Story of that harrowing day from one of the most critical emergency responders. Park police eagle one pilot. Somebody told me before that he said theres an officer down there im not going anywhere and thats what he did. And, you know, it was probably one of the things that probably saved my life. Reporter whats amazing to millimeter is what he did to get to laboy so quickly. Eagle one was on a president ial detail with two secret Service Personnel on board. Medic sergeant tim ryan heard the officer down call and eagle one broke away to head to alexandria. When they heard laboy was grave lie injured they made a Bold Decision to land in a very tight spot right on a School Playground just a half block from laboy. He says he couldnt have done i want without the secret Service Agent on board to watch the choppers tail and there was an alexandria k9 officer on the ground to keep people away. Time is of the essence. You know, it is. Its of the essence. We got to get down there. Can you get in
Lanes of route 29 here just in this area are closed at the moment. We dont know how long that will be the case, just until police are done with their investigation. The post office is offering a 50,000 reward on attack on a mail carrier in the district. Two men jumped the carrier on his route off hawaii avenue northeast yesterday evening. They beat him and robbed him and threatened him with a gun. Pat collins found out what may have saved the carriers life. Pat. Reporter this is the part where they dumped him. After they duct taped him, after they pistol whipped him, after they threatened to kill him. Hes a postal and pastor and his out loud prayer may have saved his life. This is the truck at this popular post used to bring mail to this neighborhood for years and years. People who live here are most upset by what happened to their postman pastor. One of the nicest postal workers you could ever meet. When we heard about it, we were devastated. Very devastated. Reporter this is the way
Chevy chase resident and science correspondent speaks to our surae chinn. Reporter pbs science reporter miles obrien dives right back into work after returning to the United States a few days ago without his left arm. Everybody it talking about polar vortexes. Reporter the former cnn anchor who specializes in science, technology and aerospace is moderating a panel on Climate Change in northwest, a commitment he made well before his accident. Sometimes the best tonic is to stay focused on work. Reporter he told the world about the mishap in his blog. I wish i had a better story to tell you about why im typing this with one hand. A shark attack would be interesting. An assassination attempt would be intriguing. Skydiving mishappens always make for good copy. No, the reason i am now one handed is a little more prosaic. Obrien was on a shoot in the philippines reporting on the aftermath of the fukushima disaster. It was a seemingly minor accident. He was packing up tv equipment when a case
A school bus in Columbia, Maryland, carrying 19 students aged 11 to 14 from Hammond Middle School, crashed just after 3:30 p.m. at the 7300 block of Old Columbia Road, leading to a response from Howard County Police, Fire, and EMS.