tonight a crash, the packed helicopter slams into the water. only only six, we're hearing from the local lawyer that watched it happen. and the florida men that went in to save them. everyone on board survived. good evening i'm matt austin. >> and i'm lisa bell. moments after that dramatic video hit youtube, attorney john morgan tweeted wow, i was at pearl harbor early and saw this. unbelievable. we found out a lot more about

something you'll only see on six. certainly a day these men will not forget. >> can you imagine it? you're on a perfect vacation. walking with your tour guide and the helicopter just drops out of the sky. with what this tour guide did next that was incredibly brave. he told us all about it. watch as a helicopter loses control. spiralling down and crashing near pearl harbor. >> i heard a nonengine out rotation where the main row tor spins and i saw people running. and i said that's a helicopter going in. >> reporter: you can see the propellers still spinning in the water. flipping the helicopter with a toy plane with five people inside. jacksonville florida native was taking orlando lawyer john morgan on a tour almost instinctually he ran to help. >> he took off his shirt and dove in the watter and started

>> we just took turns with a knife and i actually cut my finger trying to slice the seat belt. with help, he frees a 16-year-old boy trapped and hanging by a seat belt. >> i regret that we didn't get him out faster. it seemed like a long time. >> reporter: video taken just moments after shows people taken out on stretchers. gardener and the second hee re are shown resting after that daring rescue. >> something very catastrophic must have happened that he just couldn't extend the glide. he was too low. didn't have enough air speed. >> reporter: our news 6 hell cotter is similar to the one that crashed. 25-year-old veteran piloted bob said you have seconds to react in emergency situations. and if the pilot would have swayed just a few more feet into the rocks, it most certainly would have been deadly.

that 16-year-old, it took him three minutes to get him out. he's till still in the hospital with critical condition. the four others doing okay. get this t tour guide that helped save them also a florida surfing champ. a professional scuba diver. life guard trainer and he works with helicopters. he was definitely ready for a moment like this. lisa. >> some incredible video and an incredible rescue. sashell saunders thank you. you can watch our interview with morgan and his tour guide. we are posting it as well as the latest on this crash right on the home page. also, just in, a scare inside a parking garage at universal after a school bus crashes. universal told us tonight the bus was going up the wrong way inside one of the garages. it hit a concrete beam. 13 teams on the bus. eight taken to the hospital with minor injuries. the bus belonged to a private school. but universal didn't tell us which one.

new insight behind a high school scare. students locked down for hours finally sent home tonight. and telling us what happened in there. shaun chaiyabhat is live at st. cloud high school tonight. shaun, students told you they were not surprised this happened today, right? >> reporter: yeah, they really weren't. hay had been hearing about fights here all week long. some of them started calling this fight week on social media. >> the police department did their job. i feel safe to go in there. >> reporter: this dad brought his kids for a regional jazz contiguous just hours after it looked like this. for four hours, a massive police surrounded the school on lock down. parents lineed up waiting for word from their kids hold up inside hiding from an unknown threat. >> they were searching. they had -- they were -- inside i was really scared about coming because you know, i have family

>> i want to make parents aware that additional law enforcement officers are on campus today regarding a rumor on social media about a weapon possibly being brought to school. >> reporter: two vague threats in one day. >> it was a scary scene. cops with big guns and -- it was just frightening. >> reporter: it came after a week of fighting. nine in all. three fights on campus. one off. and three confrontations stopped by school officials. >> it's a lot of fighting that has been going on in the school all week. and umm, fortunately, they have shared it with me. so i've been aware of it. >> reporter: now, if there is any good news to come out of all of this, students and parents that we talk to thought that the school did a really good job of staying on top of all this throughout the week. mat? shaun chaiyabhat, live for us. thank you. ? just hours deputy wills return to these swampy woods where

a surveyor was spotted this afternoon. in daytona beach. they have not said who they may belong to. but plan to continue searching for clues first thing in the morning. tonight, donald trump is firing back against pope francis. the reaction comes after the pope suggested that trump is not christian for his comments on immigration. trump had this message during a town hall in south carolina. >> i think he said something hurricane watch softer than originally reported by the media. i think he heard one side of the story. which is probably by the mexican government. he didn't see the tremendous strain that you know, the border is causing us with respect to illegal immigration. other candidates trying to stay out of the way. ted cruz said he is not going to get in the middle of this. marco rubio who is catholic says the vatican and the u.s. have a right to control their borders. jeb bush who's also catholic said he only gets religious

tonight a taste of hollywood and downtown orlando. >> not everybody we talk about a red car pet gala at a restaurant. but that was the scene tonight at wall burgers. the popular joint started by actors mark and donny wall burg. you can see a lot of fans out there waiting for the chance to see the stars. inclueding our very own candace campos that got a quick selfie with mark. the sights and sounds of the night. >> reporter: we got here at 6 o'clock this morning. and we're here for wall burgs. >> i'm from boston, they're from boston. and i'm happy this came finally. >> we lived in orlando for a little bit, it's great.

>> there are many reasons to be here. but hopefully they'll continue to make more movies here. >> reporter: think they'll take me for a spin in this? >> orlando's an amazing place. >> we want many people to know that if they come anywhere in the florida area, they should be coming to orlando and they should come to downtown. a lot of people think mark e mark looks like an older tom southerlies. which -- tom sorrells. which akind of agree with. but candace forgot. ginger watches the news efferent. she's. >> she's probably crying at home. tonight, the take down at the pharmacy. you'll want to see this. >> a brave man stops a crook with his bare hands. all caught on camera, how the hero's girlfriend led him to this gras draymatic confrontation.

the freak accident that has a dog owner warning everyone to watch where they walk. tom? >> oh no. take a look at temperature readings right now. and we're holding at 57. already down to 47 in gains ill have. i'll be right back to pinpoint overnight lows for tonight. and carry you all the way through the big race weekend. but for local victims of domestic violence, they say the space is leaving them in the dark instd of protecting them. so we went to get answers from the state attorney himself. jeff ashton. what more can be done to help these women. the news 6 investigation next. you're watching news 6 and the

one in four women will experience domestic violence at some point in their lives. it could be your mom, sister or

and tonight, survivors are telling us their lives are still in danger, because they are being left in the dark by those that are supposed to protect them. these women share their fears with investigator eryka washington and she took them to the top for answers. >> fighting get out, he was going to kill me. he wanted to kill me that night (we're calling these women suzy and abby to protect them. >> (indiscernible). >> reporter: now they're fighting a new battle. both state attorneys office left them in the dark on their abuser's cases. >> i feel like (inaudible). >> reporter: right now in orange county, there are only 22 victim advocates for thousands of cases. h four have over 400. three over 300. in 2013, community leaders including state attorney jeff ashton recommended more in his

in two years, ashton added one. >> do you think one is enough? >> no, i'd love to have ten. we were only able to add one, and i'm proud we were able to do that. >> reporter: he dismantled the domestic violence units. now under ashton, three attorneys handle misdemeanor cases. all felony are combined into the the special victims unit. that includes sex crimes, child abuse, and elderly abuse cases. >> if you combine them all together and don't allow someone to prioritize y, i can see how things could just get lost in the mass. and that's a shame and it's an embarrass ment for me as a career prosecutor. >> the benefit is we've been able to get more experienced prosecutors involved in the case.

working as well if not better than it did before. >> reporter: what are you basing that on. >> that's more anecdotal. i look at the trials that go through. >> reporter: but he says domestic violence cases are tough to prosecute because victims are scare ed to talk. those advocates are suppose ed to help those do that. and keep victims informed on everything. to court dates to no contact orders. >> we have a system in order where they will call and notify the victims to any changes in the case. >> reporter: but they say there is not enough communication. >> it's very frustrating. i'm so scared nothing will be done about this. >> reporter: she received misinformation. >> on the team. she told me he would n't at the house. (indiscernible) tuesday. i saw he was in jail. (indiscernible). >> reporter: states call us for abby show s the state attorney's

messages. but no one had spoken to abby again. from the state's attorney's office until early december until last week. >> what advice would you give to them and f you're calling and not getting return calls. >> let us know if our system is breaking down and not working for them. we will fix it and address it. >> reporter: action says he's pushing for more money for the state legislature, so they can hire more advocates. its support actions budget requests for additional advocates to help with domestic violence cases. but also says, however, even with the additional advocates requested, it will still barely begin to scratch the surface of the number of domestic violence cases that needs to be tried. and eryka, domestic violence is such a widespread problem. especially here in central florida. but there is something we can all do. >> i can tell you there is something you can do. reach out to your local legislatures to tell them how important this funding for more

because as you know, i mentioned. one advocate for 500 cases? >> and it all comes down to funding from the state. thank you very much. we appreciate it. news 6 is also investigating the shortage of doctors and nurses here in central florida. on two solutions that would end delays in seeing your doctor. and bring thousands of trained nurses to the states. that impacts all of us. >> chief meteorologist tom sorrells joining us now. another gorgeous day. tomorrow's going to be even better? >> i think so. couple degrees warmer. so in my mind, a perfect ten. we'll take it. >> a few minutes right now. a clear radar. i keep zooming around on radar because some some of the modelling indicates there's spritz of rain coming on shore. i want you to know i cranked it up as far as it could go looking for any moisture. there's nothing out there.

area, sweeps coming through. no echoes, no rain, no worries. we're good. temperatures we rocked it today. official daytime high, back to 73 . the normal is 74. boom, we were almost there. after an overnight low this morning of 50, that was a good rebound. it is 50 right now in atlanta. 54 in pensacola. 46 in jacksonville and 60 in tampa. right now, orlando, winds at the north of ten miles per hour. mel verb checks in at 65. leesburg is 53. but note the wind is still from leesburg. gainsvill. lakeland. and 55 in palm coast and still hanging in the 60s. really warm in brevard county. take a look at this. wind is a problem throughout the 5-10 miles per hour. it was built 10-15. and wind gusts to 20. tonight is call.

orlando, from the north at seven in the villages. 14 miles per hour wind right now for everyone in daytona beach. and cocoa beach, easterlily flow at 14. here's the water vapor loop. let me explain what's going on here. the white stuff. a little bit of cloud cover for us. but not much. note all the big orange area here from memphis town to houston. all the way around to the gulf. that is dry air in and about 30,000-feet, it is gobbling up the moisture. working its way across the southeast. all of this dry air on the way. take a look at the real satellite and radar together. no rain offshores, i was talking about earlier. but notice this big hole right here. that's where all that dry air just was. there's no cloud cover approaching to the northwest. there's no system coming in. there's no dangerous change coming to us throughout the entire weekend. the only thing we have to look forward to tomorrow is the cloud

as more and more streams in from the atlantic, there maybe a sprinkle embedded in the showers. i keep thinking the dry rare will do its deal and gobble most of that up. by tomorrow 6 o'clock, it's pretty much over. and then on saturday a good run. and a warmer day. sunday, looks like more of the same. overnight lows tonight, down to 45 in ocala. and 48 in the villages. 51 in leesburg, and an overnight low of 53 in orlando. here's tomorrow. first thing in the morning,

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it comes after his pet was eh electrocuted on a sidewalk. it happened in this spot that's covered in cement. there was an orange cone with copper wiring. and his dog got too close to it. >> the next thing i know he was shrieking like i've never heard. and it look like he lost control of his back legs and eventually went down. his dog died instantly. he suffered burns to his leg while trying to help. he's trying to find answers as to why the cone was there in the first place. >> that's terrible. caught on camera, a criminal take down. a robber stopped by a customer who just happens to be a trained fighter. the exact opposite of the guy you want to rob a store from. stopped by a brig and walgreen's to visit his girlfriend. as they spoke t guy rushed over and climbed on the counter

>> hen he started reaching into his pants like he had a weapon, that's when i did something. you know? just to protect my girlfriend. so he walked over, took him down, wrestling in the isle until he knocked him unconscious. the crock was held down until the cops arrived. wes was happy he protected his girlfriend. oh yeah. >> do not mess with him. sad to see a man battling a drug addiction. and i bet his girlfriend had stars in her eye for her man. a six-year-old girl surprises her big brother with a hamster. >> and his reaction going viral. >> i paid for it. awe. danielle had been doing extra chores to save up for his own pet. but his sister abigail received money after her birthday party

spend $55 on her brother because he'd been working so hard. so the family took her to buy the animal while he was at a sleep over. they introduced him to cub by in this video shot on monday. look at what that meant to him. >> that was so nice. i love that video. excellent stuff. it's going to be a perfect weekend for some races. ping a live on the international speed way. he's next to a card board cut out for some reason. >> there's no other place in the world that has exactly what i'm going to reveal to you tonight. the man blind the cut out. if i could talk to a mailbox

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big day here. 2125 races. they call it the cam am duals. chase elliot's coming in. starting second for the sunday's race. the rest of the field set op a

but also to celebrate the life of the late dale earnhardt that passed away 15 years ago on this day. his son, saying i'm guilty of daydreaming a little bit about winning this race tonight because of the day. he pointed to the sky with his fiance and he did win. for the seventeenth time here, he wins in daytona. his father won 34 times. the earnhardts to start speed bayway. >> there's so many capable cars and competitor that is they know what they're doing out there and i would have not been surprised if we hasn't got by danny. that was a real surprise. the first race was uneventful, but the second race, a wild endening. kirt in the ending. mat, he's going to have to go to his back up car. he was going to start second. but now he has to go to the pack up car.

pack for the sunday's five race. that's tough to go. you guys redid for the drum roll. you want to know who the winner is? ready? of the second race, look what i found. the m and m's car. kyle bush winning the second race. duve anything to say about your race? if i could talk to a mailbox, i could talk to a cut out. how about joey. he plays the central florida's ping-pong. enjoy. >> when i say daytona 500, you're the defending champ, what do you say, real quick? >> cool. >> that's a good. okay. that's too quick. anything else to go with that? >> i think it's special. it's the daytona 500. >> so cool and special. >> yeah. >> if you weren't racing for a living, what would you be be doing. >> i would be in big trouble. i was one of those guys that put all their eggs in one basket.

>> in the racing industry doing something. >> what's one thing you can tell us about yourself no one knows about? >> i feel like i'm pretty much an open book. i don't know what else there is. >> i don't have much. >> something weird? get up early? (indiscernible). >> people have been asking that question for eight years. i ran out of stuff. >> joey has played the q and a craze ping-pong, do you feel any better about your day? >> yeah. way better. >> all right. la gone know, the defending champ. traded the cavaliers today. kyle do you have anything about to say about this? i guess not. see you guys. he always can find an inanimate object to talk to. >> thank you for joining us. we break news on clickorlando.com.

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