happened. the runway and that is where the crash happened. if the plane did get airborne, it didn't get too high before it came crashing down, killing the two people on board. the plane was heading to pensacola but obviously did not get far. the plane crashed during takeoff, bursting into flames. there are early reports about a second plane somehow involved. but officials have not yet confirmed if that's true. >> there's a lot of different stories that are circulating right now. and right now it will be up to the f.a.a. to do that investigation. >> reporter: the plane is registered to a local company with ties to tampa pilot steven. we reached him by phone but he was too upset to speak about the crash. the names of the two victims have not yet been released. ryan raiche, abc action news. >> thank you, ryan. this is the latest plane crash at the same spot. >> the airport has been the

in one case a plane flew into a home. we continue with adam walser. what did you find out. >> reporter: serena, we have been looking at the records over the past several years. we have seen other incidents at the airport. since the mid 1970s, 18 other catches have been investigated by the f.a.a. at the airport and several other near misses. the peter o'knight airport has a runway about half the size of the normal runway in the u.s. and sits directly on the bay. visibility problems were to blame in 1975 when buddy colt crashed a single engine plane while returning from a show. he and two other colleagues survived. a third wrestler died. >> he was having what he described either as a sputtering or some type of engine problem. >> reporter: between 1999 and 2006, 7 other people died in crashes in single or twin engine planes.

emergency landed and struck the home of tommy and cynthia tate that was destroyed. the pilot was killed and the copilot was seriously injured. cynthia tate was the only one at home. >> i feel i was so blessed to make it out of the house that day. my heart aches that i couldn't save the animals. i couldn't save the pilot. i couldn't do anything. >> reporter: because the tates didn't have insurance, they were selected to have their home rebuilt by abc's home extreme makeover edition. the home was sold last year. in 2008, miraculously no one died when i asingle engine plane hit the sea wall before the runway. and in 2012, another near miss when a boeing c-17 military transport plane accidentally landed at the airport after the pilot mistook the small airport for nearby mcdill air force base. >> it's coming down and i'm thinking the sky is going to go

he's not going to make it. huge sounds. hits the runway. burning smoke is coming up. >> reporter: peter o'night airport was tampa's main airport until after world war ii. a hundred private planes are base there had and 180 planes fly in and out of the airport on average every day. >> adam, thank you. when a loved one goes missing but then is found it oftentimes brings closure for the family. in the case of george de laya it leaves his family with more questions after his remains were found. reporter invited to the memorial site where his bones were found. >> reporter: their 11-year search for answers brings them here tonight. a remote wooded area.

>> reporter: this is where the skeletal remains were found. kathleen says her prayers to find her father finally answered. dad. >> reporter: the 61-year-old went missing in january 2005. >> it's relief on some part because after so long you think you're never going to find him. >> reporter: his remains were discovered in january 2015, month. >> i truly believe there was some foul play. i don't believe that our father took his life. >> reporter: his cause of death cannot be determined. so for this family, finding their missing loved one replaced their hope with grief questions. >> it's going to be a mystery for the rest of our lives that we have to live with.

in from maryland to claim the remains. a skeleton laid out in a casket is how they last saw their father. >> it was shocking and a hard thing to see him, just his skeleton. >> reporter: they are taking his cremated remains back home but leaving this memorial that is just a quarter mile from his home. an unbearable thought for the family that never gave up looking for their father and continue looking foreclosure. >> we get to bring him home today. >> a large turnout today for fill ajunior. >> action air 1 was above the services as officers from near respects. friends and family told stories of his life. he was killed while protecting

driver. >> he was everything that is good in law enforcement and the human race. he was a selfless soul. >> i'm proud and honored to call him a hero today. he earned it and deserved it. >> he will be buried in his home state of massachusetts. the sheriff's department will dedicate a plaque in his name at a fallen heroes memorial in may. now the most accurate weather team in florida, abc action weather. >> good evening, everybody. looking at some showers. light stuff rolling into pinellas and hillsborough county. more out in the gulf. the way that the next 12 hours plays out, we will be waking up to more clouds than sun. certainly can't rule out the in time on sunday. but in spite of this looking ominous, i still think we will definitely see breaks in that cloud cover at times. and then by later saturday night, we could be looking at stronger storms rolling in. partly cloudy overnight. mild fog not nearly the issue

weather down the road. we will talk about that coming thanks, denis. a jury is deliberate rating against gawker media. >> as much as $100 million on the line as well as precedence about the first amendment. closing arguments. what did jurors hear right before they got the case. >> reporter: both sides of the case took time, made one last pitch to the jury for their side of the story. and the jury right now considering one key question in particular, how much right to privacy does a person have if they have been talking g about their private life in public? after two full weeks of launchy talk of body parts and hidden cameras and the not so sunny side of florida's famous

>> terry bollea is a guy that florida. >> reporter: his attorneys made their one last pitch to the media that gawker media didn't care if there was news value by posting the sex video in 2012. traffic. it's traffic. if you didn't get the point that no matter who was talking up there traffic was important then we did a horrible job in this case. >> reporter: gawker media claims they didn't actually make much money from traffic to their site and their lawyers also countered by saying that terry bollea's own actions by talking about his sex life on the radio made the video fair game. >> he has consistently chosen to put his private life out there, front and center. >> reporter: and as for the claim that when he talks about his sex life in public it's as his character hulk hogan, gawker's lawyer saying that his

>> even if you credit the notion that mr. bollea and mr. hogan are two different people, the first is -- the fact is that the rest of us can't tell them apart. >> reporter: and we are now into hour five of deliberations by the jury here in downtown st. petersburg courthouse. it's unclear how long this will go on for. we have been pouring through recently released unsealed documents into an fbi investigation into a an extortion case revealing details about how much bubba the love sponge and how much camera. 11:00. live from downtown st. petersburg, i'm adam weiner. back to you. >> thank you, adam. encouraging news for anyone looking for a job in florida.

any other state in january. the expected job growth is at 3.7%, much better than the national rate of 2.2. the fastest growing industry is manufacturing. the capital building in cuba is set to reopen after a huge face lift. this comes ahead of a historic by president obama and the tampa bay rays team on the island nation. it looks like the u.s. capitol in d.c. with bronze elevators and all kinds of things that are different. but it was hardly used after the cuban revolution. it was first built in 1929, one year after the only other visit from a u.s. president. president obama will arrive there on sunday. and abc action news will also there for the excitement. i'll be reporting live there. follow us on facebook and twitter for even more. still to come on abc action

collapses and is speaking out about the scary crash and what saved her baby from the fall. my phone was going like -- and i thought what is happening? we were shocked. taking action for a boy with disabilities. how you helped make his dream come true. a lot of clouds across part of the area. still the beach, you're seeing shadows out there. the sun is definitely coming through. will it stick around this weekend? i will have the changing numbers coming up in a couple

>> caught on camera tonight. a mother goes into a seizure at a gas station while holding her baby. the clerk grabs the baby before she collapses. amazing video. after that we're hearing from the denver woman she now has a bruise on her head but she is glad she took the hit instead

she was diagnosed with epilepsy when she was 9 years old. she usually gets warning signs like dizziness but this time she didn't see it coming and >> that's what scares you the most is the fact that you can't do anything about it. >> experts say an estimated 65 million people are living with world. in an abc action news update, a tampa bay family is strangers. >> we love these type of stories especially after we took action in january to help jake get an electric wheelchair. so many have supported the 9- year-old with cerebral palsy. >> eric waxler shows us how jake's dream has now come true. >> reporter: jake has a new set of wheels and a new found freedom. >> i like using the horn which is this button. >> what does that mean? get out of my way. >> yeah. >> reporter: 9-year-old jake was born prematurely and

it is unlikely he will ever be able to walk on his own. the family says dozens of people stepped forward with a goal on the go fund me page. electric wheelchair and trailer. >> you ran the story and my started going crazy. >> how is your new claire? do you like it. >> reporter: the biggest donation came from hyundai giant president that put it chair. >> what do you say to everyone who donated to you. >> thank you everyone. >> people that i -- you know, we have never met donating $250. it was crazy. >> it was nice. >> reporter: jake followed the donations online and enjoyed reading all of the words of encouragement. now he is grabbing ahold a world of independence. >> he is very good at driving the chair. >> his brother hops on the back and they go flying down the sidewalk to the park.

time with it. >> reporter: the next challenge for jake, learning to maneuver his wheelchair in the busy hallways of his school. the way it looks, nothing is going to get in his way. eric waxler, abc action news. now the most accurate weather team in florida, abc action weather. >> nice night to get out and do something. >> uh-huh. >> maybe depending where you are. >> before it starts raining. >> looking at rain out there on radar. actually tonight it will be light. anything that is out there. in fact look outside. that sums up our weekend. there's clouds there but you see the reflection of the sun on the water. there are showers also. you put it together and this will be one of the weekends where we will have a bit of everything. you really need to play this starting first thing in the morning. there is a chance of rain at any point in time honestly. you have to be prepared for that. if we were to pinpoint the heavier storms coming through,

later saturday night and first thing on sunday morning. again, it can rain almost any time starting tomorrow from sunrise right on through sunday about midday. temperatures right now anywhere from the upper 70s to the mid 80s. and earlier on today, 80 in tampa. upper 70s to about 80 along the beach. tampa right now mostly cloudy skies. 77 degrees. clearwater also 77 degrees. st. pete, 77 degrees. and winds are coming in off the gulf at about 5 to 10 miles per hour. there is the satellite picture. we call it kind of a muddy satellite picture because there's really kind of just a general overcast look, kind of a dirty look to it. not that we're looking at anything severe or at this point really not that heavy. just a lot of clouds and some nuisance showers this evening into tomorrow morning. and if you look at futurecast, if you're going out tonight, you probably don't have to worry about too much rain. first thing in the morning, we

and some rain off shore. so i think pretty much by 7:00, 8:00, tomorrow morning there is the chance of light to moderate showers. widespread, don't think so. but even through lunchtime, there will be breaks. so dry periods, some cloudy periods, even some sun. and then some showers. but the actual line, the actual front, that is something that will be rolling through late saturday night into sunday morning. and storm prediction center even says things could get rough with this. maybe a slight chance of a thunderstorms. tonight. bill logan will be around this weekend to give you updates because models are showing by sunday morning early, this could be a nasty little line. gone. then skies clear out by sunday afternoon. this is when you're really going to notice things. by later in the day, winds pick up. the temperatures drop. and we will see rather cool air roll in first thing on monday. overall rainfall totals for the weekend, probably about a

as is always the case in florida, you might see one or two small areas that could pick up an inch or two of rain. that's the way that florida works out with this kind of pattern. then the cool stuff arrives by late sunday into monday. here is a look at florida's most accurate 7-day. rain chances 50 to 60% chance and early on sunday. look at the high. 65 the high on monday. but back up to 80 by the middle of the week. hello, folks. let's hope that the rays find a pop in the lineup. we found out today that the team will have no closer the first month of the season. brad had surgery yesterday to repair a torn muscle in his groin area. they won't name a closer to replace him and won't go outside of the organization to find him. it will be closer by committee.

meanwhile the rays got the better of boston today. all of the closures had a good outing today. the big bracket buster in the men's ncaa tournament coming from the midwest. blue raiders beats second seeded michigan state 90-81. and hawaii bet cal in the south region. two big upsets so far today. we also had an upset at the carrier dome in syracuse in the women's ncaa tourney. 12th seeded albany upset 5th seeded florida. the great danes went on a 15-0 run in the 4th quart tore take the lead and win it. albany moves on to the second round of the ncaa tournament. first time in program history. 61-59 the final over florida. listen, if you have any extra

they need it. they lost five of the last six. the good news is they're getting mad. while trying to keep their cool on the outside. >> it's puzzling to be honest. you've got to have -- the guys in the room have to hold themselves accountable. >> we have 40 wins but that's not going to be enough. 11 games left. we have to start winning or we won't play much longer. >> hopefully the bolts reload tomorrow night with a win against the coyotes. we're back in a minute and

>> hopefully the weather will cooperate for air fest. gates open at 8:00. hope. ly not a washout -- hopefully not a washout. it will be unsettled. >> your favorite word of the day. >> top stories on abcactionnews.com. >> we will see you tonight at 11:00.

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