Board. Allergy season at its peak. How bad it is getting and how long you have to wait for relief. News 4 at 11 00 starts now. Confusion for a local family during a medical emergency and now a 911 center is warning callers not to hang up even if it sounds like the call drops. A man suffered cardiac arrest at an Easter Sunday gathering. Eight people with him called 911 and thats where the confusion started. Jackie bensen is live with the story you will see only on news 4. Reporter we have been in touch with county officials trying to figure out what caused this confusion. What we learned by law the greeting must contain a tone that most of us now associate with being connected to a fax machine. You have emergency all lines are busy please hold. Reporter sharon snoeden sdroi describes what she heard when she called 911 to report a family friend needed Urgent Medical attention. The panic and pressure of the situation led several callers to interpret the loud tone as a failed call even tho
Needed Urgent Medical care. The eighth caller interpreted a loud tone as a failed call even though the message told callers to hold on. In the midst of the panic, a longtime friend performed cpr, she wants to make sure other people learn from this very difficult experience. I know that the most important thing is to try to keep this man living. And i gave him everything that i could. I didnt hear nothing. Now the call center is warning callers not to hang up, even if it sounds like the call has been terminated. The Armstrong Family says william is not doing well. He may be taken off the ventilator later today. Now, if you live in Prince Georges County, we want you to hear what that 911 recording sounded like in case you ever have to call for help. Georges county 911. Do not hang up. Your call will be answered in the order it was received. Please stay on the line. The following toneses are for the hearing impaired. [ tones ] she spoke with the held of the 911 call center. She said the n
Virginia. Falls church, centreville. And future weather carries pockets of light rain into the d. C. Metro area between now and 7 00. And hit and miss light showers here for much of the morning hours. After lunchtime, it may try and dry things out a little bit. And the model is hinting there may be peeks of sunshine late in the day in shenandoah valley. Well wait to see on that. Temperaturewise, youll notice a much cooler day today, sheena. Yes, you will. A few sprinkles out. You might need the long sleeves later this afternoon. Tomorrow, thats a bit of a change with the new warmup coming. 54 degrees. 51, dulles, 50, manassas. Fredricericksburg is at 50 degr. And the commute, we have light show o 52 degrees by 7 00 a. M. By noon, cloudy with sprinkles. By 6 00 p. M. , temperatures mostly 60 degrees. And well take a closer look of your warmup coming for the weekend. Lets check in with your commute with melissa mollet. Northbound and southbound, dont have any problems on 270. Beltway, we
Shore for what is traditionally the busiest weekend of the year. It is friday night, our big story on action news tonight is our Independence Day weekend 2016. And while there is good weather on the horizon, the holiday got off to a stormy start. Sean whittaker was caught up in a hail storm on his way home in mount holly this evening. And he was just one of several action news viewers who recorded a pounding assault from the sky. Jackie smith took this video of her backyard pool get something ice cubes, in lumberton. And you can hear the hail stones off the grill and back deck here in hainesport, Burlington County. There was flash flooding that followed the downpours. As captured by tyler brawn in vineland, new jersey. Vineland seemed to be the epicenter for all of this water. Flood waters rose so much that they came up chest high on this man in the parking lot on landis avenue in delsea drive. Other people made waves as they drove up to the front door of this sears, which was closed w
Humidity. It was a switch, refreshing breeze. Current temperature in the city, 71. 70 in trenton. 73 in millville. 74 currently in cape may. Lets take a look at the dewpoints. They went from the upper 70s when it was so oppressively humid plummeted to down to below 60. Not only today, tomorrow, as well a winning factor for the weekend. We have clear conditions, were watching clouds fill into the west. Well see mostly sunny skies, 11 00 a. M. , 76. 1 00 p. M. , its 8 a. 3 00 p. M. , 84. A few fair weather clouds. 5 00 a. M. , 84 thats the high. 7 00 p. M. , 81 degrees, showers on monday, details coming up. 9 01 on this 4th of july weekend. We salute the sun waving stars and stripes, people are feeling patriotic and letting go of all that stress. Trish hartman took a trip to the jersey shore. Reporter for many drivers traffic and rain stood between them and the start of their holiday shore vacation, but after the clouds rolled through and the winds died down, it turned out to be a beauti