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CARL AZUZ: Hey, thanks for joining us today.
My name is Carl Azuz.
It is always good to have you watching.
You know what's going down not gas prices,
even though they usually start to decrease this time of year
the average price for a gallon of gasoline in the United
States hit $3.27 this week.
That's its highest price in seven years,
and it's almost double what it was last spring, when
roads and runways were nearly empty
because of the COVID pandemic.
There are several components to the price of gasoline the cost
of getting it to gas stations, federal and state taxes,
the costs of refining it, the profits gas companies
make they all factor in.
But the biggest chunk of what we pay,
accounting for 43% of the cost of gasoline,
is the price of the crude oil gas is made from.
And not coincidentally, crude is also
at its highest price in seven years
at just over $80 per barrel.
There are several reasons why this is happening
and why the price of crude is expected
to get even higher one, demand as the world economy
has grown in the wake of the pandemic
so has the need for energy.
And because natural gas prices have recently skyrocketed,
especially in Europe, experts think
power plants and factories will increasingly turn to crude oil
because it's cheaper.
Recent flooding in Northern China is also an issue.
It led to the closure of dozens of coal mines.
And because coal is the main source of energy in China,
its prices have hit record highs and influenced the price
of crude oil to go higher.
But a major influence on that price
has always been OPEC, the Organization of
Petroleum-Exporting Countries.
Algeria, Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia,
Venezuela-- these are some of OPEC's 13 member nations.
And though the US government has asked them to significantly
increase their oil production, the group recently
decided it would only do so gradually,
so that's keeping oil prices higher.
So what could all this mean, besides higher
gas and energy prices?
Well, it could add to America's inflation problems,
driving prices up for all sorts of goods.
And if Americans are spending more on transportation,
they'll have less to spend on goods anyway,
and that could have a negative impact on the US economy.
10-second trivia.
In Greek mythology, who was the god of war?
Mercury, Mars, Ares, or Poseidon?
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Ares was the Greek god of war and violence.
Mars belonged to Roman mythology.
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- The [inaudible] is an almost unique geological
structure in the world.
And what we found here, after many thousands of kilometers
of scouting, is that the [inaudible]
has a lot of geological features which have twins on Mars.
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CARL AZUZ: For the 125th time, the Boston
Marathon was run this week.
It's usually held on Patriot's Day
on the third Monday of April.
Instead, it happened on the second Monday of October.
It was also run in person for the first time
in more than two years.
The reason for all the changes is the COVID pandemic.
But that didn't stop a sweep by two Kenyan runners who won
the men's and women's events.
It was the eighth time that had happened this century.
In the crowd cheering them on, was
a woman named Heather Abbott.
She'd been doing that exact same thing on April 15 of 2013
when there was a terrorist attack near the finish line.
Two bombs went off killing three people,
at least 264 others were injured,
and Abbott was one of them.
The damage to one of her legs was so severe
that doctors advised her to have it amputated below the knee.
It's what she did afterward that made her a CNN Hero.
HEATHER ABBOTT: Typically, insurance
will pay for one prosthesis, so something
that's basic, like a metal walking prosthesis.
Any other prostheses, like those designed
for running or anything that looks realistic,
they consider cosmetic and not medically necessary.
At that time, I was really concerned with not having any
of my normal life taken away.
These are my many different legs.
This one is my running leg.
It has a little Boston Strong logo on it.
And for me, having those multiple prostheses, I think,
kept my sanity intact to a certain degree.
This one is what I like to call my house leg.
It has a slipper on all the time.
Being able to do the things that I
did before, being able to have some privacy
about being an amputee.
And this is my high heel leg.
I can paint the toenails, I can use toenail polish remover,
and easy carrying a pug and we are in high heels.
And had my injury not happened in such a public way, where
there was so much assistance available,
I never would have been able to afford to pay for all
those multiple prostheses.
Some of our recent beneficiaries.
So I decided to start the Heather Abbott Foundation
in order to do what I could to help people get
those devices that simply couldn't get them
because they were out of reach.
I met Corey quite a few years ago.
She was one of our first beneficiaries.
And Corey lost her leg in a lawnmower accident
when she was two years old.
She was a very active little girl at the time
who wanted a running leg.
- I have a good job with great insurance.
I'm lucky.
But it only covers the one leg a year.
Because she's growing, we've already
probably had 8 or 10 legs.
You want to put it in or you want me to?
- I'll do it.
- The running leg would cost between $20,000 and $50,000.
We would not be able to get a running leg
without Heather's help.
- Good.
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- Some things I like to do are playing volleyball,
basketball, riding my bike, really just
like stuff that gets moving.
The walking leg only has the flex ankle.
If I use a walking prosthetic, it's a lot harder to run,
because there's not as much spring
as there is in the running leg.
Before, I'd always be a little bit behind,
but now I'm feeling like I'm catching up to everybody so--
HEATHER ABBOTT: She hasn't let anything stop her.
Her mom sent me a video of her recently snowboarding,
and she looked amazing.
It is frustrating to see people that can't have what they
need to live the life they want just
because money is an obstacle.
It seems like that shouldn't be a question.
- He is the crazy man.
HEATHER ABBOTT: We've helped around 42 people,
which doesn't sound like much.
But because of the cost of these devices,
it has been a big endeavor.
We've been able to raise about a million and a half
over the last six years.
It has been life changing for them, and a lot of them
remind me of that.
They keep in touch and tell me about what
they're doing in their lives.
This whole experience just showed me
a whole different part of life that I
otherwise wouldn't have known.
And I do try to focus on all the positive things that
have resulted from that terrible day.
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CARL AZUZ: For 10 out of 10, there are some home designs
that make your head spin.
In this case, it's the whole house.
A man in the European country of Bosnia-Herzegovina
built this for his wife because she
kept changing her mind on the view she
wanted from their old house.
This one gives her every view.
The speed is adjustable.
One rotation can be as slow as 24 hours or as fast
as 22 seconds.
The project took the builder six years to complete.
So when neighbors come around and ask,
are you moving anytime soon?
They can point out their revolving door, the rotating
cabinets, the turning clocks, the spinning exercise bike,
the furniture with turned legs and rolled arms,
a view that's often tops, and then make an about face
and say, we're always moving.
I'm Carl Azuz.
Before we move on, we're moving over to Glenwood, New Jersey,
where we want to give a big shout-out to our viewers
at Vernon Township High School.
"CNN 10" returns tomorrow.
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