He was able to pull the victim over three rows of seats and into the street. Moments after the rescue, the entire vehicle went up in flames there. Quick, fast work by that officer. Now to a heartbreaking family tragedy at a North Carolina beach. A wave hit a 37yearold father of six as he was playing with his children. The wave knocked him down, breaking his neck and killing him. Heres abcs gio benitez. Reporter he was a father to six children and a family is in mourning after a freak accident. You feel such overwhelming sorrow and grief for their family. Reporter lee dingell was in oak island beach in North Carolina, in Shallow Water playing with his kids, when he got hit by a wave. The force knocking him down so hard he broke his neck. His wife shannon posting on twitter that his own kids tried to save him but he did not survive. The dingells have two biological children and four adopted. His friends remembering a caring man. He saw each child for who they were uniquely and supported
Plus, the health alert. Is aspirin doing more harm than good for millions of americans . A College Football team unveiling the state of the art locker room complete with sleeping pods. Why not everyone is happy about the high cost. And give them all a gold glove. See the rare play on the baseball field. You dont see that every day. Good tuesday morning, everyone. We begin with the violent weather leaving hundreds of thousands of people in the dark. Heavy rain, strong winds and lightning knocking out power to more than half a million customers along the eastern seaboard and in the midwest. And forecasters are warning the scenes of flooding and downed trees may be repeated today. This morning, torrential downpours triggering flash floods. Parts of new york city left underwater after rain fell at a rate of one to two inches per hour. Commuters dodging a waterfall at this manhattan subway station and this woman crossing the street in brooklyn in water up to her knees. It was shocking to me
The United States resigned today after getting iced out by President Trump for speaking his mind in diplomatic cables. Now the ambassador thought they were confidential, but they were leaked. Margaret brennan has more on this. Reporter sir kim darrochs resignation came after days of unrelenting criticism by President Trump, who said he would no longer work with the british ambassador. In a statement, darroch said the Current Situation is making it impossible for me to carry out my role as i would like. Prime minister theresa may said she regretted that decision and hoped it wont prevent other diplomats from being candid. Good government depends on Public Servants being able to give full and frank advice. Reporter in one of the diplomatic cables leaked to the mail, darroch said the administration was clumsy and inept and doubted they will ever look competent, but warned london do not write him off, referencing mr. Trumps ability to survive scandal. The president fired back on sunday. He
And meet the football coach born with no arms or legs honored with the prestigious award. Who says i cant . Nobody. Yeah his message this morning. Good thursday morning, everyone. Thanks for joining us. We begin with the line of storms now swirling in the gulf of mexico. Forecasters say the storm system could become a hurricane as early as tomorrow and flooding is a major concern. That system has already triggered this waterspout that touched down on lake pontchartrain. The big question now is whether the postkatrina 14 billion upgrade to the levees around new orleans completed less than a year ago will hold up. Abcs trevor ault begins our coverage. Trevor, good morning. Reporter good morning, janai and kenneth. This very well could be an early start to the Hurricane Season for the gulf. Some areas like in new orleans have seen well over half a foot of rain and thats only from round one in this series of storms. This morning parts of new orleans underwater. Heavy downpours turning the
Crushed. One car is destroyed. We are trying to piece together the sequence of events that led up to this. We have a crew on the way and on the ground. We will be reporting from there in just a minute. Our other top story, concerns tonight about a hillside giving way after a massive water main break in San Francisco. Take a look. Our photographer captured the water shooting about 60 feet into the air. This is going on for quite awhile. It took the crews more than an hour to turn off the water. It all happened on 30th avenue right at the edge of Pine Lake Park and stern grove. Jose martinez has more tonight from nervous neighbors who live on the top of the hillside. Reporter used to seeing this view, but a gusher of water shooting at least 60 feet into the sky. Initially i walk out to my side yard and i heard crack. And then a boom, loud noise. It was around like 9 359 40. My estimate. When you heard the crack and you. And i saw the water start shooting up. A massive water main break st