the metro new general manager is looking to get real-time information on the street level to address the crowding issues in the station. they are working to get this on the street level. he does understand when the incidents happen it is jarring and he plans to have more in the system. maureen: breaking news from nashville, tennessee. jury awarded erin andrews $55 million in lawsuit against owner and operator of nashville exelon hopes a new proposal will get enough to finalize the merger. last week the d.c. public service commission would not approve the original deal until changes were made. they will give $20 million more to help the low income customers pay the bills. ashley guindon was laid to rest today in massachusetts. she was shot and killed in the line of duty february 27 in woodbridge in her first day on patrol. her family held a private memorial system in woodbridge last week. injured and the woman who lived at the house were killed. alison: nancy reagan died yes
your trust. detailing what needs to be done for safety and reliability. rel and she was steadfast in support of her husband. tonight we remember the life and legacy of former first lady nancy reagan. fox5 news at 10 starts now. > thank you for joining us tonight at 10 i m jim lokay and i m marina maracco if for lauren. we start with the outrage over the suspension of two firefighters. they rushed a little girl to the hospital, and likely saved her life, but broke policy. fox5 s alexandra limon talked tl theim emt who is calling attentn to the cause. i spoke to the emt that created that facebook page.k pa she tells me she doesn t even te know either of the firefighters that were suspended. she just felt it was wrong and a wanted to help. i m also told that because the fail mute fire station is down two men they re having a harder time keeping up wit respond to. so the fact that these guys are heros and they re suspended bothers me. this facebook page called reinstate our heros
life. too many don t and lives are lost.lost. and ted weighed in withh this, i was told a long, long ln time ago that there are exceptions to every rule and this was one of those times. meanwhile metro officialsetro want to restore rider r confidence.conf in a statement posted ond metro s web site generaler manage injury paul wiedefeld wde laid out an improvement plan.la he says improving safety and security and restoring publicubi trust are top priorities.orit that includes hiring a new chief safety manager or or officer rather and increasingncs the number of police officers on rails and buses.ails metro also wants to helpp improve reliability and wip a wp bacwin backriders.de. the paper fare card today is a thing of the pass this morning.mo when that boarding metroha riders will bt e required to use a plastic smart trip card. c paper cards have been aroundve r for decades though smart triprtt cards have been around since s 1999 so most commuters aretersre used to the
the charge to get the two men reinstated.reinstated. a stafford county emt set up amu facebook page to support those firefighters and she wants to t remain anonymous for fear ofr getting in trouble at work. awo. the fact that these guys g arguysare some heros and they re suspended bothers me. we have a link to that t facebook page and staffordand sf county phone number.ount visit our web site fox5d.c.com.x5c. meantime this story ishis ss getting a lot of reaction onctio our facebook page.our if you haven t already pleasedye share your thoughts with us onh there. there. we ll share some of themshare se coming up at 5:30. metro officials want to wantt earn your trust again.rnr the first step they re takingept is an improvement plan to getn o things on the right track.rack plan was announced by metro s mt new general manager paul wiedefeld.d. fox5 s melanie alnwick joinsln i us live with details on thishi story. good morning, mel.l. what s t reporter: hey, good tr: h m
quite a sight today. yeah. it was very memorable. just very scary. didn t know what to think. one second we re taking selfies, and the next second we re running for our lives. what were they telling you to do? run to eighth street? just run to h street. what was this like for you? the first time to dc? i came when i was little so i don t remember much. but it was scary. so they just told us to run to h street and me and my friends were standing right next to the guy that was next to the fence and he looked like a normal guy. reporter: what did they do to the guy? they subdued him and they started screaming for him to get on the ground and put his hands behind his head so everyone said there s a big mob of people running. a big day for these students who are actually here for a choir competition from tennessee. so we re going to you guys. reporter: megan dice with the latest. two volunteer firefighters suspended are back on the job tonight. fox 5 was first