Arnold palmer, and the announcement that palmer died came this evening. He was golfs first superstar in the age of television, he helped define the sport and made it available to everyone. He won 62 titles on the pga tour including four masters wins and the 1960 us open at cherry Hills Country club. The number one hole was the start of the biggest comeback in that events history, he drove the hole and won after being done 7 stke three. Off the course he was a philanthropist, and in 2004 he accepted the president ial medal of freedom. Jack nicklaus said i was shocked to learn i lost a great friend and golf lost a great friend. He was always a fighter. Tiger woods tweeted thank you for your friendship, council and a lot of laughs. Without you or anyone more important than the king. Arnold palmer was 87 years old. Its also been a very hard day for baseball. Members of Miami Marlins overcome with emotion over the loss of 24yearold pitcher jonathan who died overnight in a boating accident.
Temperatures 69 in denver and 62 burlington and little cool in the high country 36 in leadville and 50 aspen and 54 over in grand junction. So on the satellite and radar you will notice some rain all the way near the grover area. A little bit of rain in northern colorado. Not much at the moment. But we are looking at more possible later today so partly sunny to mostly sunny skies this morning. Then we have the chance for some rain and some thunderstorms later today. And we will see temperatures down into the 70s. So well talk more about joel. The cones still up from a weekend of road work out there. They took advantage of the fact the broncos werent playing this weekend. And it looks like theyve got a lot of work done. This is the ramp from auraria colfax. Some lane restrictions replain in place this morning. Of course thats not the only thing we have going on. As you can see across the denver metro area. That one closure that we had in the eastbound direction of alameda right as you g
Her children on the bus and a professional cake decorator she taught classes on the side and love to decorate her bus for special occasions. She would spend our last penny to get lollipops for the kids on the bus. Family members say they do not know what happened yesterday, she had no known medical issues and was a careful driver and they say she was not familiar with dia. It was a confusing system at dia for sure. Do think it played a role . I do not but i would say would have something to do with it what he knows for sure kerry would do anything to protect her children she drove even if it cost her own life. She loved her job she loved every one of those kids and i know if she was here she would say she story sorry. The family says thoughts and prayers are with the coaches as they recover and friends funeral expenses and we put that on our 7 news app jaclyn allen denver7 imagine the coaches they are in the hospital and mark boyle has been talking with the district and these three men
Attacks. Nearly 3,000 americans lost their lives 15 years ago today. Good evening, im tom mustin. Im kathy walsh. The colorado remembers event, taking place right now. And melissa, emotional tributes today. Reporter kathy, what youre hearing right now is the end of a commemoration that wrapping up. This is john fogerty performing. Also, some remains of 9 11, including pieces of steel recovered from the World Trade Center. Over there, support beams of the north tower, also, howitzer cannons were fired off today to start the ceremony. Today, colorado remembers 9 11. It shook our entire nation. It shook our Community Even here in colorado. Reporter the ceremony began with a march of 300 military members from the State Capitol building to civic center park. We witness courage, and extraordinary heroism from ordinary men and women. Reporter elected officials honored the first responderrers who rushed in to rescue victims from the burnin theres no place. Reporter roger dixon was in new york
For the next quarter hour at least. Okay thank you for the update joel. This morning, counselors will be at Legacy High School in broomfield helping students and staff deal with the Deadly School bus accident. The Football Team was on board. Fortunately though, all the players are okay this morning. But cbs4s Shawn Chitnis is live from the high school and certainly that community is rattled. Shawn . Reporter right britt and at this time it is quiet here on campus as we wait and staff to arrive so about a couple hours away from that happening but we expect them to have that on their minds. Both the bus driver, that passed away as well as the coaches that are still in critical condition. So heres a closer look at that crash yesterday. Take a look at this bus that drove off the road at Denver International airport late in the afternoon on sunday. It crashed into an overpass there. And you can see the front side of the bus was smashed in when crews arrived on scene. Coming back from a game