Live from the kgotv Broadcast Center this is abc7 news. Her smile, her smile is infectious. She loved that school bus and she traveled it like a champ. Friends and loved ones remember a bus driver who died in a shooting in austin, texas. Good evening. Im eric thomas. She was murdered a short distance away from the texas state capital. Abc7 News Reporter Lonnie Rivera is live outside the redwood city busyard where she picked up and dropped off her bus every day. Many who knew her gathered there. She is being remembered as a stellar employee and a very, very good human being. She loved that school bus. She drove it like a champ. Coworkers and friends came to this school busyard in redwood city tonight. They placed flowers on bus number 1402 and they turned on the lights to remember the remarkable woman who loved being behind this wheel. Tame k ka was very caring. She loved special ed kids. She spent much of her adult life as a bus driver. She absolutely loved her job. This weekend, she t
For folks just joining an overturned vehicle crash east bound hafkt affecting all traffic heading into a tampa. Live look courtesy of skyfox. And just bear with us this looks like they are trying to get their bearing and focus in. But of course this overturned vehicle. We were concerned showing you shots before but now we have better idea whats going on here. It seems as though the person who was stuck in inside vehicle is okay. Essentially what weve been seeing, is before First Responder even showed up this is really interesting. This gentleman right here appears to be off duty d maybe. Was crouched down holding womans hand. In the vehicle until First Responders showed up. They finally got her out. We were watching shes sitting there on the side of the roadway. Thats her being loaded up. She was talking ask conscious. Seemingly some not serious injuries. But of course we will keep you posted when we learn a little bit more about that. In meantime delays here westbound eastbound inside
Are spending much time at all training for the crater. I think it gets back to how we tend to want to remember this story. The story of the black Union Soldier is front and center. I couldnt be happier about that. I think theres been a danger in the way the story has been pushed over the last few years. It is the moral narrative of our civil war memory. We want to correct for forgetting about them for so long. I think we tend to gloss over some of the darker sides of black soldiers. I dont think were comfortable talking about black soldiers massacrering others. That doesnt fit into our minds right now. I think we want to believe if those black regiments had been allowed to lead the assault that would have been it. We can imagine black soldiers charging over brandfield hill into petersberg. Thats a very soothing image. Anyone who has studied civil war battles, theres nothing that goes as planned. Is there any surprise given this massive detonation. No one can really predict what it will
The line in defense of our nation is the 1 i want to be apart of. Thats the 1 im proud to be apart of so the next time you see that brand new private or lieutenant, no that they were among that our society had to offer. They had more ability and potential than most of their peers and they still chose to put that uniform on and to help the sacrifices that come with it. They are tomorrows generals and command sergeant majors. They are the future of our nation. I thank you again for the honor of being here to stand in this hollow ground with all of you and to remember this chapter in our history and the people who lived in it and people who died in it. Have a great day. God bless america. [ applause ] our benediction this morning will be given by reverend rick gre greenwood. I fail to mention with pastor lions are gillfield. Both churches represented here this morning were war time congregations here in petersberg. Again, this morning our benediction reverend greenwood. May god the earth
Eligible population, dont even meet the basic requirements to get into todays army. 99 of todays recruits have a High School Diploma or equivalent. An era where 79 of High School Students graduate. Thats 21 times lower rate of dropouts than the national average. Overall, todays recruits are healthier, more physically fit than the vast majority of peers and must adhere to zero tolerance policy on drugs and criminal issues. It is actually statistically easy tosh gier to get into coll enlist, not become an officer, but enlist in the army. Life of a soldiers no secret to them. They join knowing they will endure hard times then will endure sacrifice. They will be charged to keep us safe. The few that make the cut to get in, are willing to make that sacrifice, they are not always easy to find. If it was easy to find, we one need an entire command to recruiting. Those that get in, those that make the cut to get in and make the next cut, to get through training and into a unit, they become par