"I hope you're as lucky as me and hold on to the job until you're the old guy, " Leno said in a statement.

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"I relish going into the trenches, looking the other guy in the eye and sorting things out the old fashioned way, " said Froch.

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"I went from being young and a prospect to being the old guy on the team having to prove myself, " Rice said.

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Staff Sergeant Jesse Childress -- an Air Force reservist, 29 years old, a cyber specialist who loved sports, the kind of guy, said a friend, who'd help anybody.

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"He's probably the nicest guy you'll ever meet, " said Lonnie Daniels, the 69-year-old owner of the NAPA Auto Parts store, one of three establishments in town that was open Saturday.

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