Very special child. Hes been through a lot. Hes endured a lot. By the grace of god, you know, hes hes okay. Reporter Teresa Singletary was on the bus with ethan when dykes grabbed him. Happy, hallelujah. Reporter its believed dykes may have taken the boy hostage in order to air some grievances. He has a story thats important it him. Although its very complex. Reporter authorities have not yet revealed how dykes died, nor any further details of the raid. And annemarie, the classes at Midland Elementary School resume today. Surely his classmates and teachers will have a reason to rejoice. And ethan has another reason to celebrate. His 6th birthday is tomorrow. Back to you. Great. Thank you very much, Teresa Garcia in midland city, alabama. Four members of the house, two republicans and two democrats, plan to announce a plan to make gun trafficking a federal crime. Yesterday president obama spent the day in minnesota promoting gun control. As Tara Mergener reports, the president is asking
This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. The f. B. I. Has stormed an underground shelter today, shooting to death a kidnapper and freeing a fiveyearold boy unharmed. The boy, whose first name is ethan, had been held for seven days outside midland city, alabama. The family allowed us to show you his picture. The police say that ethan was kidnapped last tuesday from a school bus by 65yearold jimmy lee dykes who neighbors have described as belligerent. Mark strassmann is on the scene with the breaking news tonight. Mark . Reporter scott, heres what happened in the final minute. Two muffled bangs could be heard behind me in the direction of the shelter. An ambulance that had been parked nearby since the start of the standoff raced up the hill. About a minute later, local deputies and f. B. I. Agents were patting themselves on the back, then ambulance came back down the hill, this time driving slowly, carrying ethan to a local hospital for testing and observation
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