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FIRST WEATHER-WX WALL

HL1) LIGHTNING FOLO-VOTOPS

ALL NEW TONIGHT AT SIX --

THIS IS OUR FIRST LOOK AT JESSE WATLINGTON THE 11-YEAR-OLD STRUCK BY LIGHTNING YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.

TONIGHT,

HL2) NAPLES DAS-VOTOPS

A YEAR AGO -- 14 DOGS DIED AFTER DOZENS OF MALNOUSISHED ANIMALS WERE TURNED OVER TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL SERVICES.

HL3) STONE CRAB SEASON-VOTOPS

PLUS, WE'RE SALIVATING ALREADY --

AS WE HEAD INTO STONE CRAB SEASON.

BUT RED TIDE COULD POSE A PROBLEM FOR THE FIRST SHIPS OUT --

SHOW OPEN-CLIP

LIGHTNING FOLO SETUP-SOTVO OC

8:08 "I've got 2 coaches giving him cpr- they've been giving it to him for 10 mins. He's just a kid. Oh my god."

JUST 11-YEARS-OLD.

TONIGHT THIS IS OUR FIRST LOOK AT JESSE WATLINGTON.

A BOLT OF LIGHTNING STRUCK THE SIXTH GRADER DURING HIS FOOTBALL PRACTICE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.

TONIGHT HE IS STILL IN CRITICAL CONDITION AT A TAMPA HOSPITAL.

LIGHTNING FOLO-PKG

:27 "911- what is your emergency? We've got a lightning strike"

MOMENTS AFTER 11 YEAR-OLD JESSE WATLINGTON WAS STRUCK BY LIGHTNING-

HIS COACHES TRIED TO SAVE HIS LIFE ON THE FIELD.

8:08 "I've got 2 coaches giving him cpr- they've been giving it to him for 10 mins. He's just a kid. Oh my god."

YESTERDAY AFTERNOON,

JESSE- A STUDENT AT SOUTHWEST FLORIDA CHRISTIAN ACADEMY-

RAN OUT ONTO THE FIELD FOR FOOTBALL PRACTICE.

HE WAS SURROUNDED BY HIS FRIENDS AND FELLOW PLAYERS WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

STAFF MEMBERS PERFORMED CPR, BUT THE CHILD HAD STOPPED BREATHING AND DID NOT HAVE A PULSE.

RIGHT AFTER HE WAS RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL-

HIS TEAM MATES HUDDLED IN PRAYER.

WE'RE TOLD HE'S STILL IN ICU AND IN CRITICAL CONDITION.

3:38 "my kids go to school there- my first thought as a dad was- where are my kids? where would they be at this moment in the afternoon."

JEFF TAYLOR-

A MORNING SHOW HOST FOR THE CHRISTIAN RADIO STATION WAY-FM,

SPENT THE MORNING ASKING LISTENERS FOR PRAYERS.

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HIS DAUGHTER IS A CLASSMATE OF JESSE'S,

4:11 "they're in the 6th grade together and my daughter kate has been asking lots of logistical questions- how did it happen, how does lightning strike a person- is he going to die? as a dad, my heart just breaks."

JEFF KNOWS THE CHILD WELL-

AND SAYS HE'S A SWEET BOY WHO LOVED BEING PART OF A TEAM.

5:09 "jesse is a small boy and he had shoulder pads that were a little bit too big for him and he just looked so cute and he was having such a good time playing ball with his friends."

LIGHTNING FOLO-SSTOPS

IN LESS THAN AN HOUR.

COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE INVITED TO A SPECIAL PRAYER SERVICE AT MCGREGOR BAPTIST CHURCH.

IT STARTS AT SEVEN IN THE WORSHIP CENTER.

DOCTOR ON LIGHTNING-SOT VO

ABC7 SPOKE WITH A DOCTOR AT HEALTHPARK MEDICAL CENTER TODAY.

WE WANTED TO FIND OUT WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP SAVE SOMEONE'S LIFE IF THEY'RE NOT RESPONDING AFTER GETTING HIT BY LIGHTNING.

Dr. Suzanne Felt/Emergency Medicine

9:47:25 if someone is struck by lightning and you notice they are not breathing or heart is not beating is to start cpr that is the number one thing that promotes people to have good outcomes if they do have cardiac arrest from a lightning strike:37

PEOPLE BEING HIT BY LIGHTNING MAY BE MORE COMMON IN OUR AREA THAN YOU THINK.

NAPLES DAS-VO OC

TONIGHT - CRACKING DOWN ON ANIMAL BREEDERS IN COLLIER COUNTY.

IT COMES AFTER A CASE OF GROSS NEGLECT.

LAST YEAR A GOLDEN GATE ESTATES MAN TURNED IN ALMOST 50 DOGS. MANY STARVING AND SICK.

14 DIED.

WHILE THE NEW REGULATIONS COULD PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING.

NAPLES DAS-PKG

JEFF BENDER HAS BEEN BREEDING BULLDOGS AND OTHER ANIMALS FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS--

HE RECENTLY MOVED TO COLLIER COUNTY AND WAS SURPRISED TO FIND OUT HOW EASY AND INEXPENSIVE IT WAS TO BRING THE DOGS HERE.

THAT'S ALL ABOUT TO CHANGE.

LAST YEAR.GOLDEN GATE ESTATES BREEDER ARTHUR PERKINS TURNED OVER NEARLY 50 NEGLECTED DOGS AND PUPPIES TO DOMESTIC ANIMAL SERVICES--

FOURTEEN OF THEM DIED.AND PERKINS WAS NEVER CHARGED WITH A CRIME OR EVEN FINED.

THE COMMUNITY WAS OUTRAGED WITH DAS'S FAILURE TO ACT.

EVER SINCE, OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN WORKING ON NEW RULES TO MAKE SURE SOMETHING LIKE THIS NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN.

"We had no regulations in place specifically for breeders."

NEW RULES WOULD REQUIRE ANY ORGANIZATION WORKING WITH ANIMALS TO HAVE A PERMIT--

EACH ANIMAL WOULD ALSO NEED A LISENCE.

"Well be able to be proactive with people who are doing animal breeding and have regular inspections."

"The new regulations are meant to protect animals from abuse, but some breeders say it's actually going to hurt some of the smaller operations."

Some of that stuff I think is actually going to hurt the people that love and care about animals."

NEW FEES COULD COST HUNDREDS, EVEN THOUSANDS--

PUTTING A STRAIN ON BREEDERS AND EVEN RESCUE ORGANIZATIONS.

NON-PROFITS ARE EXEMPT.

it's about money.17:45 too much regulation and you're going to have fees and it''s a lot more work to try to do something good 53"

BENDER SAYS HE WANTS IMPROVED STANDARDS OF CARE TO PROTECT PUPS LIKE HIS--

BUT HOPES IT WONT COME AT COST TO THOSE TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THING.

NAPLES DAS-OC

THE LAST PUBLIC HEARING ABOUT THE NEW REGULATIONS IS TONIGHT AT 6:30 AT COLLIER DOMESTIC ANIMAL SERVICES--

STOLEN PARROT-SS

THE COLLIER COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS SEARCHING FOR A MAN THEY SAY STOLE A PARROT.

DO YOU RECOGNIZE THIS MAN?

DETECTIVES SAY HE TOOK THE PARROT FROM AN EAST NAPLES PET SUPERMARKET.

IT HAPPENED SEPTEMBER 22ND.

AND THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE PARTICULAR KIND OF PARROT HE STOLE.

CEITUS BOAT LIFT DEBATE-VO-WIPE

MORE MONEY AND MORE TIME ARE GOING INTO THE CONTROVERSIAL CEITUS BOAT LIFT.

DURING A LONG AWAITED AND CONTENTIOUS MEETING BETWEEN THE CAPE AND LEE COUNTY.

TODAY -- COUNCIL MEMBERS DECIDED THEY NEED MORE DATA AND TIME BEFORE DECIDING WHETHER TO RESTORE IT.

HERE'S THE DEBATE.

SOME CLAIM WITHOUT IT -- POLLUTED FRESH WATER WILL DESTROY MARINE LIFE ON MATLACHA.

OTHERS ARGUE THERE'S NO SCIENCE TO BACK UP THAT CLAIM.

CEITUS BOAT LIFT DEBATE-(2)SOTVO

3630 "it's going to be a cat fight. You've got the county commission that has taken a position based on hot air.

4030 "since the barrier has been taken out, we've had the biggest die of of marine life in the area. The tuna, oysters, sponges, sea grass. Everything died immediately because of the excess fresh water coming out of Cape Coral."

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DEBATE RECAP-VO-WIPE

IT'S YOUR VOICE YOUR VOTE 20-12 --

THE STAKES WERE HIGH FOR THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE LAST NIGHT IN DENVER --

AND REPUBLICAN CHALLENGER MITT ROMNEY CAME OUT SWINGING.

ROMNEY TARGETED PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA'S LAST FOUR YEARS IN OFFICE -- HE ALSO LAID OUT HIS PLAN TO CREATE JOBS.

BUT TODAY,

DEBATE RECAP-SOTVO

SOT - Romney "Under the President's policies middle income

Americans have been buried. - They're just being crushed."

OBAMA / "Now five weeks before the election he's saying

his bold idea is - never mind."

MOST POLITICAL ANALYSTS AND FLASH POLLS SAY IT WAS ROMNEY WHO WON THIS DEBATE.

FLORIDIANS WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO SEE ROMNEY IN PERSON THIS WEEKEND -- HE WILL KICK OFF A THREE DAY TOUR OF THE STATE TOMORROW.

BIG BIRD SIDEBAR-NATVO

P-B-S NEWSHOUR HOST JIM LEHRER.MODERATED THE DEBAE.

SUBSIDIES TO P-B-S AND N-P-R ARE BOTH CUTS ROMNEY SAYS HE PLANS TO MAKE --

LEADING TO ONE OF THE MOST TALKED ABOUT MOMENTS FROM THE DEBATE.

SOT - ROMNEY / "I'm going to stop the subsidy to PBS." "I love big bird. I actually like you too, but I'm not

going to keep on spending money on things to borrow money from China to pay

for it."

OF COURSE - SESAME STREET RUNS ON P-B-S.

LAST NIGHT - PEOPLE TOOK TO TWITTER ABOUT THE ISSUE -- GIVING BIG BIRD HIS OWN HASHTAG.

FL VOTER FRAUD UPDATE-VO OC

A-B-C SEVEN HAS CONFIRMED FLORIDA HAS NOW OPENED UP A CRIMINAL PROBE INTO A VOTER REGISTRATION COMPANY.

THE STATE ELECTIONS DIVISION HAS FORWARDED A COMPLAINT TO THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT.

THEY DID THAT AFTER HUNDREDS OF SUSPICIOUS VOTER FORMS SURFACED AROUND THE STATE INCLUDING RIGHT HERE IN LEE COUNTY.

THE COMPANY THEY'RE INVESTIGATING STRATEGIC ALLIED CONSULTING, A VIRGINIA BASED COMPANY.

LEE COUNTY ELECTION SUPERVISOR SHARON HARRINGTON CONFIRMS 11 SUSPICIOUS FORMS WERE DISCOVERED LOCALLY.

WE ALSO HAVE AN UPDATE TONIGHT ON THE STATE'S VOTER PURGE.

A SOUTH FLORIDA JUDGE HAS REFUSED THE STATE'S ATTEMPT TO TAKE A HANDFUL OF POTENTIALLY INELIGIBLE VOTER FROM THE ROLLS.

DOJ ACTION TODAY-VO

IT'S THE SECOND LARGEST MEDICARE FRAUD TAKE-DOWN IN HISTORY.

FEDERAL AGENTS ARRESTED MORE THAN 90 PEOPLE. INCLUDNG DOCTORS AND NURSES.LATE LAST NIGHT AND EARLY THIS MORNING.

ACCORDING TO PROSECUTORS THEY ALL RAN SEPARATE SCAMS TOTALING 432 *MILLION DOLLARS IN BOGUS CLAIMS.

MUCH OF THE FRAUD INVOLVED FALSE BILLING FOR MEDICAL SERVICES.

DOJ ACTION TODAY-SOTVO

Eric Holder: Such activities not only siphon precious taxpayer resources,

drive up health care costs, and jeopardize the strength of the Medicare

program - they also disproportionately victimize the most vulnerable members

of society, including elderly, disabled and impoverished Americans

TN MENINGITIS UPDATE-VO

AN UPDATE TONIGHT ON A RARE OUTBREAK OF MENINGITIS.

THE GOVERNMENT IS NOW WARNING DOCTORS AND HOSPITALS *NOT TO USE ANY PRODUCT FROM THE PHARMACY THEY SUSPECT IS BEHIND THE OUTBREAK.

THE F-D-A SAYS TESTS FOUND CONTAMINATION IN A SEALED VIAL OF STEROIDS.

IT WAS MANUFACTURED AT THE NEW ENGLAND COMPOUNDING CENTER IN MASSACHUSETTS.

THAT FACILITY HAS SHUT DOWN OPERATIONS.

FIVE PEOPLE HAVE DIED AND 30 PEOPLE IN SIX STATES, INCLUDING FLORIDA, ARE ILL.

DUMPED DOGS TX-VO

A DISTURBING MYSTERY IN NORTH TEXAS --

THE HUMANE SOCIETY IS TRYING TO FIND THE PERSON WHO DUMPED ALMOST 100 DOGS ON THE SIDE OF COUNTRY ROADS.

IN THE PAST TWO DAYS - OFFICERS NEAR DALLAS HAVE FOUND THE DOGS.

MANY ARE HIGH-END BREEDS.

CAVALIER KING SPANIELS AND MALTESE PUPPIES --

OFFICERS SAY NO ONE EMPTIED THEIR CAGES OR BATHED THEM FOR AT LEAST SIX MONTHS.

HALL OF STATES PROPOSAL-VO-WIPE

A PIECE OF FORT MYERS PAST WILL BE PRESERVED.

TODAY - A SELECTION COMMITTEE PICKED ITS *TOP* RECOMMENDATION OF THREE RECOMMENDATIONS --.

FOR HOW THE HISTORIC HALL OF 50 STATES SHOULD BE TRANSFORMED.

THESE ARE RENDERINGS OF THE IDEA --

A "BOUTIQUE EVENT HALL"

THE PROPOSAL WOULD MOVE THE BUILDING FROM EDWARDS DRIVE TO RIVER STREET

HALL OF STATES PROPOSAL-SOTVO

/ RENE MIVILLE/ CAPTIVA PARTNERS 14:12

"to have it surrounded by art facilities, outdoor sculptured art so it could bring back the fun things the place has generated in the past

THE PROJECT COMES AT NO COST TO CITY.

MOVING FORWARD -- CITY COUNCIL WILL HOLD A WORKSHOP TO DISCUSS THE RECOMMEDATIONS

FOLLOWED BY A VOTE.

CITY COUNCIL DOESN'T HAVE TO PICK ANY OF THEM

NEXT AT 6 OPEN-CLIP

TEASE ONE---

DEAD FISH WASHING UP ALONG A SOUTHWEST FLORIDA BEACH --

A WARNING TONIGHT.

WHERE IT'S HAPPENING AND WHY THESE DEAD FISH COULD HURT YOU.

AND BREAK OUT YOUR BUTTER AND YOUR BIBS --

STONE CRAB SEASON IS HERE.

WE CHECK IN WITH FISHERMAN LOOKING TO GET THE FIRST ONES SNAGGED.

TZ1 A CHAR CO FISH KILL RED TIDE-VOTOPS

TZ1 B STONE CRAB SEASON-TBA

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WEATHER-PWC

CHAR CO FISH KILL RED TIDE-VO-WIPE

WE ALREADY TOLD YOU RED TIDE WAS BACK IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA --

NOW WE ARE SEEING ITS FIRST CASUALTIES.

DEAD FISH ARE WASHING UP ON ENGLEWOOD BEACH --

IT'S CAUSING A BIT OF A SMELL AND SOME PEOPLE ARE EVEN COMPLAINING OF RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS.

OFFICIALS SAY RIGHT NOW THE RED TIDE BLOOM IS ABOUT 20 MILES OFF CHARLOTTE HARBOR.

CHAR CO FISH KILL RED TIDE-SOTVO

"Now my nose is stuffed up and I was coughing a little bit. I was telling my wife I got an itchy throat and I didn't know why. It's all coming together now." 7 seconds

IT IS STILL SAFE TO SWIM IN THE WATER.

THE NEXT ROUND OF WATER TESTS WILL COME BACK TOMORROW FROM THE FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION.

STONE CRAB SEASON-VO-WIPE

AND RED TIDE COULD POSE A PROBLEM FOR FISHERMEN --

IT'S A MAJOR CONCERN FOR STONE CRAB SEASON.

ABC7 CAUGHT UP WITH CREWS ON PINE ISLAND AS THEY LOADED UP *THOUSANDS OF TRAPS.

THE SEASON DOESN'T START UNTIL OCTOBER 15TH BUT THEY CAN LAY TRAPS 10 DAYS IN ADVANCE --

THAY MEANS A LOT OF BOATS WILL BE IN THE WATER TONIGHT AT MIDNIGHT.

STONE CRAB SEASON-SOTVO

last year there weren't that many stone crabs at all, not knowing why really, mild winter or what it may be

THE CLAWS ALSO SERVE AS AN UNOFFICIAL START TO SEASON --

BRINGING BUSINESS TO RESTAURANTS THAT NEED TO BOUNCE BACK FROM THE SLOWER SUMMER MONTHS.

IA POWERBALL WINNER-VO

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LAST YEAR A POUND OF STONE CRAB CLAWS WENT FOR ABOUT 12 DOLLARS.

WELL, A COUPLE IN IOWA CAN NOW BUY SEVEN AND A HALF *MILLION POUNDS WORTH.

MARY AND BRIAN LOHSE WON LAST MONTH'S 202 *MILLION DOLLAR POWERBALL JACKPOT.

TODAY THEY PICKED UP THEIR CHECK.

THEY TOOK THE CASH OPTION,

THAT MEANS THEY WILL GO HOME WITH ABOUT 91-MILLION DOLLARS.

BEFORE THE WIN, MARY WORKED AT A MEDICAL CENTER.

BRIAN WORKED AT AN INSURANCE COMPANY.

COMING UP NEXT OPEN-CLIP

TEASE TWO-POP

THE RED SOX GIVE BOBBY V THE BOOT. HEAR FROM FORMER SOX MANAGER TERRY FRANCONA. MORE BAD NEWS FROM THE NHL.

TZ2 SPORTS-VO

WORLD NEWS TEASE-BLK-SOT

TONIGHT AT 7 OPEN-CLIP

TONIGHT AT 7 O'CLOCK

TONIGHT AT SEVEN.

820-THOUSAND CARS ARE BEING RECALLED.

WHAT CERTAIN HONDA OWNERS NEED TO KNOW.

PLUS.

COULD IT BE CURTAINS FOR GARTH BROOKS?

TZ 7 2) GARTH BROOKS QUITS?-VOTOPS

SPORTS OPEN-CLIP

NHL LOCKOUT-VOTOPS

WE START WITH BAD NEWS FROM THE WORLD OF HOCKEY

THE NHL HAS CANCELLED THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF THE REGULAR SEASON. THAT'S 82 GAMES WIPED OUT.

BOBBY V-POPMON

BOBBY V-VOTOPS

IT WAS A SEASON FILLED WITH INJURIES. TRADES AND PLENTY OF LOSSES.

VALENTINE ALSO HAD CONFRONTATIONS WITH COACHES AND PLAYERS THROUGHOUT THE SEASON.

THE BOTTOM LINE IS WINNING AND THE SOX HAD THEIR WORST RECORD IN 47 YEARS.

BOBBY V-SOTVO

CONTINUE VO

SPEAKING OF THE RED SOX. AND WHEN I SAY RED SOX. I MEAN THE BLOODY RED SOCK OF FORMER BOSTON PITCHER KURT SCHILLING.

SCHILLING MAY HAVE TO SELL THAT INFAMOUS SOCK IN ORDER TO HELP PAY FOR MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN LOANS THAT HE OWES A COUPLE OF BANKS. THIS A RESULT OF HIS VIDEO GAME COMPANY THAT WENT BELLY UP.

MIRACLE-VOTOPS

THE FORT MYERS MIRACLE WILL CONTINUE TO BE PART OF THE MINNESOTA TWINS ORGANIZATION.

TODAY THE TWINS ANNOUNCED THAT THEY HAVE EXTENDED THEIR CONTRACT WITH THE MIRACLE THROUGH 2014

FLORIDA LSU-POPMON

FLORIDA LSU-SOTTOPS

MIAMI AD-VOTOPS

OVER IN CORAL GABLES. SHAWN EICHORST HAS RESIGNED AS MIAMI'S ATHLETIC DIRECTOR.

HE IS TAKING OVER AS THE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA. WHICH SIGNED HIM TO A 5 YEAR DEAL WORTH ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS PER.

MIAMI AD-SOTTOPS

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