Welcome to news 4 this week. Im veronica johnson. We are going to show you more interesting stories happening in the news this week. Making your own toys. Your tools, even shoes at the library. A look at the Stunning Technology behind 3d printing and how it could even save you some cash. Mothers behind bars. We get rare access inside local jails to see why more women are ending up will. And new Breast Cancer therapy thats cutting treatment time for patients by weeks. I thought it was a joke. A hero who wants legs and fingers gets a surprise of a lifetime and we will take a tour inside of his new dream home. Coming up. First up, a lifechanging commute for a couple traveling along the beltway. A momtobe went into atlanta brave more the car. While an ambulance did make it there in time the baby couldnt wait out the ride to the hospital. We caught up with the man that made the delivery. As soon as the call came in rescuers were at the door. The call was for a woman in labor on the beltway. They shut down the outer loop towards 123. Thinking we want to try to get out of the beltway as quickly as we could. Three years at the Fairfax County fire fighter medic and more than 20 hours into his shift, jeff got the mom on to this stretcher and into this ambulance all the while in the morning. They didnt get par. The baby boy just could not wait. Called up to the front. Said, baby is coming. Jeff pulled out his delivery kit just in time. Baby is born. We are holding him. You have to be careful because they are really slippery. Wrapped the baby and then passed him up to mom. Both mom and her beltway baby made it to Fairfax Hospital healthy and safe. Yes. Certainly they said thank you. It was the look on their face that was even more than that. Could you tell just how happy they were. Jeff is feeling pretty good. David culver, news4. Love happy endings. It is a rare look inside of local jails. High p an alarming trend. Mothers trying to clean up while they are locked up. The news 4s iteam Scott Mcfarland reveals whats behind the surge. This is lori adams second stint in the Montgomery County jail in boyd. This time she is not hanging photos of her five kids on the walls. I dont think im going to stay. So i dont want to keep my kids here with me in that format. I dont want them in here with me. You dont want their faces in this cell . No. Adams is a recovering drug addict did and said her first term in jail was drug related. Correctional official space there has been a new spike in women inmates in need of Substance Abuse counseling. Many of the women getting at least nine hours of treatment each week. Including a socalled sister support group. Ginger carter remembers her first day inside. You go through kind of like a you go lou depression and mood changes and anxiety. U. S. Justice department rrds reviewed by the news4 iteam shows Montgomery County is not alone with women inmates in local jails has jumped. The percentage of women during that period surging, too. The American Civil Liberties union said stiffer drug sentencing laws led to this surge in women inmates. Women dont commit very many violent offenses p. Their numbers in prison were small. When the drug war expanded all of a sudden there was a whole new potential for rounding women up and sending them to prison. Same rue at the lockup in d. C. There are fewer inmates each year but a higher and higher percentage of women inmates. More and more with substance buys problems. Eventually, they immediate Substance Abuse therapy. D. C. Launched a program called adjusting our attitudes. Former marine leading drills to instill discipline. We asked, all but three of this group of inmates say they have a history of Substance Abuse. D. C. And Montgomery County changed the looks of their womens jails, too. You see the murals on the walls. And the staff has programs to help young mom to prepare go home. Others are getting counseling and not just for drugs. 9 a of the women that go to the d. C. Jail have been abused. Selfreport they have been abused at some point in their life. Physically or emotionally or sexually. Members from virginia more striking. Records obtained show 1900 female inmates in virginia 12 years ago. 2800 now. Civil Liberties Group point to stiffer drug sentencing law. One inmate tells me tomorrow person late for incarsation was me. Scott mcfarland. Now to the donation changing the life of a local marine injured in the war zone. He is getting a new home thanks to a non profit. As Darcy Spencer shows us, it is getting this hero a new sense of freedom and the chance to start a family. This is a muscle flap taken from my forearm. Tom lost his legs and fingers in an ied explosion while serving in the marine corps in afghanistan. The reason i did what i did was for my family a to ensure that we as americans can keep living the way that we do. The way he and his wife live is about to get much easier. The shower is 48. Thanks to a nonprofit holmes for our troops that they will soon call this new home in broad run, virginia, their own. And it is not costing them a dime. I thought it was a joke. I was like nobody hands out this for free. Especially like this. It is not a joke. This home has been built just for his needs. The mortgage is paid in full. It is definitely a dream. There is a therapeutic tub. Low sinks that come on when he claps. Wide hallways and doors. Nick may be doing more cooking now now that he can reach the stove and appliances. No more struggling to open doors with doorknobs. They are all automatic. Press a button and walk through. This is one of more than 150 special features for whats become their dream home. It is the 142nd home the organization donated. They are worth an average of 400,000. Im happy to get a family in here one day. Darcy spencer, news4. Taking do it yourself to a new level. See how and where people are making their own shoes, toys, even a microscope and more. Local students come up with an invention so clever they are getting big bucks to develop it. We will show you what it is. Stay tuned for the sights and sounds of the are a digs, next. Tell me you cant wait for christmas. And you appreciate the things i do. Tell me you love me. Even if you say it every day. Just tell me. [ female announcer ] everyone you love has something they need to hear this holiday. Tell them with a hallmark card. Unforgettable day on the job for tina allison. She thought she was going to a regular pep rally at Thurgood Marshall academy. She was surprised to learn she won the educator award. They are given out every year to award and encourage outstanding teachers. It comes with a cash prize of 25,000. Big congrats to her. She is happy. Teacher of the year. The scary possibility of a mass shooting at a school sparked students to invent a is so clever that they got a big grant to develop it. It is against the rules to lock classrooms door due to fire regulations and students in northwest d. C. Said, hmm, i could come up with a device. This device locks the door from the inside using a pvc piping, hinge, and a good, strong nail. Mi m. I. T. Liked the idea and sent them a check for 6600. It was overwhelming. We are not doing this for all the publicity but doing it to help other people. The students hope their invention will some day be fully functional in schools across the country. Another new technology is drawing big attention around the world. And the District Library is teaching people how to build objects on 3d printers. Hail write discover prosecuted tools to clothing to art, the possibilities really are endless. It is not your fathers copier. Im kind of addicted to this. Revolution of the invention. Chris is just starting out learning to make toys, gadgets and jewelry on a 3d printer. Very light but diurable, too she sees endless possibilities. She searches the online universe through more than 100,000 3d printable designs. Pencil case, tools. After customizing color and design, she sends specifications from the software designs to d. C. s mlk library. It is here in the digital common section where the magic happens. They have two 3d printers. No paper involved. Think of it more like manufacturing. These plastic fillment are fed into the printer. Made out of cornstarch. It is recyclablrecyclable. The printer uses heat to create objects as large as a basketball. Plastic is heated up to over 400 degrees fahrenheit and that is melted plastic. Thats what actually gets laid down layer by layer. Im calling up the original design. James is teaching hundreds here how to download printedable designs. One man created a 12peace microscope from scratch. Someone else built a piece for a broken alarm clock. Instead of just buying a new clock he found the broken piece. Made a scan of it and uploaded it to us. And asked us to principle a piece. Your patients can really pay off with the 3d printer. It is a dollar per pnt and five cents per gram of plastic material. This model of the Washington Monument costs 2 to make and took 4 1 2 hours to build. There is now wearable 3d. I would be interested to see how durable and flexible that is. Just as with computers, crystal knows the 2200 price tag for a 3d printer will come down. Jim handly, news4. For sure, i have seen many versions of those at some of the Office Supply stores. Coming up next, turning Plastic Surgery to serve the country. Still ahead, the new trend among military members in their quest to meet fitness standards. The new Breast Cancer treatment that is letting patients spend use chase freedom at select Department Stores and get 5 cash back this quarter. 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Defense Department Says only a fraction of those that have body pat thats over the limit perform well on fitness testses. If you are looking to avoid getting the cold or flu, you might want to steer clear of birthday parties. Klem ton University Study found a number of bacteria on the average birthday cake includes 15 times after the candles were blown out. Doctors suggest serving cupcakes to help everyone keep their germs to themselves. Theres new a new type of radiation thats trading Breast Cancer in just 20 minutes. It is called intraoperative Radiation Therapy. As Doreen Gentzler shows us, the patient goes in for one treatment instead of weeks of therapy. I have the best kind of cancer you can possibly have if you have to get cancer. 83yearold rhoda has never let her age get in the way of her fiery personality. But it has affected her ability to walk and move about. When she was diagnosed with stage one Breast Cancer earlier this year, she knew treatment could be spending a lot of time traveling from her home in virginia to med star Georgetown University hospital. You cant help what happens to you in life. Dealing with the problem when it happens. Fortunately for gentzler she was able to treat her Breast Cancer in just one visit to the hospital using a new procedure called intraoperative Radiation Therapy or iort. One dose of Radiation Therapy that are l replace six weeks of breast radiation. Georgetowns chief of breast surgery says iort is given in the operating room right after the tumor is removed. A beam of radiation is centered specifically on the site where the tumor was found for 20 minutes. Penetrating one centimeter deep into the tissue. People are working and busy in their lives and it is tiring to go to a radiation place every day for six weeks. So this actually replaces that sixweek treatment so when they wake up they are all done and dont need any more radiation. But iort is not for all Breast Cancer patients. It is only available to patients with small tumors and tumors less than two centimeters in size wloz lumps have clear margins meaning confined to just one spot. And patients who are older than age 50. It is a relatively new treatment. There is not a lot of data. So far, though the data has been positive. Rhoda says she is feeling bet earn ever. I felt no vestige of any pain. No discomfort whatsoever. I came out strong and healthy. Doreen gentzler, news4. Doctors say another benefit of iort are pure side effects. Breast radiation can leave some patients sunburned. Thickening of the skin but this procedure targets the area where the tumor is removed. Risk of side effects is significantly less. Iort is being offered at both georgetown and med star Washington Hospital center. 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Queens running down a short span of 17th street in northwest in their prettiest pumps. How high are had . They are from a website online. 20. It happens the tuesday before halloween. Camaraderie is great. With every passing year the heels get bigger. Heels are six inches high. Size 14. And the costumes, more elaborate. Spectators flock to the streets many looked out from the comfort of their own home. It is a celebration of everything that is d. C. With nearly 100 participants, only real runners should think they actually have a shot at the win. I ran up the university of North Carolina wilmington. Go seahawks meet inertia. Winner of the 17th street high heeled race two years in a row. Defending champion, honey. She broke her heel, taped it back on and still won. The runnersup, better luck next year. Look how far we have come. In northwest, erika gonzalez, news4. Thats right. There is always next year if you didnt win. Thats all for news4 this week. Im veronica johnson. Be safe, be kind, be happy. Bye, everybody