Q: CNN -- Sebastian Junger found him crouched on a battlefield in Afghanistan, fighting to stay alive.

Ahmad Shah Massoud, center in white shirt, leads his men in his beloved Afghan mountains.

The Taliban had the man cornered and outnumbered. A sniper's bullet came so close to the man that it plucked dirt between his feet. But Junger watched him coolly orchestrate a cunning counterattack by his soldiers -- all while discussing his favorite poetry and international news.

"He had tremendous magnetism," says Junger, a noted journalist and author who has written bestsellers like "The Perfect Storm," and "A Death in Belmont."

"You didn't even need to speak his language to fall under his sway. That's the only time I've ever really felt that from another person."

The man Junger met was Ahmad Shah Massoud, the "Lion of Panjshir." Today, Massoud is a national hero in Afghanistan, but he's also become something else: the prototype for the tough but enlightened leader Afghanistan desperately needs today, some Afghans say. Watch how images of Massoud are everywhere in Afghanistan "

Massoud was assassinated two days before the September 11 terrorist attacks by agents linked to al Qaeda. Though he died eight years ago, his legacy looms over any would-be leader in Afghanistan, Afghans and scholars say. See current key players in Afghanistan "

'He would have found bin Laden'

Afghanistan's government has been accused of being corrupt and weak. Massoud had a reputation for integrity and strength, says Junger, who traveled to Afghanistan in 2000 to profile Massoud for his book, "Fire."

1. a white shirt
2. Afghanistan,
3. \journalist
4. no
5. he was assassinated
6. Lion of Panjshir
7. yes
8. bin Laden
9. Fire
10. 2000
11. he Perfect Storm
12. A Death in Belmont
13. being corrupt and weak.
14. integrity and strength

Numbered questions:
1. What was Ahmad wearing?
2. Where does he live?
3. What is Junger's job?
4. Is Massoud alive?
5. How did he die?
6. What was his nickname?
7. Is he portrayed positively in Afghanistan?
8. Who would he have found if he was still alive?
9. What was the name of Junger's novel?
10. When did he travel to see him for the book?
11. What is another book he has written?
12. What's another?
13. What was the government accused of?
14. What traits did Massoud have?

Q: (CNN)The odds seemed almost impossibly stacked against baby Lily, but she survived.

Rescuers found the toddler Saturday, hanging upside down in her mother's car, which had flipped into a frigid Utah river a day before.

If the wreck occurred when police believe it did, she may have been there for as many as 14 hours.

Lily's mother, Lynn Jennifer Groesbeck, died in the crash. She was 25 years old.

How did her 18-month-old survive?

One of the biggest factors was the car seat.

Lily was in the proper car seat for her age and the seat appears to have been properly attached.

Even though the child was trapped and upside down, her body remained in the seat and above the frigid water. Doctors say that such low temperatures are dangerous, but would be even more so if the baby were wet.

Dry cold temperatures are more survivable than wet cold temperatures.

Ironically, the cold might have actually helped Lily survive, said Dr. Barbara Walsh, with the University of Massachusetts Medical School.

"She's going to have a lower heart rate. She's going to have a lower metabolism. She's going to need less sugar," Walsh said. "It's almost like the body is sort of knowing that it needs to shut down to protect itself."

A variety of other factors were also likely at play.

"We don't know what time the child was last fed, when she drank. Given that it's wintertime and she was in her car seat, she was probably wearing mittens, a hat. We tend to over bundle our children, so the fact that she was dry, she probably had on multiple layers because it's winter, and there's always a chance that she had just been sort of fed right before this happened probably all played a role," Walsh said.

1. The odds that she would survive.
2. It flipped into a Utah river, leaving Lily hanging upside down.
3. As many as 14 hours.
4. No.
5. She was properly in the car seat.
6. It slowed her body down which protected it.
7. Yes.
8. Mittens, a hat, and multiple layers of clothing
9. It is not certain, but there was a chance that she was.
10. Yes.

Numbered questions:
1. what odds were stacked against Lily?
2. What happened in the car?
3. How long was the baby in the car?
4. Did her mother survive?
5. How did the baby survive?
6. What did the cold have to do with Lily's survival?
7. Did she wear anything to protect her from the cold?
8. what else?
9. Was she fed before it happened?
10. Was she dry?

Q: A former top appointee of Chris Christie says there is evidence contradicting what the New Jersey governor has said publicly about the notorious George Washington Bridge traffic lane closures that have roiled the Republican's administration, according to the man's lawyer.

David Wildstein resigned his position at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey in December amid allegations that Christie appointees had ordered access lanes to the nation's biggest river crossing in Fort Lee closed last year to punish that town's mayor politically for not endorsing Christie for reelection.

Wildstein's attorney, Alan Zegas, wrote on Friday that "evidence exists" contradicting Christie's recollection about the lane closures at a news conference earlier this month.

"Evidence exists ... tying Mr. Christie to having knowledge of the lane closures, during the period when the lanes were closed, contrary to what the governor stated publicly in a two-hour press conference (on January 9)," Zegas said in a letter to the general counsel of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which operates the bridge and where Wildstein had worked for the governor.

Days of lane closures

The letter references the closures over a work week in September, but does not suggest that "evidence" contradicts anything Christie has said so far about his advisers at the time or any role they might have played in alleged political shenanigans.

The letter also does not suggest that Christie had any advance knowledge of the closings. Zegas also didn't disclose the evidence.

CNN Senior Legal Analyst Jeffrey Toobin said Zegas' letter is just that. "It's not sworn testimony. It's not proof," he said.

1. David Wildstein
2. due to allegations

Numbered questions:
1. Who resigned his position at the Port Authority?
2. Why did he do that?