there are things to do if we're sitting in a plane and listen to this. the average survival rate for a 777 crash is 95% and in this case more than 99% survived. >> nothing short of a miracle that we had literally 123 people walk away from that. >> experts say if you want it walk away from a crash, the first thing you should do is sit at the back of a plane but within five rows of the emergency exit and take a moment to count the rows so you can find your way out through the smoke and the darkness. stay low to avoid smoke and debris that may be hanging. officials said all 1 people onboard an air taxi in alaska died yesterday when the plane burst into flames at the

airport. the faa is still trying to figure out what set off that fire. the two officers who were killed in that plane crash in ocean city last week will be laid to rest this week. funeral service for 2-year-old josh -- 27-year-old joshua adickes is set. he and thomas geoghan were killed when their plane went down off the beach. the plane never resurfaced. the wreckage was pulled from the water last week and the ntsb is still investigating trying to determine the cause of the crash. geoghan was piloting the plane. his funeral will be held on friday at the evangelical presbyterian church in annapolis and a second one in ocean pines on saturday. a volatile situation is making it impossible to search in this weekend's deadly train disaster in quebec. the company that runs this believes a le comotive shutdown might have released the train's

air brakes that were supposed to hold the train in place. the remaining tanker hasn't been stabilized. >> get out of there. >> at least five people died and more than three dozen are still missing. the explosion and fire destroyed some 30 buildings. now crews are trying to contain 20,000 gallons of crude oil and some of it has reached the nearby town and there are fears this could flow right into the st. louis river alt the way to quebec city and we -- all the way to quebec city and we brought you the details as soon as we got word. you can get the latest breaking news anytime by following us on twitter at abc2news.com. no injuries reported in virginia overnight but there were extremely angry amtrak

passenger. the train broke down on the track on its way to richmond about 5 yesterday and didn't make it there until 7:00 this morning. officials said an axle was the blame but there were 260 passengers on the train and the policy doesn't allow them to leave the train while stranded in between stations. we have pan update on the death of sabriya towels. she is the 16-month-old left in a hot car in lansdowne. the death was called hyper thermia. the death was ruled accidental. a relative was supposed to drop her off at child care. instead, help went home -- he went home, went to sleep and didn't discover the girl until hours later when he went back to the truck to pick her up. now unfortunate incidents like this are not uncommon.

there are steps upclan take such has putting something in the back seat that you have to ping. for more tips, log on to abc2news.com. continuing coverage tonight on the violence in baltimore city. we have three more shootings just over the weekend to tell youbout. >> here we are in the 900 block of frederick avenue where a man was shot in the stomach and a man was injured on north payson street. all three men are going to make it and police are investigating all three cases. so what should be done to stop some of the recent violence in the city. how about helping people learn about a new job. >> a local nonprofit will be trading guns in for computers. roosevelt leftwich joins us with more. >> did you know that on any given day there are several thousand it related jobs in virginia, d.c. and maryland that

needable to filled. and a little bit of training can, well, change a life. if you take something away, you have to put something back or let's put this another way. if you want to avoid violence with young people, put something in their hands. sebastian said he had to do a lot of things to take care rough his younger brothers and sisters. he discovered computer training at the nonprofit digital systems. now he and others are getting computers ready that will help take guns off the streets. >> in all the studies done in the world, the only thing shown to stop violence in poverty is education. so we want to replace it with something else and we have a lack of qualified people for the

jobs out there thousands of jobs. >> reporter: it has 150 single laptops that l-they will offer -- that had they will offer for for trained and they will also offer free computer training classes. skilled from everything from simple repair to security. allen is taking his training to college. >> i'm young, certified. the future awaits. >> reporter: young people need opportunities to make good choices about life. fewer choices means more temptations. by taking some guns off the streets, it's hopeful this will open doors. >> one thing is knowing how to operate them but knowing how to manufacture them, utilize them and take parts and utilize your knowledge on computers and

making something positive out of it is really a good thing. >> reporter: now the computers for guns exchack -- exchange will be this saturday. the computers aren't brand-new but will run the latest programs. they're looking forward for young people to come forward and enroll in training to learn how to work in this ever growing industry, roosevelt leftwich, abc2 news. all right. coming up, security cameras catch a house explosion. >> inside a 6-month-old baby. >> well, the third named storm of the season is moving in. mike -- mike masco is tracking chan tal.

caught on camera. a security camera shows the very moment a michigan home exploded with a 6-month-old baby and two dogs inside. moments after the blast neighbors can be seen rung toward the home to look for survivors. >> then we see a guy come out. his pants were blew off of him and the house was starting to be on flames. >> all three people survived the station. sister station wxyz believes the explosion is suspicious but the case is still under investigation. >> jaws has nothing on this guy. cameras were rolling as a suffer with too much curiosity for his own good swam over to a giant whale. the whale ended up swinging his tail up, knocking the surfer off the board and knocking him out. >> i was probably the closest person to it and the whale came to the right of me and that's

all i remember. >> the surfer was found face down on the water but the surfers and lifeguards were able to help him out. he ended up with a concussion and shoulder pain. take a quick check. maryland's most powerful radar. we have activity in the northeast corner of the state where it's been all day, funnel cloud activity, water spout activity up in the northern tip of the chesapeake bay and also now we're sighing a thunderstorm flare up east of apg, and along the eastern shore. we'll see what happens to this storm, not severe but producing a heavy down pour. activity is limited, one stray o country. havre de grace, looking north into cecil county. that's where we saw the thunderstorm activity was up here in the northeast corner in susquehanna north and kent

island on the shore. baltimore, you see it's a partly cloudy sky, 84 degrees. dew point 65, very humid. dew points around 75 but that's steamy stuff. winds are light from the west with a break in the action. now we're seeing the humidity ramp up, feels like 93 in the harbor, heat plus humidity. that's a steam bath. we climb to the 90-degree mark or so. we might stay shy of it. a better chance for 90 as we move into the day on wednesday. that will be ahead of a cold front late thursday. so wednesday and thursday afternoons could be hot. a couple of showers dotting the region. activity fairly isolated and looks like tomorrow will be a fairly similar performance with afternoon showers flaring up into the heating of the day and once nag has we go into the day on wednesday looks more

numerous. it will come am on thursday, but ahead of the boundary pop-up showers. more active. here's our cold frontal boundary. it will be a slow mover. as a result each day ahead of that slow moving boundary more showers and storms popping up and that steamy air. so watching for an active storm pattern. we got one area of interest off the florida coast right now. that's an ominous look. then we have the named storm in tropical storm chantal and chantal with winds of 45 miles an hour still over 2,000 miles from miami, but we will be tracking chantal in detail because the track does take her eventually up into the east coast of florida and perhaps beyond. so all eyes on chantal. tonight 72, stays sticky, 88, hot and humid and still see

evening showers. tonight down to 70. any showers should diminish quickly. each afternoon will feature more showers. this looks more numerous wednesday into thursday. a cold front comes through and will partially clear us out. we keep some threat for showers and storms around. by the way, temperatures dropping but not dramatically. mid-80s. it will be cooler than our 4th of july was but a couple steamy days ahead. >> steamy. steamy. >> let's talk about clan tal. her name is chantal and she's already got winds topping 40 miles an hour. >> third named storm of the atlantic season. the impact is still uncertainty. meteorologist mike masco has more. >> we have a plane in here. we're going to start to gather more data. the small storm is starting to develop. winds are around 45 miles an

hour. earlier this afternoon had a pretty good looking shot. it's not a large storm system but it is a complex storm that could bring gusty winds into portions of the windward islands. these are tropical storm force warnings. we'll have to monitor the progress of clan tal -- chantal. it does bring it over to hispaniola. now keeping in mind, very mountain unless you terrain over hispaniola and eastern cuba. this may allow for chantal to become a tropical storm. we'll talk more about this at 6:00. so, guys, send it back over to you. >> all right. tropical storm chantal is days away from making landfall. find out first by using our

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women are better than men when it comes with haggling with the mechanic but the prices we get in the first place is so much higher that we end up paying more overall. so the question is, women, why are we getting higher quotes in the first place. a few weeks ago we told you about jim carrey's refusal so do press for his movie. he tweeted an apology to assault rifle fans. he referred to them has manny actions. he has not said he changed his mind about the movie. >> sounds like he is promoting it. coming up the trial of george zimmerman today focuses on a key 911 call. was it trayvon martin's voice. martin's father takes the stand. >> a funnel cloud forms.

mike masco explains where it happened. >> when this comes to teen and facebook, normally we worry about cyber bullying, right? one student turned it into a way to compliment classmates. >> will this continue through mid-week and beyond? we'll take a look at maryland's most accurate forecast. it's straight ahead. to find, but worth it. but with copd making it hard to breathe, i thought those days might be over. so my doctor prescribed symbicort. it helps significantly improve my lung function starting within five minutes. symbicort doesn't replace a rescue inhaler for sudden symptoms. with symbicort, today i'm breathing better. and that means...fish on! symbicort is for copd including chronic bronchitis and emphysema. it should not be taken more than twice a day. symbicort may increase your risk of lung infections, osteoporosis, and some eye problems.

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the car gee train derailed. rescue workers are trying to make their what i through the rubble. >> a local nonprofit is using computers. they're letting young people trade in their guns for computers and computer training. the computers for gun exchange is this saturday starting at 3:00 at the downtown cultural center. >> continuing to sew a couple of showers and storms. interestingly, they have continued to trend in the northeast. we've been hammered by storms in cecil county, had brief funnel report there is. more on that in a sefnlgtd now the new thunderstorm flaring up from chelsea across the bay into betterton and the boundary between southern cecil and kent

-- kenned county, galena. the state is fairly clear whether the isolated storm action but the heat and humidity helping to make things more unsettled. through the overnight partly cloudy and then we'll look for a humid start in the morning which could fuel more of the afternoon storms. you know, we had pretty sunny skies in lots of neighborhoods, but a day at the beach turned into an episode of storm chasers for one family. >> mike masco has more. >> it was a wild scene. apparently everybody hanging out enjoy lapping it ll beach action along the bay and a big storm developed and moves into elk neck state park. this is not touching the ground. it's not touching the ground but there is the funnel cloud. there's people actually sitting on the beach looking up going

what is this thing. it was a funnel cloud. this moves into the bay just to the east of havre de grace. look at another shot. this shows this beginning to touch the water. when you she it touch the water, that's when you have an official water spout. what is a water spout? when you get the temperatures on the bay, you get a developing thunder head -- thunderstorm overhead. you get this sinking and rising air. usually you see the cloud lower and then you get a water spout. that was the deal, a wild scene up toward cecil county. we have more on abc2news.com. we'll talk more about the weather coming up. the prosecution has rested. now it's george zimmerman's attorney's turn to convince the jury his client did not deserve to go to jail. marcy done discal lez --

gonzalez has more. >> reporter: it was the key 911 call at the hart of today's -- heart of today's testimony. >> is he yelling help? >> yes. >> reporter: the defense focusing on that voice, calling out for help in the background a scream trayvon martin's father told investigators he did not immediately recognize. >> i believe my words were -- is that your son's voice in the background. i think it's differently than that, but i inquired if that was his son yelling for help. >> what was his response? >> he was more of a verbal and nonverbal. he looked away and under his breath as i interpreted said no. >> reporter: the defense played the tape over and over.

each of zimmerman's -- that he shot and killed trayvon martin in self-defense. >> my immediate reaction was that's george's voice. >> definitely georgey. >> reporter: but the prosecution maintainses it's martin calling out for help after spending nine days trying to convince the jury that zimmerman intentionally targeted and killed the teen because help want to.d the prosecution asked what zimmerman said to police when he first heard that 911 tape. >> i belief his words were that doesn't even sound like me. >> reporter: now the defense said they should be able to get through all of their whittnesses within about four days. the jury could begin deliberating by the end of the week. >> trayvon martin's father, tracy martin also took the stand. the officer said he didn't t