perez removed her bandages and for the first time in nearly a decade she could see her best friend rick brister. >> he was the prettiest thing i believe i've ever seen. >> reporter: the procedure won't work for most blind people and thornton can't see perfectly. >> i can't tell exactly what color you have on, blue or black. >> i'm wearing black. >> that's good. >> blues are bluer, the clouds are bigger and just beautiful. the clouds here look like mountains. >> her vision will get better and in the meantime she's thrilled by what she can see now. as you can hear. >>> a love story with a strange twist. what caused a car crash moments after a man popped the question to his girlfriend? >>> and a pregnant woman accused of stealing from several stores by using sticky notes. how she pulled it off, until she was busted. >>> abc2 news at 5:30 is next. i'm terry owens. a major break in the murder of that yale student who police have now charged with the crime? >>> why one group is firmly behind health care reform. what they are doing to help the disabled. >>> tonight we hear how one family is learning t

thornton's bandages, and for the first time in nearly a decade, she could see her best friend, rick bristere prettiest thing i think i've ever seen. >> reporter: this procedure won't work for most blind people, and thornton can't see perfectly. >> i can't tell exactly what color you have on, either blue or black. >> reporter: i have black on. i'm wearing black. >> c-a-v. >> that's really good. >> reporter: her vision will get better, and meanwhile she's thrilled by what she can see right now. >> the blues are bluer. the clouds are bigger and just beautiful. the clouds here look like mountains. >> reporter: elizabeth cohen, cnn, miami. >> that'n extraordinary story. >>> all right, switching gears. quite a bit here. catching a foul ball at a major league baseball game. it's something every fan dreams about, right? well, a fan at a game last night had a very different idea of fun. making for a memorable and most unusual moment. here now is cnn's jeanne moos. >> reporter: it was a foul ball catch that left folks in anything but a foul mood. no, it wasn't steve's catch at the philadelphia/washin

thornton's bandages and for the first time in nearly a decade, she could see her best friend, rick brister can't see perfectly. >> i can't tell exactly what color you have on. either blue or black. >> i have on black. >> c, a, v. >> that's good. >> reporter: her vision will get better. and meanwhile, she's thrilled by what she can see right now. >> the blues are bluer, the clouds are bigger and just beautiful. the clouds here look like mountains. >> reporter: elizabeth cohen, cnn, miami. >> that's quite a story, thanks to elizabeth cohen. she tells us thornton will go home to mississippi in a couple of days and see her grandkids for the first time. >>> president obama turned the lawn into a sports complex as they hosted olympians as part of the push to get the olympian games. it's between chicago, madrid, ♪ tokyo and rio de janeiro. >>> investigators are looking into whether a white man charged with attack ag white woman could be charged with a hate crime. we'll hear from her just ahead. . 2 hours faster than claritin®. my worst symptoms feel better, indoors and outdoors. with zyrtec®, the