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hit by a paint can. the can knocked him off the street and onto the platform. however, initial reports had said the worker had fallen nearly two stories. when we arrived on location, we found that was not the case. the patient had actually incurred the injury on the platform. reporter: a special operations team raced to the scene. and they began a dangerous rope rescue, to move the worker from the platform onto the roadway. technical view is one of the areas of expertise that they have. and they practice on the bridge, on a regular basis. reporter: the accident shut down all westbound traffic on the bay bridge. drivers stuck in the backup, sat in their cars for nearly two hours. a lot of people are working around. like waiting. and they say, oh, my god, what s going on? reporter: for people at sandy point state park, a day at the beach, turned into a front row seat to a rescue. i realized, that s when it hit you, how serious this probably is. they were on ....
i had a feeling he was going to win the whole time. reporter: friday s victory comes one day after phelps won his first individual gold of the olympic games, winning from start to finish to capture the 200 individual medley, making phelps a 3-time olympic champ in both the 200im and olympic fly. already the olympian with most medals ever. his total now at 21. 17 of those are gold. also an olympic record. at age 27, michael phelps says this is the last time he will compete in the olympics. if he holds true to that, then tomorrow s relay race, the four- by 100 medley, in which he is a member, will be his final olympic competition and his final chance to add to that incredible medal total. back to you. mark, thank you. baltimore county officials are working on plans for michael phelps welcome home celebration after the olympics. details are to be announced. breaking his silence and breaking down. cal ripken jr. opens up about his mom s abduction. wjz stays on the ....
police released this photograph of the man suspected of abducting vi ripken, the 74- year-old mother of baseball great cal jr. police say ripken was taken from her home tuesday, bound inside her car, and driven around harford and baltimore county for almost 24 hours, before the man dropped her off almost four blocks from her house. described him as a white male. we believe him to be tall. age rage between we re thinking now between the mid- 30s and early 40s. wears glasses, we believe. the last picture that we have of him that you ll see in the photograph. he was wearing a white shirt. a long white shirt. blue jeans. had a hat on, which looked like it was black and orange in color. reporter: ms. ripken thankfully was found unharmed, although a bit shaken. her family is not commenting on this development or any new developments, they say, until the case is closed. report live from aberdeen police headquarters, mike hellgren, week eyewitness news. mike, thank you. ....
away. reporter: police say cox was not connected to the case. however, his roommate, 21-year- old david peoples, and 24-year- old laura car, are accused of kidnap 15-year-old sterling watts, as he walked home, leaving him for dead, after shooting him if a field. the third suspect, chikita skeeter, is also charged with attempted murder, assault, and kidnap being. it s really scary. it really is. because we really had no bounds or anything in this area. and all of a sudden, something like this happens and makes you rethink where you live and what happened. and the officer involved in this shooting. his name has not been released. but he is on paid administrative leave. back to you. rochelle, thank you. the deadly shooting remains under investigation tonight by baltimore county homicide detectives detectives. mew information tonight about the washington, d.c. police officer who reportedly reported made a threat against the first lady. can show a picture of the gu ....
of that damage. reporter: chief tear was never indicted but was the subject of a criminal investigation by the state prosecutor, who announced he was ending that probe. it was important to resolve this matter without any further disruption to the effective police department. our officer believes that this is in the best interest of the citizens. many believe it s likely part of a deal. and the chief will testify against leopold at trial. i believe that the chief turned state s evidence. and i think that s going to make things very, very difficult for the county executive. if the chief was acting as the county executive s direction, then that s where the buck stops. and that s who should be held accountable. he thanked the chief for his service and said the reason chief tear was stepping down was to spend more time with his family. reporter: and when tear goes, major pam davis will take over for him. she is the first woman to lead this department. reporting l ....