we think of kilimanjaro as not a technical climb per se, but a lot of loose shale, steep ground. must have been extraordinarily difficult? >> absolutely. as an amputee, you a unique challenges, not having ankles, for instance, not having a knee in neil and kirk's case. the amount of strain and torque you put on every limb is brutal and couple that and several hours a day, day after day, until you make it to the top, you're in pretty bad shape by the time you get there. >> i want to hear from both of you. when you lost your legs did you ever for a moment imagine you would be doing anything remotely like this? >> no. when i woke up in that hospital bed wired shut with both my legs amputated i didn't know where things were going to go. i didn't know an amputee until i became an amputee. through sports programs i was able to get that freedom back and a lot of people will attest to that too. >> dan, how did you envision your future in the first days and weeks? >> if i were to go back to five plus years ago in the hospital bed i never would have imagined myself walking again, let alone

ago in the hospital bed, i never would have imagined myself walking again, let alone climbing-month kilimanjaro, so to look back at that time, there's been so many opportunities for me to prove to myself that i could continue to be the person i was before my injury. >> three american heroes savoring a new high point in their lives. that's "nbc nightly news" for this sunday. stay tuned for brine williams' "dateline" special. followed by brett favre and the minnesota vikings taking on the san francisc

veterans with only one real human leg among them the top of tanzania mount kilimanjaro. they reached it last saturday after six days of climbing. the men said the message is you can be active no matter disability. one said reaching the top was totally exhausting but totally exhilarating. well, golf's final tournament of the year of the pga championship gets underway in wisconsin. tiger woods tees off at 9:20. >>> good morning, i'm steve weissman with your espn news update. a day after the being brawl, st. louis on the verge of bleeping cincinnati. and philips to yadier molina. instead, hits a tapper back to the mound. adam wainwright takes care of it. top of the five, colby rasmus with the bases loaded. that's his first career grand slam. comes on his birthday. cards go on to win 6-1 first three-game sweep of cincy since '05. >>> moving to the american league, fell lease has converted his last 20 opportunities. yankees/rangers top nine. yanchs down one. derek jeter. curtis granderson scores. yankees tied at 6-6. marcus times. through the left side. gardner coming over, w

kilimanjaro in tanzania, they did it on prosthetic limbs, because they only have one actual leg between them. they did it to encourage veterans to lead active lives. thanks for watching and see you again next week. ive because they only have one successful limb between them. they did it to encourage veterans to lead active lives. thanks for w and see you next week. >>> in the news this sunday, an off road race in the desert turns deadly when a truck crashes. why neighbors believe a fire in the mission district was set o Ñ

three american war veterans who each lost legs serving overseas just reached the summit of mount kilimanjaro. 19,000 feet high. their message -- you can be active, no matter your disability. that's the news at 7:13. >> they are so amazing. >> they served in vietnam, iraq and afghanistan, respectively. >> congratulations to them. now to marysol castro in for sam. lots of storms, right? >> absolutely. good morning. we're keeping an eye on two areas. unfortunately, one of those areas has already been hard hit this week. 8 inches of rain in ames. more flooding rains. also, nation's capital expecting gusty winds this afternoon. 20 states under heat advisories and warnings. >> thanks so much. more on your thursday outlook later on in the show. elizabeth. >> all right, marysol, thanks so much. >>> 12 people stranded on a glacier in alaska are finally safe this morning. their ordeal began when five friends set off on what was supposed to be a 30-minute sightseeing trip. their plane crashed into the snow, in such a remote area, it took a rescue team from the alaska national guard 21 hours to ski to t

>> three disabled veterans from three different wars climbed one of the world's highest peaks mount kilimanjaro. we're going to find out why this weekend on "today." i can give you nothing. please watch. thank you so much. >>> howe about a check of the weather? >> first i'm going to give my 8-year-old some crayons. color now. come on, nicky. >> good investment about. >> let's check your weather and see what's happening for your weekend. mild weather. partly cloudy skies in the pacific northwest. hot throughout much of the rest of the west. showers on the mississippi river valley. then sunday sunday, that rain moves to the east from the gulf coast up into new england. sizzling weather for much of the two-thirds of the western part of the u.s. where you have hit or miss showers in the n >>> what a difference an hour makes. let's look at the golden gate bridge, the clouds are beginning to clear out and lift up and it will clear by late afternoon today. let's look at the seven-day forecast ahead. today will be very similar to yesterday, sunny and nice this afternoon but things will be cooling down