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Tanner Lucas

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I don't feel like a hero.

I did what I had to to make sure everyone was safe.

FLAMES ERUPT IN A LEHIGH ACRES HOME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT -

HLB MEDSTAR MESS RETIRING AND LEAVE-TRX-VOTOPS

THE MEDSTAR MESS HAS NOW COST THE JOB OF A COUNTY LEADER.

ONE PERSON INVOLVED IN THE GROWING SCANDAL SUDDENLY RETIRED WHILE ANOTHER WAS PUT ON LEAVE.

HLC GULF COAST PLAYER SAVES SENIOR-TRX-SOTTOPS-VO

I was never so glad to hear somebody's voice.

A CHANCE MEETING TURNS A SALES CALL INTO A RESCUE MISSION.

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LEHIGH HOUSE FIRE FOLO-VOTOPS

FLAMES RIP THROUGH THE ROOF OF A HOME IN LEHIGH ACRES --

NO SMOKE DETECTORS GO OFF --

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TONIGHT --

THAT FAMILY IS SAFE THANKS TO THEIR 17 YEAR OLD SON WHO GOT EVERYONE OUT OF THE HOUSE.

GOOD EVENING I'M KELLIE BURNS.

AND I'M PETER BUSCH.

IT HAPPENED ON EDISON AVENUE IN LEHIGH ACRES EARLY THIS MORNING.

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- Homeowner tells me this house is a total loss - the inside gutted.

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Charred memories are all that's left- after a blaze barreled through this Edison Avenue home.

Tanner Lucas was the first to know when he was startled awake.

Lucas

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I could feel the smoke in my eyes and a burning in my throat.

The 17 year old jumped from bed and rushed to his parents room.

Lucas

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As soon as my dad realized what was going on - he told us to get on the ground.

The three crawled away from the flames - toward the corner of the house, making their escape through this window an over a fence.

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Lucas

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I don't feel like a hero. I did what I had to to keep everyone safe.

But fire marshall Kenn Bennett says it's true.

Because of only one fire alarm inside the house - that didn;t go off when the family needed it the most.

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Bennett

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Smoke has a tendency to cause people to go into a deep sleep. If they don't wake up because of the alarm, they'll die of smoke inhalation.

As the family begins to pick up clean the pieces and start all over - they're thankful this morning didn't end differently.

Lucas

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LEHIGH HOUSE FIRE FOLO-REM-LIVE

JOE ROETZ REPORTING.

INVESTIGATORS SAY AN ELECTRICAL FIRE STARTED IN THE ATTIC.

AUTHORITIES SAY IT'S ALWAYS A GOOD IDEA TO CHECK YOUR FIRE ALARMS -

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MEDSTAR MESS RETIRING AND LEAVE-SS-BOXES

LEE COUNTY'S TWO TOP PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIALS -- ARE OFF THE JOB TONIGHT.

LONG-TIME PUBLIC SAFETY DIRECTOR JOHN WILSON *RETIRED EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY--

AND E-M-S *CHIEF KIM DICKERSON IS ON PAID ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE.

ALL THIS AFTER A SERIES OF NBC-2 INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE SUDDEN SHUTDOWN OF THE MEDSTAR HELICOPTER PROGRAM.

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THE PERSONNEL SHAKEUP COMES AS MORE BAD BILLING IS UNCOVERED --

WE CONFIRMED TODAY MEDSTAR WAS BILLING FOR FLIGHTS THEY WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO SINCE *OCTOBER NOT FEBRUARY AS THEY ORIGINALLY SAID.

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WITH MEDSTAR AT THE CENTER OF *MULTIPLE INVESTIGATIONS--

THE TWO PEOPLE WHO DECIDED TO SHUT IT DOWN-- ARE OFF THE JOB TONIGHT.

E-M-S CHIEF KIM DICKERSON IS ON PAID ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE--

HER BOSS-- JOHN WILSON.

RETIRED- EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY.

FRANK MANN 11:00 he's in a position where the buck stops and there were things that were not handled well. and I'm afriad he's the victim of that. :10

COMMISSIONER FRANK MANN SAYS THOUGH WILSON SERVED THE COUNTY FOR 27 YEARS--

QUESTIONS ABOUT IMPROPER BILLING AND PERSONNEL ISSUES AT MEDSTAR LEAVE A DARK CLOUD OVER HIS LAST DAYS.

FRANK MANN 11:17 we should not have let a problem fester so long that the only solution was to shut the whole program down, particularly a program that provides life and death services. :28

WILSON DIDN'T COME TO THE DOOR WHEN WE STOPPED BY HIS HOME TODAY--

IT'S NOT THE *FIRST TIME HE'S RETIRED FROM LEE COUNTY.

HE STEPPED DOWN IN 2010 UNDER THE STATES DROP PROGRAM.

HE COLLECTED RETIREMENT BENEFITS OF MORE THAN TWO-HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.

AND WENT BACK TO WORK 30 DAYS LATER AT THE SAME SALARY.

arnold mcallister 16:00 I think John Wilson should have gone many years ago and stepped aside. :05

FIRED PILOT ARNOLD MCALLISTER SAYS THIS SHOULD'VE HAPPENED TO HIS FORMER BOSSES *SOONER.

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MANN SAYS ONCE INVESTIGATIONS ARE COMPLETED - MORE MOVEMENT COULD BE COMING.

THE SHIFT IN POWER COMES ONE WEEK AFTER WE FIRST REPORTED ABOUT AN ACCIDENT IN ESTERO--

IN WHICH *AEROMED, MEDSTAR'S PRIVATE REPLACEMENT-- COULD NOT RESPOND DUE TO A MECHANICAL ISSUE.

NBC-2 CONFIRMED SAME SCENARIO PLAYED OUT *TODAY--

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MEANTIME- COUNTY MANAGER KAREN HAWES TELLS NBC-2 SHE EXPECTS TO HEAR BACK FROM THE F-A-A ABOUT THOSE BILLING PROBLEMS "VERY SHORTLY".

COUNTY ADMINISTRATION WILL MEET WITH PUBLIC SAFETY EMPLOYEES NEXT WEEK TO SHARE INFORMATION WITH THEM--

VOTER REGISTRATION CLAIMS-TRX-OC

BREAKING NEWS AT THIS HOUR.

THE NBC2 INVESTIGATORS UNCOVER ELECTIONS OFFICIALS IN SIX FLORIDA COUNTIES - INCLUDING LEE - ARE LOOKING INTO WHAT APPEARS TO BE HUNDREDS OF CASES OF SUSPECTED VOTER FRAUD.

VOTER REGISTRATION CLAIMS-PLASMA-CG-PLASMA

A DEVELOPING STORY AT THIS HOUR.

THE NBC2 INVESTIGATORS UNCOVER ELECTIONS OFFICIALS IN AT LEAST SIX FLORIDA COUNTIES - INCLUDING LEE - ARE LOOKING INTO WHAT APPEARS TO BE HUNDREDS OF CASES OF SUSPECTED VOTER FRAUD.

THE REPUBLICAN PARTY HIRED A COMPANY CALLED STRATEGIC ALLIED CONSULTING TO REGISTER VOTERS.

NOW, SUPERVISORS OF ELECTIONS ARE REPORTING IRREGULARITIES ON THOSE FORMS

INCLUDING FINDING THE SAME SIGNATURE ON MULTIPLE FORMS;

ADDRESSES THAT TRACED BACK TO COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES RATHER THAN RESIDENTIAL ADDRESSES.

AND AT LEAST ONE CASE WHERE A DECEASED PERSON WAS REGISTERED TO VOTE.

ISAAC FEMA FUNDS APPEAL-TRX-2SH-TURN-BOXES

BREAKING NEWS AT FIVE.

GOVERNOR RICK IS TAKING ON THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OVER EMERGENCY FUNDS DENIED AFTER HURRICANE ISSAC.

THE STORM CAUSED AN ESTIMATED 38 MILLION DOLLARS IN DAMAGE IN FLORIDA--

BUT FEMA SAYS THAT WAS WITHIN THE AMOUNT THE STATE AND COUNTIES COULD HANDLE FOR RECOVERY.

ISAAC FEMA FUNDS APPEAL-SAT LIVE

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In Collier county the beaches were hardest hit-- with more than $5.6 million worth of damage from erosion. The county was hoping to get federal dollars to help fix that--

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and to pay for an additional $1.3 million dollars spent on everything from storm preps and street damage.

Isaac didn't hit as hard as we expected-- but county crews including law enforcement still prepared for it-- spending money on supplies and staff over-time.

Now we may not get a dime of federal assistance and gov rick scott wants to make sure that we do.

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Dan summers, director collier emergency operations center

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Summers says for smaller storms like tropical storm isaac it's not unusual for fema to turn down a request for assistance the first time around.

MATLACHA BRIDGE FOLO-TRX-NATSTOPS-OC-SS-BOXES

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SQUEAKY NOISES ARE BRINGING THE MATLACHA BRIDGE PROJECT TO A SCREECHING HALT.

CREWS DISCOVERED THAT THE PART THAT OPENS AND CLOSES THE NEW DRAWBRIDGE ISN'T WORKING AS DESIGNED.

TODAY THE BRIDGE BUILDER -

ENGINEER AND COUNTY PROJECT MANAGER HAD A CLOSED DOOR MEETING TO TRY AND FIGURE OUT A FIX AS A DEADLINE LOOMS.

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PROJECT MANAGER SARAH CLARKE SAYS THE MANUFACTURER OF THE PART THAT ISN'T WORKING WAS HERE LAST WEEK INVESTIGATING.

SHE EXPECTED THE BUILDER TO PROPOSE A SOLUTION TODAY-- BUT SAYS RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW TO FIX IT CAME IN TO THE BUILDER, ARCHER WESTERN, JUST THIS MORNING, SO THEY WON'T HAVE A SOLUTION UNTIL NEXT WEEK, AFTER CREWS REVIEW THOSE PROPOSALS.

MEANTIME, THERE'S NO WORD ON HOW LONG FIXING THE BRIDGE WILL DELAY ITS OPENING.

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super=karen coad, lives in matlacha

08:23 i just hope then can get it done before season

super= Sarah Clarke, project manager

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THIS AFTERNOON-- THEY COUNTY FORWARDED US A COPY OF A LETTER FROM THE PART'S MANUFACTURER-- SUGGESTING THAT ADDING WEIGHTS TO THE BRIDGE MAY ELIMATE THE SWEAKY NOISES THEY ARE HEARING.

BUT FIRST, THE COUNTY SAYS THEIR ENGINEER HAS TO REVIEW THOSE FINDINGS, AND THE BUILDING HAS TO SUBMIT A FORMAL PROPOSAL BEFORE THEY CAN AGREE ON A SOLUTION.

CLARKE SAYS THAT MEANS ITS UNLIKELY THE BUILDER WILL MEET IT'S DEADLINE TO OPEN THE NEW BRIDGE AND DEMO THE OLD ONE BY OCT 26 - LIVE LD NBC2

LCEC SUIT APPEAL-VO

LEE COUNTY ELECTRIC COOP IS APPEALING A JUDGES DECISION THAT IT SHOULD PAY TO RELOCATE POWER LINES UNDERGROUND IN CAPE CORAL.

THE CASE CENTERS ON WHETHER THE NON-PROFIT ELECTRIC COMPANY OR THE CITY MUST PAY TO RELOCATE POWER LINES DURING ROAD EXPANSION PROJECTS.

LCEC ARGUES IT HAS NO SAY IN ROAD PROJECTS AND SHOULDN'T BE FORCED TO PAY EVERY TIME THERE IS WORK.

FL TEACHER PUTS OUT HIT-VO

A TEACHER IN THE TAMPA IS ACCUSED OF PUTTING OUT A HIT.ON ANOTHER TEACHER.

INVESTIGATORS SAY A WITNESS CAME FORWARD AFTER HE FEARED THE SUSPECT MIGHT SERIOUSLY HARM HIS COLLEGUE.

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BIDEN TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE-SS-VO

TICKETS ARE STILL AVAILABLE TO SEE VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN DURING A CAMPAIGN STOP IN FORT MYERS TOMORROW.

YOU CAN GET THEM AT ANY OF THE FOUR DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN OFFICES IN LEE COUNTY.

TICKETS ARE ON A FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED BASIS.

BIDEN WILL SPEAK AT THE WA-KE HATCHEE PARK ON BASS ROAD.

YOU'LL ENTER OFF BASS ROAD, THROUGH THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE COMMUNITY CENTER.

DOORS OPEN AT NINE-30.

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MEANWHILE MITT ROMNEY IS ON AN EAST COAST SWING.

HE SPENT THE DAY IN PENNSYLVANIA --

A STATE NO REPUBLICAN HAS WON SINCE GEORGE BUSH IN 19-88.

HE'LL THEN HEAD TO A FUNDRAISER IN BOSTON.

SEINFELD EXTRA SHOW ADDED-SS

BY POPULAR DEMAND - A SECOND SHOW HAS BEEN ADDED FOR COMEDIAN JERRY SEINFELD.

THE MAN FAMOUS FOR A SHOW ABOUT NOTHING WILL BE AT THE BARBARA B MANN PERFORMING ARTS HALL NOVEMBER THIRD AT SEVEN AND NINE-30.

THE SEVEN P-M SHOW IS SOLD OUT.

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TALK ABOUT BEING IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME.

A LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYER GOING DOOR TO DOOR HEARD SCREAMS COMING FROM INSIDE A HOUSE.

THAT MOMENT TURNED HIM INTO A HERO TO ONE 93 YEAR OLD MAN WHO HAD FALLEN INSIDE.

THE TWO MET --

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TZ1 C) WEATHER TEASE-STC

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FIRST ALERT FORECAST-WXWALL

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE NBC2 WEATHER STAFF.

IT IS NOT A VERBATIM OF WHAT IS BEING SAID, BUT IS THE FORECAST FOR OUR AREA.

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NICE WEEKEND IN STORE

If you're wanting to get outside and play a little golf, go to the beach, or maybe go fishing - do it this weekend. Heavy rains are moving in Monday, and that will put a stranglehold on your plans next week!

As I expected today was gorgeous. There was nothing to worry about weather wise unless you lost the shades.

Saturday and Sunday will be just as great. Mostly sunny skies are in the forecast, and highs in the lower 90s. Could we see an isolated shower or thunderstorm? Yes, but not so much on Saturday. The best chance for rain this weekend will be on Sunday.

Sunday will also serve as our transition. There will still be a lot of sun, but there will be more clouds.

Overall it's going to be a spectacular weekend, but get ready for next week.

Our winds are shifting to the southwest due to a frontal boundary stalling out to our north. That's going to draw up a lot of moisture. We will see intervals of rain all day long from Monday through Friday. They'll start in the in the morning and last through the afternoon, evening, and possibly after midnight.

The wettest of will be Tuesday and Wednesday.

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A 93-YEAR-OLD NAPLES MAN IS THANKING A GULF COAST HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYER FOR SAVING HIS LIFE.

LUCKILY, THE 16-YEAR-OLD GULF COAST JUNIOR WAS IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME.

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BIG BOY EXPO SET UP-VO

SET UP IS UNDERWAY FOR THE BIG BOY EXPO COMING TO TOWN THIS WEEKEND.

FROM AIRBOATS TO GOLF CARTS --

TO ELECTRONIC GIVE-AWAYS --

EXPECT TO SEE AND TRY OUT ALL KINDS OF TOYS.AT GERMAIN ARENA SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

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Marlene Riviello

President

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"We're going to have a little carnival going on outside and then we have the Shriners coming by. We have clowns and do some face painting, we've got flying helicopters. We got teddy tanks where the belly is a fish aquarium."

TICKETS ARE 8 BUCKS FOR ADULTS.

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BARELY GIVEN THE CHANCE TO LIVE --

A YOUNG BOY IS SHOWING A REMARKABLE TURNAROUND THANKS TO HIS WORK WITH HORSES.

Zachs grandfather:

36:26 at the end of ride I'm just amazed at what he can do and how far he's come 32

HOW A TRIP TO THE FARM FOR ONE NINE-YEAR-OLD IS TURNING DOUBTERS INTO BELIEVERS.

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A YOUNG BOY SUFFERING FROM THE EFFECTS OF SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME IS HEALING THROUGH HORSES.

HE WAS BEATEN SO BADLY BY HIS FATHER, DOCTORS THOUGHT HE WOULD NEVER WALK OR TALK --

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"WALK ON"

AND WITH THAT--

9-YEAR-OLD ZACHARY ALDRIDGE DEFIES THE ODDS.

"When he first came here to be honest I had no faith, he was just such a limp noodle, what could you do with a child that doesn't move, doesn't talk, doesn't sit up?"

ZACH WAS BORN NORMAL--

BUT WHEN WAS JUST 10 WEEKS OLD, HE WAS BADLY BEATEN BY HIS BIOLOGICAL FATHER.

"When I came home from work he was blue and he wasn't breathing."

DOCTORS SAID ZACH WOULDNT LIVE-- BUT AFTER 52 DAYS IN INTENSIVE CARE-- HE MADE IT.

STILL, ZACH SUFFERS FROM SEVERAL MENTAL AND PHYSICAL DISABILITIES AS A RESULT OF SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME--

HE HAS AUTISM, CEREBRAL PALSY AND PARALYSIS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS BODY.

FOR A WHILE, ZACH COULNT WALK OR TALK--

MOM KISSING ZACH

BUT WHEN HE WAS FOUR YEARS OLD, MOM TOOK A CHANCE AT THE NAPLES EQUESTRIAN CENTER.

THE HORSES CHANGED ZACHS LIFE.

CHEERS AS ZACH PICKS UP COLOR RING

"It's something he can do and it doesn't seem like therapy 11 15 it doesn't feel like that because it's fun.:17 it gives him an opportunity to be somewhat normal."

RIDING PUSHED ZACHS HIP SOCKET BACK IN TO PLACE AND HELPED HIM BUILD THE MUSCLE HE NEEDED TO WALK ON HIS OWN.

HE'S NOW TALKING MORE AND LEARNING CONFIDENCE AND PATIENCE.

WITH EVERY LESSON-- ZACHS FAMILY SEES HIM GROW.

"At the end of ride I'm just amazed at what he can do and how far he's come."

GIVING THEM HOPE THAT ZACH WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD.

BYE BYE

NEW AT 530-BNR-2SHOT

THREE EMPLOYEES AT FAWCET MEMORIAL HOSPITAL--

FILE LAWSUITS AGAINST THE HOSPITAL AND A DOCTOR -- CLAIMING SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND "INTENTIONAL INFLICTION OF EMOTIONAL DISTRESS"!

AND IT IS A *HOT* TOPIC OF DEBATE AMONG WOMEN TODAY--

CAN A *GENE* DETERMINE IF A WOMAN WANTS TO HAVE A BABY?

AND CAN IT MAKE A MOTHER. A *GOOD* MOTHER!

A) GROPING DOCTOR-VO-WIPE

B) MOMMY GENES-VOTOPS