It was down the dam that the teenager was sledding when he went out into the water on to the ice fell through the ice and was able to get on to that overflow dam out there. That concrete structure. He climbed out of the concrete structure and fell into the water a couple of times according to witnesses, intense moments here. But then firefighters got here. Two of them put on ice suits and were able to get to him to put blankets over him to try to warm him up. It took an hour before they were able to bring them to shore via a boat. We did speak with this teenager. This is what he had to say moments after he was pulled to safety. What happened to you . Can you tell me what happened . I slid down the hill and i went into like the water. Are you cold . Whats going on . My feet are cold. My feet are cold. Yeah now we understand that he was taken into an ambulance and he was warmed up for about 15 20 minutes and then he appeared to be ok. He got out of the ambulance. Were not really sure whe
And all around the region right now, we have temperatures that are right down into the teens to mid teens around the bay to near 10 degrees. Next weather and traffic on the 1s a look at our hour by hour windchill changes for the day ahead. The cold weather is already you cause something changes thorn. Anne arundel county schools are on a two hour delay. D. C. Has as activated its cold emergency plan. Additional warming shelters will be set up for homeless people. And strict animal cruelty laws are in effect. Youre reeminded not to leave your dog outside on a leash or you could face a 5 500 fine. Youll need the full gear today. Megan mcgrath is live in woodbridge with some chilly commuters. I know you told your kids hats glove scarves. Shes so cold shes blue. Reporter im blue . Oh no. That would probably be a white balance issue, not the cold here. A technical glitch. But we live in Anne Arundel County so my kids have a two hour delay. So they were all snug and lisa sleeping in when i l
During a chase. Helping police nab the driver. Why did he end up in cuffs. All well that ends well saturday may 23rd 2015. In nbc news this is today with lester holt and erica hill. Live from studio one a. Welcome to today. I am erica hill. I am tom and in for lester. We have a great morning planned for you. Its at least week in new york and we have the men and woman of the armed forces on the plaza. Looking sharp. We love that. Its memorial day weekend and thats the unofficial start to summer. We dont want to forget the reason that we have it and a nice chance to say thank you to so many that have served and are serving. Yeah were going to have a tug of war battle. We have an on set battle between the strips and solids. We will break it all down and have the winners by 9 00. Perfect. We want to get to the top story. Record amounts of rain. Residence are prepping for the worst. Nbc marks potter is in texas. Mark good morning. Reporter as you can see the rasing flood waters. The river i
Middle eights, we will be doing the very same thing ocean sit as you can see weve got a lot of fog down there. But theyre working on the boardwalk. People are already out this will be a Beach Weekend if you like it warm. But also, with some clouds and the chance of some showers. Thats really the trends anywhere you go. Out in reading, you can see that there is just thatre there is a lot of lowlevel moisture. We did pick up some rain yesterday. We need the rain. Down about an inch and a half on the rainfall totals now. We could be adding to that as we go through the day today. 70 degrees out at the airport and center city. Six an in trenton 69 degrees in wilmington, this will be a warm day. And if you head to the north where we often finds some of the cooler temperatures, were not finding them. Sixtythree quakertown, doylestown, 70 palmyra 67 degrees in mt. Holly. County seat of burlington county. Storm scan3, the clouds are on it. You can see few very light showers, maybe three sprinkl
Delaware river, is about as gray as the skies. So, we have got a day that we need to do little brightening. Storm scan3, showing that there are some clouds out there. But there are also few breaks, and we would like to see some of those breaks expands. You also, im sure, notice that we have some rain. It is light. Whatever it out so out there if it is making all the way to the gown, may be because the air mass is pretty saturated. We are looking at light rain finding few showers, 70 wilmington, 67 degrees in trenton, as everybody starts to warm up. Specially through south jersey where the temperature seems to really love it at 70 degrees. Dew points, 66 degrees, the measure of the moisture in the air, thats pretty high today. Tomorrow, just slightly lower and in any case, were in that range between steamy and oppressive. For the humidity levels expect to find that all day. By 9 00 a. M. Noon, 08 degrees, by 3 00 p. M. High temperature this afternoon 84 degrees. With the chance of showe