in the playoffs. >> reporter: but those are odds, i think, we'll all take. in columbia, brian kuebler, abc2 news. >> there is a youtube video of a girl who gets to meet chris davis doing this and she has a complete freakout. >> orioles representatives who accompanied davis said that is boy far the longest line they have's seen. we'll have more from crush davis himself. each year about 35,000 americans die when their heart stops and the devries designed to shock them back to life is never taken out of the box. one group gives maryland an f when it comes to those aed's. >> why your best chance of

surviving sudden cardiac arrest is less a matter of medicine and more dumb luck. >> reporter: mike cam wasn't a -- michael wasn't a teenager by the time he could turn dirt with the best of him. but he unexpectedly reached his limit. >> there was an emergency. >> reporter: during a game of capture the flashings michael collapsed. >> he was a picture of health. >> reporter: that afternoon, this picture of health died from sudden cardiac arrest. >> what do you mean, my 12-year-old is dead. how can that be possible? >> reporter: sudden cardiac arrests occurs when the heart unexpectly stops building.

it kills more than breast cancer, lung cancer, aids, combined. >> miss him. >> reporter: adding to the grieve -- grief, an aed was nearby. >> the nurse didn't bring it out to the field. >> reporter: it is a portable battery operated device. it shocks the clinically dead back to life. >> it is the only way to save their life in that situation. >> reporter: applied within the first few minutes of cardiac arrest, doctors said aed's can increase their chance of survival up to 80% but experts agree this lifesaving tool is

far from saving the number of lives it should. >> just knew a player went down. >> reporter: josh miller was 15 and never had a chance when he collapsed 13 years ago. >> the helplessness of seeing my friend pass away in front of my eyes that no family needs to go through this. >> reporter: his high school wasn't equipped with an aed. today they have six. across the country your chance of finding an aed is spotty. schools for example, schools leave it up to school districts. in california school aed's aren't required at all. florida it's limited. state law only requires aed's on public campuses. >> so this really qualifies as public health problem. >> reporter: because aed advocates say even when they're available they're not always

used. remember, 12-year-old michael of florida went into sudden cardiac arrest, just feet from his school. >> we were pretty outraged when we found it was there and wasn't used. >> i get upset. there's so much we can do. nothing was done. >> reporter: she considers herself one of the lucky ones. >> there are no aed's in public place, public parks, public areas where there should be one. >> reporter: she had just finished complete -- competing in a ballgame when she collapsed. >> i would not be here if not for that. >> reporter: michael ames parents ultimately sued the school and settled. the school is equipped with three aed's. his parents row plane on a

mission. >> to stop this tragedy from happening to other families. >> reporter: the have a heart foundation is donating more than 40aed's across florida. one recently saved a teen. >> i genuinely believe that could have saved his life, yes, and we wouldn't be having this conversation. >> reporter: currently about 2 million amounts of ed's are scattered around the country, far below the 30 million experts believe are needed. >> four tips on you had to use an aed out which states have aed mandates, head to abc2news.com. you can find the story in our featured content section. there's a blood drive to give back to the group that

saved his life. he was hit by a driver that ran a stop sign. josh survived. last night he hosted a blood drive and took in more than 80 units of blood. from one lap to 100 or more, go as far as your inspiration goes. we'll take you out to the booty loop and how you can help fight cancer. >> if you're ready to kick that hold iphone to the curb for cancer, do it now.

going for a lop for 24 hours, around and around and around. >> it's booty time. it's happening in columbia beginning tomorrow. the day long bike ride is raising money to help fight cancer. >> reporter: we are now in the heart of the event. it's called the wall of hope. this is where a cyclist will come. it's in on for -- honor of many

to raise money for two great cancer organizations and a way to rememberer that loved ones. if you're fighting cancer and a loved one, you can't take chemotherapy for them but you can do this. this is 24 hours of booty. title draws our attention. this event raises money, $200,000 so for for the almond cancer fund and live strong. has there been any fall jut, live strong armstrong's foundation. >> with our riders what we've heard from most of them they make a difference between lance armstrong the cyclist and the foundation. they have loved ones that have received support from live strong. even they they may not agree with lance armstrong, they see the impact of the foundation's

dollars. the support hasn't waned. we don't have people writing us letters. they want to help their loved ones. with this weekend we have a beautiful weekend ahead of us. it will be great weather. even though it's rainy right now but it's look good. we're hoping the final push will get us over what we had last year. >> reporter: people will work has teams to go about this event and some people will be on their bike for 24 hours. that's simply amazing. >> i was talking to a woman, 400 miles. that's the cool part. you don't have to run that far it make an impact. you can run a couple laps. do a little bit more to fight cancer. >> reporter: that's what it's b coming up at 6:00 we'll talk to

a cancer survivor. we're live in columbia, cheryl conner, website whoib news. website-- abc2 news. this evening not the best friday evening weather we've had. showers dotting central maryland. traffic is snarled. some of the rain, we're getting good clearing west of the beltway but for the beltway itself through severna park, definitely going to be dealing with rain. cloudy skies was the rule of the day. an ugly looking friday. we thought we would see clearing around midday. that did not happen. this front just crawling slowly and an area of disturbed weather. 73 at bwi. take a different perspective in baltimore. you see the clouds and winds

from the north at 8 miles an hour. days are getting shorter. you can check out the radar and if you get a quick flash flood warning, i'm shower you've got storm shield on your mobile devices. clearing through the day. i think we'll see some cloud cover at times and a few more drifting in during the afternoon. a nice day. humidity will fall some through the day as well tomorrow. right now temperatures running in the low 70s across the state. so a little on the balmy side but a northwest breeze kicking in tomorrow will help push down the humidity, dropping those dew point numbers and allowing drier air to overtake the area. you can see what aened today and it was a tough one because we had the slow moving front. you see it spiraling in our state. kept the showers around. tonight clouds breaking up a

bit. tomorrow generally sunny. i think there will be a few clouds at time and a sunny sunday on tap. the overall setup will be one where that slow moving front will clear the area late tonight and allow for drier air and high pressure begin to settle. temperature wise we're in the 80s but cool nights in the 60s and only low 80s by day. that will represent quite the change from what we va the next couple of days sun coming in after the showers tape are off later tonight. then we're looking at a nice stretch into monday lefthand tuesday, warmer weather dominating. the next chance of rain wednesday into thursday. back to you guys. notebooks, even some of those expensive calculators. a local organization is make sure your kids have what they need heading back to the classroom. >> if you're thinking about selling your iphone, you better

think about doing it soon to get top dollar.

this is the last weekend before kids head back to school. they will have a high tech way to keep their kids safer. the schools are teaming up with the less. the app is not linked directly to 911 but it does allow students to report bullying or fights in an instant and the whole thing is anonmust. it's available through the google store or apple store. 1400. that's how much backpacks were handed out to kids in need. the preston mitchum, jr.,

foundation and young school and you made sure they had what they need. >> reporter: 10-year-old dominic has been back-to-school, filling his backpack with everything he needs for the first grade. >> if i didn't have any, i would be sitting in class doing nothing. >> reporter: and nothing is what his family had to worry about. instead, the generosity of strangers had him set for the year when this came with supplies. >> overwhelming. so nice to see that everyone is so willing to give. >> reporter: give school supplies to local kids in need, know nateing endless amounts, crayons, overflowing from bens. today the kids lined up and went picking. >> i got two-folders. >> reporter: weight they carry and weight that's been lifted off their parent's shoulders thanks to a school supply drive. >> it feels good in my heart

because i'm helping. >> reporter: with an event everyone feels good, those who gave land those who took away. >> thank you. >> reporter: thankfulness that came with two simple words. >> that you appreciate what they did. >> here is a look at what we're working on. summer is almost over. where the first case of west nile has been found. >> this new job is a long way from the glory of winning a super bowl. we'll introduce you to the former raven turned entrepreneur.

if you've been thinking about selling your old iphone, you better putt do it -- do it more. >> why wait cog really cost you. >> people are looking to sell their iphone. if they want top dollars, they have to unload their phone soon. apple could announce a new version on september 10th. as before any big rollout resell values plunge 15% to 20%. online trade-in sites offer $300 for an iphone 5 in good condition. the same one would go for $240. so consumers are trying to cash in now. gazelle got one iphone every five seconds. other sides have been flooded as

well. meanwhile, best buy and target also have recycling programs. word is that apple will have a fingerprint sensor. there will be a le cost model called the iphone c. coming up, we are following breaking news out of baltimore county rosedale area. >> the latest on a woman hit by a train on abc2 news at 6 which starts right now. >> a woman was attacked in anne arundel county. her daughter was also hurt. >> pay the rent or pay for

medicine. fighting terminal cans sore without health insurance. >> abc2 news at 6 starts now. >> a person was killed this afternoon, struck by a train. details just starting to come. we know the victim is a woman. she was hit by batavia park. stay with abc2news.com for updates. there are new developments to tell you about in the case of a woman lay tacked in lothian while walking with her 6-year-old. >> the teen who jumped her wanted money. >> reporter: a woman was taking a walk with her 6-year-old daughter on a neighborhood street in plottingian when a teenager came up from behind her. >> he punched and kicked the woman. >> reporter: the teenager demanded money but what happened

next is worse. >> the child tried top intervene. then he assaulted the child. he punched the child in the stomach area. >> reporter: the news spread quickly eye heard that a lady was attacked, smacked and wouldn't give up her money. >> reporter: sin disci has lived here for -- cindy has lived here for 23 years. >> i can't even comprehend it. >> i've lived here since 2001. robberies and stores getting robbed and everything else. it's ridiculous. >> reporter: ?pt and the teenager didn't make off with money because neighbors intervened but the teenage suspect is still on the loose. lothian, don harrison, abc2 news. >> investigators need your help piecing together the rest of the case. a 7-year-old girl is in the hospital tonight after she was hurt by a farm tractor in anne

arundel county on lakes ford road in harford. the girl was taken to the hospital with serious injuries but we're told they're not life-threatening. beautiful weekend ahead of us. we're not accurate storm center with wyatt everhart. you see the rain tracking from west to east. that's going to continue to be the case. we see brief clearing in northern baltimore county out toward eldersburg, carroll county, coming down toward essex, dundalk and that rain passing across the bay and into queen anne's county and kent county on the shore. not a lot of additional rain behind the boundary. you can see even the skies

clearing as close last garrett county and allegany. it was a great day, so it continues with on and off showers, drying out. this looks good. we'll talk about how things set up saturday and sunday. tonight police in harford county still awaiting word on whether one of the largest spice operations discovered in maryland is lee. deputies investigating an illegal handgun, discovered a full-scale commercial spiels operation with a retail haul valued at $2 million. while it's marked not for human consumption, it's an alternative to marijuana. >> i'm an administrator in baltimore county, and i deal with kids, with issues, and it does bother me because this is the