i'm dara brown."if i could go back and do it again, i'd do it again. he's used to battling flames... is fighting for his life following a lung injury he got during training. hear the prognosis... and his family's hope in a radical new treatment. witness search.. police are looking for a 17 year who could provide more information in a police shooting at an urbandale motel. why they think she could be important to the investigation. supreme arguments.. what iowa's top court will decide in the death of a slipknot member and the arguments it heard last night about why his family has the right to sue his former doctor. it's wednesday, february 17th,

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first on 13... the death of a famous musician with ties to iowa could redefine a state law. in may 2010, the bassist of the band slipknot, paul gray, died of a drug overdose. last night, the iowa supreme court heard arguments in a special evening session reviewing the wrongful death case brought by gray's estate. at the time of his death, his wife, brenna gray was three months pregnant with their daughter. four years later, gray's estate, wife and daughter filed a lawsuit against gray's doctor -- daniel baldi claiming he over-prescribed pain medication to the rock star. a district judge dismissed the case saying iowa law says

lawsuits generally need to be filed within two years of a death and the family had filed two years too late. now the family's lawyer is asking the state supreme court reconsider that decision. 23:45:50--23:46:14 what happened in this case was that mr. gray had various drug addiction problems. he was seeking medical help and had sought medical help for some period of time. he ended up dying, and the question in this case is whether or not the medical personnel doctors and hospitals treating him had created any medical malpractice relating to it.' 00:18:23--39 'we believe that the statute of limitations, its not ambigious, the courts been down this road before with shultz, its an analysis that holds true. death is the same now as death as it was then.' this case raises important questions about the time

has to file a wrongful death lawsuit and the rights of a child to sue even though he or she was not born at the time of a parent's death. urbandale police are searching for a teenager in connection with a police-involved shooting... the department has issued a material witness warrant for 17 year old kiara olson of des moines. police think she may have information about saturday morning's shooting at this holiday inn along merle hay road. it happened after a fight broke out in the lobby and 29 year ali yahia opened fire at three officers. they returned fire and killed him. the three officers are now on paid administrative leave which is standard procedure. university of iowa police say they have located a person of interest in connection to a case of sexual misconduct on campus. yesterday, the school sent out an alert that officers received a report of someone videotaping a female student while in the shower in burge hall. charges are pending at

he's used to battling for wins and losses on the field. but it's a community softball coach's career in another uniform that's slowly killing him... channel 13's justin surrency explains how he's battling to live longer

fire department... marshalltown community college softball coach garland shirley is used to defeating opponents... "my softball players are like family, they've helped my focus and get through alot of things."becoming a des moines firefighter in 2004 was a passion fulfilled... "the camaraderie , having the ability to help people when they are on their worst day, that was something i really enjoyed."and it showed... "you could see that from day one when he arrived at the fire station." "nobody had a bad word to say about garland shirley."while he often helped save the lives of others...a training exercise at gray's lake in 2007 is now slowly killing him... "at some point in the time i was in the water i aspirated some of the ice water into my lungs and it caused a lung injury that they call interstitial pneumonia"it scratched his lungs "typically from diagnosis to death of pulminary fibrosis is 3 to 6 years and i was diagnosed in 2007."doctors say a potential lung transplant will only hold off the inevitable...

expectancy is 3-7 years..."but a recent trip to california has offered an alternative for stem cell harvesting treatment.... "they say it has positive effects, a lot of people have seen improvement...i get a long really good now and possiblilty of increasing my lung capacity is something i'm looking forward to..."the alternative will lengthen his life before needing a lung transplant but it's not covered by his firefighters insurance... "whatever the cost it's going to be, i'm going to try to get there...so in typical fashion his des moines firefighting buddies are first to respond... "anything we can do to help garland."with a fundraiser... "he gave everything he had to the city of des moines and we e trying to give ck to garland now."garland doesn't shy away from reality... " i suffered an injury on the re department th will entually be ason why d."but there's other victory the coach hopes to fulfill, one without regrets i have a grdson on the way, i'd like to be active in his fe" f i could go back and do it ain, i'd do it agin. to have

garland's daughter created a gofundme page just 13 days ago and it's raised over 5 thousand dollars...garland hopes to reach his 25-thousand goal by april, just before the high school softball season begins so he can

this indianola wrestler has spent most of his life beating odds. but this weekend, he's just looking to beat all of his opponents on the mat. coming up...we'll show you kobey pritchard's journey to a state

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kobey pritchard needs just four more wins to claim a state championship. coming up...we'll show you the indianola wrestler's fight to get to this point...and why his opponents have quit underestimating him. it's always worth remembering... that icing the cinnamon rolls

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our top story... the death of the late slipknot about time limitations of a wrongful death filing and the rights of a child to sue even though he or she was not alive at the time of a parent's death. paul gray died of a drug overdose in 2010 his wife was pregnant with their daughter at the time. four years later gray's estate, wife and daughter filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against gray's doctor. but a district court dismissed the case saying by iowa law, they had filed two years past the deadline. now

turns other kids cant do." riley "his way of wrestling is so different than everyone else's." coach "he's just got it."what makes kobey pritchard want to wrestle is pretty simple... kobey "i like to win, i like to be physical with people."his style may be different, but the goal is the same. kobey "i get really aggressive, i fell like i want to beat the crap out of somebody." coach "he found something he loves, something he's good at and he wants to be better. thats the sign of any good wrestler."but kobey pritchard is not the same as every other wrestler. kobey "ive never wrestled with 2 legs." kristie "1 leg doesnt mean hes a disabled child and cant do anything, right? in our house we dont talk disability, we dont talk disadvantage." in november of 2005 at the age of 5 kobey's life was changed forever he was diagnosed with ewing sarcoma, a rare form of cancer. kristie "i thought it was a death sentence." kobey "i remember one day i was running around outside with my friends and all of a sudden i couldnt run anymore. i didnt know what was happening."the cancer had spread all the way up his leg in to his hip. amputation was the only option. kristie "they basically told me ultimately its your decision, but if you want to see him alive in 5 years, this is the best course." coach "what takes guts is a kindergarten kid walking through the halls when kids know you with 2 legs now they see you with 1, that

kobey "at first i'd go to school and people would feel sorry for me but over time i got used to it and learned to live with it."football, baseball, you name it kobey tried it. kristie "he didnt let 1 leg stop him thats for sure."in 7th grade, wrestling became his passion. coach "the best part about him is he does not view himself as an exception, a lot of people do, people see him as disadvantaged. he does not view himself that way."one example of that...after practice sprints. down and back in 10 seconds. kobey "hell...its not fun." riley "it makes me want to work harder because he's doing it why cant i go even harder."but all that hard work, the sweat, the sprints puts kobey 1 goal. kobey "that board right there. state champ."dissolve to districts district champ, on to state. 4 wins away from his dream. "its been my goal all year. i want to win." coach "hes an inspiration for me and the coaching staff." kristie "for him it would be validation, for all those people that looked at him funny and told him he couldnt do something its validation."john sears... kristie "he amazes me

a state title isn't kobey's only goal. he hopes to wrestle for the division one iowa hawkeyes. and as you can see wells fargo arena is ready for state wrestling to begin today and it won't stop until saturday night. yesterday, crews already had the mats down. the action starts with team duals this morning. southeast polk will defend its team title. individual state wrestling begins tomorrow and runs through

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