Youll find a kaleidoscope of voices which makes this a very rich tapestry. Each of us experience the same event in a different way, so each of these individuals experienced the Manhattan Project in their own, unique way. Cynthia kelly with the atomic heritage foundation. Thank you for joining us on American History tv. Cindy thank you very much. Something about your background, where youre born, education . Benjamin my parents who were russianjewish immigrants who came to america just before world war i and just after world war i. They met at night school, a very romantic setting. They lived in the lower east side. They were very poor. My father worked as a restaurant worker all of his life. I grew up mainly in the bronx and partly in Brighton Beach in brooklyn. One of the great things about new york is that it had city college. City college was a defining event in my life because he gave me a completely free education, the exact subject that i wanted, which is physics. That is basical
Through lane, the moped driver, a 30yearold woman from orlando, was taken to the hospital where she died. The driver of the jeep was a 29yearold man from deerfield beach. Charges against him are pending, he wasn t hurt. Thanks for joining us i m jason , guy. Michelle and i m michelle imperato. In Brevard County this noon, charges are pending against a driver who hit and seriuosly injured a local child on a bicycle and kept on going. This happened about 6 00 last night at the intersection of delspine avenue and alpine lane in titusville. The car that hit the child has been found. Wesh 2 s dan billow is live at the scene with more on the investigation, and dan, how close are police to making an arrest . Dan there are some signs that police may know who hit the child and drove off. I just talked to a witness who claims to have seen this person arrested last night. Police are not confirming that. It happened a writer on 6 00 at we have a photo of the bicycle after the damage. The boy had t
State road 50 in the west at westbound lanes are closed because officers are rerouting traffic around the crash tight. Summer knowles, wesh 2 news. Jim not long before that crash, police in titusville were called to another accident that injured an eightyearold boy who was riding a bicycle. This is a picture taken of the scene from the titusville fire department. A vehicle hit the child at alpine lane and delespine avenue. Firefighters say the boy was conscious. Police later found the vehicle and driver they believe to be involved. Meredith more breaking news right now in kansas where the death toll continues to rise after a series of attacks at an industrial plant. The suspect is a worker at an excel Industries Plant in the town of hesston, in South Central kansas. That s just north of wichita. That business makes lawn mower products. The sheriff there confirms it is one of the crime scenes that s left up to seven People Killed and 20 injured. Investigators aren t saying how many of t
S department has worked 75 heroin over dose cases that resulted in eight deaths. One official told us the alleged drug dealers clearly have the skills to operate a legitimate business. Michelle meredith, wesh 2 news. Angela an ohio pharrell board has decided to separate a man who is captured 62 years escaping from prison. He had run off from the shawshank prison in ohio 1959. He had been held for running over and killing a man. He was reimprisoned last may. Jim we are learning more information about an i4 worker who was killed while on the job yesterday. Angela it happened just before noon in a construction area near i4 and the maitland boulevard exit. Wesh 2 s amanda ober is live. Amanda, this man had a dump truck back over him . Amanda that is what happened who was killed was a father of three children and that he was only on this job about a month, a job he was very excited to have. Meantime you may have noticed there has been no activity at any of the i4 construction site today. Th
It feels colder by a few degrees. 44 is the windchill in orlando. Not as breezy as yesterday. Temperatures will be to learn than average by about 10 degrees. Lowtomid 60 s across much of Central Florida. Michelle crews have shut off the water near International Drive after a car hit a fire hydrant. We are giving you a live look at the scene now. Jason moments earlier, water was spewing from the sky. We have a crew on the way to the scene. Is impacting traffic. Ted a crash in downtown orlando. Right lane blocked with that one. Not a big backup despite the crash is there. Not seeing anything this early. Things are looking good to i four. Jason this morning, safety inspectors are looking at the construction on the i4 ultimate project. Normal at ucf after a suspicious package prompted an alert. It was discovered on the sidewalk near the biological chemistry building. The campus issued an alert just before 11 00 last night urging everyone to stay clear of the area. The school gave the all c