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Gene Rosen was finishing up his morning routine this past Friday when he noticed six small children sitting at the end of his driveway. He soon discovered they were some of the lucky ones to escape gunfire alive. He talks about taking them into his home and learning that their teacher, Victoria Soto, had been killed. (TODAY)

A 15-month-old orphan walrus calf named Mitik was flown from Alaska to the New York Aquarium in Brooklyn, and zookeepers are hoping that love will soon be in the air for the young male and their 17-year-old female walrus, Kulu. (TODAY)

Massive sandbagging machine is helping protect one Louisiana town from floodwaters. WVLA's Nicholas Madere reports. (NBC News)

Residents along the Mississippi River attempt to sure up levy systems in preparation for record water levels. NBC's Thanh Truong reports from Vicksburg, Miss. (msnbc tv)

23-year-old Cairo resident Ahmed Ramez predicts President Hosni Mubarak will be removed from power within a matter of days, and explains that a major portion of the protesters are well-educated, young people wanting political change. Ramez talks to msnbc while armed in his home in an attempt to defend his family against looters. (msnbc tv)

NBC's Ron Bloom talks with Faye and Charles Moore of Beebe, Ark., who found dead black birds in their neighborhood. (msnbc tv)

San Bruno, Calif., resident Bob Pelligrini tells TODAY's Matt Lauer that he saw a big orange plume, accompanied by a "thunderous" roar, before watching his windows crack from the intense heat as he fled from his burning home. 

Iggy the Iguana, a flying 26,000 pound, 40 foot long statute, is now on display outside the zoo's new reptile house.