one second he was on his feet, the next he was on the windshield hanging on for dear life. he is telling us what happened as the police search for the driver who put him in the hospital. the victim tells us he didn't know if he was going to live or die. >> we're live tonight with our top story. julie? >> reporter: he is in quite a bit of pain tonight and tells me he honestly didn't know if this was going to end well. >> by the time i seen the car, the car was dead center on me, and i just got on the hood and i just held on for dear life. >> reporter: he is well aware she a fortunate man. >> i begged and pleaded with him, please, just stop and let me off your car, please.

man just had breakfast with his wife when he was struck by a byityson delgado. captured the incident. >> i was thinking of punching out the window and trying to grab him. if i let go of this hood, i'm a deadman. >> he clung to the hood as delgado reached a high rate of speed. >> was he looking at you? >> yeah, he was talking on the talking on the cell phone. >> reporter: he says he finally fell off when the windshield wiper he was holding broke. delgado took off and the police canvassed the neighborhood for hours. the 29-year-old is already a suspect in a larceny and assault on a police officer earlier. >> i'm a very lucky person. >> reporter: home tonight he has a broken foot and weeks of recovery. >> and i thank god i have them here with me. i just wouldn't be the same without him.

he is my best friend. >> these people don't have no courtesy for nobody else. >> reporter: tonight that suspect is still out there. he faces multiple quite serious charges. if you have any information, the police would like to hear from you. we're live, wbz news. lisa, back to you. >> thank you. a tense stand-off just came to an end tonight in boston. the police tell us they arrested three men accused of robbing a store clerk in dorchester. those men barricaded themselves inside a nearby home. all three facing armed robbery charges. looking live now, downtown boston tonight and get ready because we are about to enter the coldest stretch of winter yet. >> and it is artic air that is going to be here we the weekend. eric fisher is tracking it all. it sounds like it is going to be dangerously cold in some places. >> straight from northwest greenland as we head toward the weekend. we'll reach the dangerous levels. kind of as cold as it get this is time of year. tonight, not too bad.

our north and west. international falls there at 14 below zero. bad. we haven't had the extreme cold we're watching the short term tomorrow. as that front moves in, the main impact will be snow squalls. as we head past mid morning, up again. this is going to be the the summer. when you get into one of these, low vicability, hazardous travel is always the biggest impact and that will last to the early evening hours. the weekend story, it is all about the cold. temperatures. we'll take a look at that in just a few. walking out of prison with free. >> a man locked up for three decades free. >> 30 years. a crime i didn't commit. >> tonight the flawed evidence giving him a second chance. for rape.

and tonight a free man he tells jail. wbz's ken mcleod is live with ken? >> reporter: it was actually the u.s. department of justice that first flagged this case back in 2014. the innocence project and the school of investigative journalism quickly jumped on board and ted a judge here in new bedford cut him loose from that life sentence. >> all of these cameras. >> reporter: after three lonely decades in prison, he was the center of attention this afternoon as he escorted his mom from court a free man, a day he never thought he'd see. >> absolutely. of course. i have been in for 30 years for a crime i didn't commit. of course i lost out. >> reporter: it was 1985 and he was a troubled 17-year-old when the springfield police arrested him for the rape of an elderly woman. >> i know when he was a kid he did some wrong things, but i knew he never did that.

>> reporter: indeed he has steadfastly denied it and the victim said she didn't think it was him, but the prosecutors twice convicted him to testimony matching him to a string sting r. single strand of hair. >> it is like losing a baby and never getting it back. >> reporter: but this afternoon called the prosecution's science flawed and claimed he was likely innocent bringing attorneys to tears. >> it is very powerful, and it is rare, so i think that is at -- at least for me that's what >> reporter: now 48 he was granted a new trial and freed on his own recognizance with a caution that anymy step might jeopardize it. i'm grounded. i'm good. >> i am just so happy he has another chance to live his life and start over again. >> reporter: while he declined to discuss his immediate plans, covered. >> a big steak.

argued that his prison record of fights, drug use and attempted escape should keep him behind bars, but the judge didn't buy that. now the prosecutors have to decide whether to retry him after all of these years. wbz news. david, back to you. >> ken, thank you. breaking here at 11:00, this is a sight for sore eyes. the passengers stuck on that cruise ship that was rocked by rough seas finally back on dry land tonight. in fact, this gentleman decided to kiss the ground. they're also talking about their terrifying trip. wondering, as so many other people have been, why the captain sailed straight into this dangerous storm. our kate merrill is live with more. kate the. >> reporter: the experts say these passengers were lucky to get out of the bad weather alive and after what they went through, some of these passengers say they will never get on a ship again. >> free at last! free at last! >> reporter: the anthem of the seas finally back in new jersey after a rough ride. >> i'm glad to be home.

i will never g on a cruise again. >> reporter: this is what passengers faced, 30 to 50-foot waves, and inside, not much better. >> oh, my gosh. >> reporter: the ship was forced to make a. turn one day after setting sail. the passengers felt trapped. >> you could hear the waves crashing against the hull, metal twisting and banging all night long. it was scary. >> reporter: the ship left the new york area on saturday heading to florida when it got stuck in a storm. passenger video shows the scary scene inside where they were ordered back into their cabins. >> at one point people were falling over and they said, you know, hold the wheelchair so myself and others were, you know, standing over holding the wheelchair so they weren't going to be sliding around. >> that is a full blown major storm. >> reporter: the captain is a former cruise line captain and a navy veteran. he tells us the cruise liner never should have left new york in the first place and royal caribbean should have known better. he says they put thousands of

>> to put a ship, 18 decks high with 7,000 people in the middle of that when you had a choice not to was, in my opinion, not the right decision to make. >> reporter: royal caribbean says four passengers did suffer some minor injuries and the ship sustained some minor damage inside. the passengers will all get a full refund and 50% off a future cruise if they want to go again. live in the satellite center, wbz news. lisa? >> thank you. right now wareham police are investigating the shooting death of a 70-year-old man who charlie road. the officers say john williams had been shot several times. the police also say this is an isolated incident and the public is not in any danger. tonight the investigators in fitchburg say they now know what started a house fire that killed a woman and badly injured her brother and sister. for now officials are not releasing that cause. the victims are in their 50s and 60s. the neighbors say the family is

tonight the police say two sheriff deputies shot at a panera restaurant outside baltimore may have been targeted. one deputy was killed inside and the other was killed in a gun fight with the 68-year-old shooter who was also killed. no word on the motive. campaign 2016, republicans chris christie and carly fiorina are done. the granite state cemented their status as also rand's and so six candidates remain for the gop. tonight the campaign really heating up for both parties in the next primary state, which is south carolina. political analyst jon keller has more on the next stage of presidential race, jon. >> reporter: it really is something, isn't it, dave? and now the departures clear some of the clutter from the gop race, and bernie sanders' big night in new hampshire also brings some clarity to the democratic contest. now both parties have a clear front runner, and they both

[ music ] & you say you want a revolution &&. >> reporter: donald trump in south carolina tonight still walking on air from his big new hampshire win, but with victory comes risk. >> but i'm also not going to spend my time trying to trash other people. >> reporter: john kasich may be taking the high road, but south carolina voters are used to sharp elbow politics. >> the only way to beat donald trump -- >> reporter: and ted cruz wasted no time ridiculing trump with this web ad. >> look, i got the action figure. >> what does he do? >> he pretends to be a republican! >> reporter: and jeb bush is targeting trump as well. >> unless i'm caught with a camera that i didn't see, i'm not going to use profanity in the public. >> the lying is unbelievable. and i guess it is part of a process. >> i know i have some work to do. >> reporter: after her new hampshire debacle, hillary clinton's campaign arranged a conference call with civil rights leaders expressing skepticism of bernie sanders as

carolina's black voters who sanders courted today by breakfasting with reverend al sharpton in new york city. meanwhile -- >> we wouldn't tolerate these values in our children. why would we want them in a president? >> reporter: ouch, that hurts. now wthe occasional exception of cruz and bush, the republicans have been receiptity reluctant to call out trump. but after new hampshire, look for that to change. i'll have highlights and analysis of the next democratic debate that's tomorrow night at 11:00. david? >> i appreciate it, jon. thank you. bernie sanders did gain some momentum and some money after his new hampshire win. that's our number of the night, $5.2 million. the amount his campaign raised immediately following the win in new hampshire, and this program reminder, the republicans' debate saturday night in south carolina. you can see it here on wbz starting at 9:00. jon keller will have analysis in the 11:00 p.m.

well. a scary scene on the turnpike. a chunk of metal flies off a truck and directly into a car. >> the police say the truck driver then made a bad move and tonight he is facing serious charges. giving back to a special teacher. how a former student is helping to save his life. it is an epidemic that is claiming the lives of four people in massachusetts every day. the eye team goes to the frontlines to see what hospitals are doing to fight

imagine how frightening this was. a chunk of metal flies off a truck and crashes right into their car. all three suffered minor injuries. the truck driver faces several charges tonight, including leafing the scene of an accident. a man what has dedicated his life to teaching is now learning just how much he means to his kids. >> they are doing everything they can to help him. the teacher learned he has

current and former students in dudley found that out, they set up a go fund me page and they put out the word he need as trance important and already they have raised $15,000. >> i love to hear that. eric is back tonight from fenway park where he was hanging out with some skiers, snow boarders, and here is eric right here. >> look at that! >> exclusive video. >> you're so modest, eric. you didn't mention anything about participating in the big air at fenway park. >> i have been practicing. i wanted to surprise you. >> i saw you doing something like that in the parking lot a few weeks ago that is good. >> this is what we do when we see a big nor easterner the forecast. i'm a meteorologist. you get out there, start throwing tricks around. if you're heading out to fenway park, it is so cool in there now the way they have constructed the ramp. it is above the light towers in the stadium. it will be windy and cold tomorrow, but if you bundle up, you'll be all right. if i had my pick, friday night

and 6:00 to 10:30 the next two nights if you're planning to head out. and nantucket, southeastern mav hah has been the snow capital so far tnd the snow showers moving across the island. temperaturewise, not too bad. in the 20s to low 30s. we start that process tomorrow. this cold front that is in western new york, this is going to move through with snow squalls and a more cold air mass tomorrow afternoon compared to what we had today. your hour by hour as we head towards tomorrow morning. we'll start the day dry and chilly. i think our first snow showers start to develop mid morning from west to east. as we head through the day, the snow squalls are going to be an issue for travel. i think there will be some spots, poor visibility where all of a sudden the snow comes down heavily at the top of the newscast. we mentioned how this is the winter version of thunderstorms. it comes down very heavily in a short amount of time.

early evening before dissipating. we'll also have more wind tomorrow. some of the squalls could get gnarly if you're going to be traveling around. be cautious. so the snow squalls developing by mid morning. the difference tomorrow compared to today, i think will will be a few more and we'll have more wind along with colder temperatures. we stay in the 20s region wide. all of that activity winds down as we head towards the evening so that is tomorrow, friday, the next cold front approaches. we start the day dry. by friday evening, a chance for snow showers to break out. another burst of snow is possible on saturday morning as an ocean storm moves to our east. we have this artic front moving through. and then behind that in comes all of the cold. as that cold pours over the ocean, we could set up the weekend of some ocean-effect snow showers on cape cod and the islands for late saturday and through the day on sunday so several chances of snow flakes in our forecast. the big deal this weekend is probably all about the cold a high near 20 on saturday at midday, but we'll be falling through the single digits

the wind also increasing and then single digits to around 10 on sunday for high temperatures so our coldest valentine's day temperatures on record, 11 below in worcester and that is our forecast. in boston, forecasting four below. that would be a new record. and our coldest temperature in the city since 2004. this is some pretty legitimate cold that is moving in. the cold is one thing, but the wind is another. saturday night into sunday morning, our wind chill values at 20 to 35 below zero. so that is the type of cold where you make your plans inside. if you're heading out to a restaurant, you park your car, run inside and hang out and making sure the pets are not outside for very long at all. next week, a sub zero monday morning, but then we rebound and a chance for 40 degrees by tuesday, which at that point feels pretty good. >> i think it will, eric. thank you. now an eye team investigation going inside the epidemic. this is a devastating problem that is touching every corner of our state. >> for the past few months, the eye team has been on the frontlines to show you whoa it is really like and what is

we have that story from plymouth, one of the hardest hit areas of massachusetts. >> what is going on there? >> i think he overdosed? >> very, very lightly. >> and we go to overdoses every day. >> reporter: this is the opennoid crises in real life a man in his 20s barely breathing, revived and rushed to the e.r. in plymouth after shooting heroin. these days it is something that this doctor sees all the time. >> it depends on how close this was, if the ambulance hadn't got therein. >> he probably would have died. >> reporter: the plymouth area has been hit hard. in 2014, 42 people died from overdoses in the town surrounding this hospital. >> i have been involved in emergency medicine for almost 34 years now and this has never been as complicated as it is now or taxing on the system or as dangerous to our population.

>> reporter: the doctor allowed the eye team to follow him on several night shifts. >> it is not unusual for us to have to revive someone from an overdose northwesterly the evening and have them return later on in the evening. epidemic. >> reporter: that is why the police chief is changing how the abuse. >> we can't arrest our way out of the problem. >> reporter: there is the new street crimes unit armed with binoculars and the drug. the officers ross and johnson patrol streets and alleyways it starts. >> high school kids, older girls, guys. doesn't really discriminate. >> reporter: on this night, think assist a confused man on methadone and respond to a call for a rehab patient who ran into the woods. the chief is taking it up a notch coordinating with health care workers to make house calls after an overdose. >> we need to be at their door

in the last six weeks, i think we placed people in beds somewhere six to eight times, so we're happy with that and we feel like that is successful. >> reporter: back at the hospital, they're also making changes. social workers and mental health professionals are embedded in the e.r. to be part of the treatment early. this is becoming a model for hospitals statewide and they were recently awarded a $3.7 million grant to fund their work. and intervention and treatment can work. the former marine became addicted to heroin after a drinking problem got out of hand. she is encouraged by the changes she sees in her hometown. >> you can't just let a whole generation die. the generations coming up, it is starting younger and younger and it is more and more powerful, the drug. >> reporter: do you really feel like you can change this problem? >> i think we have to take our successes in small bites. the phone calls that i get from a parent who says the best thing you could have done is arrested my son or daughter

if i can have two or three of those this month, we've done really well. >> reporter: but the chief knows he has his work cut out for him. the number of overdose deaths jumped to 23 last year, up from 15 the year before, and that's after his officers started carrying the nare kahn. for the eye team, wbz news. we're going to have another installment of that series tomorrow night here at 11:00. >> such an important subject. taking the truth into overtime. >> next 2 in sports, paul pierce returns to the garden.

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a lot of focus on the celtics game dealt with welcoming back doc rivers and paul pierce to the garden. the c.s then needed to get a win to go into the all-star break. paul pierce got an ovation and doc rivers also received a nice hand from the faithful and then the celtics' ownership presented isiah thomas with this all-star game jersey. he'll be playing in his first all-star game this weekend in toronto. the truth, a quiet night, but check out the final seconds of the first half. he miss as shot and pierce drains it! only problem? the clock had already expired. to the fourth quarter and it is

the c's down five and it is the little man. thomas with the hoop and the harm. the all-star coming up big! the final seconds after a jordan miss, the celtics down two. don't call a time out. they don't need to. so clutch! he finishes with 36 points, 11 assists and we are heading to overtime, 122-122. in and in the extra time, down low and that is just tough right there. the celtics up three. and more turner. this time the post-up, a little spin move. turn-around release, rotation, boom. the urner finished with 14 points, seven of them in the overtime. the clippers, one last chance, jamal crawford, the long three, rims in and out. the celtics get the rebound. look at how close it came to getting in? the c's win a thriller, and then it was paul pierce saluting the crowd. could this be his last game at the garden?

the bottom line, the celtics enter the all-star break with an impressive record. baseball today, the equipment truck was loaded up ready to haul all of the sox' gear to fort myers down to spring training, even this sweet ride making the trip in the big rig. the red sox pitchers and catchers report one week from tomorrow, but already plenty of guys are down there. the truck is expected to arrive in fort myers in a few days. starting a week from tomorrow, fort myers. live reports from spring training that's going to do it for sports. back to you at the desk. >> thank you. new at 11:00, how a photo that broke thousands of hearts online -- >> actually helped a sad shelter dog find his forever home.

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a heart warming ending here to a viral story that you probably saw on facebook. >> bobby was that cute dog with the sad face. he was abandoned and a rescue shelter gave him that green sweater around christmas time and also posted online that he was at risk for youth nation. so many people saw his story and fell in love with him that the florida shelter was actually overwhelmed with people who showed up in person and wanted the adopt him, but in the end, bobby found a new home with this woman right here, one of his rescuers, a shelter employee who has him at home tonight. warm and dry. >> and in one of those shots, it actually looked like he was smiling. >> right? >> i'm getting in her car. >> up next, eric takes another look at the weather.

>> >>: so we have one more balmy day. >> upper 20s.

until tuesday next week.