PHILLIPS: Well, today is the 70th anniversary of D-Day, and earlier today, President Obama saluted D-Day veterans at a celebration in Normandy. And there were also celebrations in D.C. and New York City. And besides the veterans, Holocaust survivors are also remembering this day as the start of the end of Nazi control. Thousands of people survived the holocaust, and one group is working to still help them.</s>ZANE BUZBY, CNN HERO: As a child, I ran from the killing squads three times. Even now I still dream that I am running. Our entire little town was burned to nothing. My mother and father were killed in the mass graves. I sometimes think it would have been better if I had died with them. I cry at night. Your letters are for me like medicine. These are the last survivors of the Holocaust in eastern Europe. They are out there today, elderly, alone, suffering. They don't have extended family. Life is so hard in these places. They don't have anything. I saw it with my own eyes, and I knew that no one was helping them. so I wanted to reach out and help them. We provide them with direct, continuous financial aid for food, medication, and shelter. All right, stay healthy and write to me. And we let them know that they have not been forgotten. This person I am very worried about. His wife is paralyzed. He himself is so not well. We get stacks and stacks of letters, every week, mostly in Russian. They're sent out to translators and then we start answering them immediately and sending money. We're now helping 2,000 people in eight countries. The money is lifesaving, but the connection, the letters, the communication, equally lifesaving. I'm going to come back and see you. We can really write a more hopeful, final chapter to the Holocaust, this time, one of kindness compassion, what they finally deserve at the end of their lives.</s>PHILLIPS: Happy Friday, everyone. Jake Tapper starts right now.
CNN Hero Helps Holocaust Survivors