Charlotte, north carolina. Reporter theyre in the middle of an 11hour drive with two young children. All the bathroom breaks and food breaks. Screaming. Reporter the track to philadelphias airport wasnt easy either. A steady stream of brake lights filli filled the exit light. It took me about 45 minutes to get here. Reporter fliers like the crow family was forced to tack on more time to their already lengthy travel day. Four hours for a bus ride from disney World Resorts to the airport. And it took probably two hours to get there. Another hour for security. Flight was delayed and were finally here to wait some more in traffic. Reporter at the 30th street station, the big board spelled out more headaches as police investigated a pedestrian hit by a train in newark. Im guessing thats my train too. Weve been here for a bit. Were holding out okay. Our dogs, not as much. Reporter still, most people are expected to travel by car. It hasnt been bad. Reporter getting around today was difficult
Charlotte, north carolina. Reporter theyre in the middle of an 11hour drive with two young children. All the bathroom breaks and food breaks. Screaming. Reporter the track to philadelphias airport wasnt easy either. A steady stream of brake lights filli filled the exit light. It took me about 45 minutes to get here. Reporter fliers like the crow family was forced to tack on more time to their already lengthy travel day. Four hours for a bus ride from disney World Resorts to the airport. And it took probably two hours to get there. Another hour for security. Flight was delayed and were finally here to wait some more in traffic. Reporter at the 30th street station, the big board spelled out more headaches as police investigated a pedestrian hit by a train in newark. Im guessing thats my train too. Weve been here for a bit. Were holding out okay. Our dogs, not as much. Reporter still, most people are expected to travel by car. It hasnt been bad. Reporter getting around today was difficult
One of the busiest travel days of the year has certainly lived up to its expectations. It seems as though everyone was trying to get somewhere this evening. Aaa predicts this will be the busiest holiday for travel in nearly a decade but for millions traveling to see loved ones the final destination justify all that trouble. Good evening and thanks for joining us im iain page. Im dawn timmeney in for lu lucy. We have been watching travel headaches and delays all day long. Lets get straight out to fox 29s Chris Oconnell at the Philadelphia International airport, and chris, i know you tweeted some videos tonight. Huge lines of people waiting for their rides. Reporter yeah, thank god were on the opposite end when the limos coming on the other end where the arrival deck is now, packed full of people. We couldnt even get our truck down there. If you were one of those 48 million travelers this weekend, you are not alone. This could be a record breaking year. Here at the airport, allotted of p
Being fueled by the areas worst drought in a decade. This a cell phone video taken by two brothers as they escaped from a vacation resort area in the mountains of gatlinburg, tennessee. They say they had no warning is a wall of flame surrounded them last night. And their only choice was to write rude or die. By early evening, wind speeds doubled at Hurricane Force winds at 87 miles an hour. Fires quickly spread this drought sick . Stricken area with burning ambles, heat, and topple trees ripped down power lines. To make it so close to the resort. This community is at the edge of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The most visited National Park in the country. What is it like to actually be there . Its devastating all those businesses and Everything Else everything theyve worked hard for. Neighborhoods were left in smoking embers and more than 1000 showed up at this red cross shelter. This family escaped with their pets in the close on their back. Unfortunately dozens of families will
Salvageable. The incredibly sad thing about this, this Recreation Center was under renovation. A 2. 5 million gift from the owners of the Tampa Bay Lightning to the boys and girls club. They were coming out here to revitalize this Recreation Center, get it back up and running so the Vulnerable Children who live in this area have a safe place to go after school, on the weekends to play basket thats the part thats burning right now. The Public Information officer for the Hillsborough County Fire Department just got to the scene. We are going to walk around the corner and talk with him quickly and well come back to you with a live report coming up. Live in tampa, lind si low, abc action news. Thank you. A convicted kill er will post bond. He was convicted of manslaughter duly maintains it was selfdefense because james attacked him. In 2010 the two were arguing about a teenager who was skateboarding in the neighborhood. James daughter watched him shoot her dad. She was 8 at the time. Her m