Garvin it may be a surprising sport for a guy who grew up surfing the california coast, but one day his parent suggested bobsledding. Janelle in addition to being an olympic athlete, Nick Cunningham is also a sergeant in the Army National guard, both roles he takes to heart. What youre about to see is what an olympic bobsledder sees. In this case, Nick Cunninghams point of view as he pilots a sled skidding along a sheet of ice at close to 100 miles per hour, which might make what youre about to hear nick say a bit surprising. Nick believe it or not, im not ai dont like to do death defying stuff. Janelle what the soon to be threetime olympian and monterey native means is that if youve trained hard enough and smart enough, what seems dangerous to others is just doing your job, much like, it turns out, nicks other occupation, a sergeant in the Army National guard. A special World Class Athlete Program Allows nick to both serve his country as a construction engineer and train for the games
Are calling in the troops. This image from nasa shows the damage in space. Calmer parts of conditions in parts of california helped firefighters in some areas. 200 military troops will be deployed to help firefighters across the west and the first time that has happened since 2006. Western fires have burned a million acres and more than a hundred homes have been destroyed. Our affiliate kiro shows us conditions that have forced more than 3,000 from their homes. Come on. Reporter john parker would usually be home right about now. Just lost. I dont know where to go, what to do. Reporter he is one of the roughly 2,000 people evacuated from the wires near chelan. Its wow. Really difficult because you just dont know what to take. Reporter what he took is all he has left. I can say im actually homeless. His home burned in the first creek fire. There is where the house was. Reporter he got his dog max out and this truck. This is about it. Reporter at the shell station downtown, Francisco Rodr
Parts of california helped firefighters in some areas with calmer temperatures. 200 troops will be deployed to help firefighters across the west and the first time that has happened since 2006. Western fires have burned a million acres and more than a hundred homes have been destroyed. Our affiliate kiro has more. Come on on. Reporter john parker would usually be home right about now. Just lost. I dont know where to go, what to do. Reporter he is one of the roughly 2,000 people evacuated from the wildfire chelan. What he took is all he has left. His home burned in the first creek fire. There is where the house was. Reporter he got his dog max out and this truck. Reporter at the shell station downtown, Francisco Rodriguez works as a gas station attendant, but lately he kneels more like a therapist. I had one lady come in. She had lost her house and three horses. Reporter so many people have lost so much. Authorities think between 50 and 60 structures have burned and the fires threaten m
200 troops will be deployed to help firefighters across the west and the first time that has happened since 2006. Western fires have burned a million acres and more than a hundred homes have been destroyed. Our affiliate kiro has more. Come on on. Reporter john parker would usually be home right about now. Just lost. I dont know where to go, what to do. Reporter he is one of the roughly 2,000 people evacuated from the wildfire chelan. What he took is all he has left. His home burned in the first creek fire. There is where the house was. Reporter he got his dog max out and this truck. Reporter at the shell station downtown, Francisco Rodriguez works as a gas station attendant, but lately he kneels more like a therapist. I had one lady come in. She had lost her house and three horses. Reporter so many people have lost so much. Authorities think between 50 and 60 structures have burned and the fires threaten more land north of, which relan. Rod lost his home in the complex fire but he has
Lay dying up by the metro station one of the shooters tried to get away driving down the wrong side of s street. Scary to look at him . I dont even want to look at him. I guess somebody that pointed a gun at you, i dont want to look at him. Reporter this uber driver said he will never forget the gunmans face. This guy right here has a gun to his left. Reporter he picked him out immediately from the surveillance tape released by d. C. Police. And he comes out of the sun roof . Yeah, ya. Reporter and point yeah. Reporter and points the gun right at you. The suspect was fleeing down the street as he was coming up it on the wrong side of the road did. You think he was going to pull the trigger . Sure, i did, yes. Reporter did you think those were the last moments of your life . It was very like confusing for a situation like this. Reporter the man backed away and left the suspect pass before pulling up next to a cop trying to save the life of matthew schlonski who was hit by a stray round