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>>> GOOD EVENING.
>> IT HAS BEEN AN EXCITING DAY.
>> IT DEFINITELY HAS.
THE CROWDS OF COURSE, TONIGHT
THE SUCCESS FOR THE CITY OF
DALLAS AND THE MAVERICKS OVER
ALL HAD FEW PROBLEMS.
>> WE WANT YOU TO LOOK AT THE
CROWD, IT WAS PHENOMENAL.
DALLAS POLICE ESTIMATE MORE
THAN 2,000 PEOPLE ATTENDED.
THE FOUR ME ILPARADE WERE
PACKED, HUNDREDS OF OFFICERS
WERE ON HAND.
3 ARRESTS THAT RESULTED FROM
ONE SINGLE FIGHT.
>> THERE WERE OF COURSE LOTS OF
MEMORABLE MOMENTS BUT ONE OF
THE MOST SPECIAL WAS LIKELY
THIS, DIRK AND HIS TEAMMATES
LETTING LOSE.
>> WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS.
NO TIME FOR LOSERS BECAUSE WE
ARE THE CHAMPIONS.
>> HE SURPRISED THE CROWD.
>> Reporter: THIS IS THE
VERSION OF WE ARE THE
CHAMPIONS.
>> THE CELEBRATION WAS A BIG
SUCCESS.
ONE OF THOSE SCARY INCIDENTS ON
BOARD THE GUARDRAIL.
HERE IS LIVE IN DALLAS THE
INVESTIGATION TO WHAT HAPPENED
AND THE RESPONSE THAT FOLLOWED.
>> Reporter: WE'RE LIVE AT
MOCKING BIRD STATION.
EARLIER TODAY PASSENGERS WERE
TRAPPED ON THE TRAIN INSIDE THE
TUNNEL.
SOME PASSENGERS GOT OFF THE
TRAIN AND WALKED THE TUNNEL.
HE SAYS THAT ILLEGAL BUT
DANGEROUS SOME PASSENGERS TOLD
US THEY HAD NO OTHER CHOICE.
THE TENSION STARTED TO BUILD AS
PASSENGERS WAITED SHOULDER TO
SHOULDER ON A STALLED D.A.R.T.
TRAIN.
WALKER WAS ON THAT TRAIN.
>> IT WAS PACKED.
IT WAS HOT.
YOU COULDN'T REALLY BREATHE.
PEOPLE WERE PANICKING, THEY
WANTED TO GET OFF THAT TRAIN.
>> Reporter: ROUNAD 40 MINUTES
LATER, SOME PASSENGERS SOME
DID.
DOZENS GOT OFF THE TRAIN AFTER
PULLING THE EMERGENCY RELIEF.
HE TOLD US THE SITUATION WAS
TOO MUCH AND GETTING WORSE
MINUTE BY MINUTE.
>> PEOPLE STARTED BEATING ON
THE DOORS AND THROUGHOUT THE 40
MINUTES TWICE THE LIGHTS
FLICKERED OFF AND ON.
>> Reporter: BOTH RIDERS TOLD
US ATTEMPTS TO REACH THE
CONDUCTOR FAILED.
>> PEOPLE STARTED HITTING THE
CONDUCTOR.
NO INFORMATION WAS COMING BACK.
>> Reporter: WALKING WHO STAYED
ON BOARD SA IDHE TRIED TO
CONTACT D.A.R.T.
BY USING EMERGENCY PHONE.
SO I PICKED UP THE PHONE AND IT
WAS DEAD.
>> Reporter: FAMILIES WALKED
ABOUT A HALF MILE THROUGH THE
TUNNEL TO MOCKING BIRD STATION.
NO ONE FROM DART GUIDED THEM
OUT.
WHEN THEY ARRIVED AT LEAST ONE
PASSENGER NEEDED MEDICAL
ATTENTION.
DART DIDN'T MENTION THE PROBLEM
UNTIL NEWS 8 STARTED ASKING
QUESTIONS AND EVEN THEN THEY
PAINTED A MUCH DIFFERENT
PICTURE.
>> FOLKS GOT CONTROL OF THAT
SITUATION.
THE TRAIN, WE HAD MECHANICS
THERE, THE TRAIN WAS REPAIRED
IN PLACE AND PULLED OUT OF THE
TUNNEL.
>> Reporter: ACCORDING TO THE
AGENCY AN AIR LOCK BRAKE LOCKED
UP.
ENGINEERS DID FIX THE PROBLEM
AND THE TRAIN WAS BACK ON
TRACK.
WALKER TOLD US THE ENTIRE
INCIDENT LASTED ABOUT AN HOUR
20 MINUTES.
DART PLANS TO INVESTIGATE.
>> TALK TO THE PASSENGERS LET
US KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON AND
EASE THE PANICKING.
>> Reporter: DART PLANS, AGAIN,
TO REVIEW THE INCIDENT.
OFFICIALS WILL LOOK AT
MECHANICAL AND OPERATIONAL
ISSUES.
THEY'LL TALK TO CONDUCTOR IS TO
SEE IF HE PROPERLY NOTIFIED
PASSENGERS.
WE'RE LIVE IN DALLAS.
CHANNEL 8 NEWS.
>> ALL RIGHT MONICA.
>>> HEAT WAS A BIG CONCERN IN
TODAY'S PARADE.
THIS WOMAN PASSED OUT AND HAD
TO BE CARRIED BY POLICE.
IN ALL 145 PEOPLE WERE TREATED
FOR MINOR HEAT RELATED ISSUES.
9 WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL.
PARAMEDICS WERE UP.
MOST FANS HEEDED THE WARNING
AND BROUGHT WATER.
>>> THE PARADE WAS WATCHED
AROUND THE WORLD, HERE IS WHAT
EVERYONE WAS WAITING FOR, THE
MAVERICKS BIG 3.
>> PLENTY OF PEOPLE WATCHED THE
PARADE.
OTHERS, THOUGH, HAD TO GOO FOR
HIGHER GROUND -- HAD TO GO FOR
HIGHER GROUND.
HERE IS DAVID WITH CROWD
CONTROL.
>> Reporter: YES THE PLAYERS
ARE CHAMPIONS.
CLEARLY, THEIR FANS ARE TOO.
THE CROWD ESTIMATED AT 200,000
FIRED UP, YET VERY WELL
BEHAVED.
SOME WERE CREATIVE ABOUT
FINDING A HIGH PERCH, OTHERS
WERE FLAT OUT AMBITIOUS.
THE HILTON WHO HOPPED A FLIGHT
FROM GERMANY JUST TO SEE THIS
CELEBRATION.
WAS IT WORTH THE TRIP?
>> YES.
WE WILL FLY ALL OVER THE WORLD
FOR THAT.
>> Reporter: REALLY?
>> YES.
>> Reporter: FOR THE MOST PART
IT WAS A WELL HYDRATED GROUP.
BUT IF YOU DIDN'T SWEAT IT OUT,
THE OPTIONS WERE FEW.
ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE AAC
THERE WERE ONLY 15 PORTAL
POTTIES AND HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE
WHO NEEDED TO USE THEM.
>> 30 TO 45 MINUTES AVERAGE,
YES.
SO I'M READY.
>> Reporter: WAS IT WORTH IT?
>> IT WAS, IT WAS WORTH THE
WAIT.
NOW, I CAN GO ENJOY THE PARADE.
>> Reporter: POLICE SAY THERE
WERE NO MAJOR INCIDENTS AND
MADE FEW ARRESTS.
THIS GUY WAS PICKED UP FOR
PULLING A KNIFE AND SOME
KNUCKLE HEAD THOUGHT IT WOULD
BE A GREAT IDEA TO STAND ON TOP
OF A POLICE CAR.
BUT MOSTLY THIS CROWD AND CITY
HAD A BIG HEART JUST LIKE ITS
TEAM.
THEY'RE LOOKG AFINTER A
FRIGHTENED CHILD SEPARATED FROM
HIS PARENTS, QUICKLY CLEANING
UP THE MESS, WE'RE HEADING HOME
PEACEFULLY, THAT IS HOW WE DO
IT IN THE D.
>> EMOTIONS RAN HIGH AT THE
CHAMPIONSHIP CELEBRATION, ONE
OF THE NBA MOST OUT SPOKEN
OWNERS OVER COME BY THE MOMENT.
THERE WAS A LOSS FOR WORDS.
>> IT'S BEEN AN AMAZING RIDE,
AN AMAZING JOURNEY.
I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO SPEND 13
YEARS WITH THE GREATEST FANS OF
THE NBA.
>> INSIDE THE ACC FOR SEASON
TICKET HOLDERS FOR MORE THAN AN
HOUR THOSE PLANS GREETED THE
PLAYERS AND COACHES.
THEY WERE ENTERTAINED BY
VARIOUS PLAYERS SINGING AND
DANCING.
WE STARTED MAVS PLANS STARTED
TO SHOW UP LAST NIGHT.
THAT WAS A LONG WAIT BUT
WORTHWHILE WAIT BUT FOR THOSE
LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE NEAR THE
MAN.
>> Reporter: THE KEY TO ANY
SUCCESSFUL PARADE IS A POLICE
FORCE CAPABLE OF COMMANDING
RESPECT AND KEEPING A CROWD IN
CHECK.
THERE IS ONE OTHER
CHARACTERISTIC, HOWEVER, THAT
COMES IN HANDY WITH A WRESTLESS
CROWD. DALLAS POLICE OFFICER
INSTIGATING THE WAVE, NOT JUST
ONCE, HE'S OFFICER MATTHEW, AND
HE KEPT ANXIOUS FANS
ENTERTAINED WITH MORE THAN JUST
THE WAIT.
HE GOT BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET
TO COMPETE.
HE DID GET THROUGH ONE POINT
THAT CAME AFTER HE HELD UP A
MIAMI HEAT JERSEY. LUCKY FOR
OFFICER, HE WAS ABOUT TO BE
RESCUED BY BOYS IN BLUE MUCH
BETTER AT TAKING THE HEAT.
>> OKAY.
IF YOU MISSED SOMETHING FROM
THE PARADE, YOU CAN SEE IT ALL
ON THE WEB SITE.
THERE YOU'LL FIND PICTURES FROM
VIEWERS, EVEN FROM ALL OF OUR
CREWS IN THE FIELD AND IF YOU
COULDN'T GET ENOUGH OF SOME OF
THE SINGING, WELL THAT'S THERE
TOO.
>>> WE ALL HAVE OUR OWN
FAVORITE MOMENTS SINCE THE
CELEBRATION, TOMORROW MORNING
ON
>>> TODAY'S CELEBRATION HAVE
COME TO AN END FOR MAVERICKS.
AFTER THE PARADE, SEASON TICKET
HOLDERS PACKED TO HELP THEM
CELEBRATE.
THERE WERE A CHANCE FOR MARK
CUBAN SENDING THE MONEY.
AND OF COURSE PLENTY OF MVP
CHANCE FOR DIRK.
THE PLAYERS ARE UNRESTRICTED
FREE AGENTS, SO WHO KNOWS WHAT
THIS TEAM WILL LOOK LIKE NEXT
YEAR.
SHAUN MARION IS TRYING TO GET
EVERYONE DANCE ON STAGE.
NOT EVERYBODY CAN KEEP UP WITH
THIS GUY.
>> I'M STILL KIND OF FLOATING
AROUND A LITTLE BIT, AS THE
KIDS GROWING UP, YOU WANT TO
HAVE THE TROPHY.
SO ASK ME ABOUT IN TWO MORE
WEEKS, IT DOESN'T SEEM REAL
RIGHT NOW.
>> WE HAD TO SLEEP THAT THE
NIGHTMARE THAT WE LOST AN
OPPORTUNITY.
I'LL TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, I'M A
BELIEVER, GOD IS GOOD AND HE
GAVE US ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY AND
WE BROUGHT THE TROPHY HOME.
>> WHAT AN AMAZING RIDE AND YOU
GUYS HAVE BEEN WITH ME EVERY
STEP OF THE WAY, SO THIS IS FOR
OUR FANS.
>> I HEAR THEY DO THINGS BIG IN
DALLAS, SO.
SO IF WE DO IT BIG, IT CAN'T
JUST BIG ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR,
FIVE.
>> YEAH, THE MAVERICKS ARE WON
UP ON LEBRON JAMES.
THE CHICAGO CUBS CLASS A HANDED
OUT LEBRON JAMES REPLICA
>>> AS WE LEAVE TONIGHT, FINAL
LOOK AT TODAY'S CELEBRATION.
>> CONGRATULATIONS TO THE
DALLAS MAVERICKS AND GOOD
NIGHT.