Changing his life. Im new lucky enough to watch someone who should be dead run the 100 meters. You want a definition of inspiration, thats probably it. The moment he says almost broke him and why hes being called air legend this morning. And good morning, america. You really enjoyed your time with the prince, didnt you . I certainly did. Was there last week, spent time with him at his childhood home which is also his current home Kensington Palace but why hes so passionate about the Invictus Games coming up. Where are our manners. Top of the morning to you. Happy st. Patricks day and a great crowd with us decked out in green getting in the spirit. Wow, they are not kidding around. A factoid americans are expected to spent 4. 4 billion to celebrate. Is that all in beer or exactly. True. That is all coming up. We begin with the race for the white house and donald trump focusing on Hillary Clinton. Shes fighting back and Abcs Cecilia Vega is here with the latest. Good morning, cecilia. Re
We have breaking news in case you havent heard. The sunshine sky way bridge is closed due to fog. Lets take a look at your alternate route. I hitch 75, if you are heading north. I hitch 57 is looking great right now, up to speed. No crashes or breakdowns there. Your area alternates if you are in Pinellas County, you have to take one of the bridges. Again, no crashes or breakdowns on the alternates. I will keep my eyes on the alternates and give you an idea 275 over in Pinellas County hundreding this. Paps. So how much time do folks it is. A good 45 minutes. Thats incredible. Lets check the forecast to happening. This is just happening, again, across the portions of sarasota and a little piece of Manatee County as well. The rest of us are doing just fine as far as visibility. As far as temperatures, very muggy out there. Well continue with that this afternoon. Temperatures climbing into the lower 80s. Well do that with plenty of humidity and a bit of a heat index out there. It will be 8
People in the bay area, ashley. Reporter lindsay, especially for his immediate family and Law Enforcement family. There is a private visitation starting in about an hour. Right now, take a look. You can see a huge American Flag just one sign honoring his life here. Kotfilas father spoke with us remembering how tough it was to find out about his sons death last weekend but says his family is taking solace in his heroism, saving someone else. An eyewitness says she saw the wrong way driver first and kotfila sped around her to save her. His sister and father tell us kotfila deserves every honor today. I think it gives us comfort knowing that he did die a hero. His life and was something to be celebrated. Reporter his dad spent nearly 30 years with the massachusetts state police. Back out here live around 4,000 other people expected to come here and pay their respects. Were going to be here as family, friends, and the Law Enforcement Community Comes together to honor this man who did so mu
The major starting off u. S. 19 southbound with an 11minute drive right now. 18 minutes on the veterans from 54 down to 275 and four minutes on dell mabry from fletcher to waters. At 5 30, we want to you take a good look at this picture, this 10yearold boy police say ran away from home. Police say he has a medical condition and doesnt have his medication with him. If you know where he is, call tampa police. The sacrifice wasnt in vain. Deputy john kotfila, jr. Died after he collided with pay wrongway driver to save a stranger. Today, family, friends, and colleagues will come together as they celebrate his life. Ashley yore is live at the Sheriffs Office in ybor city. You are standing where fallen deputies are memorialized there. This is a memorial for fallen deputies. Here you can see the last one in 2010. This is the spot right next to it where john kotfila will be. They have so much to celebrate. Everyone we spoke about talked about kotfilas infectious smile. Deputies called him thei
In todays Memorial Service it will be a remembrance of everything his son did during 30 years of life. It will become a celebration of his life, and it was something to be celebrated. The Service Begins at 1 00 visitation begins at 11 00. We will stream the service on our free mobile app and on our web site at abcactionnews. Com. Its time to get a check of the forecast here as we wake up with much better visibility with temperatures in the upper 60s to low 50s. I dont think well have the issues that we had yesterday. Visibility is full right now. Well see patchy fog as the temperatures continue to drop through the Early Morning hours. Temps in the 60s, low 70s, and back to around 80 degrees and another sunny, warm afternoon. There will be periods of clouds rolling through. Well kick off the weekend with temps in the lower0s. The problem is, well not be able to hold on. Ill have the timing on the way and the cold air that follows in a few minutes. You get a look right now at your mornin