Georges county fire last night told their story. They were trapped in the basement of a burning structure. Thats when a pair of neighbors stepped in. Theyre taking refuge in a nearby motel. Reporter firefighters rescued the family telling their story from a motel room nearby. I accepted the fact i was going to die. This was the last time i would see my daughters face because there were bars on these windows. Reporter danielle gray, her daughter and before firefighters arrived the home was engulfed in smoke. Reporter the family realized they were trapped in the basement behind these burglar bars im screaming. I said i need help. When i heard help us i saw smoke coming from his window eye went to get a sledge hammer. Reporter he failed with the sledge hammer but he had a pickup truck and a chain. I hooked it up to my truck. If he didnt put the chains on those bars to get us out. God sent us a blessing. I wouldnt look at it as a hero situation but my duty to help people. Reporter reportin
Shower or two this afternoon. Rain chances generally 0 or less. Much better chances for rain which could come with some, yes, he said it, wet snow flakes saturday night into sunday. Keep that in mind. Temperatures out the door this morning, mostly in the 40s, but there are some cool spots. Manassas and culpeper at 39 and false church at 50. The next 24 hours, 40s now, upper 60s to near 07 later today and mid40s by tomorrow morning. How are the road roads . Roads not so bad and metrorail back to normal service. Just reopened and were live on a red line train for you this morning. No issues there. We will keep our fingers crossed. So many of you i know were affected yesterday. 66 inbound after 245, left lane getting by that accident involving a tractor trailer. So a little slow there. Westbound 395 south at duke street, work zone blocking the left lane still hanging around this morning. Big look at the beltway, no worries there. Everything rolling along just fine. Beltway at ritchiemarlb
A brand new search for the little girl who has been missing for two years. They are in the National Arboretum looking for missing melissa rudd. Reporter rapid to relisha rudd has hurt so many people on so many levels, and they just want her found one way or another. New information has led them here to the National Arboretum. We saw the search team immobi s immobilesiimmobile immobilizing and getting ready this morning. They are going to search a small body of water. The arboretum is an extensive area. Relisha has been missing now for two years, since march of 2014. The chief would not talk specifics about this new information. We did ask, but they clearly feel it is credible enough to follow it is not uncommon for people to provide information that theyve had for long periods of time that they dont provide initially that they may provide at some later time. Its also not uncommon for us to find missing children months, weeks, years, even, after theyve gone missing. Reporter the last bi
Mel. Reporter good morning,r steve and allison. Ison. Certainly must have been somemut very frightening moments forni this young boy and his mother. Oe we are hearing that thisrihat happened around 11 45 last night, that the boy is as as young as five or six years old. Fortunately nonlifethreatening injuries inr and sounds like he was not the untended target. Ar this may be a domesticomi situation but not confirmed, a domestic situation with an wh a exboyfriend who broke intoo the mothers home because he was angry about another noth some sort of situation. Itti and so again, the boy not the intended target. Arge he was taken to the hospital, nonlifethreatening injuries. In that area was shut down for a a little while last night. Ig that scene has since been cleared, but theyre still work on getting some of thettin details in terms suspect and also details in terms of what the lookout maykom be. Be initially we had heard thateard may have been a lookout for aora gray suv. And we also ar
Rig riders. Lets start with mark segraves, live with more on the unprecedented move. Mark . Yeah, barbara, this is unprecedented. Only when they close for weather has Something Like this been done. And you know this is going to cause a lot of problems for a lot of people tomorrow. But metros new gm says any threat to Public Safety is too much to risk. While the risk to the public is very low, i cannot rule out a potential life and safety issue here and this is why we must take this action immediately. Sudden closure of the entire metro system comes one day after a fire at Mcpherson Square station. Metros gm says early reports indicate the fire was caused by a faulty jumper cable like the one seen here. The smoke incident last year at Lenfante Plaza was also caused by a faulty jumper cable. So wiedefeld has ordered an inspection of every jumper cable in the system. He knows short notice will take its toll on the region. When i say safety is our highest priority, i mean it that sometimes