A 24yearold former teenage model is recovering from her 16th surgery after repairing her face after a devastating car crash. That crash happened more than three years ago after a single moment of distraction. This morning shes sharing an Important Message about driver safety. Wabctvs amy freese has her story. This everything it happened in three seconds. And i was distracted, for whatever reason. Reporter at 21 years old, nicole slammed into the back of a tractortrailer, completely mangled, car totaled, she was unrecognizable. She was treated for life threatening injuries. You can see the First Responders surrounding her car. Reporter her face was crushed. Distracted driving robbed the prom queen turned model of her physical identity. When i found out that i broke every bone in my face, i was a model. Like that was extremely, extremely difficult. Reporter facing hopelessness, nicole and her family found dr. James bradley. Her nose was collapsed completely centrally and her jaw was misa
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
Why bystanders formed a human chain to protect their neighbors. Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. Calls for puerto ricos governor to step down are intensifying this morning after what appeared to be the largest protest the u. S. Territory has seen in decades. [ siren ] police in riot gear fired teargas at hundreds of thousands of people as they took to the streets last night. Theyre protesting government corruption and leaked Group Chat Messages involving Ricardo Rossello that included profane, homophobic, and sexist comments. The messages also mocked victims of Hurricane Maria. Earlier in the day, President Trump renewed his attacks on rossello. Hes a terrible governor. The congress of the United States handed him 92 billion. That 92 billion is in the hands of incompetent people and very corrupt people. In fact, puerto rico has only received 14 billion since Hurricane Maria nearly two years ago. Ross
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
Vaping danger. Eight teens hospitalized with severe lung damage. The warning this morning. For help when two toddlers get locked in her car. The hero officer breaking in. Its okay, guys. Its okay. We got you. Youre okay. And breaking those little girls out just in time. Dont mess with this mom. The military vet on a jog when she says this man harassed her. What she did to fight back. Never really over the game that wouldnt quit overnight. An epic 16inning showdown. This Center Fielder making history on the mound and this incredible save. Theyve got it. E ll this friday morning. What a game last night. Amazing. We say overnight. It also happened this morning, that game between the orioles and the angels going 16 innings, 6 hours and 19 minutes. The orioles finally walking away with the win. You dont want to tell them the baseball question i asked you right before we went on air . Nine innings. I asked how many innings are in a baseball game. I wasnt going to call you out like that. That