wheelchair or walker except her walker has been stolen which means her confinement is worse. tonight, she s begging for its return. it s monday night and the big story is the heartbreaking story of a theft in wilmington, delaware. who would still a little girl s walker from in front of her house. christie ileto is there. that s what police are trying to find out. you are right, jim. her mother tells us she had put her daughter in the car. they took off and accidentally left the walker in the front yard. surveillance video shows within minutes a white truck pulls up and a man jumps out and takes the child s walker. why would you do that? it makes me disappointed as a child that an adult would take my walker. the pick up pull up in front of the home immediately after the mother pulls out of the driveway, a man in what appears to be construction gear, takes the walker and flees. to think two people would take my walker and i m just a child, it just, it just shocked me.
but if you or someone you love is struggling with addiction i want you to know: we are here for you. this holiday season, choose help. call 844 reach nj or visit reachnj.gov. action news, delaware valley s leading news program with jim gardner. this is kirsten edward alexander. she is ten years old and has cerebral palsy. she s always using her wheelchair or walker except her walker has been stolen which means her confinement is worse. tonight she s begging for its return. it s monday night and the big story is the heartbreaking story of a theft in wilmington, delaware. who would still a little girl s walker from in front of her house. christie ileto is there. that s what police are trying to find out. you are right jim. her mother tells us she had put her daughter in the car. they took off and accidentally left the walker in the front yard. surveillance video shows within minutes a white truck pulls up and a man jumps out and takes the child s walker. why would
ground zero for irma will be the state of florida. here s governor rick scott. look at the storm. it s wider than our entire state and could cost major impact coast to coast. forecasters say it could slam into the miami metropolitan area home to 6,000,000 people and the condos could sway 12-inches in hurricane force winds. the evacuation is on by road and by plane. the cruel reality is, hundreds of flights are being canceled. gas stations are being shut down. the governor of georgia ordered 540,000 coastal re residents to move inland. said one local official, if a freight train is coming at you, get off the tracks. until now hurricane andrew was the hardest to hit florida, but irma has staying power. it s still a category five hurricane. maximum sustained winds, 165 miles per hour and irma, over the past 24 hours, has actually expanded. it s now 650-miles across. put that into perspective, irma is big as the state of texas. it s moving northwest quickly about 16 miles per
reason why. this is what hurricane irma has already done to the caribbean. there is death, and as you can see, almost total destruction. this is truly a brutal storm, and it s headed for the sunshine state. thursday night, the big story on action news tonight is hurricane irma. first the story in the caribbean. irma is currently pummeling the turks and caicos island known to be the most beautiful tourist destinations. the dominican republic is savaged by the storm. a minimummion people without power in puerto rico. st. martin is the place of terrible damage. the death toll stands at 11:00. ground zero for irma will be the state of florida. here s governor rick scott. look at the storm. it s wider than our entire state and could cost major impact coast to coast. forecasters say it could slam into the miami metropolitan area home to 6,000,000 people and the condos could sway 12-inches in hurricane force winds. the evacuation is on by road and by plane. the cruel reality i
decimated. 2/3 of the florida population is in the dark, no power and the florida death toll has risen to six. it s monday night. the big story on action news tonight is the brutal aftermath of hurricane irma. in florida, there are so many priorities for emergency personnel, but none are more important than getting the power back on. squadrons of utility crews are coming in from around the country for the mission that could take weeks or longer. the florida keys are closed br r business. we have three reporters covering different angles. christie ileto is live at philadelphia interrnational airport, brian taff still in naples, florida but first with more on irma as it moves to georgia and south carolina, annie mccormick in our satellite center. though hurricane irma is downgrade today a tropical storm, it brings rain and wind to more states as it heads north. irma s sights are set on georgia and south carolina. thousands in savanna georgia were ordered to evacuate. ir