she's a pioneer in her field. >> reporter: that pioneering spirit is nothing new with mary brenner. during world war ii, she stepped in for the men and worked the midnight shift at a defense plate l in lake success. the town board honored mary brenner for her life of service. >> 100 years lived like that. >> reporter: you going to keep going as long as you can? >> absolutely. they can't kick me out. >> reporter: nothing, mary brenner says, will ever replace hearing a family member's voice on the other end of that dispatcher's radio. >> on the air. my heart just beats. i'm so proud of them. and they're mine. >> reporter: huntington residents are glad they have mary, too. >> come on now, she's a hundred? i would buy 75, tops. >>> our countdown to the paris olympics is heating up. a sea of fans welcomed the olympics flame that arrived after 12 days aboard a historic ship from greece. it will light the cauldron at the ceremony. i'm frances rivera, we'll see you back here tomorrow when it's friday. have a good one. have a good one. soon be going up even higher. a live report on the key v