3 3 3 3 the Howard Frankland bridge. Nearly 100 tow trucks lined up to remember roger perez borroto. 3 the procession went all the way from Saint Petersburg into tampa yesterday afternoon to remember the tow truck driver. He was killed in a hit and run crash earlier this month when he stopped to help out a stranded vehicle. With yellow lights flashing and black ribbons tied to trucks. The procession was both a tribute and a message to the community. 3 the moveover law does not just apply to police. Any time you see flashing lights on a stationary rescue vehicle, wreckers and tow trucks included. You must move out of the nearest lane as long as its safe to do so. 3 3 a 2monthold has been released from the hospital. After the baby was kidnapped at gunpoint and later abadoned. 3 Stephanie Augustin and been arrested. Police say they stormed into a Fort Lauderdale home on friday night. Armed with a gun. An amber alert was sent out for 2monthold taraji kemp after police say augustin took her to her apartment in orange county. They say augustin was headed back to south florida when a trooper spotted her car on saturday. Baby taraji was later found abadoned in the apartment complex. Unharmed. Augustin and her cousin are now facing numerous charges. 3 more trouble for that cruise ship that was damaged after sailing through a monster storm. 3 remember these pictures from earlier this month . Royal caribbeans anthem of the seas was damaged when it ran into 30foot waves and Hurricane Force winds. Well now it has another problem it cut its current cruise short by two days. And is headed back to port in new jersey right now because of a norovirus outbreak. No word yet how many people have been affected. 3 3 still no arrests in a cockfighting bust in lithia saturday. 3 Animal Services took in dozens of fighting birds. Injured. But the suspects ran when deputies closed in. And no one has been arrested. Were told the roosters are pumped up with so many steroids. They are too aggressive to be rehabilitated and unsafe to eatso theyll be put down. 3 3 today in tampa the legal fight between former fiancees, is back in court. 3 Mary Catherine hunt has a Pretrial Hearing this morning. Her ex fiancee. Millionaire businessman scott mitchell. Claims hunt broke into his palm harbor home and stole millions of dollars worth of diamonds, jewels and gold. He claims she even had some of it shipped to her parents in virginia. Now mitchell is suing all three of them to federal court to get his property back. Hunt is also facing criminal charges of grand theft that could send years. 3 the space x launch. The launch was aborted just before takeoff yesterday. 3 this was the third try to which is going to take a Communications Satellite into orbit. At the minute33 second mark. The launch was put on hold because of a boat in the area. Then they continued the countdown. But that hold apparently caused rising oxygen temperatures. And the launch was scrubbed. No word yet on when it will be rescheduled. When it does happen. The launch will also feature another attempt at landing the reusable falcon 9 rocket on a barge. 3 a special celebration for a boy whose terminal illness cant keep him from enjoying life. Weve told you about 9yearold eric piburn before. 3 his amazing attitude covers up the fact that hes a sick little boy. But his illness couldnt stop his joy over a party months in the making. Fox 13s evan lambert shows us how erics checking a big moment off his 3 23 57 40yesterday i took a very long walk. Even though his heart is failingyou just cant stop the beat of 9year old eric piburns spirit. Or his determination. 23 57 52i walked the whole hospital. So this party is not only a delayed bash for erics 9th birthdaybut a celebration after a personal milestone. Recent surgery was successful in helping get him a new drug to give him more time and a better quality of life. Randi piburn, erics mom8 39that long long walk wouldnt have happened before. It would have never happened. Him coming off that truck before and standing up where he did he would have like lasted maybe five minutes and he would have been like im tired i need to get in my wheelchair or hed want to go sit on the floor. So its already working. Eric has a terminal heart defect called tetrology of fallot. His 9 years have been packed with doctor visits, hospitals and openheart surgeries. That led eric and his mom randi to come up with a bucket list. Eric piburn, celebrating birthday party23 56 23me and mom were saying lets put up a bucket list and we thought well do other stuff, but once we thought of it we came to this party. A party is something the people at old mcmickys farm in odessa knew how to make happen. So did 500 or so of erics friendssome strangers just moments ago. Donations raised funds for erics treatment. But the icing on the cakewas some special guests. 23 52 29spiderman youre amazing. Eric thank you spiderman. A superhero theme for a 9yearold whose courage in the face of defeat inspires even the most villainous among 3 and heres what eric he and his family are hoping to visit the Kennedy Space center. 3 3 the Florida Department of education is crossing its fingers this morning. The latest round of student lasts for two months. And the state is hoping there are no glitches this time. The testing today includes grades four through seven. Taking english and language arts. This is the second year of florida standards testing. Last year was filled with computer issues. Some students couldnt even log on. The state says its prepared this time, making several upgrades to the system. 3 3 florida voters. Its finally time to decide. Early voting begins today for our primary elections. Just check your countys elections website. To find the location nearest you. You just need to bring a photo id with you. The centers will be open from ten am to six pm every day. Through march 13th. And then, our primary election day is march 15th. Hillsborough county is expecting a pretty big voter turnout this year. More than thirty thousand people in the county have already cast their votes. By mail. 3 and not all of florida begins early voting today. In fact, only 16 out of 67 counties are affected. Many counties start on saturday. Including pinellas, pasco and hernando. Elections. For your start date. 3 meanwhile. Theres just one day left until super tuesday. And republican frontrunner donald trump is coming under fire for his response to a controversial endorsement. Trump received his first Senate Endorsement by alabamas Jeff Sessions yesterday. But hes also seeing backlash. After former kkk leader david duke voiced support for trump. Trump says hes never met the man. But he did mention duke in an oped he wrote for the New York Times in 2002. 3 and on the democratic side. Hillary clinton is now looking past bernie sanders. Shes saying shes looking forward to debating any of the republican candidates. Clinton beat sanders by 50 points in south carolinas primary on saturday. The latest polling shows clinton and trump with the super tuesday lead. But. Trump does trail texas senator cruz in the Lone Star State with 155 delegates up for grab. 3 coming up. A Police Officer is shot and killed sworn in. Who Officials Say is responsible. And how the officer is tied to florida after the break. 3 plus. A Community Gathers to say goodbye to the victims of a shooting spree. How family and friends are remembering their loved ba da ba ba ba 3 welcome back 3 the time is 4 xx a Police Officer who went to school in florida. Was shot and killed while responding to a Domestic Violence call. The tragic shooting was ashley gwindens first day on the job. 3 friday. She and 2 other officers responded to a domestic disturbance in virginia. When they got to the front door the man inside fired. The gunman has been identified as Staff Sergeant ronald hamilton. Officers found his wife dead inside their home once they searched it. Officer gwin den later died at the hospital. She graduated from Embryriddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach back in 2010. The other two officers are still recovering. Hamilton will face a judge sometime this morning. 3 Police Protests are planned today in salt lake city, utah. It comes after a 17yearold boy was shot by officers on saturday night. The teen. An immigrant from kenya. Was involved in a street fight with two other men. He was reportedly holding a broken broomstick, and police say they fired. When he refused to drop it. Witnesses say the teen did drop the stick. The shooting prompted angry protests saturday night. Nearly a hundred officers responded with riot shields. A group called utah against Police Brutality is planning todays protest. Released in kalamazoo. To honor victims of last weekends deadly shooting spree. People gathered outside the car dealership. Where a father and son were gunned down. They were among 6 People Killed by an uber driver. Who drove around firing on random locations. The crowd clapped after releasing the balloons. To the sound of cars honking from people driving by. Fireworks were also set off. The vigil came a few hours after other victims were honored at a memorial service. The suspected shooter jason dalton is facing multiple charges. A motive for the shooting has not been established. 3 and. . Do you wanna build a snowman . Well youre gonna need a truckload of snow. To make this guy. A family in logan canyon, utah put this giant snowman together. It actually took a crew of 20 people to get it all together. The mega snowman was done in six hours. This guy stands about 20 feet tall. 3 and 36 feet around. And hes so popular in his town. 3 walter jen 3 3 3 3 3 dont be confused with not a misprint. It really is february 29th. Its leap day it has something to do with keeping our calendars lined up, with earths revolutions around the sun. And the date is so rare. It comes with some interesting traditions. 3 this is actually a big day for wedding proposals. But its not men asking. Its the women. It started as an old irish legend. Where every four years, women propose to men. Its even called bachelors day in some countries for the same reason. And certain cultures requires a man to pay a penalty if he refuses a today. The penalty could be money, a new dress. Or 12 pairs of gloves. And in scotland, they consider leap day to be a very unlucky day to be born. Just as bad as friday the 13th. 3 the odds of having a leap day birthday. Pretty rare. The odds of that leap baby becoming famous. Even more rare. But it has happened. These celebrities were all born on february 29th. Including motivational speaker tony robbins. Actor dennis farina. And singer dinah shore. 3 and. Being a leap year baby isnt all bad. You can actually get some free food out of it. Any leap baby who visits a pizza hut restaurant today. Can get a free one topping personal pan pizza. You just need to show a government issued photo id with your birthdate on it. And this offer is carryout only. 3 3 clock is ticking for the tampa bay lightning. Will they make any deals, before todays trade deadline . 3 plus . Boxers or briefs . Well you dont have to ask this golfer. Why he was caught with his pants down. In the middle of a tournament its all next in sports. 3 3 did you know theres a cough liquid that lasts for twelve hours . Try delsym twelve hour cough liquid. Its advanced formula releases powerful medicine that acts fast while its extended release medicine lasts for 12 hours. Enough pressure in here for ya . Im gonna take mucinex sinusmax. Too late, were about to take off. These dissolve fast. Theyre new liquid gels. And youre coming with me. You realize i have gold status . Mucinex sinusmax liquid gels. Dissolves fast to unleash max strength medicine. 3 time to talk some sports this morning. And we begin the redhot bolts. They are really warming up at just the right time. As the playoffs inch closer. Their winning streak continues. 3 the bolts were battling the bruins up in boston sunday. The bruins got on the board first. But later 3 in the first, Anton Stralman feeds alex killorn. And just like that, this game is tied at one then. A boston blooper. Adam mcquaid just falls down and Ryan Callahan pounces on the puck. The bolts are on the rush. Killorn to cally and the bolts and he scores. The bolts take the 21 lead after on period. And then, check out this cheap shot. A breakaway when Brad Marchand knocks him down at the goal. Stamkos gets a penalty shot out of it. And thats his sixth straight game with a goal. And no coincidence. Its also the sixth win in a row for the bolts. They now take over sole position of 2nd place in the atlantic. 3 the bolts are back on the ice tonight, taking on the maple leafs in toronto. But before that. The nhl trade dealine is this afternoon. No movement yet from the bolts. But Jonathan Drouin could still be heading out. And now. To nascar, where there was another close finish. 3 the sprint cup running in atlanta. And check out this big nono in the pits. Matt kenseths crew puts a wrench on the deck lid. While fueling. He gets penalized a lap for that. And then, watch this close calll from joey logano. Check out his athletic pit crew. One man jumps over the hood. This was race was actually decided in overtime. Tampas Aric Almirola gets a in wreck, and Jimmie Johnson takes the checkered flag. Dale earnhardt junior beats kyle busch for second place. By six one hundreds of a second. 3 and now. To the pga. Where one golfer was caught with his pants down. This was actually on purpose. Gary woodland played a water shot in his boxers, to keep his pants dry. He would par the hole and stay even. Later in the day. Another golfer not so happy with his shot. Smylie kaufman sends a shot in the water. And then 3 snaps his seven iron. Adam scott would have a one shot lead heading to the 18th hole. And he would hold on. Scott becomes the first bogie. Since 2009. 3 3 when we come back, ill have another check on your monday forecast. 3 plus. A road trip across america, nine decades in the making. How one womans dying wish. Is inspiring millions of people. 3 medley served with sirloin steak. The sizzling sound of fresh florida vegetables mingling together; saut\ zucchini, squash, bell peppers, and tomatoes in golden olive oil. Garnish with fresh parsley and serve with juicy sirloin steak. Thats how easily pan roasted florida vegetables complete a delicious meal. Visit freshfromflorida. Com for more great recipes. And remember, 3 3 live life to the fullest. For some. Its just an expression. But for one woman in michigan. It became a mission. The 90 year old just went on the trip of a lifetime. A roadtrip, all across america. 3 her name is norma. And she started a facebook norma. Back in august, her life really started to fall apart. First, her husband passed away. And diagnosed with cancer. But instead of getting treatment, norma wanted to hit the road. So she travelled with her son and daughterinlaw. Who are fulltime rvers. They are visiting all the states. And all the biggest attractions. That includes disney world here in florida. And even the grand canyon. And her family says shes even feeling healthier. Thanks to all the fresh air. 3 3 still ahead an oscar winning actor. Teams up with local scientists. And their project premieres tonight. Well let you know how you can attend. Plus. . Ready to pick your next president . Fox 13s Shayla Reaves is live in hillsborough county, with some big news for voters 3 3 3 3 3 3
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