the job the restaurant was thanking them for. andrew wines / olive garden that's fine, that's what they do. we're fine to wait as long as we need to, we want to show out thanks and be here for them. they do everything for us, they're there every time we call them, so we want to be there for them when we can. fortunately, it was a false alarm.. and firefighters soon returned for their meal. the mother of a 3- year-old found dead in a hot van in durham- is now charged with involuntary manslaughter. roci she's also charged with felony child abuse and neglect. 3-year-old leslie murillo was found unresponsive in the family's mini van. the child's mother told wral she had been running errands with 2 other adults and all five of her kids. she told us when they returned home she assumed her daughter had gotten out of the van and was playing with the other children. the cause of a fire at an apartment complex in cary is still under investigation. it happened just after midnight wednesday and burned three floors of one now unlivable. everyone got out safely thanks to smoke alarms and neighbors who went door-to-door. three pets died in the fire. a kenly police officer indicted for killing a suspect with a stun gun surrendered to authorities thursday and faced a judge. jesse santifort and his attorney declined to comment as they met waiting sbi agents. the charge stems from a march 3rd high speed chase by police that ended with the suspect crashing in johnston county. the da says the driver, alexander was in his truck when santifort shocked him with a taser 4 times. the medical examiner says that killed him. susan doyle/johnston county da: he was not dying until the taser occurred. he said that in his opinion he would not have died but for the tasing. santifort told sbi agents the suspect lunged at him. he was released on an unsecured bond and is on unpaid leave from convicted of murder in 1988 is free. johnny small's supporters gathered at the new hanover county courthouse in wilmington friday morning, after the da announced he would not retry the case. a judge vacated the verdict last month after the main witness admitted he lied during the trial. small says getting used to a life on the outside in 2016, will take time. johnny small/freed of murder charge: telephone for one. a lot of stuff. internet, tv, its all changed. amanda: what's it been like to hug your family and friends? small: it's been overwhelming. i'm glad. i'm thankful they're supported me all these small hopes to get a job and live a quiet life. he says he feels for the victim's family, because they are back to square one, in the case. blonde hair, blue jeans, mickey mouse tennis shoes. that was the description for buddy myers, a little boy who has investigators have their days when they wonder, can this case ever be solved? bryan mims tells us....in a word ... yes. "that's my little buddy trystan." this home video of buddy in the pool can really ... get to you. there's a man's voice in the background. "we call him buddy." and there's his voice: the happy squealing of a pre-schooler splashing in water. that's buddy -- trystan "buddy" myers. let's take you back to october 5th, 2000. his aunt, donna myers, says he she briefly drifted off to sleep. when she woke up, four-year-old buddy ... was gone. no trace. chris godwyn is a sampson county sheriff's detective who's worked the case for the past nine years. it's hard. "not knowing -- not having the best leads to follow." then along comes a major break in the case of jacob wetterling in minnesota. he was 11 years old when he was kidnapped in 1989. for nearly 27 years, nobody knew confessed and pointed police to the boy's body. a tragedy, yes; but at long last, a resolution. "they just want to know. and i think that's what bothers most people is the not knowing. it's hard to ... they wan tot put a face to it." buddy would be 20 years old now. here's an age progression photo to show what his face might look like. detective godwyn says five or six leads come in every month. he and the sheriff once traveled to florida chasing a lead. "we have no reason to believe that he's not still alive. and until we have a alive, then we are gonna keep looking for a live person." justice, he says -- and hope -- will keep driving him. that was bryan mims reporting... buddy had moved from florida to live with his aunt and uncle in sampson county months before his disappearance. donna myers told wral, "in my heart, i out where he's at." she still has mickey mouse pictures on his bedroom wall. she goes in there every day, and she can't bring herself to take them down. tensions on tap from a community that says it can feel targeted by police. that was the topic of a community meeting in raleigh -- where neighbors shared concerns with chief cassandra deck brown. wral's adam owens takes us into the conversation. there's a lot of talk around a barber shop. 40:30 "i hear stories all day." paul engram, owner of paul's barber shop, says sometimes it's about police. 39:40 "they are being targeted or a situation went a little further than it had to be." for engram, that didn't cut it. he wanted to get to the bottom of those stories - so he invited raleigh's police chief and her officers in. 37:10 "the important thing is we go where the people are. today, it was the barber shop." there were a lot of questions and concerns. man?" bias among officers, how the mentally ill are handled - when an officer should shoot. chief cassandra deck-brown welcomes these moments. 36:38 "tell me what's on your heart and you mind and let's clear up some misconceptions." 19:25 "i don't see southeast raleigh as a bad part of raleigh." engram believes officers and residents are on the same team. he also happens to be the father of a 9 a big reason he wanted to invite officers in. 39:04 "it was my love for my son and my community that i felt like i needed to bridge that gap." that was adam owens reporting... the police chief has taken part in a number of forums like these in recent months and says there will be more in the future. stories of survival from 9-11 now span 15 years... and remain just as powerful. next on rewind, we'll hear from one man caught in the first tower. how he made it down 78 flights of stairs... with his guide dog. and....your next ride through why they are giving some drivers the wrong impression more than 2,000 people died at attacks. many others were able to escape. michael hingson was in the first tower when it was hit. he had to make it down 78 floors inside a crowded stairwell. and he did it with his guidedog! julia sims has his story. when the first plane hit the tower, michael hingson and hundreds of others crowded into stairwells trying to reach safety. 15:11:21 we were not told as we were going down the stairs what was going on 15:11:51 we smelled jet fumes on the stairs hingson, who has been blind since birth- couldn't see a thing. his guidedog roselle though could. 15:02:25 we worked as a team to get out. she would stop at the top of every flight of stairs and i could tell her to go forward a new guidedog is by his side now. roselle died in 2011,but hingson still travels around the country story. 15:14:34 sometimes being a hero is just doing your job which is what the dogs do as hingson and roselle descended 1463 stairs, he never once thought he wouldn't make it. 15:17:47-53 i immediately got this inner sense of conviction and peace that my guidedog and i would be ok so now, with his dog africa, hingson travels the country talking to people about some of the lessons learned: like teamwork and acceptance. handicap, our attitude is the real handicap hingson says he's moved on, but like most of us, still struggles with one thing. 15:05:22-37 for me, i'm still just as awed that it happen. how could anyone think of doing this kind of thing to us how can people value life so little theyr'e willing to fly an airplane into a building that was julia sims reporting... community. the army post took time to remember the september morning that changed everything. taps playing taps played the main post parade field, and wreaths were laid. local police and firefighters joined soldiers in remembrance of september 11th, 2001. fort bragg has contributed mightily to the war on terrorism. hundreds of soldiers and airmen have died in afghanistan and iraq, with thousands mor the keynote speaker said in 15 years, the commitment to defeating terrorism has not faltered. specialist william clayton, who grew up in fayetteville, was 8- years old on september 11th, 2001. he knew then.. he would one day enlist. "family tradition, for one, but after 9-11 happened, i was pretty much determined to join the military and do my portion. growing up, we all learned that if you really love something and want to protect something, you fight for what you're trying to protect." the ceremony also included the in the last 15 years, many service members at fort bragg have endured multiple deployments to the middle east, leaving their families for a year or more at a time. thousands of american troops are still in afghanistan. governor pat mccrory recognized first responders in a video message released this weekend. :46 mccrory "we will never forget...from our military members...law enforcement officers and our firefighters. :56 in his message, the governor also vows to support those who serve to protect others. the house passed a bill allowing families of 9-11 victims to sue saudi arabia. it's the same bill the senate passed the bill in may. the president opposed the bill, and has threatened to veto it. 15 of the september 11th hijackers were from saudi arabia, crews working in the fortify zone continue to make progress... and that comes with changes for drivers... brian shrader explains what you need to coming weeks. and...imagine navigating the hustle and bustle of airport travel ... in a wheelchair. watch what you're doing and people have to watch for you. next on rewind, how a partnership between rdu international and wakemed could make the process a little easier. summer vacation is over -- and the roads are busy again with school and work traffic. are busy again with school and work traffic. the governor takes aim at a state toxicologist today in another political dustup over coal ash. he misled the homeowners about the safety of their well water. dr. megan davies was the state epidemiologist, but she resigned this week, saying she cannot work for a department and an administration that deliberately misleads the public. she claims the state never should have told people who live near coal ash ponds their well water was safe. shift on i-40 that's where crews are tearing up and rebuilding the interstate. brian shrader shows us what's new and what's next. the latest lane shift happened overnight here on i-40 westbound in south raleigh. crews moved traffic from the outside lanes to the newly paved inside lanes. this latest shift happened between saunders and lake wheeler. that connects with the lanes shifted earlier this year out to the avent ferry. it frees workers to begin dot spokesman steve abbott told me those freshly paved, smooth lanes are sending some drivers a dangerous message. sot the newly paved lanes are leading people to speed even faster..and most of the accidents in the fortify zone are due to speeding. slow down and put down the phone. expect more lane shifts on both sides of 40 over the next several weeks. all of it should be. in the new pattern by early fall... and all lanes should reopen i'm bs, wral news, carry on baggage, weather delays, sprinting to make your connection... let's face it, airline travel can be challenging at best! wheelchair. debra morgan tells us about a new partnership between wake med and rdu that could make it a bit better. airports are busy places... lots of people... computer screens.... and luggage being towed from curb to gate to gate and back again. it's hard enough to navigate for most of us.... now drop your eye- level down a couple feet and add some wheels to the mix. bill keown flying is intimidating anyway... and to be doing it in a wheel chair where i can not wa can't even move my legs, it was a major intimidation. bill keown once was a frequent flier... since his accident he's accumulating more questions than miles. bill keown what do i do with my wheel chair, i know i can't go all the way to the gate with it, at some point i'm going to have to get put into a push wheel chair he mentioned his concerns to his wake-med rehab nurse, who sent word up her chain of command... nats classroom ...now a new class at raleigh durham international airport on airport navigation for people in wheel chairs. maneuverability nearly a dozen travelers with limited mobility attended the workshop.... winston may was one of the first to get here. winston may i have to watch i don't run on somebody's heels. i have to take my time, i just don't need to be in a rush... may has found arriving early helps. winston may you know you can't go through the metal detector, so they have to wand you i guess. for keown , his concerns don't end when he gets to the gate. bill keown what's going to happen to my chair now, when it disappears and goes into baggage, and i'm sitting in a manual wheel chair and who's taking care of me. it's really no different than the ques asks... it's just aimed at folks on wheels, before they go wheels up from rdu.... that was debra morgan reporting...the program covers everything from parking, ticketing and baggage to wheelchair storage. organizers hope they can make surprise! the crime-fighting trio that dropped by and brought big smiles to young patients going through some of the toughest moments of their lives. another incredible outcome to the 22nd annual radiothon for duke mix 101-point-5 spearheaded the drive. the radiothon raised nearly 480-thousand dollars! donations support patients and their families, and pay for anything from toys, books and games, to parking passes for families when they have an appointment. it's not too late to give. don't miss it section of wral-dot- com. you can find it on our homepage. batman, spiderman and iron man made a surprise appearance at wakemed children's hospital. the superheroes turned window washers repelled past patient rooms while making special stops to see the kids who were unable to leave their rooms to see the cast of characters. that wraps up rewind this week....have a great evening. previously on mike & molly: molly is a writer now. peggy (chuckling): oh. why didn't you say so? let me clear a spot in my bookcase. molly: you know, it just so happens that there are a lot of regular women, just like me, who have written best-selling books. (blows raspberry) that's it, we're doing this. make your move, come on. i'll give you one swing... no, no, come on, nobody's fighting! mike: hey. what you writing? oh, just experimenting with a short story. really? i like short stories 'cause, you know, they're short. can i take a look? oh, no, no, no. it's not ready for public consumption. oh, come on. i showed you that poem i wrote about the chicago bears. yeah, i remember, uh... "the hall of fame will admitcha, if you listen to coach ditka."

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