And that is astronaut Leland Melvin. And, mr. Melvin, you write that your book is called chasing space, and you write that it had all begun with a dropped pass. Guest exactly. A dropped pass. So i was a wide receiver on a running team, and that means that i block a lot versus catching passes. We were at a homecoming game, i was running down the sideline, the ball was perfectly thrown io my hand, and i drop a touchdown pass in my hands. And the thing is, a scout wasro there from the university of richmond looking to see if i could play football for the team. He walked out of the stadium. My coach, jimmy green, believed in me. Get back out there, run the same play. That one catch resulted in a 180,000 scholarship to the university of richmond becauseep the coach said he didnt give up, he kept going. So that was the grit and the perseverance and the second chance. Host how did you get from playing for the university of retch monday spiders to richmond spiders to two Space Shuttle missions
And materials all of these programs are available to watch online. Were pleased to be joined by one of 362 americans who is actually been in space and that is astronaut Leyland Melvin and mr. Melvin you write that your, your book is called chases space and you write it had all begun with a dropped past. Exactly. A drop past so i was a wide receiver this in a running team, and that means that i block a lot versus catching passes. We were at a home coming game and i was running down the sideline ball perfectly thrown in my hand and i drop the downtown pass in my hands. And the thing is a scout was from university of richmond looking to play baseball for the team and he walked out of the stadium, my coach jimmy greene said run the same play this time i caught the ball and one catch resultedded in 180,000 dollar scoip to university of rimp monday because the coach said he didnt give up but he kept going. That was the grit and perseverance, and the Second Chance how did you get from playing
People were hurt. We know a young girl was in critical condition, after she was thrown from one of those cars. Five other people are listed in serious condition tonight. The intersection reopened just about an hour and a half ago. All new developments out of North Carolina tonight, protesters taking to the streets of charlotte once again. A big difference here. Theres no curfew tonight. After days of protests, people have taken to the street ever day si scott was shot and killed by police. The National Guard has been stationed each night, after protests. Turned to riots one night. Protests remained peaceful outside the stadium. Tracking tomorrow, a protest planned on tempes mull avenue bridge, all to bring of delven holland. Racquel, what can we expect tomorrow . Reporter you see the mill avenue bridge lit up behind me. That is where the protest is supposed to happen tomorrow morning. No telling how had a will impact traffic, if at all, but the organizers say it will be a peaceful rall
And im jazmin walker. Where do our temps go from here . Amy we are going to be in the mid 80s today. You can see a little bit of brightness breaking out over the horizon. We are getting closer to sunrise. 6 40 officially is when that happens. We are going to see a little cloud cover. It is not totally clear sky, although if youre looking from the beach over the ocean, you have more clearing happening than you do inland. But our temperatures today, we are all going to be in the mid 80s across our inland areas and a little cooler at the coast. Got a little bit of a visibility issue. Its not a lot but sanford has been reporting low cloudiness all morning. The rest of us doing okay. A little haze in a few spots. About a tendegree temperature difference. 61 in ocala and sanford but 71 in melbourne. A nice warm start. Blanket and trapping heat in yesterdays highs. Today even though we have the cloud cover, we are going to make it to 85 in ocala and the villages. 86 today in eustis, 86 in orl
Ryan and amy sweezey, temperatures starting off predominantly in the 50s through most of Central Florida. A little cooler north and west. But everybody, not just here in Central Florida where were 8 degrees warmer in orlando and 12 degrees warmer in brevard, but everybody in florida warmer than yesterday. Pensacola, 21 degrees warmer. Theyre warmer because of the southerly winds and the increased assume. We will see ceased humidity and southeast winds today, and well warm up as we go through the day. Look for high temperatures right in the low 80s inland. Southeast breezes keep it a little bit cooler right on a1a. Good morning, kristin. Good morning. Petition tow chips and beer all over i95 southbound after a pretty bad crash. Two trucks collided with one another. Sky fox over the crash. I95 southbound444444444444 at pineda causeway. You can see the debris is were suggesting you take us1. I want to show you where this is exactly on the maps here, taking you out to Brevard County. Youre