>> rain continues to fall across the area but we can see the back edge of it so before long we'll have clouds an afternoon sunshine and it's a much cooler air. it moved in overnight. let's start with our hd radar and show you the shower active the. it continues to fall across the region. light in spots but just off to the south and west, down towards culpeper and fredericksberg we're picking up another good band of rain. so we're not quite done with the rain yet. my suggestion is to bring along an umbrella. but by later this afternoon we should see gradual clearing. let's show you the satellite radar bigger picture. you can see the back edge of the rain shower is not far away. back toward leesberg, front royal, you are getting cloud cover. and pushing this off to the east and north and drags in the cooler and drier air with it. so eventually we'll get some breaks in the clouds and some sunshine a little later today. check out the cool temperatures. yesterday we were in the low 80s. right now 47 degrees at reagan national. and it really feels it too. you mix in winds out of the north and west gusting to about

25, it feels cool out there. 46 in frederick. look at ocean city, cooler air hasn't gotten to you yet, 66 down at the beach. here is your forecast, early showers giving away to partial sunshine, cool and breezy and high temperature just 60 degrees today and check out the winds out of the forth and west gusting to about 25 miles per hour. so it will be a cool one. more details in the forecast and we'll take a sneak peek at the weekend coming up. now to our top story this morning. a house explosion in montgomery county. this photo taken by montgomery county fire and rescue. >> you can see this -- in this picture the house is a pile of rubble now. it happened just after 3:00 this morning on ashley drive in roshville and that's where we find stacy cohan live with the latest now. stacy, good morning. >> reporter: i do not have good news to report. we reported that the man and woman inside the house were rescued and were seriously injured but with nonlife- threatening injuries. i have just been told that that

has changed. the female is reported to have serious life-threatening injuries. her condition has taken a turn for the worse at the hospital. here on the scene, i can tell you the investigation continues to be very active with fire investigators. we have members of the atf here, along with pepco and washington gas trying to determine what it was that set off the explosion at 3:00 this morning. i am here in rockville, i have reports that it was heard as far away as bethesda. the neighbors came out of the house as soon as the explosion was heard. knowing that a young man and woman had just moved in over the weekend and many people rushed to the area to see what they could do to help. here is what some of them saw and heard. >> there was a loud explosion around 3:00, around 2:40 and all i saw was a big cloud of smoke and flame and the next thing you know i was out here coming out and i was actually -- i was one of the first to

come out and i saw the neighbor actually helping them in the back and i just went through the debris to see if they were okay. >> he was screaming his wife's name. i wasn't sure what was going on, whether she was alive or whether he was single. so i was on the phone and when i was on the phone i found her and begged them to come as fast as they can. >> reporter: now there was debris several hours away in either direction. people had to be evacuated from the area briefly. some people are out of the homes. the houses adjacent did suffer damage and there was some utilities out as a result of this. once again, they have not pinpointed the cause of this. now i know this -- some neighbors said there were home renovations going on, the couple had just moved if and installed other appliances. in other instances that has set off this sort of thing. we don't know yet if that is the case. fire investigators are reluctant to give us the cause but say they are pharoahing

down -- theyaree narrowing down the possibilities. and the woman is now considered to have life-threatening injuries. reporting live if rockville. i'm stacy cohan, back to you. >> stacy, thank you. this is the second house explosion in our area this week. a home exploded in prince william county virginia on monday. the house in dumb frees was vacant but undergoing renovations. one person inside the home was hurt in the explosion. investigators have preliminarily determined a gas leak was to blame in that case. pepco is looking into a man hole explosion in the meantime that happened last night in the heart of bethesda, maryland. the explosion was heard just after 10:00 on wisconsin avenue. they say it was a transformer explosion under ground that knocked out power to the area. no one was hurt. new this morning, also from montgomery county, a man stabbed to death. this happened late last night at a townhouse on country ridge

drive in germantown. investigators say an acquaintance of the victim is a suspect. they say he fled the townhome and called police from a nearby wal-mart. you can see him being put into a police car the shopping center. suspect has not been identified. in the days after osama bin laden, the sent real question for the obama administration is whether or not a photo of the leader's body will be made public. >> and the white house is trying to correct misinformation about the raid that killed bin laden. doug luzader has more from capitol hill. >> reporter: the narrative of bin laden's death is changing and the white house is still struggling to decide whether releasing a photograph will help make their case. from above, plenty of eyes were watching as navy seals stormed bin laden's compound under the cover of night. those in the white house situation room were rivotted. but it turns out even the c.i.a. couldn't see everything.

>> we had some observation of the approach there, but we did not have direct flow of information as to the actual conduct of the operation itself as they were going through the come pound. >> reporter: there was, in fact, a fire fight in the compound but it turns out that bin lad ep, who seemed to always surround himself with weapons, wasn't even armed. one of his wives was shot after she lunged as a seal team. bin laden was then shot in the head and chest. a timeline the white house even struggled to keep straight. >> i apologize. even i'm getting confused. >> reporter: leon panetta said the white house will probably release a photo of bin laden's body to prove he is dead. the fear is that it could provoke a backlash among his followers. already in pakistan, some are mourning bin laden's death and some in congress question whether pakistan played a role in hiding him. >> they are either incompetent or complacent about the location of osama bin laden. it's like having john dillinger

live next door to the fbi building for five years and the fbi not know about it. how could that be? >> reporter: all of this as president obama is preparing to visit ground zero tomorrow. and the president will meet with some of the families of 9/11 victims. one person who won't be there, former president george w. bush who declined an invitation to attend. in washington, doug luzader, fox news. news of the death of the world's most wanted terrorist set op celebrations in the seats here in d.c. and in new york city. but how is america's sense of pride? lisa van sustern weighed in last night at 10:00. >> most countries of the world, while thinking that maybe some of our accesses may seem unseemly, nevertheless, themselves they are relieved

that someone who clearly had now been removed from immediate threat. >> she said the death will not most likely lead to post traumatic express for americans. she said the hallmarks are a sense of powerlessness and this should convey the feeling that power was restored to the u.s. post 9/11. now to a big local story. a woman from maryland is on trial accused of running over two men on riggs road more than a year ago. 30-year-old jenny mate faces manslaughter charges in the dems of gusto rosario and roy la kaio. police say she was drunk when she hit the men. police didn't bring charges immediately because they had to complete the investigation. authorities say the men had been in a finor fort worth and were exchange the information when hit. and the capture of the accused east coast rapist tipster will get cash.

more than 12 women and children were reportedly assaulted by the same man. 39-year-old aaron thomas of connecticut is now charged. the prince george county, fairfax county and prince william county crime solvers programs are all paying out the rewards. a d.c. man is telling fox 5 about a terrifying attack. this is just the latest incident involving a group of teen-agers. this happened while he was walking home near u. street on saturday night. the man said 10-15 teens jumped him. one of the suspects took his phone and ran off. so far police have not made any arrests in this case. >> we know where the crime is and if they can focus on the areas and get something done about it. >> that is the problem with the youthful offender, they are going away to new beginnings and coming back with their wrists slapped. i don't think they're getting the message of how serious we are. >> counsel member graham is

dealing with the issue of crime with city leaders rights now. opt for reusable bags or you'll pay more in montgomery county. they aproofed a 5 cents bag tax yesterday. this tax will apply to fearly all stores, not just stores selling food. it is expected to start in january. pepco customers will soon see rates go down. customers in maryland will see electric bills drop 15% to an average of about $128 for the typical residential customer. folks in d.c. will see a decrease of about 10%. pepco's new standard offer service rates go into effect on june 1st. monday an alert a -- and an alert for dominion power customers saying they have a rate hike blamed on the rising cost of fuel. and washington hospital just agreed to a contract with

the nurses union. now that means there will be no picket -- picket protest on friday. both the hospital center and national nurses united union agree they will not talk about the agreement until after the vote. a remarkable anniversary. it was 50 years ago today that a small group of men and women set out from here on a mission to fight segregation. coming up, we'll talk with two people who were part of the first wave of freedom riders in 1961. a look back 50 years through their eyes next. we'll be back in a moment. 

50 years ago today a small group of men and women got on two buses in washington, d.c. and headed to the heavily segregated south. the 13 people who set out from d.c. that day were the first of a wave of freedom riders to go

south in the summer of 1961. one of the freedom riders was bob fillness. he's been a congressman representing the 51st district since 1992. he's one of the honorary national chairs of the up coming mississippi freedom celebration joining us now. and also joining us is deon diamond also a freedom rider in 1961. thank you both for coming in this morning. honor to have you here on what is a truly significant anniversary in our history. representative fillner, let me start with you. take us back 50 years ago today, you can take us back to what you were thinking at that time, what your feelings were as you all began on this mission? >> i was a student at cornell university studying for my finals and i had the tv on and i saw this incredible picture of a burning bus, a greyhound bus that had been forced off

the road and fire bombed and people forced out and almost beaten to death and i said this is not the america i was brought up to believe in. most of us, in the north, didn't know about the signs, white only, colored only, and when we saw this and what people were going through, just to have a cup of coffee, i said i had to be there. and like deon diamond and others, we -- i went to nashville, got on a bus and we spent a couple of months almost in the penitentiary in mississippi. but it was just a moment that everybody realized it was a clear moral issue and something you could get involved in and the fact that we ended up eliminating this, it was a optimism in america. >> and some of the folks in the

deep south thought another way about what was going on and i understand what you're saying now. but at the time, this is 1961, and things were very different than they are now, and you both did this along with the other freedom riders at potentially great cost and harm. can we show the photo again. this is representative fillner, is your mug shot. you were arrested. it sounds funny to say, but you certainly were. and i also -- there it is, right there, we have mr. diamond, he brought if his mug shot. and we'll hold it up to camera three here. mr. diamond, talk to me about -- were you scared? were you scared? >> i had been indoctrinated previously. i was a student at howard university and when the sit-in started in 1960 in greensboro, everyone looked to howard as being the epitome in black education but we were doing

nothing because d.c. did not have segregation laws. but if you crossed the potomac, and if you went across that imaginary line in maryland, segregation was the rule of the day. and i can only say that because of the sit-ins, i became indoctrinated with george lincoln rockwell and the nazi party, et cetera. but when the freedom riders came to a halt, because of the burning of the bus, because of the riots in birmingham, i didn't join the ride until montgomery, alabama. if you will, that was the distinctive, frightening point. we were going to mississippi and of course mississippi is the -- or was at the time the

epitome of what the clan and the rest of it was. needless to say, i don't know if any of your audience has seen the changing of the guard at buckingham palace, but when we got on that bus in montgomery, and we had two helicopters flying overhead, we had national guards men on the bus with us, with unsheathed bayonets, believe me it was frightening because we thought the worst was going to happen. but at the mississippi-alabama state line, it was the changing of the guard. we had at least for 100 yards, alabama national guardsmen on one side of the line and at the mississippi side the same thing, it was again the changing of the guards. >> and i do think you mentioned to our audience, but you know

younger people take for granted, and it's part of youth, not that they are ignoring the past, but they take for granted what people like you all went through during those times to fight segregation and make things as they are now. representative fillner, tell me about the commemoration taking place in jackson later this month? >> well there is going to be a 50th anniversary celebration in jackson, mississippi of four or five days and we're going to highlight, i think -- we're going to visit the state penitentiary that we were at for a couple of months and see what it looks like from outside because we were inside. >> and you filled the local jails and so they started sending you to this penitentiary. >> we were at msu, so i thought it was mississippi state university but it was a penitentiary. and the fact that we survived,

both of us as a result of that changed our majors and became different kinds of people. but we want to go see the penitentiary and talk -- and it's also i think a celebration of rex. we want to talk to people who have changed over the 50 years. we are not coming if as heroes, we are coming in as those that want to work together for real change in america and so we're going to see each other again. some of us haven't seen each other for 50 years since we were in jail. and the whole leadership of the civil rights movement for the next decade came out of that really searing experience of what we call parchment penitentiary, because we achieved an end to the segregation. i ran for congress because i had an opt mystic view about change. >> and you've been fighting these issue this is whole time. gentlemen, our time is clearly

not enough. we could sit here for an hour. i encourage those of you who maybe don't know history about it to look it up, read about these gentlemen's stories and about the freedom riders. thank both -- thank you both for coming in and making my life a better life and this country a better country. thank you. >> i will indeed second that. tony, thank you. the army corp of engineers taking action to prevent flooding but causes destruction in the process. a look at the damage left behind after a levee is taken out to keep several towns from flooding. and holly is training on rescue techniques. holly good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, allison. we're at king's dominion where the 17th annual rescue talent is underway. we are talking highly technical rescue training and we are getting to watch it all go down live. that's all happening live later right here on fox 5 morning news.

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a couple of moments ago we had representative bob fillner on and deon diamond talking about the 50th anniversary beginning the freedom rise of 1961 and you could talk to them all day. there are books we were mentioning, some younger folks don't know the whole story, there are a couple of books there are many books and things out that you can grab on to,

but mr. diamond brought a couple. this one called freedom riders 1961. i'm not read this book, i understand it's very interesting and this is a fascinating book called breach of peace, portraits of the 1961 mississippi freedom riders when they were arrested. hundreds were arrested. so many so that they had filled the jails down there and it's pictures of them back in the day. the mug shots and then them today. there is bob fillner. i was looking for mr. diamond's picture. do you know what page your picture is on? he's a humble man, he does not. but it is in here. so another book that you can pick up to read about. and fascinating to see folks back then and as they are today as well. >> and that's what i like, the as they are today. because they're survivors. >> thank you both for coming in. >> thank you. rain continues to fall across the area. i just stepped outside and we have a good steady rain here in northwest washington.

not quite done yet but later this afternoon we'll have sunshine. so an early spring feel later. >> it's a mixed bag today. >> and feeling cooler than yesterday when we were in the 80s. here is a live look at the hd radar. and the rain continues to fall in d.c. and points west. manassas and reston still on the back edge of the precip and a little band that has been redeveloping south on 95 toward fredericksberg, moving through culpeper. this is lifting to the north and east. so we're not quite done with the rain yet here in the immediate washington area and inside the beltway, shortly look at what is going on in front royal. the back edge will continue to push to the east in the early- morning hours and we'll see sunshine moving in later on today. let's do the future-cast. and here we are at 9:00 a.m. the back edge of the precipitation of the rain and by noon you can see the back edge is starting to march to the east and just some rain showers for our eastern viewers and then by later this afternoon we all clear out here. it will be breezy and very cool

today even with sunshine. our high temperatures will only be about 60 or so. but we'll get a chance to dry things out a little later today. into the nighttime hours, cold tonight and clear skies. and this is a cold one. overnight lows, believe it or not, back into the upper 30s. if you're off to the north and west, mid to upper 40s here in the city. so a cool one. and then tomorrow morning, a lot of sunshine. tomorrow should be beautiful with temperatures close to 70. we are cool out there. bring along a jacket and an umbrella. 46 at reagan national. 45 in gaithersburg. 47 in quantico. so the south, southern maryland 46 degrees. and 48 in fredericksberg. so much, much cooler than yesterday. these temperatures about 25 degrees cooler than they were 24 hours ago. really going to notice that. and we've got these winds out of the north and west and they've been fairly persistent for the past couple of hours, gusting to about 25 miles per hour. and highs only approaching 60, even with the sunshine. definitely jacket weather for the remainder of the day. here is your forecast, early showers give way to sunshine

and breezes around here. 60 is your daytime high. winds out of the north and west aft 10-15. i mentioned gusting at times to about 25 this afternoon. and cold tonight and partly cloudy and cold. 47 the overnight low. there are your winds out of the north and west at 10-15 miles per hour. and your five-day forecast, later tonight cold and 47 in the city, 30s off to the north and west. tomorrow's daytime high upper 60s to about 70. and friday maybe a few more showers and saturday looks sunny and dry with highs of about 70. maybe a few showers on sunday. we'll see if we can hold those off until the end of the weekend. that's a look at the forecast. back to you at the desk. mother's day is sunday and there is lots of things that kids can do to show their mom -- how much they love them. >> and we are at the american tap room where chef bobby vickers is helping to make sunday a special occasion for mom. good morning, sarah. >> reporter: it's such a big occasion and we thought we needed to get helpers here as wellm and look at how cute they

are with the little hats on from the american tap room. so we're going to teach them how they can help make mom's day a very special day and here to help us with that is chef bobby vickers. thanks for having us in today. >> well we're starting to ramp up for mother's day here at the tap room and this is the greatest way to start, showing the kids how to get something ready for mom pain even before they wake up in the morning. >> reporter: and this is something they can do on their own. if they are 10 or under, it's very difficult to find things for kids to do that age that they can help out on mother's day. >> this is a very artsy, craftsy for moms in the morning. it's beautiful and something the kids can have in the refrigerator the day before so they can prep and have it ready before moms wake up. >> and this is the berry parfait. and it will be on the menu for sunday brunch as well. so we'll follow you since you are the pro and training all of

us and our little chefs-in- waiting here. >> are you ready? the first thing we'll do is get some granola and sprinkle a little bit into the glass. and that's a good starter. good job, everyone. and then the next thing we'll do is springle a few berries inside. >> reporter: and the thing is, this is really healthy for your mom. so you can -- >> you can hold the cup up to there and roll them right in. there you go. very nice. a couple of the raspberries, a couple of the blackberries. there we go. very nice. make sure you save some for decoration. >> reporter: now in some of these too, i know some of the kids said they don't like black berries. you can substitute blueberries

if your mom doesn't like blackberries. >> you can use mandarin oranges or apples and all of the things mom might like, like bananas. >> reporter: what is next? we have all of the fruit in. >> now we put the yogurt in. and use whoever yogurt that you like, whatever flavor. vanilla yogurt works well, plain yogurt works well. >> reporter: do you guys like yogurt? >> yes. >> reporter: we have a yes and no. mixed reception to that. but you're all doing such a good job. so you want a hefty dose of the yogurt in there. >> right. pretty much all of what we have. >> reporter: you can do this in five minutes. >> absolutely. this is a quick preparation we can do. it is very impressive.

>> and how is it going, aubrey? >> it's good. >> trying to get it off that part. >> reporter: it's kind of sticky, isn't it? probably at home, we would probably use our fingers but we're trying to be on our best behavior here. so we do what we can. but you get the idea. and it's a nice way to say thank you for our poms on mother's day. so the only thing is too, if you want to come out to mother's day brunch, this is a good place to go because you have something going on for not just every brunch on sunday, but this is kind of special for mother's day. what else do you have going on? >> well we have our saturday and sunday, we start off the day with our brunches and then we go from there and we offer both lunch and brunch menus. this is a very busy time during this time of the year. we feature our french toast, our omelets made to order, we feature even our lunch items very well during the lunchtime. >> reporter: so this is still a work in progress but they are

doing a very good job. thank you for our little chefs for coming in this morning. are you going to do this for mom on mother's day? yeah? okay. and you can get the recipe if you head to myfoxdc.com on how to make the berry parfait. if you would like to do that for your mother at home this sunday. back to you, allison. >> and moms do appreciate anything the little hands do. thank you, sarah. well it was an exciting day at an arlington elementary school. why secretary of education arne duncan paid the school a visit. and the news not great for the caps or their fans. a look at last night's game and what needs to happen now to keep their playoff hopes alive. we'll be back in a moment.

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still a roar but it's much lower now. >> a washington -- in a must- win game last night. we pick it up late if the 2nd period. the rebound is loose and ovie gets to the puck and buries the shot to put the caps up 3-2. now to the third period. 24 seconds after the lightning tied it up at 3, a pass deflects off two players for the goal and that is the game- winner. the lightning take a commanding 3-0 lead in the best of 7 series and will try to close it out tonight in florida. the caps must win. well the news better in arlington. yesterday randolph elementary got a special visit from the secretary of education, secretary arne duncan was there to thank the teaching staff for their hard work. and to congratulate the

arlington teacher of the year, matt osy ello >> i love coming to school. this is the hardest job i've ever had and i get up every day and come in and do it because i know how valuable it is for everyone involved. >> this is matt's fourth year teaching. congratulations to him and all of the teachers at randolph elementary. other news now. every 40 seconds someone in america has a stroke. and it is the nation's third leading cause of death. the month of may is american stroke month. and this morning r&b superstar chrisette michelle and dr. ronnie whitfield join us to talk about their power to end stroke campaign. good morning to both of you. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> dr. whitfield let me start with you, tell us about the current stroke statistics and how we are all affected by this? >> yeah, about 800,000 people

each year has a stroke. african-americans are disproportionately affected, twice as likely to have strokes and 20,000 people a year will die from a stoke. it's imperative to get the word outch it's been money honor to out -- get the word out and it's been an honor to be part of this mission. >> and why did you get involved? >> stroke store me is a very personal story. less than two months ago my mother suffered a stroke and that was a traumatic experience. heart-wrenching even. and immediately after the heart and stroke association reached out to me and i said i was more than willing to be a part of the awareness of what stroke is and how you can prevent it.

>> and i hear this caught your family by surprise. >> definitely caught us by surprise. and the funny thing is that young people think they will live until they are 98 and they are not thinking about how to prevent bad health or heart excuse but if you think about it from a young age then you won't be caught by surprise when you get older. but, yes, definitely caught it by surprise. and we thought we were healthy and we are re-evaluating the way we take care of ourselves. >> and how can we take care of ourselves to prevent stroke? >> we have to stop smoking. cigarette smoking is the single most cause. we have to lose weight and maintain an ideal weight and take our blood pressure medication as prescribed. and how does this happen? you have to get involved with campaigns like the power to end stroke. you can go to strokeassociation.org or go to mylifecheck.org and assess yourself for heart disease and

stroke. >> is there something we can be doing, tests that we can do for forms of cancer and the like. is there anything we can do to sort of look to see if we might be predisposed to stroke? >> yeah. you want to go to the doctor and need it get your labs done and so you should monitor your cholesterol levels and if you're diabetic, the levels need to be controls and blood pressure needs to be kept down. we have to exercise. we have a sedentary lifestyle and we have to exercise. i recommend to my patients daily exercise, at least 30-60 minutes, especially young people. we have an obesity epidemic and we are seeing adult diseases in our younger ovulation. this is very disheartening so i'm very passionate to reach our young people and now with chrisette michelle, we have a young way to reach out to folks. >> and anything to pass along

to viewers about your personal story and urging people to do what they can to prevent this? >> absolutely. take my story as a lesson and allow there to be a sense of urgency and be concerned about what is going on inside of your body and how you can prevent bad health and heart disease and having a stroke in your future. you don't have to have one. you definitely are the power to your future. and to not have a stroke. >> well said. chrisette michelle and dr. ronnie whitfield, the hip-hop doc. thanks to both of you. >> thank you. >> of course. >> good message to get out. all of those rides at amusement parks are supposed to be fun, right? >> yes. but this morning they are serving another very important purpose and holly is there and we'll talk to her life. she has details next. [ male announcer ] are you watching cable?

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the rescue challenge a training event going on at king's dominion this week. >> holly morris is there to learn more about heavy rescue techniques as they're called. holly. >> reporter: good morning to both of you. it takes a lot of patience and planning and a lot of skill to be able to do these rescue operations. and we wanted to give you an idea of the conditions they are working in in terms of the first challenge today. we are inside the flight of fear rollercoaster which is totally an cloweed and in the dark when you ride it and this is the perfect place to simulate a rescue that might happen at nighttime because you can't turn on the lights at night. so they would have to work in these kind of situations. but tas the kind of opportunity that the team park is providing and these important lessons that the teams are learning. for us they will turn on the lights so we can see what is going on and introduce to you jason scott who is a firefighter with hanover fire and ems. good morning to you. >> good morning to you. >> reporter: and how many times have you done the rescue challenge? >> i've been a part of rescue

challenge for four years. it's been a great opportunity. we've done various forms of heavy technical rescue to high angle on rope to confined space to even water rescue, we're doubling with that aspect as well. but today it's been great with the ropes. >> reporter: you see king's dominion in a whole new light, right? >> absolutely. they have been great to us and allowing us to train and work with their folks. it's been a great hand in hand compliment. >> reporter: and it's been a wonderful insight to get this close and see the kind of spaces you are dealing with when you go back. over the years you've done this, has it been different every year and you learned new things every year? >> absolutely. we were in subway turns in northern virginia and every two years we move to a different area.

northern virginia, and central virginia and charlottesville and lynchberg as well. >> reporter: and do you get nervous or do you get in the-- zone. >> it's getting comfortable with being on rope and you forget how high you are. >> reporter: and that's the key to part of the training, so that when you are in a real, live high-intensity sis -- situation, you dough what you know. >> you get to work with the equipment that you use and maintain and how it works it is a new tool in your tool box, no different than driving a car. >> reporter: and is it nice to meet with people from other jurisdictions. >> you with learn so much with the network of people. everybody has new tricks of the trade faster and less equipment intensive. >> reporter: and how have you seen things change? >> people come up with new rope

practice and we test it and employ those as new rescue techniques we could take half as much rope and hardware to do the jop. >> reporter: and in talking to you, i decided i need to move to hanover county so you can rescue me i'm so confident in your ability. and we want to bring in john haguele with king's dominion and he has allowed us to be here this morning. and to offer up your facility, this is a different way than what you formally do. >> exactly. we've been partnering with the local municipalities for many years. our police jurisdictions do car training in the local parking lot and this is a small tip of the iceberg and we do a lot of exercises with them and it's a great community partnership and with the safety crews. >> reporter: while i this is it's cool to see flight of fear like this, i want to know when i can ride it, john? >> well you can come back in,

we're open friday, saturday and sundays in may and then full time operation friday the 27th and we go every day. so you can come back any time. >> reporter: and you guys are excited for the new season? >> we are really excited. sophomore season of intimidator 305 and a new light show starting up june 18th. so just a lot of great things going on. we feel good about the season and the park is looking great. >> reporter: thanks john. myfoxdc.com is our website. we have a link if you want to find out more but we thank them for a thrill of a different kind this morning. bark to you guys. >> fascinating. thank you, holly. we will be right back.  my diet? well yesterday i had an apple turnover. i know it's sort of my weakness. i always keep it in the house. well, that and boston crème pie, white chocolate strawberries, and mmm key lime pie. yeah, i've already lost some weight.

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