authorities. she was questioned. she was thoroughly examined. there was no explosive device. she was not a security threat. but authorities are saying this flight crew acted responsibly. they acted correctly when they decided to put that plane on the ground. lisa stark, abc news, reagan national airport. an amazing story. and the crew had to take this seriously. it s the summer season. the fbi and homeland security telling the airlines specifically that the possibility of surgically implanted bombs was real so, of course, they took it very seriously. with the latest we ve heard coming out of al qaeda, which is what this is what they are doing. they are talking about surgically implanting bombs into people. this is the only thing you can do to keep everyone safe. and it happened in the best possible place, actually, because this airport has these
okay. well, now to another trial in pennsylvania. this one over a fatal collision on the water. two young tourists died when their sightseeing boat was run over by a giant barge about two summers ago. opening day testimony revealed the heartbreaking selflessness of the youngest victim. abc s lisa stark has more. reporter: it was a horrific accident caught on videotape. an outing on the delaware river turned into a tragedy when a barge rammed into and over a duck boat filled with sightseers. two students from hungary visiting the u.s. drowned. in court, an attorney representing their parents revealed a heartbreaking detail. he said after the duck boat s first mate abandoned ship, it was 16-year-old dora schwendtner who you can see here tossed her life jacket to help the man. her father speaking through an interpreter hardly knew what to make of it. translator: i m speechless. i don t even know how to respond. i m completely broken up. reporter: the family s attorneys contend t
take a hit at this point? and so much of the case, you know, hinges on his rides on his story. okay. well, now to another trial in pennsylvania. this one over a fatal collision on the water. two young tourists died when their sightseeing boat was run over by a giant barge about two summers ago. opening day testimony revealed the heartbreaking selflessness of the youngest victim. abc s lisa stark has more. reporter: it was a horrific accident caught on videotape. an outing on the delaware river turned into a tragedy when a barge rammed into and over a duck boat filled with sightseers. two students from hungary visiting the u.s. drowned. in court, an attorney representing their parents revealed a heartbreaking detail. he said after the duck boat s first mate abandoned ship, it was 16-year-old dora schwendtner who you can see here tossed her life jacket to help the man. her father speaking through an interpreter hardly knew what to make of it. translator: i m speechless. i d
time by not ordering everyone into life jackets a good 12 minutes before the accident. right after the crew shut down the engine because of a suspected fire. it s incomprehensible that ride the ducks told their captains that they didn t have to follow emergency procedures. that cost these two children their lives. reporter: the first mate in the tug boat that was pushing the barge that summer day in 2010 never saw the small duck boat although others on the river tried to warn him. whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! reporter: but the mate on that tug was on his cell phone dealing with a family emergency and had his radio turned down. he has pleaded guilty in the accident and is serving a year in prison. both boat operators have declined to comment. a centuries old maritime law could cap damages to less than $2 million. too little, attorneys argue, for the lives lost. lisa stark, abc news, washington. and the company that makes
the lives lost. lisa stark, abc news, washington. and the company that makes pink slime is closing three processing plants. about 650 bpi workers will lose their jobs in texas, kansas and iowa. until recently, 70% of all ground beef contained the filler which is made of beef scraps treated with ammonia. mcdonald s and other major chains stopped using it after the controversy over safety and lack of disclosure erupted. here s your tuesday forecast, everybody. something more appetizing. stormy in south texas with hail, high winds and a chance of tornadoes around laredo and san antonio. also pop-up thunderstorms stretch into new mexico. also lingering morning snow in the colorado rockies. showers in the upper midwest. a chance of showers and thunderstorms from boston through the gulf coast. 80s from new orleans to atlanta. and 60 in boston. mostly 70s in the nation s midsection. 67 in seattle, and 70 in salt