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Wake County Board of Commissioners votes to rename Cameron Village Regional Library
— The Wake County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously on Monday to rename Cameron Village Regional Library to Village Regional Library.
Scott talks about the 1963 Gator Bowl fire with two survivors who now live in Moore County.
MOMENT FOR THE ECONOM >>> THE SUPER BOWL IS THIS SUNDAY SAID THE TARHEEL TRAVELER HAS A FOOTBALL STORY. >> WE FIND SCOTT MASON IN PINEHURST WITH FOOTBALL AND A FIRE. >> Reporter: NORTH CAROLINA HAS BEEN NATIONAL POWER. >> UNC AND AIR FORCE ACADEMY. >> Reporter: THE GATOR BOWL 1963. JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA. >> I REMEMBER LIKE SITTING THERE YESTERDAY WHOOPING AND HOLLERING AND HAVING A GOOD TIME. >> I'M PRETTY SURE I WAS THRILLED. >> Reporter: CAROLYN AND BILL FITZGERALD. >> WERE MARRIED LESS THAN SIX MONTHS. >> Reporter: TODAY THEY LIVE IN PINEHURST. >> WE CHECKED INTO THE HOTEL. >> Reporter: THE GAME WAS NICE TOO FOR BILL AND CAROLYN AND THE UNC FAITHFUL. CAROLINA BEACH AIR FORCE 35-0. >> IT WAS A HAPPY MOMENT FOR ALL THE FANS. >> EVERYBODY CELEBRATED. >> Reporter: AND THEN WENT TO BED AT THE ROOSEVELT HOTEL. >> I HEARD ALL OF THIS NOISE. I'VE ALWAYS DESCRIBED IT AS THE BLACK MONSTER FILLED WITH BLACK SMOKE. >> THEY CAME ROLLING IN, THE ROOM WAS VERY SMALL. >> WE WENT TO THE FIRE ESCAPE AND COULD NOT GET OUT. SO WE STARTED BACK UP THE HALL. OUR ROOM HAPPENED TO BE THE SITE MISS AMERICA'S BEDROOM. >> MISS AMERICA FROM THE STATE OF ARKANSAS. >> Reporter: MISS AMERICA, DONNA. >> JUST IDENTICAL TO OURS. >> AS SOON AS WE GOT IN, WE CAN'T STAY. >> Reporter: THEY DUCKED INTO THE BATHROOM. >> I LOOKED ON THE COUNTER, I SAID THIS IS NOT OUR BATHROOM. >> I SAID HOW DID YOU KNOW? SHE SAID THAT IS NOT MY HAIRSPRAY. >> IT WAS A DIFFERENT ROOM. >> I REMEMBER TELLING CAROLYN, I SAID, WE'VE ONLY BEEN MARRIED SIX MONTHS. I LOVE YOU, I'M SORRY THIS IS HAPPENING. >> WE DID NOT LAST MUCH LONGER THAN THAT. >> Reporter: BECAUSE YOU PASSED OUT. RESCUERS FOUND THEM UNCONSCIOUS ON THE BATHROOM FLOOR. >> THEY THOUGHT I WAS DEAD. THEY TOOK ME OFF THE ROOF IN A HELICOPTER. FROM THERE, I WOKE UP IN THE HOSPITAL AND EPISCOPAL MINISTER WALKED INTO MY ROOM. I WILL TELL YOU TO THIS DAY HE DID NOT KNOW HOW TO BREAK GOOD NEWS BECAUSE IN A VERY SOMBER TONE, HE SAID, IS YOUR WIFE CAROLYN FITZGERALD FROM NORTH CAROLINA? JUST AS MOROSE AS HE COULD BE. I WAS EXPECTING THE WORST. HE SAID SHE IS OVER AT THE HOSPITAL AND IS JUST FINE. >> ALL I CAN SAY IS WE ARE STILL HERE AND THERE MUST BE A REASON. >> YOU JUST THINK THAT WILL NEVER HAPPEN TO ME. I THINK WE ARE LIVING PROOF IT DOES HAPPEN TO YOU. >> WHAT A STORY. 22 PEOPLE DIED IN THE FIRE AT THE ROOSEVELT HOTEL IN DECEMBER 1963. IT WAS AN ELECTRICAL FIRE WITH
