Parachuting to the rescue. Tonight, the mission in the pacific to save a sick baby stranded with her family. Good evening, im ann notarangelo. And im brian hackney. Brian webb is live at moffet field. Reporter a navy ship is expeck to get that family back in the next couple of days. This is video from the actual operation. Flying frog men armed with medical supplies dive out of a c130 airplane in the middle of the pacific ocean. The mission, save a little girls life. Whether it is up on a mountain or in the sea. Anywhere, or even afghanistan. In the desert, we can bring the capabilities there. Reporter the kaufman family. Parents charlotte and eric, daughters cora and lyra. Sailing around the world on their 36foot boat rebel heart. But 900mile after the coast of mexico, trouble. The boat lost power and slowly started sinking. At the same time, oneyearold lyra became extremely ill with some kind of infection and severe rash. Charlottes sister. It has been very overwhelming. This is not
Destroyed. But the gas is still flowing on the house. From the aircraft above the sea its still burning. Were allowing it to burn so that it doesnt pocket and explode. obviously there was no explosion here. There were concerns of the natural gas. Duane ford people come into to shut the goslin off. See this for cars here. its very mutt connected scene. all in the picture that said jose ferrer years series here. This is something of the Fire Department to read about an hour ago. You can see all smoke right there little the screens and cars parked people of the cars is involved in a fire. Firefighters hoses a lot of water on the ground to very active seen their apartment to be people updated by twitter. We see now is a stigma on the right side is a short time ago. A guy standing above the scene. All of the i been told this is live now. Live on the right sunscreen. There is some smoke still. But fires certainly under control now. But that it was an hour ago. Started two hours ago. A very a
At a summerlike extended outlook coming up. Katie. Lisa, thank you. This morning ground crews at the Oakland Coliseum are doing everything they can to get the infield ready for play after last nights game was cancelled unregrettably. Regrettably, due to field conditions, tonights game has been postponed. [booing] the infield was just too wet to play on, all because of a embarrassing mistake. Abc7 News Reporter Tiffany Wilson has details. The worst seat in the house has to belong to this guy, driving an the infield when the as should be up atbat. Athletics management said the tarp was left off the field overnight hoping the field would dry out. Instead a morning downpour made the situation first and by game time the field wasnt ready. The field looks fine now, but dave, the Vice President of stadium operations said everyone felt conditions were dangerous. You could see managers bob melvins foot sink into the field. Frustrated fans congregated into the parking lot. We are playing the mar
Downtown San Francisco. Upper 70s through the livermore valley, mid60s along the coastline, so very warm weather on the way. Temperatures will peak as we head into monday and tuesday, so if you have those days off, maybe a great opportunity to head to the beach. Ill talk about when the rain is expected back in the forecast, plus ill talk about next weeks cooldown coming up in 15 minutes. Justine. Thank you, erica. A u. S. Navy war ship reached a crippled sail boat off the mexican coast and preparing now to rescue a sick infant. A crew from the California National guard based at Moffett Field is on the way to help. The 1yearold girl is on the boat with her parents who are planning a trip across the pacific ocean. Baby lira has an infection and a severe rash. The family is from san diego. Crews are now trying to give care to that baby to make sure she does not relapse. She is responding to the medication, she is the rash is going away and she is just becoming the happy little 1 yearold t
Scouring the organization where the flight is believed to have gone down just 0 our e over four weeks ago. The 777 disappeared on a flight from malaysia and beijing. No trace of the jetliner or the 239 aboar has been found. The malaysian government vowed to press on with the difficult and costly search. The australian ship, ocean shield, is leading the hunt, using u. S. Made listening device that is towed behind the vessel and trawls the ocean depths. So far debris in the water have been false alarms. Todays fining may be the same. The australian government, which is coordinating the multinational search effort, says it cannot confirm any connection between the reported signal heard today and flight 370. Get all the developments in the mystery of flight 370 on air and online. Our reporting continues on twitter. A poignant moment on San Francisco bay today as a man entering the Australian Navy paid homage to his father, man he never now. 20 years ago today an a6 intruder aircraft went d