. >> he talks to his best friend phil martin just about every day, but during a recent chat, he didn't seem like himself, and martin could sense something was wrong. so he called 911 and rushed over to bitty's home, suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning. he said their bond is even stronger now. >> to say that your best friend, you know, came to your aid and saved your life is remarkable. you know, forever grateful to him. >> wow. great story. they've known each other since they were just 7 years old. >> think of that as the value of talking to somebody every day. >> exactly. you know them. >> it makes a difference. >>> so i understand that our famous cherry blossoms are so close and the temperature is critical. >> it all critical. you look at temperatures tonight, could be very cold. and this weekend they're going to be warm enough to really explode, i think, but it has to be tonight. we have to get through tonight first. and many areas will see a hard freeze again. i think the city's going to be okay and along the tidal basin, they should be okay. but if you have in the suburbs and

phil martin could never imagine saving prince george's county police officer ricardo's life. >> to saythat your best friend came to your aid and saved your life is remarkable. >> march 3, both men finished up a shift as volunteer e.m.t.'s in seat pleasant. the officer drove home many police cruiser similar to this one and sat in his driveway talking to martin. >> he started to talk about something irrelevant. >> he knew to go find him. >> i found him unresponsive. >> the officer suffered from carbon monoxide poisoning. they call this an isolated incidt. >> this shows that a crack was found in part of the engine. >> the heat was turned on to circulate from outside. it brought the exist in the car. martin was given an award from the fire department and he says the lesson never hesitate to call 911 if you think something is wrong. >> cheryl conner, abc7 news. alison: now even better friends. larry: what a story they will tell. alison: still ahead at 5:00, we tell you about a scary situation that some are encountering while driving on a local highway. >> another white house fence jumper. i

phil martin talks on the phone almost every day but recently knew something was wrong during a call with a prince george's county police officer and turns out he was right. he was poisoned by carbon monoxide inside his cruiser. he called 911 and went right to his home to help save his life. the officer had claimed twice but the tests had come back negative. prince george's county police say other cruisers are safe. >> when was the last time refreshed your cpr training? it's something many of us put off but we know it's so important. >> now a local group has found a way to combine it with time spent with friends. doreen gentzler explains how. >> for those people -- >> reporter: the people in this room are having a party. >> they are back. >> reporter: but it may not be what you think about when you think of party. >> if we had an incident where a small person under the age of 1. we'll support the head and put them in a dependent position. >> today we had a cpr party, hour to hour and a half cpr and aed awareness party. >> reporter: they are taught by a certified cpr instructor. each parti

phil martin talk toes ricardo just about every day. he recently knew something was wrong with the prince george's county police officer. turns out, he was right. officer biddy was poisoned by carbon monoxide inside his cruiser. martin called 911 and went right to biddy's home t the officer complained twice about fumes in his car, but results came back negative. >>> when was the last time you went through c the pr training? >> now a local group learned a way to combine it with time spent with friends. >> for those people who have -- >> the people in this room are having a party. but it may not be what you think about when you think of party. >> if we have an infant or a small person under the age of 1, initially, we're going to start out by supporting the head and putting them in a dependent position. >> today we have a cpr party. >> the parties are typically held in someone's home and they're taught by a certified cpr instructor. each participant gets a chance to learn how to use an aed and perform compressions on a dummy. >> the c the

. >> prince george's officer ricardo and phil martin are childhood friends. neither knew that talking every day could one day save one of their lives. >> i think when you talk to someone every day, every single day, no matter what, for years, and then something odd happens, don't believe in just writing it off. >> all i remember that night is being on the phone and i just remember feeling kind of like dizzy and nauseous. >> the officer was suffering from carbon his best friend followed his instin instincts, called 911 and drove to his house. >> i found him unresponsive in his cruiser. >> he complained twice before about exhaust fumes in his vehicle, but maintenance couldn't find the problem. >> we sent it to the dealership. negative test. >> turns out there was a crack that caused the co leak. he was in a newer police car like this once. prince george' county police say there's no reason for their officers or the public to be concerned. >> we believe this to be a one off and we strongly believe that based on the results of their investigation into this vehicl

he was on the phone with fellow volunteer phil martin at the time. martin retraced his partner's route, found him in the cruiser and administered life saving aid. bidi is grateful. >> we all have friends. we all have best friends. but to say that your best friend came to your aid and saved your life is remarkable. i'll be forever grateful. >> in addition to saving his good friend's life, martin received an emergency services award today from the prince george's county fire department. >>> reagan national airport is going to look and feel a lot different. we have a rendering here of this massive five year, $1 billion redesign that's going to get underway this summer. lanes are going to be added near the metro. you know how that's right across the street right now. it's going to be build on top, actually of that access road. now this will increase the number of security lines. so for any of you who have been there waiting indefinitely to get through security. this is going to hook you up. that also means the national hall, the big long hall that's got

officer ricardo was sitting in his cruiser when just like this on the phone with emt phil martin. they had just both left an assignment when his speech became slurred and he was hard to understand. martin said he jibbish. that's when martin sprang into action and went to see what was happening to his friend. come to find out, he was having a medical emergency due to the carbon monoxide leaking into his police cruiser. >> i just remember feeling kind of like dizzy and nauseous. and then after that, just remember waking up in the ambulance with an iv in my arm. >> coming up at 5:00 and 6:00, we hear from the officer who describes what he remembers from the day and carbon monoxide leading into a prince george's county police cruiser. what the department is doing about that. i'm tracee wilkins. news 4. >> thank you. >>> we're also tracking developments on the wiretapping accusations from the trump administration. the chairman of the house intelligence committee says communications between trump transition team officials may have been monitored after the election. all of that is part o

. >> emt phil martin was honored today for saving a life that just so happened it was his best friend's life. >> when you're 7 years old, we were both members of the police, and been friends ever since then. >> they both became volunteers for the fire department. the officer is also a prince george's county police officer. talking. >> i think when you talk to someone every day, every single day, no matter what for years, and then something odd happens, like i don't believe in just writing it off. >> all i remember that night is being on the phone, and i just remember feeling kind of dizzy and nauseous. >> i noticed that he started to kind of mumble about subjects that were kind of irrelevant, stuff that i was unfamiliar with. >> he was suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning while sitting in his cruiser. his best friend followed his instincts, called 911 and drove to his home. >> i went to his house, found his unresponsive. inhe helped save his friend's life, and today he received an award. what he really receive that day can't fit in a frail. >> to say that you're a best friend, came

he talked to his best friend, phil martin, just about every day. but during a recent .martin, who happened to be an emt, could sense that something was wrong. he called 911 and rushed to biddy's home. biddy was unconscious in his prince george's county police cruiser suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning. at an awards ceremony yesterday, he said their bond is even stronger now. >> to see your best friend saved your life, it's remarkable. i'll be froefr grateful to him. . >>> the two terror networks that may be working together. >> it's a move tra created a lot of flack surrounding fafsa. why officials say they were forced to remove a tool that makes applying for financial aid easier. >>> and on a scale of 1 to 5, where does your son or daughter's school rank? a local district that will start rating schools. >>> a religious discrimination case involve ago virginia mosque is going before a judge. the the islamic center of culpepper wants to build a new mosque on this land just outside of culpepper. yesterday, a federal judge in charlottesville hel

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