Withholding a vigil for their long time friend, collogue lieutenant steven floyd, initially one of the four hostages, he was found unresponsive inside of his facility early thursday. This afternoon his body was transported from the medical Examiners Office guarded by fellow Law Enforcement personnel. Lieutenant floyd did not have an easy job, but for many here , that goes without saying he deserves so much more, then the way he was treated and were hoping that, you know what i mean, we will see justice in the situation and for right now were more focusing on honoring him today reporter again, this vigil is just about to get underway, more people lining up to join, right now, lots of hugs, lots of tears, we will have a full report for you tonight at ten and 11 00. Reporting live from smyrna, delaware alexandria hoff, for cbs3 Eyewitness News. Alex, thank you. There was a special honor earlier today for the family of lieutenant floyd, the doc commissioner presented a medal of valor to li
The casualties were astounding, a stouinstounding to soldiers, generals and those left back home. Amidst the staggering losses at cole harbor, for every soldier killed, wounded or captured, there was a family. Mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, sons, daughters that also felt the loss. The loss of the men that fell at cole harbor in the spring of 1864 reverb rasreverberated thr kmunlts a communities across the north and south. The battlegrounds left indelible kbag impacts on the living left behind. So, too, were the believes of the men who fought that bloody spring. Indeed, in spite of so many lost lives, those believes and ideas about nation, government and home became even more deeply enslie enshrined in the hearts and minds of those left to fight on tonight to reflect upon and learn from today. Writing soon after the war with a perspective on hindsight. Sally putnam came to believe that in its own unique way, cole harbor had been a landmark event in the 1866 Campaign Across Central
I cant remember when i first saw the picture, and i certainly did not know where cold harbor was at the time. Im sure i thought it was a port town somewhere in virginia. I may not remember in which book i first saw the photograph, but i know that immediately and lastingly linked the words cold harbor and death in my mind. In subsequent years, i came to read more about the events of the spring of 1864 that culminated at cold harbor, that deadly slog from the rapid ann to the james that saw the u. S. Suffer 50,000 casualties, in the confederacy, another 30,000plus, the bloodiest six weeks of the war. I learned of the thousands who fell in the Early Morning on june 3rd. And i do know that there are differing schools of thought about what that number was. I learned that ulysses s. Grant would harbor terrible regrets about his decisions at cold harbor to the very end of his days. And i learned that even in a war in which the military and the public had become accustomed to horribly long cas
In one shine and we will talk about the possibility of maybe a thunderstorm east of north bay. We will talk about a warmer memorial day weekend coming up in a few minutes. Chris. Thank you. The san mateo bridge is offlimits closed for maintenance work. Lets take a live look at the bridge. No traffic. They shut it down at 10 00 last night. Katie marzullo has more on what he they are doing and how drivers are getting around the closer. Its game convention, not a video game convention. In fact its the largest Board Game Convention in the united states. This is kublacon. As many as 3,000 people are descending on the Hyatt Regency iency in burlingame for eat vent. I imagine coming from the north bay would take the san mateo bridge to get here because we are so close to it. But from 10 00 p. M. Friday to 5 a. M. Monday, the san mateo bridge is not an option. Compute he is will notice a smoother ride, a softer ride. It will allow the material on the bridge to last another 50 years. During the
Sf. But i anticipate them in the next hour. 55 fairfield. 57 mild degrees in live more. And on my way in this morning i did use the wipers so you probably will need them the next couple of hours. Then by 11 00 limited sunshine but theres more on the way. And theres also a chance of a renegade thunderstorm in the north bay. We will talk about that, the cool numbers and the warmer sunday coming up. Chris. Lisa, thank you. Breaking news to tell but out of San Francisco where crews are at the scene of a twoalarm fire in the inner richmond. The fire broke out just before 5 00 this morning at a residential building in the area of fulton and willard north. Thats not too far from the university of San Francisco campus and across the street from golden gate park. See fire crews are still at the scene mopping up. No ward yet if there are any injuries. At this time its unknown exactly what started the fire. 6 01 the time. The san mateo bridge is offlimits, closed for maintenance work. Lets take a