boat, were hurt along with two children riding on a tube behind it. seven were hurt including the delegate and another person were taken to the hospital. the delegate's condition has been updated to fair. the condition of the others in the crash is not known. if it weren't for the quick action of several people things could have been a lot worse. don harrison spoke with a man who helped pull the victims from the water. >> it was glass calm, a very still night. >> reporter: that's how andrew described how it was at his home onto river yesterday afternoon. all of that was about to change. >> that's where i witnessed the boat in disstress with -- and all the individuals, there was a lot of screaming when i came around the corner running down the pier, help, call 911. >> reporter: he ran down his long pier and unloaded

everything in his boat because he knew there were a lost injured people. >> hands on. quiet them to shor . >> reporter: it was a bad sight. >> pretty shaken up. people had cuts, neck injury, i think one of the small children had a fractured skull as well. they were shaken up. most of them were in shock. there were bodies all the kids were in the boat. a lot of screaming out here and lot of helps, call 911, call 911, helps, help, screaming, small children. it's not a noise you want to hear again. >> reporter: now that it's over he has had a chance to reflect. >> think negligence. i don't know. i have been boating my whole life and i don't understand it. >> reporter: the quiet of the river is why andrew lives here.

he says that the chaos of yesterday is something he never wants to experience again. don harrison. abc 2news. >> maryland natural resources police track boating accidents each year including injuries, deaths and causes. last year was the worst year on the water since 2007, but the number of total crashes has actually lower. in 2007 there were ten boating deaths, 2008 there were nine and 2009 the number of deaths jumped to 17 followed by 13 in 2010 and 24 last year. this year there have been seven but the summer isn't over yet. you know to avoid a potential tragedy the most important thing to do is be prepared. make sure you have all the safety equipment that you need before you set off. life jackets are key and it's not enough just to have them on the boat. you need to be wearing them.

>> a beautiful afternoon. sunshine on tap and temperatures have warmed up as a result. 91 frederick, 88 the inner harbor. 85 annapolis, 83 the georgetown, delaware way and humidity has crept up. feeling the heat and humidity. it's still summer. the tropics, staying hot. isaac continuing to churn through the sea showing a little bit of disorganization at the moment. cycling, we think it'll ramp up and eventually into south florida. more on isaac coming up. hour by hour tonight. back here all clear in to the mid60's. more coming up. >> thank you. another dangerous scam targeting the elderly to tell you about. this time police say the suspect is posing as a bge worker. brian has the latest warning. >> yeah. on the heels of the baltimore police department making

arrests in the property tax and robbery scam that targeted the elderly another dangerous situation police want people to be aware of. it was wednesday morning when city detectives say a man posing as a bge worker knocked on the door of a home in east baltimore street. the man was wearing a neon bge safety vest and bge hard hat. the suspect asked to see the meter and electrical panel. the victim let the man inside to do that and that is when the suspect pulled out a gun. there was a struggle and the victim was struck in the head a couple of times. the imposer then ran out of the back of the house. no arrests have been made which is all the more reason for people to be aware of who is knocking on the door. >> we have told bge of the incident and we -- we don't feel there is a connection with the prior helderly scams but we want to caution the public that

don't let people in when they come to the door. >> for its part bge said if there is ever a visit from an employee to do unscheduled work call the utility and they will confirm the work and the employee's identity. police are also encouraging anyone else who may have been a victim of this scam or saw anything suspicious to call them. abc 2news. >> thank you. it has been days since the deadly train derailment in ellicott and while the community mourns the loss of two local college students the there is also more to do in the investigation and the clean up efforts. roosevelt has been on the story since the beginning, what can you tell us? >> reporter: the train tracks are back open but downtown ellicott even though stores are open that roadway, main street is not let's look at the pictures to give you the idea of what happened. first of all right there. they ran a test train on the

track. a 80 car train. inspectors before the train came through, they walked the track to make sure it was fine. crews were shoveling coal sot the clean up is going in a very -- at a very quick pace. not all the clean up is done. there is still a lot of damage in town from this incident. a retaining wall broken and pretty much the entire street is black from coal dust and according to a executive he said it's not over yet. >> takes place and we will work with them to do our best to get the rail line back open. we want to make sure the roads are back open and we will make sure csx pays for it because not just from the accident but from all the heavy equipment coming through here. >> that is a look at the creek that runs up underneath the bridge there where the train derailed. there is clean up there as well but the state said they were

sort of lucky. they said about 100 pounds of coal went in to the creek but there is a lot on the side. they will monitor that to bake sure there is no additional impact but they will keep the creek there dammed up for a while until they can make sure they get it all out. we will have more at six. reporting live. >> all right. thank you. as for the loss of life friend action and community members will spend the next few days remembering rose and morrow wil two viewings for rose. both on old columbia pike in ellicott. the first from three to five. the second from seven to nine. a funeral will be held saturday morning at wept any united methodist. there is a viewing for elizabeth tonight until eight at the church of the resurrection in ellicott.

a funeral will be held tomorrow and a fund has been created in elizabeth a memory. the money will go to graduates of her high school where they both attended. they will be a part of her college. she would have been a junior in college. all of the information about the fund can be found on the website. around the nation tonight the death toll from the west nile virus is climbing at an aalarming rate. at the center of the crisis texas where dozens have died. >> reporter: the assault to kill mosquitoes continues in texas. after a successful round of spraying witness night pilots

are back at it. >> it's a high level. >> reporter: no state has been hit harder than texas. >> when you have a large area like this that's got mosquitoes through the whole area, there is no other way to kill them but through this. >> reporter: the cdc said the virus is spreading farther and faster this season than ever before. more than 1100 cases have been reported in 47 states and 41 people have died. >> my dad said he was going to die. >> reporter: gale's father is one of the test infected in california. he is recovering after being temporarily paralyzed. pilots are now spraying for mosquitoes over two areas of northern california, despite objections from environmental groups. >> these chemicals most toxic to young children, infants, babies. >> reporter: on good morning america a doctor said people who already have breathing polls should stay inside. >> you always want to be

careful with pesticides but the good news is these have been used for decades and they haven't seen health risks. >> reporter: the mosquito population has dropped in texas where there has been aerial spraying. leaders in other parts of the state have declared health emergencies to try to start their own campaign. abc news los angeles. >> massachusetts seafood company recalling some of its smoked salmon. the smoked salmon nova is being recalled. it was sold at bj's whole sale clubs in 16-ounce packages in maryland asell as eight other states. the bacteria can cause serious illnesses and in some cases death. and the indiana farmer who canteloupe's were linked to a salmonella outbreak has stopped production. he said he has never had any other problems. he stopped producing the melons

after the fda alerted him to a possible health risk. at least two people have died. he said that he doesn't know the cause of the outbreak. the fda is investigating and they say his farm may not be the only source of the problem. you wantto protect your kid from predators on the internet but do you think about protecting their credit? how identity theft is be he coming a big concern for young online users. and a mommy blogger taking criticism for leaving her 10 week old alone while she went on vacation. how a she is firing back. and tropical storm isaac could be a hurricane soon.

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news we have been following since last night. just moments ago delegate bob dwyer admitted he was drinking last night in the boat crash in pasadena. outside shock trauma he came out just moments ago. he said its being reported by some that the alcohol level was 2.0. we are still waiting for the test results. he took the test last night because he was driving the boat. we know there was alcohol on the boat. there were nine people at the time. seven were hurt. we do not have the update on their conditions right now but he has admitted that. . we will continue to follow the story. christian is on the scene and we will bring you the very latest coming up. >> other news you know in just a few week was going to launch the new katie couric show. before the show starts we want you to get to know about some of the topics she will talk

about. >> reporter: do you know where your kids are going online? internet safety is about a lot more than just stranger danger though that's important. identity theft is a growing concern for the youngest. people who don't have a credit history can have their credit ruined by criminals. security expert their why peyton explained. >> the ftc looked at this realized about 500,000 kids a year get their identity stolen. this is very active cyber crime economy and they have decided they love kids identity. >> reporter: what advice do you give kids? >> one is talk about that yearly credit report. the second is all those little pop ups, things that you get the quizzes and you may win the i-pad or may not. all those different things you

are selling out -- be thinking about who is getting that data and where it's going. don't sell it out if you don't have to. >> who may be buy that data from other companies. >> yes. >> we are your station for k atie. we will have more on the show as we get ready for the big debut and remember to check out her story that she is working on on the website. >> this one little guy not old enough to worry about surfing the web but his mom under fire for leaving her 10 week old at home while she went on vacation. rebecca is facing serious backlash an the web after blogging about her baby free get away. other moms started to post about how wrong they thought she was. she had plenty of supporters too and is not backing down.

>> nine months of being pregnant is a long time. it's very hard on the body. by two months in most need a vacation. >> some have called herself indulgent. she said she felt it was helping her son developself independence and she didn't leave him alone as i said earlier. >> the forecast,. >> its been a beautiful august day. no question . the weather continues to hold up nicely this afternoon across most of the state. 84 now, dew point 62, humidity on the moderate side. days getting shorter. weather through the day has been great. on the river all blue sky. few clouds onto horizon. on the whole hard to complain. manchester looking good. a mix of sun and clouds, in northeast carroll. down the ocean, yeah, beautiful

weather here at the beach and we still have good beach weather to come. things will be impacted by the weekend. especially at the beach with a coastal system. temperatures statewide. the mid89o's. feeling warmer with the humidity feeling like 90 in the city. 91 frederick. that real feel that. heat and humidity and you can see the dryer air is out in northwest eastern maryland. dew points pushing 70 and that does make it feel muggy. the good sun breakthrough today. all the way east, down through the beaches, under the sun today. there are a few showers to the west and the west virginia but the main weather has been sitting off shore. it could hug the coast in to the day tomorrow. maybe spin a few showers in our direction and then stalls off shore over our saturday and

right now we are going to bring in the chance for showers, even as far inland as baltimore. large coastal area of rain. some of those showers could spin their way in. the pattern further west. dry weather we think will replace the coastal system by monday. we will see temperatures shooting back up but the clouds and the showers will be playing a factor with the system churning right off ocean city, through the weekend. all right let's talk about the big storm on the board. isaac, showing new organization. the storms psyche many. look how intense it was. now redevelopment. the waters extremely warm here. then on into cuba so this will be a wild time for those islands as isaac makes his approach. current projections, bring it a

little further west but south florida in the bulls eye as we go toward sunday afternoon and in the key time frame into early monday. this projection -- has isaac redeveloping in to a category 1 hurricane. even there it'll mainly be a rain and flood threat more than the wind. could there be rain for the convention in florida, it's possible. tropical depression tim also out there. tonight 64, partly cloudy. tomorrow 87, probably in the mid to upper 08's. could see a shower east by tomorrow evening as we go to 66. the seven day forecast we have changed the weekend outlook. drop the temperatures into the low to mid80s. beach travelers, better chance for a shower toward the beach. not all day but hit and miss.

the trend will bring changes for the weekend. our chances for rain minimal. further the to the east, the eastern shore vacationers be ready for hit and miss showers. >> got to get the trips to the beach in. >> yeah. >> as he just said isaac heading to the caribbean. we are following the track of the storm. >> reporter: the west indies felt the power of the wind and rain but the storm is expected to get stronger taking aim at haiti. boat owners in the virgin islands are battening down the hatches. >> i can keep an eye on it during the storm. worst case situation is i will -- i will go drop [inaudible]. >> reporter: though the storm is tracking west, forecasters expect isaac to grow into a hurricane and pose a possible

threat to tampa florida next week during the convention. the city's mayor said he will cancel it if he has to and the governor said people need to heed warnings. >> hopefully it'll dissipate by the time you get to cuba. again everybody in the state needs to be prepared, almost all the state is covered by this sort of risk and so everybody needs to be prepared, have three days of food and water. >> reporter: military people in cuba are also not taking chances, pretrial hearings at the bay for five prisoners accused of launching 9/11 were postponed as authorities evacuate people on the island. >> i want to prevent the loss of life. the bay and the -- all the water and, around, there are storms surging. really it's a consistent plan that we have. >> reporter: the storm is expected to grow into a hurricane over the next 48 hours, and should pass over

cuba saturday and sunday. abc news, new york. >> catching a cold you may not want to rush to the doctor just yet for medication. the new study suggesting they could cause babies to be over weight children. >> and a lot of change was the new school year which can be a source of stress. what you can do to make that easier on your child. the car on the left was filled up with

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. we are taking a look at medications in babies. a new study finds giving them medications to early could increase their risk of becoming over weight as a child. researchers found babies

receiving medications in the first six months of their lives were about 22% more likely to be chubby as toddlers. it happened between ten months and three but the good news is the children generally shed those extra pounds by the time they turn seven. back to school can be exciting time t it can be the cause of a lot of stress for kids. moving up to a new grade, making the jump from middle to high school and getting to know new teachers and classmates. doctors say the signs of stress can be subtle. if your child is having trouble sleeping, not eating, scoping out the school ahead of time is a good way to keep them comfortable. with the warm summer weather there are more critters including snakes. make bites fairly common but

it's important to do the right thing. you can determine the type of snake and alert the hospital before you arrive. you want to take precautions. we are the place for all the health news you need. you need to logcheck out the page. >> coming up a woman in boston, running to catch the subway falls all the platform with her child. how they were saved from the tracks. before picking a major you want to hear this. which majors promise a bigger payday post graduation.