Chopper crash, not far from pearl harbor. Time ago. The chopper with several people onboard, crashing there into the watter off hawaii. The helicopter belonging to a tourist company, a popular flight for tourists. Witnesses jumping into the water to save the passengers. The ntsb is investigating at this hour. Abcs david kerley tonight on how they all survived this. At least one passenger in critical condition. Reporter it happened in just seconds. The helicopter, just short of land, romming over in the water. Holy crap reporter bystanders jump in to help the five people onboard. A knife was reportedly needed to free one of them. All survived. One in a neckbrace. A 16yearold male in critical condition. The chopper coming down in pearl harbor near the uss arizona memorial. It was scary. Thought there was going to be a dead body can ioming up. Reporter its clear in the engine is erratic. Scott reiff is a helicopter pilot for kabc. He lost power. He may have flared a little too high. Hard
Its first us beef shipment. Nebraska congressman adrian smith says its fitting seeing as how that district is the number one ag district in the counrty. He also saidhat the success of this goes to show folks w important it is to work with trading partners around the world. Smith serves on the ways and Means Committee which has jurisdiction over trade policy. Tim a 38 year old rock valley woman has been sentenced on first degree theft charges. Heather blomendaal wascharged back in july 2015, after her employer, stone soup cafe discovered missing bank deposits. A Police Investigation revealed that bloemendaal has taken nearly 20 thousand dollars between january and july of 2015. As part of a plea agreement. She faces a ten year suspended prison term on 1st degree theft charges and was also placed on probation for four years. Blomendaal is required to stay at a treatment facicity in sioux cici, and pay full stitution. Jenna a local Nonprofit Service memeber and their famlilies ahead of va
Goodbye to him. And thats about all i can comment on at this time. Local tv station wday reports this would be the first deadly shooting of a Police Officer in fafao since 18 82. Jenna the charger dome in South Sioux City was reinflated today, after last weeks storm caused some structural damage. Nearly a foot of snow was dropped on the dome, causing it to tear. The dome is owned by briar cliff university, and is used as a practice space for the colleges sports team. For the safety of the student athletes, all activities were cancelled until its fixed. An expert was flown in from canada to make the repairs in less than a week. Bob jessome, Worldwide Air structure assistance, says, the much room to give, so uh the fabric tore alo the edge, so the dome stayed up, so we were able to get all the lights down and most of the stuff padded up so we could safely deflate the dome. The dome should be completly operational by the weekend. Tim children and parentgathered today for the official gran
Charged with a sex crime, he had been charged twice for sexualassualt t wisconsin back n the 90s. He has also been convicted twice of failing to register as a sex offender in Woodbury County, back in 2006 and 2007. Hes currently being held in the Woodbury County jail on a 50,000 bond and is due back in court on march 7th. Tim on cam theres news concerning two upcoming races right here in siouxland. Iowa senator Rick Bertrand from sioux city says hes considering his future options and that includes a look at iowas 4th district congressional seat currently held by fellow republican steve king. And make sure to tune into this week in siouxland sunday at 9 where well talk more, and thats all right here on abc9 tim two orange city republicans say they hope to win election to iowa house dist 4 covering most of sioux city. Both 54 year old Jeff Vanderweerf and 22 year old skyler wheeler are from orange city. Venderweergf a professor of political sciene at nmorthwestern college and eeler who i
Elisa tim, jenna. Counterfeit bill circulation isot sioux city, but growing exponentially. Police say its a hard problem to control. Many customers and cashiers are often too busy to check for fake bills and once they circulate, its hard keep tabs on where the bills came from. And in sioux city, police are finding fake bills for every denomination, not ju the larger 20s, 50s, or 100s. It has progressively gotten worse. Ive been in the property Detective Unit for almost 2 years now and it has literally skyrocketed. Now i get at least one fake bill every day says detective bill nice, Sioux City Police department. Customers and businesses who encounter fake bills often lose out on that money. Police say using a counterfeit bill is equivalent to stealing. And suggest businesses check each bill during every transaction. Customers should check to see if their change looks or feels different. Check every bill. You can buy them anywhere. The ten dollar bill has a magnetic strip thats right abo