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was killed by a drunk driver last week. it had to be difficult for them. >> reporter: matthew cheswick's dad wakes up at night waiting for the good night message from his son that says "i love you daddy-o." chris cheswick has a collection of auto graphed baseballs that would astound any fan but just one of them holds meaning these days, the one signed by his son matthews. it is a priceless reminder of a young man whose contagious smile he will never see again. >> i guess it's because i'm an english teacher. that past tense is tough. >> reporter: after matthew's death, chris can only talk about what he was -- an athlete, friend and heartbreak that came in the middle of the night.
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>> she said twice matthew's dead. matthew's dead. i just fell to the floor. >> reporter: matthew was killed along coats offal highway in ocean city more than a week ago hit by a suspected drunk driver who tried to get away. >> i'm not that kind of person. matthew wasn't that kind of person that would realize you've hurt somebody and keep right on going. >> reporter: now chris has to keep on going with his life even though it's missing something so huge. everywhere he looks, there's a reminder a photo, a memory. >> every day there's more and more and more in my mailbox. >> reporter: the cards that show up make him feel loved and supported. but nothing can bring back chris' son or give him another chance to do the things they loved like watching the ravens together with matthew's kid brother luke. >> that will be a tough one.
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>> reporter: but it may be easier than burying the boy with the bright future. help went into the ground wearing a st. jude metal held to his heart. >> i said when i pass, please take this off my neck. little did i know that i'd be the one taking it off and it's in the casket with him. >> reporter: matt's dad said his friends wore a ravens jersey to the funeral as a tribute and he plans to give some of the tickets to his friends. >> for more of that heartbreaking interview, you can head to abc2news.com. well, a week before a mer gan state university student accused of murdering a roommate
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and eating parts of his brain he was seen beating another student with a baseball bat on tam pus. and many are saying the school should have seen the danger signs. >> reporter: we're getting a clear picture of his actions. a former morgan student, joshua seizure suffered blindness in one eye after can now attacked him. >> alec proceeded to drag him down the hall, puts him in a
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room, pulls out a nice and was ready to cut into him and was probably going to cut into him and start eating his organs. cease czar said there were many warning signs, but moore dan state didn't act upon them. after he punched holes into a wall after a tell ter tantrum. it was said he was a virginia tech waiting to happen. jeff hager, abc2 news. another re-- could this act of cannibal embe a disturbing trend and it could contribute to copycat crimes. there have been several cases, including the man in miami.
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the jury has been picked in the jerry sandusky trial. opening statements are scheduled to start on monday. >> since the trial want shifted, you're going to get penn state ties. the jury is made up of a professor at penn state a 30-year-old graduate who sad that sandusky spoke at her graduation. then we had a retired bus driving woman in her 70s. she was picked even though she was told quote i can't seat children hurt. >> it may actually be the only thing in his life that would be more difficult for him to handle other than the abuse.
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>> so the 58-year-old sandusky is charged with a 52 counts of child sexual abuse. the first witness said quote this is going to be creepy. a mix of sun and clouds. nothing on the radar scope. there is one renegade shower in maryland. a previous shower flaring up across calvert county. right now temperatures into the upper 70s in spots. warmer than yesterday, a little more like it should be in early june. we think it will be warmer still as we go into the weekend. the rest of the weekend mr. fall into the 60s. we'll talk about how your weekend will develop straight ahead. if you're already concerned about your kids and vaccine, wait until you hear the next
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child through pain. they're at the pediatrician's office for a recommended round of vaccines. but a new disturbing report shows children everywhere may be crying for nothing. the centers for disease control turned the microscope on itself and was shocked when the hhs inspector gem found severe storage violations. ice on flu shots which shouldn't be frozen and doses that were expired many were storing them in temperatures that were too hot or too cold. >> reporter: 5% of the 45 doctors offices and clinics were storing vaccines improperrerly. they're not deadly or inharmful but that could become ineffective and that could lead them exposed to diseases.
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>> doctors should be looking at this. >> reporter: the cdc is vowing to improve the system with retaining and more oversight. as to wap went wrong? >> there have been changes in the equipment. there are many vaccines recommend now and it may be there are more doses being stored in the average office. >> reporter: it's still crucial for children to get their shots but he recommends acting your pediatrician questions. reporting for abc news, new york. >> it's important that you still get your child immunized. here's the shots your children nee.d diphtheria, polio, mmr for measles and mumps as well as the chicken pox. they should be given to children before their sixth birthday and pediatricians also recommend that you keep track of your
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children's immunizations. check the centers for disease control's website to see which vaccines are required by your state. right now we have basically a mix of sun and clouds, temperatures running cooler than average. 77. wind is calm. some interesting weather early this morning in chesapeake beach. put this into motion. you can see early morning cloud structure. it burns off in a hurry. the sun comes out and a beautiful finish to the day as we look east over the chesapeake from calvert county. a mix of sun and clouds and in dundalk clouds holding tougher today, our view from high atop ccbc, dundalk's campus. a cool spot to be yesterday, checking out venus' path over
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the sun. a black spot on the sun. take a look to the south, one shower. we're looking at that chesapeake peach camera. other than this, not much, so this is what we call isolated. isolated showers. as we look at the overall setup, temperatures have bounced back. temperatures back in the low to upper 70s. wind is calm. humidity is moderate, so really quite comfortable. it's the kind of weather we enjoy as we go into the beginning part of the summer see son. the overall pattern is a quiet one. the only close by significant shower activity out here in northern west virginia, just west of garrett county. other than that not much happening in the east. there are some showers to the south and east draped across the coastal states of the carolinas, the coastal areas of the carolinas. high pressure continues to nudge. as this settles in, we'll continue to see a little bit
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more of a clear sky scenario and looking at temperatures to bounce back and warm up a bit a disturbance continuing to keep the showers. the trend will be quiet. a hit or miss shower will be possible, but not likely. again, just that one isolated shower we saw earlier in calvert cliffs. looks like a better setup for pop-up showers and a couple of thunder showers. a lot of that could and up being in the western half of the state. still maybe a shower by tomorrow afternoon. friday looks like we'll trend very dry. looks like temperatures will really bounce upward and heat up as we see the clouds clearing on friday. also, where's the active weather. the jet stream has taken a big dip south. no tropical storm activity at the moment. overnight 55. partly cloudy unseasonably cool.
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tomorrow 80, sun and clouds, maybe a couple of late day showers. this will be widely scattered. 58 with evening showers and late clearing. the outlook is for that significant warmup this weekend, looking at temperatures pushing close to 90 as you head to your neighbor's house or pub for the belmont stakes. looks like sunny or hot and getting hotter. so that's the setup. hot temperatures and more summer like. >> no complaints here. the greek festival is coming up. >> whatever pop-up storms we see tomorrow, looks like they will not be severe. >> just a passing. thousands of teachers across the state go to work every day to educate youngsters in the classroom. there are some that go above and
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beyond what's expected. there will be a fund-raiser to help students and families who have fallen on hard times. here's education reporter sherrie johnson. students are hard at work. the students in the pta are hard at work putting together a fund-raiser, how big is your heart. >> a lot of families and children are homeless and hungry. when a child is focused on that, they can't focus on learning. >> reporter: darlene was left to take care of her four grandchildren. right now she's homeless staying with other family members. >> we got put out. we travel back and forth to d.c. help us with the food and just a lot, just a lot.
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just so much and i'm trying to go to work. then i really appreciate the teachers when i don't have anybody to watch them. >> reporter: how big is your heart will help families. 54% of the students qualify for free lunch and 10% qualify for reduced lunch. administrators were so concerned when they heard different stories, they came up with a fund-raiser to help. >> we became aware of some stamplies who were homeless. it really struck a chord with our staff and me personally. i decided to do something about it. >> the school has helped us a lot. there's so much. they gave us food and cloths, looking for a house for a kids to stay into, and i really appreciate it. >> reporter: teachers and
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administrators say this not only help families of woodside elementary school but a teachable moment showing teachers how important it is. >> sounds like a good effort. how big is your heart fund-raiser will be friday from 6 to 9 p.m. the cost is $10 are person. if you'd like more information on this fund-raiser, you can head to our web site abc2news.com under the education heading. baby berms are getting exercise these days, but are some taking it to the, stream. we'll tell you about baby
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treating depremghts traditionally it's counseling but could mental health be a phone call away. a study looked at depressed patients. some received cog ni that therapy, some face to face and over the phone. those with the telephone treatment stayed with the treatment long are than others. at a six-month follow-up patients who had face-to-face therapy were less depressed than the telephone therapy. when it comes to exercise race could play a role.
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exercise doesn't have the same effect on african-american girlses that does on caucasian girls. researchers say the african-american girls are less responsive to the benefits of physical activity. they looked at the exercise levels and diets in more than 1100 girls aged 12 and found that the african-american girls were more likely to be obese by the age 14 than caucasian girls. at this point there are more than 78 million baby boomers. more and more boomers getting in fit is a top priority but will their bodies cooperate. >> reporter: baby boomers are on the move -- hitting the gym, running marathons. but all that exercise comes at price. every year, according to the cdc only 2 1/2 million baby boomers go to the emergency room for overexercising. orthopedists have a name for it,
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boomerrite ties. >> just take this morning. out of 20 people we saw, there were five in that baby boomer category that had problems that needed them solved because they wanted to keep exercising. >> ruptured my calf muscle three times. >> ruptured my achilles tendon. >> they keep on keeping on. >> it's keeping my mind active and keeping me active and the people around me happy because my endorphins are better. >> you're seeing a lot more people hop want to stay active and fit. they're taking care of themselves more. if there's some reason they can't stay fit, they want to fix it. >> reporter: for these baby boomers, it's full speed ahead. are you feeling lucky?
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getting you up to the minute chris chess week's 22-year-old son -- cheswick's 22-year-old son died. he was hit by a suspected drunk driver who then tried to get away. i'm not that kind of person. matthew was not that kind of person. you realize you hurt somebody. >> chris plans to attend every court hearing for the suspect. the first hearing takes place on
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july 25th. >> joshua caesar suffered a fractured skull when alexander kinyua beat hem. there were plenty warning signs leading up to the attack but the school didn't act on them. >> and opening statements in the trial of former penn state assistant football coach jerry sandusky set to begin on monday. they wrapped up jury selection today. the trial is expected to last several weeks. first, tonight maryland's largest slots casino opened its door. maryland live!
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