7/18: Syrian minister assassinations; legless man climbs Kilimanjaro

July 18, 2012 5:13 PM

The Free Syrian Army has claimed responsibility for the bombing that took the lives of at least three top Syrian ministers. As Elizabeth Palmer reports, the opposition offensive has come to the very heart of the Syrian capital; And, Spencer West was born with a genetic defect that made his legs useless, so much that doctors ultimately amputated them at the hip. As Scott Pelley reports, his disability never broke his spirit or stopped him from climbing to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro for a charity.

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