. >> THE ENTIRE COUNTRY. COULD BE TAKEN OUT IN. ONE NIGHT, AND THAT. NIGHT MIGHT BE. TOMORROW NIGHT. >> Reporter: THE. PRESIDENT WITH AN. OPTIMISTIC TONE ON. NEGOTIATIONS. >> I CAN TELL YOU. THEY'RE NEGOTIATING, WE THINK IN GOOD. FAITH. WE'RE GOING TO FIND.

OUT. >> Reporter: IRAN HAS. DENIED HOLDING TALKS. WITH THE U.S., BUT. BOTH SIDES HAVE. ACKNOWLEDGED. EXCHANGING MESSAGES. THROUGH. INTERMEDIARIES, A. PROCESS THE PRESIDENT. BEMOANED TODAY. >> IN FACT, THE. BIGGEST PROBLEM WE. HAVE IN OUR. NEGOTIATION IS THEY. CAN'T COMMUNICATE. WE'RE COMMUNICATING. LIKE THEY USED TO. COMMUNICATE 2,000. YEARS AGO, WITH. CHILDREN BRINGING A. NOTE BACK AND FORTH. >> Reporter: MR. TRUMP TODAY. INSISTING THAT ANY. PEACE DEAL WOULD HAVE. TO INCLUDE FULLY. OPENING THE STRATEGIC. STRAIT OF HORMUZ,

WHICH IRAN HAS. WIELDED AS AN. ECONOMIC WEAPON, HELPING PUSH THE. AVERAGE COST OF A. GALLON OF GAS TO. $4.11. >> WE HAVE TO HAVE A. DEAL THAT'S. ACCEPTABLE TO ME. AND PART OF THAT DEAL. IS GOING TO BE WE. WANT FREE TRAFFIC OF. OIL AND EVERYTHING. >> Reporter: THE. PRESIDENT ALSO. EXPANDING ON THIS. PROFANE POST FROM. SUNDAY THREATENING. IRAN'S INFRASTRUCTURE. AND INVOKING ALLAH. IF THERE'S NO DEAL BY. 8:00 TOMORROW NIGHT. WARNING YOU'LL BE.

LIVING IN HELL. >> WE HAVE A PLAN. BECAUSE OF THE POWER. OF OUR MILITARY WHERE. EVERY BRIDGE IN IRAN. WILL BE DECIMATED BY. 12:00 TOMORROW NIGHT, WHERE EVERY POWER. PLANT IN IRAN WILL BE. OUT OF BUSINESS, BURNING, EXPLODING, AND NEVER TO BE USED. AGAIN. >> Reporter: DEMOCRATS TONIGHT. BLASTING THE. PRESIDENT'S. ESCALATORY THREATS. AS, QUOTE, UNHINGED. AND ILLEGAL. >> WHAT THE PRESIDENT. IS DOING IS. THREATENING WAR. CRIMES, AND THE.

AMERICAN PEOPLE. ALREADY RECOGNIZE. THAT THIS ILLEGAL WAR. OF CHOICE IS A BIG. MISTAKE. >> GARRETT HAAKE. JOINS US FROM THE. WHITE HOUSE. WHO IS LEADING THE. NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN. THE U.S. AND IRAN. RIGHT NOW? >> Reporter: WELL, TOM, THE KEY AMERICAN. NEGOTIATORS REMAIN. THE PRESIDENT'S. SON-IN-LAW JARED. KUSHNER AND HIS. LONGTIME FRIEND, STEVE WITKOFF, WHO. ATTENDED THE BRIEFING. TODAY. IRAN DENIES. NEGOTIATING DIRECTLY. WITH THE U.S. AT ALL. >> OKAY, GARRETT, THANK YOU. >>> TONIGHT, A. FAMILIAR FACE IS BACK. WHERE SHE BELONGS. FOR 65 DAYS WE HAVE.

WATCHED OUR BELOVED. COLLEAGUE SAVANNAH. GUTHRIE BRAVELY. NAVIGATE THROUGH A. WAKING NIGHTMARE. TODAY, SHE RETURNED. TO STUDIO 1A WITH A. MESSAGE OF HOPE. >> GOOD MORNING. WELCOME TO "TODAY" ON. THIS MONDAY MORNING. >> SURROUNDED BY. SYMBOLS OF HOPE, INCLUDING THAT. VIBRANT YELLOW ALL. OVER THE STUDIO, SAVANNAH GUTHRIE CAME. BACK HOME. >> WE'RE SO GLAD YOU. STARTED YOUR WEEK. WITH US. AND IT IS GOOD TO BE. HOME. >> AND WITH ONE. SIMPLE MESSAGE. >> HERE WE GO, READY. OR NOT. LET'S DO THE NEWS. >> SO GOOD TO HAVE.

YOU BACK. >> SHE DID WHAT SHE'S. DONE FOR YEARS. GUIDED US THROUGH THE. MORNING. >> SG, COME ON OUT. HERE. COME ON BACK OUT. >> WHEN SAVANNAH WENT. OUT ON THE PLAZA, AMID A SEA OF SIGNS. AND MORE YELLOW. RIBBONS --. >> HI, GUYS. >> -- VIEWERS BROUGHT. A MESSAGE TO HER. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE. ]. >> GOOD MORNING. >> THEY HAVE BEEN. WAITING FOR YOU.

THEY HAVE BEEN. WAITING. >> THESE SIGNS ARE SO. BEAUTIFUL. YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN SO. BEAUTIFUL. I RECEIVED SO MANY. LETTERS. SO MUCH KINDNESS TO. ME AND MY WHOLE. FAMILY. WE FEEL IT. WE FEEL YOUR PRAYERS. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. >> IT'S NOT JUST. TODAY. THEY HAVE BEEN OUT. HERE EVERY DAY. >> HER MOTHER NANCY. NOW MISSING FOR 65. DAYS. THROUGH IT ALL, SAVANNAH SAYS HER. FAITH HAS KEPT HER. GOING. AND ON THIS EASTER. SUNDAY, SHE SHARED A. MESSAGE WITH HER. CHURCH. >> I HAVE QUESTIONED.

WHETHER JESUS REALLY. EVER EXPERIENCED THIS. PARTICULAR WOUND THAT. I FEEL, THIS GRIEVOUS. AND UNIQUELY CRUEL. INJURY OF NOT. KNOWING, OF. UNCERTAINTY AND. CONFUSION AND ANSWERS. WITHHELD. >> IN THE FACE OF. THAT UNCERTAINTY, TODAY, AS SHE SAID. SHE WOULD, SHE CHOSE. JOY AS HER PROTEST. >> IT IS THE DARKNESS. THAT MAKES THIS. MORNING'S LIGHT SO. MAGNIFICENT, SO. BLINDINGLY BEAUTIFUL. IT IS ALL THE.

BRIGHTER BECAUSE IT. IS SO DESPERATELY. NEEDED. THIS IS WHAT WE. CELEBRATE. AND I CELEBRATE TOO. I STILL BELIEVE. >> AND EVEN WITH THE. RETURN, WE'RE STILL. ASKING YOU IF YOU. HAVE ANY INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE FBI. TIP LINE. THE NUMBER IS RIGHT. THERE ON YOUR SCREEN. >>> OKAY, WE'RE GOING. TO TURN NOW TO. FLORIDA AND A FAMILY. VACATION TURNING INTO. AN UNTHINKABLE. TRAGEDY AFTER A. FATHER DROWNED. RESCUING HIS. CHILDREN. TONIGHT, HIS WIFE IS. SPEAKING OUT TO OUR. GEORGE SOLIS.

>> Reporter: RYAN. JENNINGS WAS A. FATHER, A HUSBAND, AND A HERO WHO GAVE. HIS LIFE TO SAVE HIS. CHILDREN. >> HE WAS LIKE MY. REAL-LIFE HERO. LIKE, JUST AS HE WAS. FOR EVERYBODY ELSE. SO OF COURSE, LIKE, THAT'S THE WAY THAT. HE DIES. >> Reporter: THE. JENNINGS WERE ON. VACATION IN PALM. BEACH COUNTY WHEN. POLICE SAY RYAN SAW. HIS 12-YEAR-OLD SON. JAX AND 9-YEAR-OLD. DAUGHTER CHARLIE. STRUGGLING IN THE. WATER. WITHOUT HES TASE, THE. FATHER OF THREE DOVE. IN. >> HE WAS HOLDING UP. CHARLIE, BUT HE WAS. HOLDING UP CHARLIE SO. SHE WAS INGESTING A. TON OF WATER AND.

CHARLIE SAID THE LAST. THING HE SAID WAS TO. MAKE SURE SHE FLOATED. ON HER BACK IF. ANYTHING HAPPENED. >> Reporter: ACCORDING TO THE. INCIDENT REPORT, OFFICERS ARRIVED TO. FIND RYAN UNCONSCIOUS. IN THE SHALLOW. SHORELINE, BYSTANDERS. DESPERATELY TRYING TO. PULL HIM TO SAFETY. >> THE FACILITY WITH. A MALE, WAS SWIMMING, PULLED FROM THE. WATER. CARDIAC ARREST. >> Reporter: RYAN. DIED SHORTLY AFTER. ARRIVING TO THE. HOSPITAL. RIP CURRENTS CAN. SURGE AT SPEEDS UP TO. EIGHT FEET PER. SECOND, ENOUGH TO. OVERPOWER EVEN THE.

FASTEST OLYMPIC. SWIMMERS. THIS WEEKEND ALONE, THE TOLL WAS. STAGGERING. MORE THAN 100 RESCUES. IN FT. LAUDERDALE AS. THIS OCEAN TURNED. TREACHEROUS ON SPRING. BREAK. FOR RYAN'S FAMILY, EMILY, THE LOSS OF. HER HUSBAND IS. UNIMAGINABLE. >> I DON'T KNOW WHERE. I GO FROM HERE. I'M SCARED. >> Reporter: EMILY. ALSO REVEALING THEY. WERE EXPECTING A. FOURTH CHILD. TONIGHT, SHE'S. REFUSING TO LET HIS. STORY END WITH A. TRAGEDY. >> I JUST THINK HE. WAS TOO GOOD. LIKE, HE WAS JUST TOO.

GOOD FOR THIS WORLD. >> Reporter: GEORGE. SOLIS, NBC NEWS. >> SUCH A TERRIBLE. INCIDENT. OKAY, WHEN WE RETURN. IN 60 SECONDS, THE. CLOSE CALL. >>> WE'RE BACK NOW. WITH A WILD SCENE OUT. OF A TEXAS. NEIGHBORHOOD. AN OUT OF CONTROL. MOTORCYCLE CRASHING. AND IGNITING INTO A. MASSIVE FIREBALL AS. CHILDREN RAN FOR. SAFETY. RYAN CHANDLER NOW. WITH THE VIDEO AND. THE STORY. >> Reporter: IT ALL. HAPPENED SO QUICKLY.

A FIREBALL ERUPTING. ON THE CORNER IN A. SAN ANTONIO. NEIGHBORHOOD. A MOTORCYCLE BURSTING. INTO FLAMES, SENDING. SHOCKED KIDS RUNNING. WATCH THE FRIGHTENING. CLOSE CALL. THIS RIDER LOSING. CONTROL, SLIDING. BEHIND HIS BIKE AS IT. EXPLODES INTO FLAMES. SLAMMING INTO A CURB. JUST FEET FROM KIDS. AND A PLAYGROUND. STILL ON FIRE, THE. BIKER RUNS TO PUT THE. FLAMES OUT. >> I WAS JUST BAFFLED. WHILE THERE WAS A. MOTORCYCLE ON FIRE. >> Reporter: ROBERT. PEREZ LIVES ACROSS.

THE STREET AND. CAPTURED THIS WILD. VIDEO. >> IT WAS INCREDIBLE. NONE OF THOSE. CHILDREN WERE HURT. WHEN I SAW THE VIDEO. AND THE MOTORCYCLE. FLYING IN THE AIR AND. THE FLAMES IT WAS. NOTHING SHORT OF A. MIRACLE. >> FIREFIGHTERS. ARRIVED MINUTES. LATER. THE BIKE MANGLED, ON. CHARRED GROUND. NBC'S SAN ANTONIO. AFFILIATE REPORTING. THE BIKER SAID HE WAS. RIDING TOO FAST. AND IS NOW RECOVERING. AFTER SURGERY. ACCORDING TO THE. COUNTY SHERIFF'S. OFFICE, HE SUFFERED. SECOND DEGREE BURNS. THE INVESTIGATION. CONTINUES, AS THIS.

NEIGHBORHOOD IS. A. SEVERE SQUALL CAUSED. THE ANCHOR TO DRAG. NO ONE WAS INJURED IN. THAT ACCIDENT. >>> A WOLF BIT A BABY. AT A PENNSYLVANIA. ZOO. THE CHILD HAD CRAWLED. NEAR THE WOLF. ENCLOSURE AT ZOO. AMERICA, PART OF. HERSHEY PARK. THE WOLF BITING THE. 17-MONTH-OLD'S HAND. ZOO OFFICIALS SAID. THE TODDLER CLIMBED. UNDER SOME FENCING. AND REACHED ITS HAND. THROUGH THE BARRIER. THE TODDLER'S PARENTS. HAVE BEEN CHARGED. WITH ENDANGERING THE. WELFARE OF A CHILD. THE ZOO IN A. STATEMENT SAID GUESTS. ARE EXPECTED TO.

REMAIN WITHIN. DESIGNATED AREAS. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK. HERE ON "NIGHTLY. NEWS," THE LAST CALL. FOR THE 911 OPERATOR. WHO FIELDED HUNDREDS. OF THOUSANDS OF. CALLS, BUT AS SHE. RETIRES IT WAS THE. LAST ONES. >>> FINALLY, THERE'S. GOOD NEWS TONIGHT. A 911 DISPATCHER WHO. SPENT DECADES HELPING. PEOPLE DURING. EMERGENCIES MOVED TO. TEARS BY HER FINAL.

CALLERS. >> TONIGHT, YOU'LL. SIGN IN FOR YOUR LAST. SHIFT. >> FOR 30 YEARS. DISPATCHER HALLIE. FRANKLIN WAS A. TRUSTED VOICE ON THE. OTHER SIDE OF THE. PHONE. ANSWERING 911 CALLS. IN STANLEY COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. >> WHAT'S YOUR NAME? >> THE JOB MEANT. DECADES OF 12-HOUR. SHIFTS. HELPING PEOPLE IN. SOME OF THEIR HARDEST. MOMENTS, BUT ON HER. LAST DAY WHEN HER. FINAL CALLS CAME IN, THE VOICES ON THE. OTHER END WERE. FAMILIAR. >> THIS IS YOUR.

FIRSTBORN. FOR OVER 30 YEARS. YOUR VOICE GUIDED. STRANGERS THROUGH. THEIR DARKEST HOURS. YOUR HEART CARRIED. THE WEIGHT OF A. THOUSAND STORIES AND. YOUR STRENGTH NEVER. WAVERED. >> ONE BY ONE. >> THIS IS YOUR. SECONDBORN. >> HER LOVED ONES. DIALING IN TO SHARE. HOW MUCH HER YEARS OF. SERVICE MATTERED. >> CONGRATULATIONS, HON. YOU MADE IT. I'M SO PROUD OF ALL. YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS. >> I FELT MY HEART. JUST ABOUT COME OUT. OF MY CHEST. JUST TO KNOW THAT. THOSE PEOPLE CARED.

ENOUGH TO DO THAT FOR. ME, UM, IT JUST BLEW. MY MIND. >> THE PHONE CALL. SURPRISE NOW GOING. VIRAL. >> I STILL FEEL LIKE. I'M ON CLOUD NINE. FROM IT. IT'S STILL VERY. EMOTIONAL AND STILL. FEELS ALMOST LIKE A. DREAM SOMETIMES. YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT. PEOPLE ARE GOING. THROUGH. SO JUST BE NICE. >> HAPPY RETIREMENT, MAMA. I LOVE YOU. >> HALLIE FRANKLIN, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR. SERVICE AND.

CONGRATULATIONS ON. YOUR RETIREMENT. WELL EARNED. THAT'S "NIGHTLY NEWS". FOR THIS MONDAY. I'M TOM LLAMAS. THANKS SO MUCH FOR. WATCHING. TONIGHT AND ALWAYS, WE'RE HERE FOR YOU. GOOD NIGHT.