For his safe recovery, including the 30 people who stopped to help. Jay korff just spoke with cruzs son. Jay just a short time ago, we spoke with christian cruz, understandably emotional outside of George Washington hospital. He is the 19yearold son of 45yearold marcelino cruz. The family is devastated, but they are grateful that he had a Second Chance at life. His father has multiple head and facial and neck injuries. Despite all of this damage, mr. Is expected to survive. The family is especially grateful to the Good Samaritans who remove the tree off of his car so that firefighters could save him. Forirst i want to thank god giving us another opportunity at life. And for everyone who took and despite themselves possibly getting hurt they chose to help a guy who is clinging to his life. That means a lot to me. I do not know, what to expect, whether he would be alive or dead. He is one of the strongest members in our family. And he is pushing through. Oddly enough, the victim in this case has worked as an arborist for a Tree Removal Company for nearly 30 years and fairfax. Now the second part of this powerful story, would you get to hear from one of the Good Samaritans. Horror landed on beach jay he was commuting home monday night when he rodfe up on this terrifying scene. He snapped a picture of a tree that had toppled onto a car. The guy was trapped inside. It did not look good. Fromhe could not hear much the victim other than an occasional groan. A Police Officer encouraged everybody to Work Together to move the tree. 20 or 30 people then push the tree off the car. Thought the tree was too heavy, but we had to try to lift it up. We push the car out from underneath, drop the tree, and then we had to wait for the firemen because the guy was still trapped inside. Jay d. C. Firefighters ripped off the roof and rescue the driver, whose condition has been upgraded to stable. Its pretty good to hear. Ive been thinking about it a lot the last 24 hours. Jay he is equally grateful that improving. Jay korff, abc 7 news. Ino has at least 30 Guardian Angels tonight. A terrifying end to a School Bus Ride for a 10yearold girl. The girl was dropped off at wrong place after getting onto the wrong school bus. In fact, the child made her way into a different county entirely. Tom roussey has a look at how this happened. This sounds hard to believe. Leon, and it may be a good thing the young girl walked the wrong way because she was dropped off right here on busy 216, a major roadway in Howard County. Sidewalkabsolutely no along the road. Her mother said that Howard County schools have been very nice to her after they called with concerns, but she is still worried this could happen to another child. Its the first day. I understand things happen, im just upset with what happened next. Tom monday was her 10yearold daughters first day at Elementary School in laurel. She got on the wrong bus to go home. Five minutes after we started driving, i realized it was not my drivbus. Jay she said she thought she recognized where they were. He dropped me off at the curb. Jay that was a long bus 216 and it turned out she did not know where to go. I went away from home, because home was that way, and i went this way. She wound up across the Prince Georges County line in main street in laurel. After several failed efforts, business an eye care that helped her. Did not dosaid he when he was bus driver, which was take her back to the school. They said he was trained it should have followed the training. That is what the mother said the district told her. They said everybody is train. If everybody is trained, my daughter would not wind up on the side of the road, lost and confused and crying in a different county. The School Spokesperson said he cannot talk about personal matters such as whether the bus driver is facing discipline. He did stress the bus driver has been talk to about the procedure that he violated. Live in laurel, Howard County, tom roussey, abc 7 news. A lot kids going back to school early tomorrow morning. We are looking at 75 degrees, middle 80s for recess, lots of sunshine, along with heat and humidity. Around 90 degrees in the afternoon, feels like middle to upper 90s. The high temperatures across the fredericksburg. Hagerstown and frederick should reach 90 degrees. The tropics are beginning to flareup. Fresh information from the National Hurricane center, tropical depression number eight just off the North Carolina coast will continue to track to the north and east. Exactly what to expect for the Holiday Weekend, how tropical depression number eight and nine may impact your travel plans. Leon definitely want to hear that, thanks. This just coming into the newsroom the department of agriculture will reopen four offices that they close today because of an email threat. The Research Center and library and bells for in beltsville were among those with added security. Colorado, North Carolina, and West Virginia will be reopening. An office in virginia and connecticut will remain closed. Two at the mcdonalds near the verizon center. The 17yearold and 20yearolds in custody are charged with assault with intent to rob. A 15yearold was already charged. Last night the victims mother said that her sons condition started deteriorating in the last few days after he was shot in the face of august 12. A florida Sheriffs Office has released recordings of 911 calls made from the orlando nightclub shooting. I just got a call from your friend, said you were faced timing with him and you are in trouble. Whats going on . Leon 49 people died and dozens were injured. Many calls came from people whose loved ones were sending the messages from inside the pulse nightclub at the time. My brother is in there. He is in the unisex bathroom. He is telling me there are already four dead in t leon the euro land a Police Department is not releasing the 911 call they received. The orlando Police Department is not releasing it. News organizations are suing saying the release of the tape is necessary. Considering taking on a new type of crop in our region, medical marijuana. Frederick city leaders are weighing the cultivation of pot green houses. Richard reeve reports. Richard inside this massive greenhouse, they grow poinsettias, tulips, and ornamental plants. Did you ever dream when you were starting out that you would grow marijuana . No. Richard larry is a true believer that medical marijuana is the cash crop of the future. What i learned about it, its just a plant. Greenhouse mix all the sense in the world. Richard 2000 per pound is the going rate in colorado. He figures he can cultivate about 5,000 per year. The Frederick City Council is deciding whether to approve any year pilot program. I have a special exception for a greenhouse only. Richard the county farm bureau opposes the idea. Others are concerned about security. Its a divisive topic. You mentioned marijuana and they say no. Theard but he says marijuana can be genetically altered come just the amount of thc while increasing healing medical Properties Come helping seizures,ith alzheimers disease, and other ailments. From a scientific standpoint, this works, this is why. Richard richard reeve, abc 7 news. As thousands day, governor larry hogan has study thethousands to viability of a new crossing across the chesapeake bay. The study will begin this fall. Right now the bay bridge is the only crossing connecting the Eastern Shore with western maryland. Quote our voting systems be vulnerable to hackers. The fbi is taking this seriously. And a hurricane watch in effect in hawaii, as the east coast braces for a tropical storm. Now, maureening core marathon runners are facing a new challenge the sheer getting to the starting line in time for the marine corps this year. This year, because of metro safe thek, it harder to get to starting line. Organizers will reveal a new event timeline tomorrow. Last year, runners required to be there at 6 a. M. Metro is open at 7 a. M. Theill get the details of race map and schedule at the news conference. It is being described as a significant announcement, so stay with us for continuing coverage. Fewer than 70day days away, pressure is mounting on the fbi to investigate whether russia is munich relating the outcome here. Jonathan elias is standing by the Satellite Center with what congress is demanding. Jonathan as if this election does not have enough twists and turns. Writing members sent a letter to the fbi director for an investigation into whether Donald Trumps campaign helped russia hack several Democratic Party organizations. The top democrat on the oversight committee, maryland democrat of elijah cummings, is among those who signed a five page letter. Of those include judiciary, home a security, and Foreign Affairs committees. There has been no response from the trump campaign. The director of the fbi says they are committed to protecting the elections. We take very seriously any efforts by any actor, including be especiallymay nationstates, to influence the conduct of affairs in our country, whether that is an election or something else. Thousands of dnc documents were released on the eve of last months democratic convention, embarrassing emails that led to the resignation of Debbie Wasserman schultz. There has been a hack in arizona and oklahoma which is believed to have come from russia. Other campaign headlines, in the past halfhour donald trump tweeted he plans to meet with the president of mexico tomorr before his immigration speech in phoenix. On the democratic side, Hillary Clinton will he speaking to the maryland can to the mayor king legion in cincinnati. To the American Legion in cincinnati. Multiple Severe Weather threats in the news for different parts of the country. Two hurricanes making their way towards hawaii. One could affect hawaii by early thursday. The other could hit closer to the weekend. Both have winds up to 120 miles per hour. On the east coast, dangerous rip currents from the tropical depressions off florida and the outer banks. The systems are forcing people to spend the official last weekend of the summer inside. We start off with a look at the tropical satellite. What you is going on right now as of 11 00. , one ofthree systems them is a hurricane. The other two, tropical depression number eight and number nine. Tropical depression number eight, right off the coast of , just a newly issued advisory at 11 00 showing it turning off to the north and east. That is good news for the delmarva beaches. That means it will stay sunny, rip recurrent tip crren rcurrents will be strong. Tropical depression number nine will move out to sea, then turned towards the north on sunday. For the delmarva beaches, once again, rough surf. Take it easy even if you are not an experienced swimmer, even if you are an experience warmer, take extra precautions. 79 sunday. Monday and the lower 80s. The temperatures right now, 72 leesburg, 73 manassas. Mainly clear skies, picking up showers to the south and west, not expecting anything to impact the metro area as we move through the overnight. 69 to 75 below, the winds out of the northeast. By tomorrow afternoon, the feelslike temperatures will be in the middle 90s. For sports practice, make sure they have plenty of water. If youre going to the pool, take it slow and easy. We slowly fall into the 80s. Then a cold front will trigger a few showers and thunderstorms, happening later in the day come into the overnight tomorrow night and into the day thursday. Thursday will not be the prettiest of days, looking at a lot of clouds, scattered showers, embedded thunderstorms, but not a washout. Oncehi conditions improve substantially. Near 90. A. M. , highs the seven day outlook, 84 thursday, showers and a few storms. 82 friday. The upcoming Holiday Weekend 5ooks beautiful, near 83 to 8 saturday, sunday, and monday, with nighttime lows in the 60s. That is a good change out there, and we are looking at the temperatures that are going to remain near average for this time of year. We will take it. Hard to believe tomorrow is the last day of august. Leon hard to believe. This is a great time of the year for the nats right now. Scott a Division Showdown tonight in philadelphia. The nationals gearing up for their playoff push. Danny espinosa getting a little physical on the diamond tonight. That not only looked as handsome as Charles Stephens barrel on his farewell voyage over niagara falls. But stood up to any kind of weather. 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For thinning, small ball, max scherzer with the sacrifice bunt, squeeze play, Ryan Zimmerman scores. The nationals win 32. Breakoutins better rain jackets and they are about to get really wet in the preseason finale tomorrow in tampa bay. They will have to battle the bucs and the ements with tropical depression number nine looming. Coach gruden we just have to speed it up a little bit. We will try to do some today and tomorrow. We just have to use up our preparation a little bit. To travel the same day and play, its tough, but you have to do what you have to do. Thats the thing about the nfl, you play at a different level. This right now is like a dress rehearsal, trying to make the most of the situation. Of tennisther big day at the u. S. Open, and american delivering one of the biggest upsets of the tournament. Steve weitzman has more. Some highs and lows for americans today. Donaldson takes out the 12 seed in four sets. It is his first win at a major. A disappointing loss for sam querrey. Quarteraching his first final at wimbledon, he loses in the first round. Day three coverage begins at 9 a. M. Eastern with tennis channel live at the u. S. Open. Then mary carrillos u. S. Open daily airs at 11 p. M. Eastern. Scott former football star tim tebow held a tryout today for Major League Baseball teams. He got mixed reviews after a workout that lasted more than two hours before 28 different teams. Im telling you right now, a team will take a chance on tebow, just from a promotional marketing aspect, you watch. Leon does he really have it . Scott leagues, he will sell a lot of tickets. Bring in the money in. Is it a signahead of alien life . What astronomers found. Z2392z zi0z y2392y yi0y z23cwz zi0z y23cwy yi0y leon i know this movie, but astronomers are looking into the possibility of signs of alien life. A star 94 light years away from earth has been giving off a strong radio signal. It was detected by russian telescope. Researchers say this could be evidence of a hugely advanced alien civilization or not. Airtran to learn more about it. They are trying to learn more about it. The energy that reached year was more than all of great time for a shiny floor wax, no . Not if you just put the finishing touches on your latest masterpiece. Timings important. Comcast business knows that. Thats why you can schedule an installation at a time that works for you. Even late at night, or on the weekend, if thats what you need. Because you have enough to worry about. I did not see that coming. Dont deal with disruptions. Get Better Internet installed on your schedule. Comcast business. Built for business. Leon a nice weekend . Tomorrow, then a few showers and thunderstorms late tomorrow into the day thursday. Rough surf for the delmarva amazing sleep stays with you all day and all night. Sleep number beds with Sleepiq Technology give you the knowledge to adjust for the best sleep ever. 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