school. the victim a 16-year-old student here. now it didn't happen on school property, and it didn't happen during school hours. but it happened. the victim says it happened and the suspect, she says it happened, too. >> teacher ashley jean campbell. they say she was having sex with a 16-year-old male student from the montrose school. they say it began back in the fall of 2010 and continued through january of this year. >> on several occasions, the suspect picked up the victim student and took him to a park in montgomery county where they engaged in a sexual relationship. >> this all came to light last week after the school received an anonymous e-mail. in a statement today the school said ms. ashley campbell no longer teaches at the montrose

christian school. the school immediately notified the authorities. the school is cooperating with the authority. reaction from some parents at the school. >> what do you make of this? >> i think it's horrible. horrible. >> what do you make of something like that? >> i don't know. i'm shocked. i just didn't expect it. >> reporter: kindergarten teacher ashley jean campbell out on bond tonight pending further court action in the case. reporting live from rockville, i'm pat collins, news 4. >> all right, thank you, pat. there's been an arrest in stexal assault of an elementary school student last week. 21-year-old devon wood is accused of inappropriately touching an 11-year-old student at ketcham elementary. that student was escorting wood in the building. wood tells police the student was acting inappropriately

towards him and he complained to her about it, perhaps sparking her accusation. culpepper police say they killed a man during a shootout today. the officers responded to a parking lot on northeast street for reports of a suspicious person in a jeep wrangler. police tell us there was an altercation and shots were reportedly fired. officers say the jeep then crashed nearby. the driveer was found dead inside the vehicle. police tell us the officer involved was a five-year veteran. he sustained minor injuries and is now on routine administrative leave. jurors saw and heard some graphic details today in the trial of the university of virginia lacrosse player charged with murdering his ex-girlfriend. this is the second day of testimony in the case. a day that began with a squabble over which crime scene photots n the jurors could see. julie carey joins us with

details. >> reporter: when jurors were chosen, they were warned they would have to view graphic and disturbing photos. some of those pictures were shown today, key pieces of prosecution evidence. it was a dramatic moment in court. for the first time prosecutors showed jurors photographs of a dead yeardley love, her body on the floor of her bedroom. emts still working on her, her eye bruised and swollen shut. as michael when shaw described the lifesaving efforts, her mother and sister broke into tears. george huguely looked down as he sat at the defense table. a few jurors initially looked away. when shaw was among a series of first responders called to testify. said when shaw, i made a comment of the fact that she had a very large bruise on her face. so the officer leaned over and took a picture. charlottesville detective sean bails rushed to the scene when

he learned cpr was being called. the 911 call suggested alcohol poison. he testified, when i arrived, one of the things that drew my attention was a huge hole in the bedroom door. prosecutors say a drunk, angry george huguely kicked his way in before shaking love and hitting her head against the wall. said bails, the young lady on the ground was obviously the victim of some act of violence. the prosecution called emergency medicine doctor william brady to debunk a defense theory of how love died. hughley's lawyer suggested yesterday that sustained vigorous cpr caused her brain injury. they asked can you tell the jury if cpr can cause brain damage? dr. brady, no. when hughley's lawyers tried to introduce sanitized photos of love's bedroom after her body had been removed. prosecutors won the fight, forcing the defense to use crime

scene photos taken by charlottesville police. also on the stand, the university of north carolina lacrosse player who once found george huguely with a choke hold on yeardley love. his testimony coming up at 6:00. i'm julie carey, back to you. president obama granted a waiver to ten states today from the bush era no child left behind law. it requires students to be proficient in reading and math by 2014. the states granted waivers each presented a viable alternative plan to approve how they evaluate their students. d.c., maryland and virginia are not included. new mexico is the only state to be denied a waiver. president obama says the laws has the right goals, but it argues it's flawed in its application. turning the the weather now, it was a nice sunny day and not too bad, but winter is still trying to gain a foothold here. >> it's trying out there.

chief meteorologist doug cam her has your forecast. the mercury is about to do a nose dive. >> today is a beautiful day, plenty of sunshine and a day that felt much like winter. even with sunshine, temperatures today into the mid 40s, 46 with winds out of the west-northwest at about seven miles per hour. martinsburg coming in with 42 degrees. 43 in hagerstown, 43 in frederick. to the south, 46 in pax river. nothing to show you in our region. i don't expect to see anything in about the next 24 hours. we'll remain dry so they'll look for a nice evening. it will be on the chilly side, though, 37 degrees by 9:00. 36 by 11:00. waking up to temperatures around 31 in the city. many areas will be in the low 20s overnight tonight. a very cold start to our day on friday and something else that

we're going to be talking about, you know we've got a quiet evening out there, a little colder overnight and yes, a very wintery weekend. talk about winter. get ready. it's coming. >> okay. you've been warned. thanks, doug. the republican race for the white house. we have reached a lull in this primary season. the next major contest not until the end of the month. gop candidates are using this time to regroup and to get back on message. rick santorum has become a new target after he swept the caucuses on tuesday. mitt romney trying to humanize himself by talking about his humble upbringing. newt gingrich and ron paul are both vowing to stay in this race until the convention. today attorney general eric holder announced a $25 billion settlement over mortgage and foreclosure abuses that happened after the housing market collapsed. five of the nation's largest mortgage lenders are part of this settlement.

bank of america, jpmorgan chase, wells fargo, citigroup and allied financial. under the agreement the banks would reduce mortgage loans for nearly $1 million households. the banks will send checks of $2,000 to about 750,000 americans who were improperly foreclosed upon. president obama said the settlement won't heal the housing market but he called it a start. >> they will deliver some message of justice for some families who have been victims of abusive practices. >> oklahoma is the only state that didn't agree to this settlement. critics say it does not offer enough compensation for people who lost their homes because their banks acted improperly. with a closer look at the foreclosure process, here is melissa millay at the news 4 super screen. taking a look at the map, the state most impacted by the foreclosure practice is nevada. one in every 177 homes in that

state is foreclosed on. but the problem is widespread even hitting our region a bit more. virginia is the most affected in the region with one in every 1200 homes in foreclosure, and the two hardest hit counties are warren and prince william counties. meantime in maryland the rate of foreclosure is one in every 2,000 homes. prince george's county is the worst in the state. the district has the lowest rate in our region, one in every 47,000. at the super screen, melissa millay, news 4. when we come back, an unusual weapon confiscated as reagan national airport. wait till you see what a woman tried to bring in her carry on. a teenager sexually assaulted on her way to the bus stop in fairfax county. she saying she has seen her attacker lurking in the bushes before. plus video showing a little girl fighting against a man who tries to snatch her from a

walmart. a look inside the fbi files for a look at steve jobs. nbc's pete williams joins us dinner's ready.

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an alexandria paramedic has died a day after falling from i-395. joshua weissman fell about 20 feet into a creekbed below the highway last night. weissman was considered one of the department's top paramedics. news 4's derrick ward will have more in about 15 minutes here on news 4 at 5:00 tonight. the fbi is shedding new light on the man behind apple computer. >> a fullback ground check on the late steve jobs was done back in 1991. it paints a picture of a well respected but sometimes arrogant man who may have been willing to lie to get what he wanted. justice correspondent pete williams here to talk about that. so far nothing surprising for someone as successful as steve jobs. why did they need to do a background check on him? >> i think you're right about that. i think anybody who read the biography of steve jobs will find some of this familiar. the reason for the background check is the first president bush in 1991 was looking to

appoint him as something called the president's export council which advises the government on how to get more opportunities for trade abroad. they talked to his friends, his neighbors, did the usual thing that the fbi does for a full up background investigation. jobs got the appointment and he did serve on the council. but the file shows a number of people said he was a great guy, had wonderful things to say about him, but not everybody. some of the people the fbi talked to according to agents, and i'm quoting from the documents now questioned his honesty, stating that he'll twist the truth and distort reality to achieve his goals. a few also told agents that jobs was not supportive of the mother of the child born out of wedlock and their daughter but has recently become more supportive. one particular critic was a former colleague of jobs at a company called aci. he had to leave because he didn't get stock options. he was bitter about that. he said of steve jobs, he's not completely forthright and honest.

but other people who work with jobs there described him as strong willed, supp born, hard working and driven which is why they said he was so successful. >> pete, all of this comes out as public record because why? this could happen to anyone. >> that's right. if you go to the fbi's reading room on the web, you'll read any time -- you can foya the file on any celebrity and once they die it's there. we've all seen the ones about the kennedys, about martin luther king junior. today i was waiting to read this, there was one for example on steve allen, the original tonight show host. he was in there because somebody had tried to extort money from him. in the jobs file there's a report of an attempt to extort money from him by threatening to set off a bach in 1985. they never found out who did it, never found any bombs and the

case was closed. >> anybody can say whatever they want to the fbi about you and it will come up in the file. >> these background investigations, they hoover it all up and it goes in the file. if it's confirmed by the senate, the senators look at it. that's the way it looks. >> i love it. a lot of dirt. >> well, some. >> nbc's pete williams. thanks so much. good to see you. we've been wanting some cold weather. doug says get ready, be careful what you ask for. we're going to get it. >> pete, have you been waiting for it? >> i am. i'm staying right here. >> you don't want to be outside this weekend. we're actually talking about some of the coldest temperatures we've seen so far this winter. we have had not a lot of cold air come in. it's not going to take a whole lot to see the coldest weekend so far this winter, at least one of the coldest weekends so far. very nice evening. it does feel like winter. temperatures right around

average. some areas stay below average to the north and west. 46 degrees the current temperature with winds out of the west-northwest at about 7 miles per hour. what do we see? the good news is temperatures did lime today. now we're starting to see those temperatures go down. the good muse is we're still on the mild side as far as temperatures go for this evening. 46 in washington as well as manassas, fredricksburg. 43 in frederick and 42 in martinsburg. we are going to cool off. once the sun goes down in the next 15 to 20 minutes, we're going to cool off quite quickly as we make our way through the area. 35 in pittsburgh, 37 in state college. they have stayed in the 30s all day. around freezing back towards elkins, west virginia. if you're a skier, this is a good pattern for you, especially on the western slope. could be some good lake-effect snows over the next couple days. storm 4 radar, nothing to show you right now. you have to go way out to the west. talking about out towards colorado. that's where we're looking at another storm bringing snow

towards the panhandle of oklahoma. that's our next storm system that's going to come our way and combine with very cold air to the north. that storm will help to drag that cold air across our area. a nice day today with plenty of sunshine. tomorrow we'll see that nice weather continue throughout much of the day. then the clouds move in. look what happens around 5:00, we start to see a finger of moisture moving in. most of this will be of the rain variety. we could see this change to snow by as early as tomorrow evening, and then here comes our cold front. that cold front will come through and everybody i think will see a chance for snow on saturday. don't expect any accumulations or at least nothing much in the way of accumulations go. one thing we will all see is very cold and very windy conditions saturday ar noon around 5:00, we could see a temperature around 35 with a windchill around 20 with winds of 30 to 40 miles per hour. that is going to be a very wintery afternoon. clear skies this evening, a

chilly evening, feeling a little more like winter. 35 to 40 degrees as you step out the door over the next couple hours. then tomorrow mostly clear, seasonably cold, 24 to 31 degrees. tomorrow afternoon we'll start with sunshine. here come the clouds with the possible rain-snow mix mostly to the west. temperatures 47 to about 52 degrees and here is the cold air. sunday only 35 after a low temperature in the teens on sunday morning. i think windchills all day on sunday. >> thank you, doug. virginia senate has approved a bill that would allow adoption agencies to deny the placement of children in homes that conflict with the agency's religious or moral beliefs. the vote 22-18 virtually assures it will become law. the house of delegates passed a

similar legislation and governor bob mcdonald says he will sign it. the new rules will include groups that oppose homosexuality. opponents say governments should not be sanctioning discrimination. authorities say a woman tried to bring a 12 inch machete and two throwing knives on her flight at reagan national airport. the weapons belong to a woman on her way to fresno, california. tsa officers found them inside her carry-on bag. the weapons were confiscated and the woman was given a citation. she was then allowed to continue on with her flight. still ahead, the d.c. fire department spokesperson in trouble for something he said online.

first lady michelle obama busted out dance moves today along with thousands of middle schoolers in des moines, iowa. it was part of a pep rally to mark the second anniversary of her let's move campaign. that campaign works to get kids exercising and eating healthy to help lower the childhood obesity rate in america. nbc news is celebrating black

history month with grios 100. it's a list of african-americans across the country who are shaping our future. >> today we meet a local woman who has beaten cancer. >> mama carmo was born a warrior. a little girl in liberia, she survived three wars. it was after arriving in america she faced the biggest fight of her life. she was only 32 and what she heard next still haunts her. >> the doctor said, you're too young to have breast cancer, forget about it and come back in six months to a year. >> reporter: carmo did have breast cancer. by the time she returned six months later the lump doubled in size. >> i had this beautiful 3-year-old daughter. after getting diagnosed, it was like rapid speed from there. your whole life turns upside down. >> reporter: at a time when support was badly needed, she found herself morale loan than ever. her fiancee walked out on her

while she was undergoing treatment. now she was struggling as a survivor and a single mom. thoud cry about this and feel sorry for myself, or i can use my life to make others live. that's what i chose to do. >> reporter: undergoing her second round of chemo lying in bed, losing all her hair, she founded the tiger lilly foundation. to this date her mission has helped in upwards of 10,000 women, ages 15 to 40, educating them, advocating for them and paying everything from mortgage to child care bills. carmo has been to capitol hill, too, introducing a bill for early breast health authorization, catching the attention of the first lady. it's back in her virginia home, tiger lilly headquarters where she feels the most power. now cancer-free, continuing her work to help other women beat breast cancer. >> we've had some pretty amazing

experiences. the best experience for me is to live and give life to other people. >> reporter: angie goff, news 4. still ahead, a sweet date. >> i'm liz crenshaw, tricks of the trade for valentine's day. do it yourself delicious sweets for your sweetheart coming up. one family's frightening ordeal, tossed off their sailboat hundreds of miles off

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alexandria has now died after a freak accident. welcome back everybody. i'm meteorologist doug kammerer, watching what is a nice evening. sun going down. in about ten minutes from now. sitting at 46 degrees with sunshine left over. the sun making its way down behind the mountains. winds out of the west-northwest at about 7 miles per hour. we'll see a lot colder air. winter is moving in. the colder air having stuck in alaska and canada all winter long. most of the country on the mild side. this weekend that jet stream will finally be able to nosedive right down into the middle part of the country, most of the eastern two-thirds of the nation will be well below average. really cold air making its way in this weekend. it's not going to stick around for long. while it's here, it will give us numbers in the teens when you wake up on sunday morning. we'll talk more about that coming up on full weather.

thank you. we are following breaking news right now. tonight we learned that the alexandria paramedic injured in that freak accident on i-395 has died. joshua weissman fell 20 feet into a creek last night while responding to an emergency call. news 4's derrick ward joins us live from alexandria with more on the efforts his colleagues took to try to save his life. derrick? >> reporter: indeed a sad outcome to this story. it all began with a traffic accident or a couple of traffic accidents on the bridge that carries 395 over four-mile run as you can see it right question hind me. it doesn't look like a lot. that is a long distance to fall. this all happened last night at about 6:30 in the evening. >> yes, ma'am. we just had a paramedic fall off the bridge into the river. >> reporter: that call to dispatch from responding firefighters and mayor medics marked the fight of joshua weissman's fight to recover from

a fall. the seven-year veteran with the alexandria fire department was among those responding to a pair of motor vehicle accidents on a rain-slicked 395, one of the vehicles involved who caught fire. weissman was among one of the first on the scene. >> paramedic weissman exited the vehicle. shortly after exiting the vehicle fell off the roadway. >> he fell right here in the water. >> reporter: this woman had come down to the foot path. she lives nearby. the fire, sirens and traffic made her curious. she said while it's not uncommon to hear and see crashes when you live this close to an interstate, she knew there was something different. investigators believe weissman stepped over a barrier separating spans. he may have believed there was enough space for footing between the spans. there wasn't. >> we got an unconscious medic lying in the river. >> it became a technical rescue where we had firefighters down

in the creek as well as paramedics treating mr. weissman. >> reporter: the incident points out the dangers faced by those who find their calling in the public safety sector and the particular stresses when they have to rescue one of their own. >> we do it quickly. we do it professionally and we try to take our minds off of it is one of our own so we can do our jobs. afterwards, that's another matter. that's where we have to deal with those feelings. >> reporter: indeed the firefighting community in this entire area will be dealing with sad feelings today again learning the sad news, that 33-year-old joshua weissman has died. we're expecting to hear more within the next half hour from alexandria fire officials on this story. we are live in alexandria, derrick ward, news 4. tragic ending to that story. in fairfax county police are looking for a man who sexually assaulted a teenager at a school

bus stop near the intersection of fair lakes parkway and monument drive, not far from fair oaks mall. the 15-year-old girl tells officers the man followed her on the way to the bus stop and made sexual comments to her before sexually touching her. according to police, the victim has seen the man several times before. >> apparently this individual was seen in the area in the past on previous days, other times in the past and there are bushes in that area and he may have been in the bushes. >> the teen says the man was in his 30s, 5'6" and had dark spike i can hair. she was able to get away from him when her bus came to pick her up. the d.c. man charged with killing his 91-year-old wife will not be allowed to represent himself in court proceedings. he wanted to act as his own attorney after firing his public attorneys back in november. today a judge ruled that he does not appear to be physically or mentally able to do it.

he's been on a hunger strike while behind bars and was recently hospitalized. muth is 47 years old, his wife viola was found beaten and strangled inside their georgetown home back in august. muth has denied any wrongdoing. a spokesman for the d.c. fire and ems department is on administrative leave over comments he made on live. the chief suspended lon walls for his characterization of this protest. last month dozens of firefighters walked out during the chief's state of the department speech over a shift change proposal. on facebook and twitter walls called the walk out the most blatant, ignorant and racist public display of disrespect he had ever seen. there's a new ad campaign in the district aimed at fighting chronic truancy in schools. d.c. may xwror vincent gray the truancy the truancy unveiled the reverseg in

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website, nbcwashington.com, just search valentine's sweets. >> those are works of art. >> you said the home made marshmallow is amazing. >> doesn't taste anything like that bag you tear open. >> thank you, liz. coming up, kate middleton steps out and does something she's never done before. >> in sports, the basketball shot that put paul desix high school people! look at you! texting...blogging... all this technology, but you're still banking like pilgrims! get high yield free checking at capital one bank. why earn bupkis, when your checking could earn five times the national average!! and free atms anywhere. five times the national average!!! that's new school banking. sign up for high yield free checking at a capital one bank.

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kidnapping attempt at a walmart in georgia. police say a 25-year-old man tried to grab the young girl as you can see here. the child fought back and he eventually let her go. police caught up with the man a short time later. now charged with attempted kidnapping and also probably face charges for violating the terms of his parole. birth control has become a hot button issue blurring the line between church and stated. >> a recent development requiring catholic universities and hospitals to offer free contraception to women. news 4's erica gonzalez has more. >> reporter: after weeks of uproar that would force religious affiliated employers to offer free access to contraceptives in their health care plans, the obama administration may be backpedalling on its stance. >> there are ways to i think help resolve this issue that ensures we provide that important preventive service

that that health care coverage to all women and tries to allay some of these concerns. >> meanwhile here in d.c., the political action conference is under way and will run through the weekend. speakers are calling for the return of a republican congress and president to return to conservative values they say have been lost under the current administration. a study by the public religion research institute finds 40% of americans disagree with the mandate and nearly 60% of catholics agree with it. >> it's not a poll that is the norm for truth. it's the gospel that is the norm for truth. >> reporter: churches are exempt from the mandate. however, cardinal donald world of the archdiocese of washington says forcing hospitals and universities jeopardizes -- proponents of the mandates say it's a matter of health. >> yes, this is a women's issue

that affects not only women, but also men who are women's partners and having children. it's a family issue. >> reporter: the national organization association of women of virginia say the catholic church and politicians are forgetting who this is really about, women. in washington, d.c., erica gonzalez, news 4. voter support from women's rights groups and their backers may work in favor of the president as he prepares to enter the november election. with prince william overseas the duchess of cambridge made her first solo appearance representing the royal family. last night kate middleton was spotted at the national portrait gallery in london. this was considered a trial run for the princess. royal experts say she's getting advice from her grandmother-in-law, queen elizabeth. prince william is expected to be back in six weeks. a check on the chilly weather heading our way from

doug. >> it is a little bit on the chilly side right now. temperatures falling down into the upper 30s, lower 40s in most locations. a cool night tonight. the sun making its way down about ten minutes ago and will continue to do so. right now the moon starting to make its way up. as we look outside, temperatures sitting at 46 degrees right now with winds out of the west-northwest at about 7 miles per hour. a little windchill to talk about. but not too much. a little more of a windchill as we head into the weekend. storm 4 radar, nothing to show you right now. we will stay dry this evening rush. don't worry about rain or snow any time soon. by tomorrow afternoon, could be a different story. tomorrow morning, temperatures will be cold. 21 in frederick, 22 in mon nas sis. fredricksburg with 27 degrees. here in the district about 31. we're talking about a very cool start to your day tomorrow. we'll start off with mostly clear skies tomorrow, but thin we'll start to see those clouds increase during the afternoon. one more nice mild day.

51 in washington, 50 in manassas, 49 in leesburg. in the west e we'll start to see the clouds on the increase, maybe a chance for rain or snow late in the day. it will be well after the 4:00, 5:00 hour an west of the blue ridge for the most part you have the best chance of seeing some of that rain come in toward the shenandoah valley. nice weather what we've seen today with the sunshine. tomorrow a little more sun early. here comes a little tongue of moisture ahead of a storm system. that storm system will ride right along a cold front. that will usher in very chilly temperatures on saturday. i think just ability everybody has a chance of at least seeing some flakes. not expecting much in the way of accumulation from the next little system. we are going to see snow off and on all day saturday. more of what we see with lake effect events. the winds will be coming from the northwest at about 30 to even 40 miles per hour. snowshowers during the afternoon. flakes here and there. once again, i don't expect too much in the way of accumulation. could be a little different off

to the north and west. temperatures over the next couple days, 42 on saturday with falling temperatures late. cold air racing in here. we'll stay very cold and windy on sunday with winds still in the 30-mile-an-hour range. then we look towards vol tin's day. it is wendy's favorite day. we'll see a mixture of maybe some rain and snow even on valentine's day. we'll talk more about that at 6:00. >> you're breaking my heart. >> thank you, doug. hey, dan has a story, a big final shot that put this high school on the map, huh? >> it was really quite a moment. game winners everywhere. a lot of game winning shots here in the d.c. area. gonza gonzaga's chris jenkins hit a buzzer-beater. perhaps the most intriguing game winning shot came from patrick holloway, he's quickly becoming the fastest rising star in fairfax.

trevor price has more. >> reporter: march 1992, 2.1 seconds left, christian laettter hits it as duke beats kentucky. laker derek fisher throws up a prayer, it's answered. lakers beat the spurs by one in the play-offs. who will ever forget this one? simply called the shot, the immortal breaking the hearts of the cleveland cavaliers and craig elo. comparing those three games to a local high school game might be a bit odd. but with time running down and paul desix trailing demather, patrick holloway decided to show the world this is what a game-winning shot looks like. >> people i talked to after the game, people who saying keeping modest. this is one of the west high

school games they've seen in the last two years. to be part of that is a big thing. more so to make the last shot, an even bigger thing for me. >> the way he released it, i've seen it shoot enough times, i already had my hands raised. i had confidence. if he didn't frngs i did. >> reporter: because of that shot, holloway who isn't a blue ship recruit but earned a full rise to george mason is the most popular guy in fairfax. >> tweets and facebook, everybody wanted to be my friend that night. new friends. the attention felt really good. i 'em xwrased it all and enjoyed the moment. those don't happen too often. at the end of the day i realize just like that shot went in, it could have went out. >> he and the rest of the paul six panthers deserve the extra attention. >> that's what is great about it. at paul six, when i first got here, my first recruiting class

are now seniors. we talk about raising the level of the program to the top 25, have this be a goal. you have to earn it. that's where i'm really proud to see where we've come from and where we are now. >> how many more of these are we going to see in college? >> it's a lot of stress. hopefully the game doesn't come down to the last shot every time. >> with the number one ranking in the conference, patrick holloway and the paul six panthers hope for many more big shots in the future. they're ranked right now 12th in the country. they've been climbing and face dematha again. the regular season finale on the 19th. maybe seeking a little revenge there. up next on news 4 at 5:00, three people including a 9-year-old boy rescued by the

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three members of a family from canada are safe and sound tonight after surviving a harrowing ordeal. >> the three had to be rescued after they were thrown from their sailboat while they were traveling from mexico to hawaii. mark barger with their report. >> reporter: it was a sailing adventure gone horribly wrong. >> i didn't say are we going to die, i said we are going to die. >> reporter: 9-year-old wes james, his uncle and father found themselves pitched into the pacific ocean wednesday morning hundreds of miles off the coast of hawaii. >> 20 to 25-foot seas, the winds were blowing, gusting to 5 knots. they were terrible conditions. >> reporter: that conditions that caused the 38-foot sail boast's mast to overheat. the coast guard dispatched a nearby cargo ship to rescue the trio. but the huge ship caused a giant swell that swamped the much smaller craft. >> they collided somehow, and

all three people ended up in the water. >> creigh members were able to rescue mitchell quickly. it took another 50 minutes to rescue the father and son. >> they had three guys on the bridge. their only job was to watch us. keep their eyes on us. that's what they did. they never lost us. >> reporter: once aboard the cargo ship, bradley james has a story to tell his wife. >> i sfoend her and i said, it didn't go exactly as planned. >> reporter: the trio arrived in honolulu early thursday morning on a much bigger ship than expected. ma mark barger. that's it for news 4 at 5:00. >> stay right there. news 4 at 6:00 starts right now. some breaking news tonight. the alexandria paramedic who was

injured in a freak accident on i-395 last night has died. the victim joshua weissman fell 25 feet into a creek while responding to an emergency call. the alexandria fire department is planning a news conference within the hour. we'll have more on that in a moment. first we go to derrick ward at the scene of that accident yesterday. derrick? >> reporter: jim, a sad outcome to a tragic turn of events. as you look behind me, i think you can still see it in the darkness where the traffic is passing over, that is i-395 as it goes over four mile run creek. it started there about 6:30 as joshua weissman ruz responding to a motor vehicle accident. it's a space under two feet wide. you'd never see it while driving over this road. on an evening when emergency responders were helping accident