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Chucky Hauled Back into Custody; Russia's Government Hoping Change of Scenery Will Help Children Heal From Terror Attack

Aired September 22, 2004 - 13:33   ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.

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KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: Conflicting reports about whether any Iraqi detainees will be released. A top Iraqi official says the woman, known as Dr. Germ, will soon be freed with two other regime figures. But a U.S. spokesperson in Baghdad says two high-value female detainees remain under the legal and physical custody of U.S. troops, and their release is not imminent.
In Gulf Shores, Alabama, Chuck is no longer amok. The 12-foot, 1,000-pound reptile named Chucky was captured last night by a special team of professional gator grabbers, flown in from Florida. Chucky and several of his pals escaped from a Gulf Shores zoo last Thursday when storm surges from Hurricane Ivan demolished that facility.

Coming up, a live interview with the man who brought him in, the dean of gator wrestling.

And CBS gets hit with a record indecency fine over Janet Jackson's infamous wardrobe malfunction during the half time show of the Super Bowl. The FTC is ordering the 20 CBS-owned stations that owned the incident to paying the maximum penalties, a total of $550,000.

DREW GRIFFIN, CNN ANCHOR: And speaking of CBS, the network has just announced who will conduct the independent investigation into its story on President Bush's National Guard duty. That September 8th report claimed the president received preferential treatment in the Texas Air National Guard, but the documents CBS used to prove its report appear to have been fake. Dick Thornburgh, U.S. attorney general under President Reagan and first President Bush, and Lewis Bacardi, a retired president and CEO of the Associated Press will both be conducting the probe into how that story was produced. CBS acknowledged know it can't prove the authenticity of the documents featured in the report, and that it was a mistake to use them.

President Bush going back into campaign mode today, after wrapping up a visit to the United Nations and attending to some international diplomacy in New York this morning. He met with Pakistan's president, Pervez Musharraf, considered a key ally in the war on terror. Later today, he resumes his campaign with a visit to Pennsylvania, stopping in Philadelphia, and then on to West Moreland County for an aerial tour of yet anther area affected by flooding due to Hurricane Ivan.

Democrat candidate Senator John Kerry remains on the campaign trail. He is in Florida. Coming up in just a little while, he's due at a town hall event. That's in West Palm Beach, Florida. We'll take you there live when it happens. Then it's on the road again, to Columbus, Ohio -- Kyra.

PHILLIPS: The singer formerly known as Cat Stevens is making a quick exit out of the country today. Stevens, now known as Yusuf Islam, was booted off a London-to-Boston flight yesterday after his name turned up on a government watchlist. Officials say he was on the no-fly list because of his alleged ties to possible terrorists.

Well, he wasn't exactly a felon, but he was definitely on the most-wanted list in Gulf Shores, Alabama. And the scales of justice not tipping in Chucky's favor today. The 1,000-pound-plus gator hauled back into custody after a lengthy struggle.

Joining us on the phone, the man who brought Chucky in, in a surprise assault launched under the cover of darkness, Tim Williams, also known as the dean of gator wrestling.

My goodness. Tim, was it a tough fight?

TIM WILLIAMS, GATORLAND ALLIGATOR RETRIEVAL TEAM: I'll tell you what, it was a lot of fun. We were really lucky. We got here, we drove in, got here yesterday, and kind of scoped out Flavio Morrisey (ph) and Ronny Mitchell (ph), and two fellows from Alligator Alley, Hank and Wayne, and we kind of made a game plan, that when it got dark, we were going to go in there and find him and catch him. And we thought, you know, this is going to be a turkey shoot, we're going to be really lucky if we even see him.

And Flavio (ph), bless his heart, was on one side of the perimeter creek, was going to catch a frog, went down, and Chucky was sitting right there by the frog in the water. So we had to jump him. I got lucky enough to get a noose on him, and the other fellows had to jump in the water and swim across. It's pretty rough water down here. These folks got hit real bad by storm.

But we got Chucky up and got him trussed up, tied up, and then we put out the call to the chief of police, and I say there must have been 20, 25 law enforcement officers -- state, local, federal -- they were from everywhere, came out, and these fellows jumped in and grabbed ropes, and we had to haul him out of a swamp, 17-acre swamp, but we got him out, and he's now back in his home and he's really happy.

PHILLIPS: So you were actually eying a frog, and you happen to turn over and there's Chucky.

WILLIAMS: Well, Flavio was looking at the frog, and he said, here's Chucky, and there he was.

PHILLIPS: So was Chucky eying him, or Chucky eying the frog?

WILLIAMS: I think Chucky was eying Flavio, I really do. You know, and knowing Flavio as long as I have, I think the frog would have been a much better meal, but...

PHILLIPS: You know what, I got to ask a serious question, Tim. Well, I think it's a serious question. I mean, you and Flavio and the guys, you're part of this alligator retrieval team. Why the heck are you part of an alligator retrieval team? I mean, are you crazy?

WILLIAMS: Well, no, I mean, in my case, I've been married two times and have eight kids, so this is easy work.

PHILLIPS: You've already gone crazy.

WILLIAMS: There you go. I've already proven -- no, we love alligators. I was born and raised in Florida, and so was Ronnie and Flavio moved down at a young age, and we absolutely dearly love alligators. And At Gatorland, we're there in Orlando, and we have, you know, thousands of people come through all the time to see gators.

People come to Florida for a couple of reasons, the beaches, Mickey Mouse and alligators. And we get to have those folks come in and visit with us and see the gators. And we handle alligator, large gators, crocodiles every day, catching them, moving them, doing things with them. And we wanted to offer our services to the folks here at Gulf Shores Zoo, because these folks, they needed a ray of sunshine up here. This place is devastated. It is completely blown apart. Look like a bomb went off.

PHILLIPS: And when you think about it, that's pretty scary. When you think of an alligator on the loose, you have to panic if you live in that area.

WILLIAMS: Well, they have alligators up here. And you got to remember, alligators don't attack people too much. But when you get a gator that's been used to being -- he's been here, I think, 15, 16 years, and he's used to being fed by people, and that makes him pretty dangerous. It's against the law to feed gators in the wild, and Chucky would associate people with food, you know, being fed. And yes, it would could have proved to be a very dangerous animal, and we're so happy that, you know, we had this ray of light looking down on us last night, and we're able to catch this guy, and get him back and it gave -- you should see the spirits of the folks here. They have very high spirits cleaning up.

PHILLIPS: What about the spirit of Chucky? Is he smiling? Is he happy to be back in his little home?

WILLIAMS: Chucky was grinning at everyone. I think he tried to kiss a couple people, but he missed. But he's a happy gator.

PHILLIPS: I don't know about gators kissing, but OK, I'd like to believe that.

Tim Williams, you're pretty amazing, the head of the alligator retrieval team, flew in especially to help folks find Chucky. He found him.

Tim, we salute you. Thank you.

WILLIAMS: And to the guys on the team, and thanks, everybody. And if ya'll get a chance, you know, say your prayers at night and thank the good Lord that this thing didn't hit in your home, because these folks are really having a problem here, and our prayers and thoughts go out to them.

PHILLIPS: No doubt, Tim. I think a lot of people have been praying for them. Thanks so much -- Drew.

GRIFFIN: Well, Kyra, the animal stories continue on LIVE FROM. A trickster terrier drawing a crowd. Still ahead, Jack be nimble, Jack be quick -- this Jack Russell does a whole lot more than roll over and play dead.

MARY SNOW, CNN FINANCIAL CORRESPONDENT: I'm Mary Snow in New York. The maker of Twinkies and Wonder Bread has filed for bankruptcy. Has the low-carb diet craze trimmed its business? I'll have the skinny later on LIVE FROM.

GRIFFIN: And trying to move on from a deadly crisis. Once again, that emotional story from Beslan, Russia, the children caught in the crossfire. They're getting a change of scenery.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Here's a question: How do you use the Internet to get people together off the Internet? Well, that's a question that Meetup CEO Scott Heiferman was determined to answer.

SCOTT HEIFERMAN, CEO, MEETUP.COM: Just because we have all these great, wonderful, new ways to communicate, instant messaging and e- mail, we still have a -- we're still a species that, you know, evolved to get something out of face-to-face communication.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Heiferman took this idea and ran with it, creating a Web site called meetup.com, where Internet users can logon, type in a hobby or interest, along with a zip code, and get instant access to others in their area with those same interests. The site then sets up face-to-face meetings for those individuals to get together.

HEIFERMAN: The nature of Meetup is it gives people power to organize themselves when they really feel passionate about something. Even if that passion is just about, you know, knitting or Chihuahuas.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Just this month, Meetup launched a new phase of the Web site: giving members of local Meetup groups more power and control.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

GRIFFIN: There's been a break in an Amber Alert case here in the southeast United States. Twelve-year-old girl missing from Florida has been found in Douglas County, Georgia. Her name: Briana Schultheis. She was traveling with Raymond Lewis, a sex offender -- a registered sex offender that her family had hired and then fired when they found out about his background.

Again, this girl, Briana Schultheis, found, and Raymond Lewis now in custody. This all taking place in Douglas County, Georgia.

Three weeks after a deadly hostage crisis at a middle school, Russia's government hoping a change of scenery will help the children heal from that terror attack.

CNN's Ryan Chilcote was with them as they moved on from Beslan and the images that haunt them there.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

RYAN CHILCOTE, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Vlari (ph) may not have wanted it, but he got a last look at the school he will spend the rest of his vacation trying to forget.

"There's our school," he says. "That building is where they killed the people."

So did Yenna (ph), so did the parents. But moments later, the school was out of sight, if not out of mind, as they headed out of town.

(on camera): This is the first group of several who will take the train to travel to Russian resorts on the Black Sea -- part of the government's strategy to help these children who survived the siege to move on.

(voice-over): And when they arrive, there was music, flowers, and letters of sympathy waiting for them at the hotel. The kids that could dive in the pool were in at lightning speed. In the water, they looked like everybody else. Those who couldn't get in looked quite different. The scars from their days in captivity plain to see.

For Vlari (ph) and his friend, the wounds are under their skin, often surfacing as nightmares. Both are terrified that the terrorists who killed so many of their friends are still a threat.

"They were taken away to be killed," he tells me. "As we escaped, the terrorists hid among us. They put the kids in a Chevy Jeep, and now they drive around and kill kids."

On their very first night on vacation, all the kids were startled by the sound of fireworks. They thought shooting had broken out. Little Yenna's (ph) parents gave her a sedative to help her to get to sleep. Yenna (ph) spent three days inside the school as a hostage without her mom or dad.

"She's afraid of going places alone, even if she's with me," her mother says. "She has to be with her dad. Something about men, I guess. And she cries all the time. You ask her why, and she doesn't know."

Fireworks aside, Lenka (ph) tells me what all the kids here say, the resort is a welcome change from Beslan, a place they now associate with crying and black dress.

"I don't want to go back to Beslan," she says. "I'm scared. Here, you can forget. The sea, the pool -- it's fun."

For now they get three weeks of fun to try to overcome three days of terror. Ryan Chilcote, CNN, Sochi, Russia. (COMMERCIAL BREAK)

PHILLIPS: Well, I know this is a story that all of you have been waiting to see. Don't allow your dog in the room while this next report airs, unless you want to risk giving him a terrible inferiority complex. Fetch, roll over, mere puppy play compared to this dog in Oregon.

Al Peterson, CNN affiliate KEZI, introduces us to Joey.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

MICHELLE PULKERSON (ph), JOEY'S MOM: Are you ready? OK, go for it. Come on, Joey, come on. Go push.

AL PETERSON, KEZI-TV REPORTER (voice-over): Skateboarding isn't just a trick for Joey here. No sir, it is his passion.

PULKERSON: It's hard to keep him off of it. He'd go until he dropped. Joey push. Come on, Joey, let's go. Go, go, go, go, go, go, push, push. Hurry up.

PETERSON: But it isn't his only passion because this is no one- trick puppy. Sure, he'll do the basics. He'll play dead, but he also drives an electric car with one hand, slowing down just enough to snag a snack from the drive-thru. And sure other dogs can slam-dunk.

PULKERSON: Joey jump.

PETERSON: But not many skip rope. And we have never heard of any other dog that can pull this off. Joey can fake an injury.

PULKERSON: My goodness sakes. It looks terrible. Are you going to live? Do you need mouth-to-mouth perspiration? Good boy. It looks like it's going to hurt awhile. Let's go to the doctor. We better -- come on, you can limp. Yes, you can. Yes. Through, through, through, where's your through? Where's through? Now play your piano.

PETERSON: He is no ordinary pup. Much of the credit goes to his trainer. She's a professional. Her dogs have appeared in hundreds of television commercials.

PULKERSON: For the AT&T commercials, my dog jumped over 3,000 times in two days, you know, and that's a lot of work.

PETERSON: And part of the credit goes to the breed. Frankly, Jack Russell Terriers may be a little overrated as house pets.

PULKERSON: They are not the dog for everybody. They are very, very high energy. They require a lot of attention. I mean they demand your attention.

PETERSON: But they are sure good at tricks. And since Joey's mom helps train him, he stays busy, she stays happy. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: He likes to perform. He seems to like when we're at Oakley Center (ph), he seems to really enjoy having the people around and performing.

PETERSON: What's next for Joey? Who knows, maybe his own TV commercial if he keeps on getting better, but there's no rush. He's a young guy and right now he's really into skateboarding.

PULKERSON: Joey, push. Give me more (ph). Come on, hurry up. Quick, quick, quick, quick, quick. Come on. Come on, you're warmed up. Let's go. Hurry, quick.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

PHILLIPS: Thanks again for that report, Al Peterson, of CNN affiliate KEZI in Oregon -- Drew.

GRIFFIN: Joey, no helmet?

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Aired September 22, 2004 - 13:33   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: Conflicting reports about whether any Iraqi detainees will be released. A top Iraqi official says the woman, known as Dr. Germ, will soon be freed with two other regime figures. But a U.S. spokesperson in Baghdad says two high-value female detainees remain under the legal and physical custody of U.S. troops, and their release is not imminent.
In Gulf Shores, Alabama, Chuck is no longer amok. The 12-foot, 1,000-pound reptile named Chucky was captured last night by a special team of professional gator grabbers, flown in from Florida. Chucky and several of his pals escaped from a Gulf Shores zoo last Thursday when storm surges from Hurricane Ivan demolished that facility.

Coming up, a live interview with the man who brought him in, the dean of gator wrestling.

And CBS gets hit with a record indecency fine over Janet Jackson's infamous wardrobe malfunction during the half time show of the Super Bowl. The FTC is ordering the 20 CBS-owned stations that owned the incident to paying the maximum penalties, a total of $550,000.

DREW GRIFFIN, CNN ANCHOR: And speaking of CBS, the network has just announced who will conduct the independent investigation into its story on President Bush's National Guard duty. That September 8th report claimed the president received preferential treatment in the Texas Air National Guard, but the documents CBS used to prove its report appear to have been fake. Dick Thornburgh, U.S. attorney general under President Reagan and first President Bush, and Lewis Bacardi, a retired president and CEO of the Associated Press will both be conducting the probe into how that story was produced. CBS acknowledged know it can't prove the authenticity of the documents featured in the report, and that it was a mistake to use them.

President Bush going back into campaign mode today, after wrapping up a visit to the United Nations and attending to some international diplomacy in New York this morning. He met with Pakistan's president, Pervez Musharraf, considered a key ally in the war on terror. Later today, he resumes his campaign with a visit to Pennsylvania, stopping in Philadelphia, and then on to West Moreland County for an aerial tour of yet anther area affected by flooding due to Hurricane Ivan.

Democrat candidate Senator John Kerry remains on the campaign trail. He is in Florida. Coming up in just a little while, he's due at a town hall event. That's in West Palm Beach, Florida. We'll take you there live when it happens. Then it's on the road again, to Columbus, Ohio -- Kyra.

PHILLIPS: The singer formerly known as Cat Stevens is making a quick exit out of the country today. Stevens, now known as Yusuf Islam, was booted off a London-to-Boston flight yesterday after his name turned up on a government watchlist. Officials say he was on the no-fly list because of his alleged ties to possible terrorists.

Well, he wasn't exactly a felon, but he was definitely on the most-wanted list in Gulf Shores, Alabama. And the scales of justice not tipping in Chucky's favor today. The 1,000-pound-plus gator hauled back into custody after a lengthy struggle.

Joining us on the phone, the man who brought Chucky in, in a surprise assault launched under the cover of darkness, Tim Williams, also known as the dean of gator wrestling.

My goodness. Tim, was it a tough fight?

TIM WILLIAMS, GATORLAND ALLIGATOR RETRIEVAL TEAM: I'll tell you what, it was a lot of fun. We were really lucky. We got here, we drove in, got here yesterday, and kind of scoped out Flavio Morrisey (ph) and Ronny Mitchell (ph), and two fellows from Alligator Alley, Hank and Wayne, and we kind of made a game plan, that when it got dark, we were going to go in there and find him and catch him. And we thought, you know, this is going to be a turkey shoot, we're going to be really lucky if we even see him.

And Flavio (ph), bless his heart, was on one side of the perimeter creek, was going to catch a frog, went down, and Chucky was sitting right there by the frog in the water. So we had to jump him. I got lucky enough to get a noose on him, and the other fellows had to jump in the water and swim across. It's pretty rough water down here. These folks got hit real bad by storm.

But we got Chucky up and got him trussed up, tied up, and then we put out the call to the chief of police, and I say there must have been 20, 25 law enforcement officers -- state, local, federal -- they were from everywhere, came out, and these fellows jumped in and grabbed ropes, and we had to haul him out of a swamp, 17-acre swamp, but we got him out, and he's now back in his home and he's really happy.

PHILLIPS: So you were actually eying a frog, and you happen to turn over and there's Chucky.

WILLIAMS: Well, Flavio was looking at the frog, and he said, here's Chucky, and there he was.

PHILLIPS: So was Chucky eying him, or Chucky eying the frog?

WILLIAMS: I think Chucky was eying Flavio, I really do. You know, and knowing Flavio as long as I have, I think the frog would have been a much better meal, but...

PHILLIPS: You know what, I got to ask a serious question, Tim. Well, I think it's a serious question. I mean, you and Flavio and the guys, you're part of this alligator retrieval team. Why the heck are you part of an alligator retrieval team? I mean, are you crazy?

WILLIAMS: Well, no, I mean, in my case, I've been married two times and have eight kids, so this is easy work.

PHILLIPS: You've already gone crazy.

WILLIAMS: There you go. I've already proven -- no, we love alligators. I was born and raised in Florida, and so was Ronnie and Flavio moved down at a young age, and we absolutely dearly love alligators. And At Gatorland, we're there in Orlando, and we have, you know, thousands of people come through all the time to see gators.

People come to Florida for a couple of reasons, the beaches, Mickey Mouse and alligators. And we get to have those folks come in and visit with us and see the gators. And we handle alligator, large gators, crocodiles every day, catching them, moving them, doing things with them. And we wanted to offer our services to the folks here at Gulf Shores Zoo, because these folks, they needed a ray of sunshine up here. This place is devastated. It is completely blown apart. Look like a bomb went off.

PHILLIPS: And when you think about it, that's pretty scary. When you think of an alligator on the loose, you have to panic if you live in that area.

WILLIAMS: Well, they have alligators up here. And you got to remember, alligators don't attack people too much. But when you get a gator that's been used to being -- he's been here, I think, 15, 16 years, and he's used to being fed by people, and that makes him pretty dangerous. It's against the law to feed gators in the wild, and Chucky would associate people with food, you know, being fed. And yes, it would could have proved to be a very dangerous animal, and we're so happy that, you know, we had this ray of light looking down on us last night, and we're able to catch this guy, and get him back and it gave -- you should see the spirits of the folks here. They have very high spirits cleaning up.

PHILLIPS: What about the spirit of Chucky? Is he smiling? Is he happy to be back in his little home?

WILLIAMS: Chucky was grinning at everyone. I think he tried to kiss a couple people, but he missed. But he's a happy gator.

PHILLIPS: I don't know about gators kissing, but OK, I'd like to believe that.

Tim Williams, you're pretty amazing, the head of the alligator retrieval team, flew in especially to help folks find Chucky. He found him.

Tim, we salute you. Thank you.

WILLIAMS: And to the guys on the team, and thanks, everybody. And if ya'll get a chance, you know, say your prayers at night and thank the good Lord that this thing didn't hit in your home, because these folks are really having a problem here, and our prayers and thoughts go out to them.

PHILLIPS: No doubt, Tim. I think a lot of people have been praying for them. Thanks so much -- Drew.

GRIFFIN: Well, Kyra, the animal stories continue on LIVE FROM. A trickster terrier drawing a crowd. Still ahead, Jack be nimble, Jack be quick -- this Jack Russell does a whole lot more than roll over and play dead.

MARY SNOW, CNN FINANCIAL CORRESPONDENT: I'm Mary Snow in New York. The maker of Twinkies and Wonder Bread has filed for bankruptcy. Has the low-carb diet craze trimmed its business? I'll have the skinny later on LIVE FROM.

GRIFFIN: And trying to move on from a deadly crisis. Once again, that emotional story from Beslan, Russia, the children caught in the crossfire. They're getting a change of scenery.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Here's a question: How do you use the Internet to get people together off the Internet? Well, that's a question that Meetup CEO Scott Heiferman was determined to answer.

SCOTT HEIFERMAN, CEO, MEETUP.COM: Just because we have all these great, wonderful, new ways to communicate, instant messaging and e- mail, we still have a -- we're still a species that, you know, evolved to get something out of face-to-face communication.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Heiferman took this idea and ran with it, creating a Web site called meetup.com, where Internet users can logon, type in a hobby or interest, along with a zip code, and get instant access to others in their area with those same interests. The site then sets up face-to-face meetings for those individuals to get together.

HEIFERMAN: The nature of Meetup is it gives people power to organize themselves when they really feel passionate about something. Even if that passion is just about, you know, knitting or Chihuahuas.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Just this month, Meetup launched a new phase of the Web site: giving members of local Meetup groups more power and control.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

GRIFFIN: There's been a break in an Amber Alert case here in the southeast United States. Twelve-year-old girl missing from Florida has been found in Douglas County, Georgia. Her name: Briana Schultheis. She was traveling with Raymond Lewis, a sex offender -- a registered sex offender that her family had hired and then fired when they found out about his background.

Again, this girl, Briana Schultheis, found, and Raymond Lewis now in custody. This all taking place in Douglas County, Georgia.

Three weeks after a deadly hostage crisis at a middle school, Russia's government hoping a change of scenery will help the children heal from that terror attack.

CNN's Ryan Chilcote was with them as they moved on from Beslan and the images that haunt them there.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

RYAN CHILCOTE, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Vlari (ph) may not have wanted it, but he got a last look at the school he will spend the rest of his vacation trying to forget.

"There's our school," he says. "That building is where they killed the people."

So did Yenna (ph), so did the parents. But moments later, the school was out of sight, if not out of mind, as they headed out of town.

(on camera): This is the first group of several who will take the train to travel to Russian resorts on the Black Sea -- part of the government's strategy to help these children who survived the siege to move on.

(voice-over): And when they arrive, there was music, flowers, and letters of sympathy waiting for them at the hotel. The kids that could dive in the pool were in at lightning speed. In the water, they looked like everybody else. Those who couldn't get in looked quite different. The scars from their days in captivity plain to see.

For Vlari (ph) and his friend, the wounds are under their skin, often surfacing as nightmares. Both are terrified that the terrorists who killed so many of their friends are still a threat.

"They were taken away to be killed," he tells me. "As we escaped, the terrorists hid among us. They put the kids in a Chevy Jeep, and now they drive around and kill kids."

On their very first night on vacation, all the kids were startled by the sound of fireworks. They thought shooting had broken out. Little Yenna's (ph) parents gave her a sedative to help her to get to sleep. Yenna (ph) spent three days inside the school as a hostage without her mom or dad.

"She's afraid of going places alone, even if she's with me," her mother says. "She has to be with her dad. Something about men, I guess. And she cries all the time. You ask her why, and she doesn't know."

Fireworks aside, Lenka (ph) tells me what all the kids here say, the resort is a welcome change from Beslan, a place they now associate with crying and black dress.

"I don't want to go back to Beslan," she says. "I'm scared. Here, you can forget. The sea, the pool -- it's fun."

For now they get three weeks of fun to try to overcome three days of terror. Ryan Chilcote, CNN, Sochi, Russia. (COMMERCIAL BREAK)

PHILLIPS: Well, I know this is a story that all of you have been waiting to see. Don't allow your dog in the room while this next report airs, unless you want to risk giving him a terrible inferiority complex. Fetch, roll over, mere puppy play compared to this dog in Oregon.

Al Peterson, CNN affiliate KEZI, introduces us to Joey.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

MICHELLE PULKERSON (ph), JOEY'S MOM: Are you ready? OK, go for it. Come on, Joey, come on. Go push.

AL PETERSON, KEZI-TV REPORTER (voice-over): Skateboarding isn't just a trick for Joey here. No sir, it is his passion.

PULKERSON: It's hard to keep him off of it. He'd go until he dropped. Joey push. Come on, Joey, let's go. Go, go, go, go, go, go, push, push. Hurry up.

PETERSON: But it isn't his only passion because this is no one- trick puppy. Sure, he'll do the basics. He'll play dead, but he also drives an electric car with one hand, slowing down just enough to snag a snack from the drive-thru. And sure other dogs can slam-dunk.

PULKERSON: Joey jump.

PETERSON: But not many skip rope. And we have never heard of any other dog that can pull this off. Joey can fake an injury.

PULKERSON: My goodness sakes. It looks terrible. Are you going to live? Do you need mouth-to-mouth perspiration? Good boy. It looks like it's going to hurt awhile. Let's go to the doctor. We better -- come on, you can limp. Yes, you can. Yes. Through, through, through, where's your through? Where's through? Now play your piano.

PETERSON: He is no ordinary pup. Much of the credit goes to his trainer. She's a professional. Her dogs have appeared in hundreds of television commercials.

PULKERSON: For the AT&T commercials, my dog jumped over 3,000 times in two days, you know, and that's a lot of work.

PETERSON: And part of the credit goes to the breed. Frankly, Jack Russell Terriers may be a little overrated as house pets.

PULKERSON: They are not the dog for everybody. They are very, very high energy. They require a lot of attention. I mean they demand your attention.

PETERSON: But they are sure good at tricks. And since Joey's mom helps train him, he stays busy, she stays happy. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: He likes to perform. He seems to like when we're at Oakley Center (ph), he seems to really enjoy having the people around and performing.

PETERSON: What's next for Joey? Who knows, maybe his own TV commercial if he keeps on getting better, but there's no rush. He's a young guy and right now he's really into skateboarding.

PULKERSON: Joey, push. Give me more (ph). Come on, hurry up. Quick, quick, quick, quick, quick. Come on. Come on, you're warmed up. Let's go. Hurry, quick.

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PHILLIPS: Thanks again for that report, Al Peterson, of CNN affiliate KEZI in Oregon -- Drew.

GRIFFIN: Joey, no helmet?

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