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A CAR CHASE COMES TO A CRASHING END IN LEE COUNTY AFTER THE OWNER OF A STOLEN CAR TAKES MATTERS INTO HER OWN HANDS.
NBC-2 IS LIVE AT THE SCENE.
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"Shocked. I mean this is paseo. It's isolated. It's a gated community."
A QUIET, GATED NEIGHBORHOOD IS RATTLED TONIGHT AFTER A VIOLENT CRIME -- A WOMAN FOUND STABBED IN HER OWN HOME!
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HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE IN CAPE CORAL DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY A MAJOR WATER PROJECT ARE CAUGHT OFF GUARD.
WHY NORMAL DOOR-TO-DOOR NOTIFICATIONS WERE CANCELLED.
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A DYNAMIC WINTER STORM IS HAVING A DOMINO EFFECT ON TRAVEL THIS HOLIDAY WEEK.
GOOD EVENING, I'M PETER BUSCH.
AND I'M LINDSAY LOGUE.
SNOW, THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOS HAVE GROUNDED HUNDREDS OF FLIGHTS.
THE DAMAGE FROM THE STORM STRETCHES ACROSS SEVERAL STATES AFTER 34 TORNADOES WERE REPORTED IN TEXAS, LOUISIANA, MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA TUESDAY.
MORE THAN 100,000 PEOPLE ARE WITHOUT POWER ACROSS THE SOUTH.
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ROADS IN ILLINOIS AND INDIANA ARE COVERED WITH SNOW AND ICE.
DRIVERS ARE BEING WARNED TO STAY HOME IF THEY CAN.
WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS WITH WIND GUSTS OF 30 MILES PER HOUR ARE BEING REPORTED AS THE STORM MOVES THROUGH THE MIDATLANTIC.
CHIEF METEOROLOGIST ROBERT VAN WINKLE JOINS US NOW --
ROBERT, SOUTHWEST FLORIDA IS FEELING THE IMPACT FROM THAT SYSTEM?
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a cold front is crossing the area and there will be a quick burst of showers as the front passes. When the showers stop … and they won't last long …. The winds will shift to the west/northwest and you will notice a drop in temperature. In fact, we will easily drop into the low 50's by tomorrow morning and it will continue to be a bit breezy tonight.
Tomorrow will be a fairly nice day and it won't be as windy as it was today. Boating and beach weather will be mostly sunny with a north/northwest wind around 10 - 15 mph. The high tomorrow will be cooler than today as well. We hit 80 this afternoon and tomorrow will stay in the 70's. Humidity will be down a bit and it should be a great Thursday.
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IT'S THE KIND OF STORY YOU ALMOST CAN'T BELIEVE --
A WOMAN'S CAR IS STOLEN -- THEN DAYS LATER, SHE SPOTS IT AT A CAR WASH -- AND FOLLOWS THE DRIVER.
THAT CHASE JUST ENDED IN THE PINE MANOR NEIGHBORHOOD IN SOUTH FORT MYERS --
NBC-2'S ELIZABETH BILLINGSLEY IS THERE -- ELIZABETH, WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED?
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YOU CAN BET NEIGHBORS IN A SOUTH FORT MYERS GATED COMMUNITY ARE THINKING MORE ABOUT THEIR SECURITY TONIGHT.
POLICE SAY A HOME INTRUDER STABBED A WOMAN INSIDE HER HOME AROUND 4 O'CLOCK THIS MORNING IN THE QUIET, GATED PASEO NEIGHBORHOOD.
NBC 2'S KELLY CRESWELL HAS BEEN FOLLOWING THE DEVELOPMENTS AND JOINS US LIVE WHERE POLICE ARE STILL SEARCHING FOR THE ATTACKER
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IT'S BEEN MORE THAN 12 HOURS SINCE THE INCIDENT AND WE'RE STILL SEEING INVESTIGATORS COMING IN AND OUT OF THIS COMMUNITY.
A DIFFERENT KIND OF TRAFFIC THAT RESIDENTS OF THIS QUIET, GATED SOUTH FORT MYERS NEIGHBORHOOD SAY THEY'RE NOT USED TO SEEING.
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The morning after Christmas, and it wasn't the color of lights homeowners were familiar with.
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Nicole Moscheola, Resident
"Woke up this morning I was sleeping in the living room and I saw the flashing blue lights and I got nervous."
Quickly before their eyes--a crime scene was unfolding.
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Rhett Daniels, Resident
"We saw yellow tape sealing off a certain area and police officers out about 6 or 8 cars so we knew something was up."
Fort Myers police responded to a home invasion in the paseo neighborhood around 4 o'clock this morning. First responders discovered a woman had been stabbed, and she was rushed to the hospital.
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A search in the air and on the ground for the suspect turned up empty. The scene though quickly filled neighbors with fear.
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Rhett Daniels
"Shocked. I mean this is paseo. It's isolated. It's a gated community."
A safe neighborhood turned crime scene had residents wondering how this could've happened.
Sharon Ornduff, Resident
"You can walk on the sidewalks and around the gate you can come in anywhere around the lake there's just too many openings to keep people out."
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WE'RE STILL WORKING TO FIND OUT THE WOMAN'S NAME AND HER CONDITION.
NEIGHBORS TELL US SHE WAS LIVING WITH HER 13 YEAR OLD SON.
IT'S UNCLEAR RIGHT NOW WHETHER THE VICTIM IN THIS CASE WAS TARGETED OR IF THIS WAS A RANDOM INCIDENT.
LIVE IN SFM KC NBC2
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A PORT CHARLOTTE RESTAURANT IS TORN APART DURING A LATE NIGHT BRAWL.
DEPUTIES SAY A WOMAN WAS HIT IN THE FACE WITH A CHAIR.
IT TOOK TASERS TO CALM THE CROWD.
NBC-2'S CHARLIE KEEGAN PICKS UP OUR STORY.
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ARREST RECORDS DESCRIBE THE CHAOS INSIDE A PORT CHARLOTTE RESTAURANT.
WHEN CHARLOTTE COUNTY DEPUTIES GOT ON SCENE JUST AFTER TWO A-M SUNDAY, THEY SAW A GROUP FIGHTING.
ANREKA BRISTOL PICKED UP A CHAIR AND HIT AN INNOCENT BYSTANDER IN THE FACE, THEN PUSHED HER INTO A BOOTH AND STARTED PUNCHING HER.
"She did not follow my order, so I deployed by CCSO issued Taser into the middle of her back and ordered her to stop fighting." THE ARREST RECORD READ.
ONCE BRISTOL WAS ARRESTED, REPORTS SHOW EDDIE OUTING, A RELATIVE OF THE VICTIM, PICKED UP A CHAIR BEFORE DEPUTIES TAZED HIM TOO.
"Due to Eddie being armed with the chair and fearing he was going to strike me, Deputy
Hardmann, deployed her Taser causing him to go to the ground."
MEANWHILE, 25-YEAR-OLD RADRICK OUTING HAD A PICKED UP A TABLE.
"I ordered Radrick to stop his actions as I moved toward him. Radrick dropped the table and turned toward my direction in an aggressive manner."
DEPUTIES TAZED HIM TOO, AND SAY HE HAD COCAINE IN HIS POCKET.
Standup "Throughout the fight, police records say all three people picked up either a chair or a table and used it to hit one another. In the end, it caused more than 300 dollars worth of damage inside the restaurant."
THE ARREST REPORT DOESN'T EXPLAIN WHAT STARTED THE FIGHT OR IF EVERYONE INVOLVED KNEW ONE ANOTHER.
THE THREE PEOPLE ARRESTED FACE SEVERAL CHARGES AND HAVE ALL POSTED BOND.
IN PORT CHARLOTTE, CHARLIE KEEGAN NBC-2.
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TONIGHT, MORE THAN 2 HUNDRED PEOPLE IN CAPE CORAL ARE UNDER A BOIL WATER NOTICE.
AND MANY OF THEM ARE JUST NOW FINDING OUT ABOUT IT.
NBC-2'S GEORGE SOLIS EXPLAINS THE REASON BEHIND THE CHANGE.
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CAPE CORAL'S UTILITIES DEPARTMENT WAS HARD AT WORK THIS MORNING.
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PUTTING THE FINISHING TOUCHES ON A VALUE REPLACEMENT PROJECT ON SANTA BARBARA BOULEVARD.
Chris Sebera, Cape Coral Utilities Collection 51:10 "Preventive maintenance we shall call it."
THE PROJECT WAS THE RESULT OF A BREAK IN THE MAIN WATER LINE, THAT HAPPENED EARLIER THIS MONTH.
IT WAS TEMPORALLY FIXED, BUT HAD IT BROKEN IT WOULD HAVE LEFT OVER 2 HUNDRED WITHOUT WATER.
50:39 "It was definitely an issue that needed to be addressed." Sebera
THIS NEW VALUE ENSURES IF THERE'S EVER A PROBLEM, ONLY 10 OR SO HOMES WILL BE AFFECTED.
52:43 "They will have water." Sebera
AS A RESULT OF PROJECT, THOSE LIVING ALONG SANTA BARBARA IN THIS AREA WERE LEFT WITHOUT WATER FOR A WHILE AND ARE NOW UNDER A BOIL WATER NOTICE.
Craig Stransky, Cape Resident 01:45 "Well, nobody said anything, if you were taking a shower you would have died right in the middle of it."
CAPE UTILITIES OFFICIALS SAY THERE'S A REASON WHY.
Kevin Mcgee, Utilities Collection Superintendent
03:09 "Normally, we hand deliver notices to every home with what's going on in the world today it's just getting a little nerve wrecking going up to people's doors."
INSTEAD, THESE SIGNS ARE THE ALTERNATIVE.
THEY ARE POSTED ON BOTH ENDS OF THE STREET.
01:55 "There was sign up on the road you are now entering in a boil water zone notice." Stransky
SOME CAPE RESIDENTS SAY IT'S UNSUAL, BUT UNDERSTAND WHY.
02:03 "It didn't bother me that much actually, it's something they got to do." Stransky.
UTILITY OFFICIALS SAY BOIL WATER NOTICE WILL LIKELY BE LIFTED BEFORE NEW YEARS.
IN CAPE CORAL, GS NBC-2
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A TEENAGER IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION AFTER A DEADLY CAR ACCIDENT IN COLLIER COUNTY.
IVAN CRUZE IS RECOVERING IN THE HOSPITAL
INVESTIGATORS SAY THE PICK UP TRUCK HE WAS IN CRASHED ON STATE ROAD 29 NEAR OIL WELL ROAD.
EDGAR RENATA WAS ALSO IN THE TRUCK -- HE DIED.
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A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR BILL MCBRIDE WILL BE HELD LATER THIS WEEK IN TAMPA.
SERVICES ARE SCHEDULED FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
THE DEMOCRAT DEFEATED JANET RENO FOR THE PARTY'S GUBERNATORIAL NOMINATION IN 2002 BUT LOST TO JEB BUSH.
MCBRIDE HAD A HEART ATTACK SATURDAY.
HE WAS 67.
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NEW DETAILS ON WHAT MAY HAVE MOTIVATED A GUNMAN TO ATTACK FOUR FIREFIGHTERS IN UPSTATE NEW YORK.
POLICE SAY WILLIAM SPENGLER'S MOTHER DIED IN OCTOBER AND MAY HAVE MADE DONATIONS TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
INVESTIGATORS WANT TO KNOW IF THAT COULD BE A POSSIBLE MOTIVE IN THE ATTACK.
IN THE MEANTIME.FUNERALS FOR TWO FIREFIGHTERS KILLED IN THE CHRISTMAS EVE AMBUSH ARE SCHEDULED FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY.
TWO OTHERS ARE STILL IN THE HOSPITAL AFTER POLICE SAY SPENGLER SET A FIRE AND SHOT AT THE RESPONDING FIREFIGHTERS.
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Motive is always the burning question. I'm not sure, we'll never really know what was going through his mind. 5
HUMAN REMAINS WERE FOUND IN SPENGLER'S BURNED HOUSE.
THE MEDICAL EXAMINER WILL DETERMINE IF THEY BELONG TO HIS MISSING SISTER.
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FORMER ATLANTA BRAVES AND NEW YORK YANKEES OUTFIELDER ANDRUW JONES IS OUT ON BOND AFTER BEING ARRESTED FOR BATTERY.
JONES WAS ARRESTED YESTERDAY AFTER HIS WIFE ACCUSED HIM OF DRAGGING HER DOWN A STAIRCASE AND SAYING HE WANTED TO KILL HER.
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EVER WONDER WHAT IT TAKES TO BE A POLICE OFFICER OR A FIREFIGHTER?
NOW'S YOUR CHANCE TO FIND OUT.
THE CITY OF NORTH PORT IS ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR IT'S CITIZENS PUBLIC SAFETY ACADEMY.
THE FREE, HANDS-ON COURSE GIVES PEOPLE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT FIRST RESPONDERS DO.
THE CLASS STARTS FEBRUARY 5TH.
IT LASTS 12 WEEKS AND MEETS IN THE EVENINGS.
YOU CAN FIND THE APPLICATION ON OUR WEBSITE, N-B-C-DASH-TWO DOT COM UNDER NEWSLINKS.
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TALK ABOUT A COSTLY MISTAKE!
SOT Nicole Gee / sold winning ticket 23:19:59 "My mistake changed a family's life."
HOW ONE FAMILY BECAME MILLIONAIRES OVERNIGHT
BY PURCHASING THE *WRONG LOTTERY TICKET.
THIS BEATS ANY CHRISTMAS PRESENT!
THE HEARTWARMING REUNION AFTER A FAMILY'S BELOVED PET DOG WAS STOLEN.
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It's happening right now … a cold front is crossing the area and there will be a quick burst of showers as the front passes. When the showers stop … and they won't last long …. The winds will shift to the west/northwest and you will notice a drop in temperature. In fact, we will easily drop into the low 50's by tomorrow morning and it will continue to be a bit breezy tonight.
Tomorrow will be a fairly nice day and it won't be as windy as it was today. Boating and beach weather will be mostly sunny with a north/northwest wind around 10 - 15 mph. The high tomorrow will be cooler than today as well. We hit 80 this afternoon and tomorrow will stay in the 70's. Humidity will be down a bit and it should be a great Thursday.
More sunshine and cool weather is on the way for Friday as we wake up to morning lows in the chilly 40's and daytime highs around 70. The next cold front in the forecast is due here on Saturday and we will see some more showers to start the weekend. But don't cancel any plans based on that rain forecast … just like today the showers for Saturday should move through quickly.
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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FROM COMPUTERS TO TELEVISIONS --
TO ALL THOSE FANCY APPLE GADGETS.
TECHNOLOGY IS BEING BLAMED MORE AND MORE FOR EXPANDING WAISTLINES.
NOW ONE COMPANY IS CHANGING THAT -- BY USING TECHNOLOGY.
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THESE KIDS ARE DOING THEIR OWN THING ON THE PLAYGROUND. WHILE COMPETING WITH ONE ANOTHER IN A VIRTUAL WORLD.
THIS IS SQORD. S-Q-O-R-D. IT'S A COMBINATION COMPUTER GAME, SOCIAL NETWORK AND REAL WORLD EXERCISE. COLEMAN GREENE IS A CO-FOUNDER.
"Our idea is not to say that technology is the problem, but rather embrace it, and say that it can be part of the solution."
KIDS WEAR A PRACTICALLY INDESTRUCTIBLE POWER BAND THAT CONTAINS A 3-AXIS ACCELEROMETER. IT TRACKS THEIR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY THROUGHOUT THE DAY -- CAPTURING A RANGE OF MOTION, DURATION AND INTENSITY.
"Then you swipe it over a little bay station, which plugs into the side of a computer, then wirelessly uploads to our website."
ON THE WEBSITE, KIDS SEE WHICH OF THEIR FRIENDS "SQORD" THE MOST EXERCISE IN A DAY.
"I did not notice any smack talk on there. no smack talk yet."
ALTHOUGH BRAGGING RIGHTS ARE INVOLVED -- KIDS CAN ONLY COMMUNICATE WITH THEIR FRIENDS BY SELECTING A PRE-DETERMINED LIST OF POSITIVE PHRASES AND VIRTUAL HIGH FIVES.
SQORD TARGETS THE 8- TO 13-YEAR OLD CROWD. CHILDHOOD OBESITY EXPERTS SAY IT'S DURING THIS TIME PERIOD THAT PHYSICAL ACTIVITY PLUMMETS.
"It's quite a vulnerable period during this middle school transition. and parents may have to work harder to try to find their children outlets for activity."
IN OUR EXPERIMENT WITH SQORD, KIDS LITERALLY WOULD NOT STOP MOVING - JOGGING EXTRA LAPS AND HOPPING AROUND WHILE WAITING TO SEE THEIR SCORE.
"I even noticed that when I put it on, I wanted more points, so I went out and played a little soccer with my brother."
LIKE ANY GOOD ONLINE TOOL, SQORD IS SLOWLY GOING VIRAL -- PIQUING THE INTEREST OF YMCA'S. PILOT PROGRAMS HAVE BEGUN IN SOME FLORIDA AND COLORADO SCHOOLS.
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WE'VE ALL HAD BAD BREAKS.WELL A NEW HAMPSHIRE FAMILY JUST GOT A VERY GOOD BREAK.
THE BENNETTS HIT IT BIG IN THE STATE'S MEGABUCKS LOTTERY -- AND IT WAS ALL BECAUSE OF A MISTAKE!
THEY BECAME OVERNIGHT MILLIONAIRES AFTER CATHY'S HUSBAND SCOTT PURCHASED THE WRONG TICKET.
SCOTT ORIGINALLY WANTED TO PURCHASE A "LUCKY FOR LIFE" LOTTO TICKET.
BUT THE CLERK ACCIDENTALLY HIT THE MEGABUCKS BUTTON INSTEAD.
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SOT Cathy Bennett / Lottery Winner
"He's sitting on the couch with the ticket on one hand and the New Hampshire
lottery website on the computer just staring at both of them and. really
truly didn't believe it." 8
THE BENNETTS TOOK HOME A TWO-MILLION DOLLAR JACKPOT.
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A SHOPPING SPREE MOST GIRLS CAN ONLY DREAM OF.
8:18 I was shopping and having a lot of fun picking stuff that I could bring home 23
"I think shell always remember this for the rest of her life."
MEET THE LOCAL FIREFIGHTERS WHO MADE THE HOLIDAY EXTRA SPECIAL FOR A LITTLE GIRL.
AND ALL NEW AT SIX--
"You've likely heard of brands like Chicos - headquartered in Fort Myers. I found companies making products you and I will never buy. But they're *making millions, *using local workers and *exporting around the world."
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AFTER BEING DOGNAPPED OFF THE STREETS OF NEW YORK,
THERE'S A HAPPY REUNION JUST IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS.
TAKE A LOOK --
YOU CAN SEE A THIEF TAKING THE DOG NAMED MARLEY OUTSIDE FROM A STORE WHILE HIS OWNERS WERE SHOPPING ON CHRISTMAS EVE.
POLICE SAY THE THIEF SOLD THE DOG --
AND ITS NEW OWNER TOOK IT TO THE VET. WHERE THEY FOUND A MICROCHIP.
ON CHRISTMAS DAY, MARLEY WAS REUNITED WITH HIS FAMILY.
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thank you.those great samaritans got that perpatrator who stole Marley, now we got him on christmas day!
BRANDON BACON IS THE MAN SEEN ON CAMERA STEALING THE DOG.
HE WAS ARRESTED.
POLICE SAY THIS IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF WHY EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE THEIR PETS MICROCHIPPED.
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BIG CORKSCREW FIREFIGHTERS HAD A REWARDING DAY ON THE JOB.
TODAY THEY TOOK A SPECIAL LITTLE GIRL SHOPPING ON THEIR DIME--
TO MAKE SURE SHE HAD A HOLIDAY SEASON SHE'LL NEVER FORGET.
NBC2S GABY FLEISCHMAN HAS THE STORY.
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FOLLOWED BY AN ENTOURAGE OF FIREFIGHTERS--
FACED WITH WAY TOO MANY CHOICES--
THIS THIRD GRADER GOT A SHOPPING SPREE MOST GIRLS COULD ONLY WISH FOR.
"This is awesome."
SIFTING THROUGH ENDLESS RACKS OF CLOTHING--
AND AISLES FILLED WITH TOYS AT WALMART--
SHE WAS ALLOWED TO PICK WHATEVER PRESENTS SHE WANTED.
"That very rarely happens. I was shopping and having a lot of fun picking stuff that I could bring home."
"This child coming from a little bit different circumstances than normal and we wanted to make it super special for her."
THE 8-YEAR-OLD YEAR OLD SPENT CHRISTMAS WITHOUT HER PARENTS THIS YEAR--
SHE'S BEEN LIVING WITH A FOSTER FAMILY SINCE MARCH.
SO THE BIG CORKSCREW FIREFIGHERS WANTED TO SHARE WITH HER DURING THE SEASON OF GIVING.
"They give all year long and then to come to Christmas time and to go further and give that's just amazing."
"We all contributed our own money and came up with a pretty good amount and she used all of it, laughs."
FILLING HER CART WITH CUTE TOPS AND SHINY SHOES, GAMES AND A FISHING POLE--
SHE SMILED AND PLAYED THE WHOLE WAY THROUGH.
"Yes! she's got it. Wow great job."
""Just knowing that people in the community care about her and that she's not alone, that people really do want to help and be there for her."
THE ATTENTION IS SOMETHING SHE SAYS SHE NEVER EXPECTED.
"I didn't think that I would just go to Walmart and be on the news some day."
"I think shell always remember this for the rest of her life."
IN COLLIER COUNTY GABY FLEISCHMAN NBC2.
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THE SHOPPING-SPREE WAS ALL PART OF CORKSCREW FIRES ANNUAL ADOPT-A-FAMILY PROGRAM.
YESTERDAY THEY ALSO DELIVERED GIFTS TO FAMILIES IN NEED.
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THE BUSH FAMILY USUALLY SPENDS THE HOLIDAYS IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA---
BUT THIS YEAR MAY BE DIFFERENT, BECAUSE FORMER PRESIDENT GEORGE H-W BUSH IS IN A HOUSTON HOSPITAL.
TODAY WE WENT TO BOCA GRANDE TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY SIGNS OF THE FORMER FIRST FAMILY.
WE ALSO HAVE AN UPDATE ON HIS HEALTH.
PLUS: THE SANDY HOOK SCHOOL SHOOTING IS INSPIRING PEOPLE IN ONE STATE TO TURN IN THEIR GUNS, WHILE INSTRUCTORS IN ANOTHER ARE VOLUNTEERING TO SHOW TEACHERS HOW TO SHOOT.
THOSE STORIES AND MORE, STRAIGHT AHEAD AT 5-30.
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