. >> reporter: on mother's day 2013 the brown university basketball player was with some friends just off campus when they spotted a fight down the street. without warning and though joe was not involved someone sucker punched him in the back of the head sending him crashing to >> you can't fathom what that's like and you go through a period of morning because you lose you feel like you lost who he was. and he is back. i mean he is joe. >> reporter: but first, months of therapy. the ivy league athlete had to relearn addition and subtractions. >> bizarre because i knew it was easy but at the same time, it was frustrating because i knew i couldn't do it. >> reporter: he he made a tough call not to play again for the brown basketball team. >> the past thee years like a million pound weight on my shoulders trying to come back because it was something a huge part of my life. >> reporter: but he is back at school ready to graduate in may only a year late. as for his attacker. >> at first i wanted you know an eye for an eye tooth for a tooth kind of thing. >> reporter: but something changed

. >> reporter: on mother's day 2013, the brown university basketball player was with some friends just off campus when they spotted a fight down the street. without warning and though joe was not involved, someone sucker punched him in the back of the head, sending him crashing to the sidewalk, putting him in a coma. that's like and you go through a period of mourning because you lose -- you feel like you've lost who he was. and he's, he's back. i mean, he's joe. >> reporter: but first, months of therapy. the ivy league athlete had to relearn addition and subtraction. >> it was bizarre because i knew it was very easy, but at the same time, it was so frustrating because i knew that and i couldn't do it. >> reporter: and he made a tough call not to play again for the brown basketball team. >> for the past three years, it's been a million-pound weight on my shoulders, just trying to come back. it was always something that was a huge part of my life. >> reporter: but he is back at school, ready to graduate in may, only a year late. as for his attacker? >> at first i had wanted an eye for a

brown told me tonight she's still slowly making progress they say right now the family does not know exactly what she is suffering from the holding of hope and prayers tonight the family of norfolk state university basketball player amber brown is sitting by her bedside to keep from georgia to be with her after teammate found her in a coma in her dorm room on new year's day don't know exactly what happened but we do know is that that abby's related so she does have type one diabetes so we do know that the head a lot to do with the older sister ebony brown said it's a tough time for the family not having a timeline for her recovery but they're staying hopeful in finding strength support that support in critical condition right now so this is why we appreciate all of our supporters are hoping for the best and pray for the bus also standing in her corner tonight for norfolk state family and she released a statement today saying our her entire family during this difficult time that we will continue to support them in any manner that we can stuff a time you know we missing the team member but times like this i think the team has come closer together they have a little bit more to play for now the head coach deb

amber brown - the norfolk state university basketball player who we told you was fighting for her life - is now on the road to recovery. only 10 on your side's liz kilmer spoke to amber's mom tonight -- liz, amber is now out of a coma? tom, that's right, we're told amber is still critical, but things are looking much better now than what doctors initially expected. amber is now responsive - she can open her eyes and move her hands. her mom, coretta, is thanking god. a thumbs up, from her hospital bed - signifies improvement for amber brown. coretta brown c1 16:31:47 "she was very ill, and god saw fit to bring her through, so now we stage." it's been a rollercoaster ride like no other for coretta brown, whose sat by her daughter's bedside since new years day. that's when the n-s-u junior, a basketball star, was found unresponsive in her dorm room - and rushed to the hospital. 16:21:44 "she had been in an induced coma because she was having complications when they brought her in." the 20-year-old had suffered a stroke, seizures and brain swelling. to doctors, it didn't look good. but las

amber brown - the norfolk state university basketball player who we told you was fighting for her life - is now on the road to recovery. only 10 on your side's liz kilmer spoke to amber's mom tonight -- liz, amber is now out of a coma? tom, that's right, we're told amber is still critical, but things are looking much better now than what doctors initially expected. amber is now responsive - she can open her eyes and move her hands. her mom, coretta, is thanking god. (take pkg) a thumbs up, from her hospital bed - signifies improvement for amber coretta brown c1 16:31:47 "she was very ill, and god saw fit to bring her through, so now we are at a whole other stage." it's been a rollercoaster ride like no other for coretta brown, whose sat by her daughter's bedside since new years day. that's when the n-s-u junior, a basketball star, was found unresponsive in her dorm room - and rushed to the hospital. 16:21:44 "she had been in an induced coma because she was having complications when they brought her in." the 20-year-old had suffered a stroke, seizures and brain swelling. to doctors, it

a team now without a star player - as 20-year- old amber brown, a forward on the norfolk state university basketball team - is off the court, fighting a different battle. c1 ebony 01:01:49 "we're just praying and hoping for the best right now." ebony brown is amber's older sister, now, hoping junior honor student was found unresponsive in her dorm room on new years day. she remains in the i-c-u, with a long road ahead. ebony 01:03:55 "i don't think i ever imagined anything happening like this so it's very tough, it's very tough." her condition is reportedly serious - ebony says it may relate to diabetes. their mom - in from atlanta - hasn't left amber's bedside. but costs are piling up - family members launched an online fundraiser. ebony 01:05:36 "just appreciating everyone and helping us to keep up our stability and being able to keep my mom here has been a blessing." c3 friend 07:48 "we just want everybody to keep praying and uplifting amber and her family and friends and everything." hope - that's united the n-s-u community. a statement from the athletic director reads: (graphic) "amber is a tre

this morning, a stand-out fighting for her life. 20-year-old amber brown plays basketball at norfolk state university. someone found her unconscious in her dorm room new year's day. family members believe her condition may be related to diabetes. they're asking for your prayers and support. c1 ebony brown - amber's older sister 01:03:46 "it's been tough i mean i have to say this has been the toughest days that i've ever encountered before, i don't think i ever imagined anything happening like this so it's very tough it's very tough." runs :16 amber's hospital bills are mounting. the family has an on-line site where you can help. just head to wavy-dot-com to find that information. investigators say they'll try to recover the truck that went over the side of the cbbt, on saturday. only chopper 10 could show you the scene from above, moments after the truck went over the side. investigators say the driver, 33-year-old matthew killmon, drove chesapeake bay. amazingly, he had only minor injuries when crews pulled him from the water. he somehow managed to get out of the cab and swim to the surface. the sal

this morning, a stand-out college athlete is 20-year-old amber brown plays basketball at norfolk state university. someone found her unconscious in her dorm room new year's day. family members believe her condition may be related to diabetes. they're asking for your prayers and support. c1 ebony brown - amber's older sister 01:03:46 "it's been tough i mean i have to say this has been the toughest days that i've ever encountered before, i don't think i ever imagined anything happening like this so it's very tough it's very tough." runs :16 amber's hospital bills are mounting. the family has an on-line site where you can help. just head to wavy-dot-com to find that information. investigators say they'll try to recover the truck that went over the side of the cbbt, on saturday. only chopper 10 could show you the scene from above, moments after the truck went over the side. investigators say the driver, 33-year-old matthew killmon, drove through the barricade and into the chesapeake bay. minor injuries when crews pulled him from the water. he somehow managed to get out of the cab and swim to the surf

turned around faster that could and headed to school for sister amber brown a junior forward from norfolk state university's women's basketball team was found in her dorm room unresponsive by a teammate and was rushed to the hospital she says been in family by her side will know exactly what happened but we do know is that these related so she does have type one diabetes so we do know that the head a lot to do with that as a family sits by her bedside support pours in for amber on social media hashtag pray for amber now trending with thousands of posts even drawing attention from well known sports analyst vitale and her you family standing in her corner. the school issued this statement saying quote our thoughts and prayers are with her entire family during this difficult time and we will continue to support them in any manner that we can outside of basketball. she's like the mother on the team she takes care of everybody today seems like the mother haven't seen the school says donations will continue to be accepted at all home basketball games for the rest of the month in or fiction to her thirteen years now tonight authorit

morning, a stand-out college athlete is fighting for her life. 20-year-old amber brown plays basketball at norfolk state university. someone found her unconscious in her dorm room new year's day. family members believe her condition may be related to diabetes. they're asking for your prayers and support. c1 ebony brown - amber's older sister 01:03:46 "it's been tough i mean i have to say this has been the toughest days that i've ever encountered before, i don't think i ever imagined anything happening like this so it's very tough it's very tough." runs :16 amber's hospital bills are mounting. the family has an on-line site where you can help. just head to wavy-dot-com to find that information. investigators say they'll try to recover the truck that went over the side of the cbbt, on only chopper 10 could show you the scene from above, moments after the truck went over the side. investigators say the driver, 33-year-old matthew killmon, drove through the barricade and into the chesapeake bay. amazingly, he had only minor injuries when crews pulled him from the water. he somehow managed to get out of the cab and swi

morning, a stand-out college athlete is fighting for her life. 20-year-old amber brown plays basketball at norfolk state university. someone found her unconscious in her dorm room new year's day. family members believe her condition may be related to diabetes. they're asking for your prayers and support. c1 ebony brown - amber's older sister 01:03:46 "it's been tough i mean i have to say this has been the toughest days that i've ever encountered before, i don't think i ever imagined anything happening like this so it's very tough it's very tough." runs :16 amber's hospital bills are mounting. the family has an on-line site where you can help. just head to wavy-dot-com to find that information. try to recover the truck that went over the side of the cbbt, on saturday. only chopper 10 could show you the scene from above, moments after the truck went over the side. investigators say the driver, 33-year-old matthew killmon, drove through the barricade and into the chesapeake bay. amazingly, he had only minor injuries when crews pulled him from the water. he somehow managed to get out of the cab and swim to the surface

university women's basketball player in a medically induced coma. a norfolk state university women's basketball player is in a medically induced coma tonight amber brown was found unresponsive in a dorm room on new year's day to her just talk with brown sr into just a heartbreaking situation that's right guys. absolutely heartbreaking and that some first hand from amber older sister have anywho i just spoke with moments ago she from atlanta ga and have not left his bedside in days. now evan is a former teammate of campers on the msu women's basketball team. she recently graduated she tells me amber steamy found her in her dorm room on new years day and called nine one one she says the family considers that to me tonight a lifesaver they're still unsure what amber suffered from but she does have type one diabetes and it could be related however this news caught the family by surprise because she's never had something like this happen before this is something we will cause something like a freak accident or i don't even know what you call it the light display is a blessing that she was found in time no nobody tells me amber is slowly making progress ton

a norfolk state university basketball player is finally out of a coma . amber brown has been in the hospital since new year s day. that )s when her teammates found her unresponsive in her dorm room. as she continues to recover -- the n-s-u community is coming together to help her out. at saturday nights game students walked up and down the bleachers collecting money to help cover ambers ) medical bills. at this point - amber is still in critical condition. newschannel three they believe it )s diabetes-related. fundraisers will continue to be held at all home basketball games this month the next game is tonight at six. the clearance sales begin for dozens of macys stores across the country. which stores here in hampton expect plenty of sunshine today with highs in the mid 40s. it will still be windy this morning but not as strong as yesterday and winds should gradually relax through the day. temperatures will slip into the upper 20s by tuesday morning but highs will climb into the low 50s. a quick moving cold front will swing through tuesday night. there will not be a

a norfolk state university basketball player is finally out of a coma . amber brown has been in the hospital since new year s day. that )s when her teammates found her unresponsive in her dorm room. as she continues to recover -- the n-s-u community is coming together to help her out. at saturday nights game students walked up and collecting money to help cover ambers ) medical bills. outcue: "..in the hospital, it hurts " duration:0:00 20:33:45 we want to make sure that her family know that nsu supports them and that we re right behind them :50 butted 20:34:38 when you re on the team you become like a family, you re with these young ladies eryday, you practice everyday, you kind of do everything together for the entire year, so at the end of the day when they lose a member of their family due to an injury or someone being hurt or in the hospital, it hurts :54 at this point - amber is still in critical condition. her family tells newschannel three they believe it s diabetes-related. fundraisers will continue to be held at all home basketball games this month the next

family, friends, and the community of norfolk state university are concerned about one of their basketball players. amber brown is a junior forward with the spartans. she's in the hospital with what school medical condition." a statement from the n-s-u athletics director calls brown "a tremendous student-athlete who has made positive contributions on and off the court". donations were collected for the family at the men's basketball game against princeton tuesday. there's also a link on wavy-dot-com to an account to help pay for her medical expenses. school officials in portsmouth say multiple fights broke out at i-c norcom high school today - after the fire alarm went off. 10 on your side found multiple police cruisers at the school. we're told the fire alarms went off just before noon - but no fire. as students returned to class, fights broke out in the hallways. the school tells us some people were hurt - but expect them to be fine. police are now investigating what happened. an escaped inmate from elizabeth city has been found. police told 10 on your side: 29-year-old heather burton was captured around thi

brown's academic adviser says, shes out of the coma now, but its a long road to recovery. the hospital bills continue to rise and her team and university want to help. saturday evening the norfolk state women's basketball team took the court with a heavy heart. and an empty seat for amber brown. tina ruffin / amber brown's adviser the wind." 1:07:13 the spartans played on. in the stands, atheltes from other sports took up a collection. tina ruffin / amber brown's adviser c0020 1:06:42 "we've always done a penny drive with our student athletes but we're gonna raise money take in cash donations for a local charity. but few hit this close to home.. tina ruffin / amber brown's adviser c0020 1:07:19 " so far $810 and w'eve only had one game so we're hoping to at least get to $3000 back for brown. tina ruffin / amber brown's adviser c0020 1:08:16 "i was actually at the hospital coma. she is responding to demands. she gives you a thumbs up and blinks her eyes so out." 1:08:32 a college community hit hard, but with a plan to bounce back. earlier this week amber brown's family said they believe her diabetes maye have been a contributing factor to her condition. but they've not confirmed how. her family is also

fee month at chrysler hall encouraging news for a norfolk state university basketball player found unresponsive on new year's day. amber brown is now out of the coma. that's according to a facebook page that the family members started in support of amber a message posted says she is more awake and alert. there's no word on what caused the coma. their sister says amber has diabetes. it appears amber will start physical therapy soon was another chance for the republican candidates for president to meet face to face doubt rob and ted cruz to gain advantage of the opportunity to go at each other and again highlights from tonight's debate. donald trump looking for more face time in hampton roads will tell you about his next campaign stop here and writing on a different schedule tomorrow details on a change to the hatteras okok very mild temps is today even warmer readings okay. so right now, everyone is saying, "hurry! you gotta get fios." but why? well, because there's never been a better time to get a greatdeal from fios, the fastest internet and wi-fi available. only fios has speeds from 50 to 500 megs. because your devices ru

the control room, mk, newschannel 3 new details -- a norfolk state university basketball player is finally out of a coma . amber brown has been in the hospital since new year s day. that )s when her teammates found her unresponsive in her dorm room. as she continues to recover -- the n-s-u community is coming together to help. at saturday nights game students walked up and down the bleachers collecting money to help cover ambers ) medical bills. at this point - amber is still in critical condition. her family tells newschannel three they believe it s diabetes-related. fundraisers will continue to be held at all home basketball games this month the lady spartans play tonight at 6. the accomack county sheriff s office is investigating after two people were found shot at the same apartment complex. police say officers were patrolling pine street apartment in onancock --when they saw several people shooting at each according to officials an officer confronted one shooter -- and they pointed a gun in the officers direction. the officer fired one shot and the person ran away. police found a man with multiple gunshot wounds

me if it was vise versa ebony brown has cheered on her sister amber her whole life -- as her teammate on various basketball teams. the most recent -- norfolk state university. but today -- she )s rooting for her for an entirely different reason. 43;33 every second and every day counts for her right now 45;40 it )s tough just like for everyone else it )s tough but i have 100% faith in amber the power- forward and junior at nsu was found in her dorm room unresponsive on new years day by her teammates after she didn )t show up to practice on time -- according to her family. ebony tells newschannel 3 they believe the incident was diabetes-related -- and happened the day before. she s currently at sentara norfolk general hospital in critical condition. 54;20 it )s tough anytime were missing a team member but times like this i think the team has come closer together 28 they have a little bit more to play for now but it )s not just the team together. amber s loved ones describe the support from the n-s-u community as overwhelming. 45;19 everyone around campus even if they didn t know her or if they had one class they have commented and supported in some type of w

crowley in norfolk the norfolk state university community is coming together for one of its women )s basketball players -- who is fighting for her life. amber brown s family tells newschannel 3 -- her teammates found her unresponsive in her dorm room on new years day when she did not show up to get ready for practice. they tell us -- they believe the incident was diabetes-related. fundraisers to help pay for amber s medical costs at all home basketball games this month. amber s sister says her teammates have also started to raise awareness about diabetes. 45;19 everyone around campus even if they didn t know her or if they had one class they have commented and supported in some type of way 54;20 it )s tough anytime were missing a team member but times like this i think the team has come closer together 28 they have a little bit more to play now amber is currently at sentara norfolk general hospital in critical condition according to a hospital spokesman. her family has also set up a gofundme account to help pay for her medical costs. just head over to wtkr dot-com for the details. new details we now know the name of the driver whose tractor trail

in norfolk the norfolk state university community is coming together for one of its women s basketball players -- who is fighting for her life. amber brown s family tells newschannel 3 -- her teammates found her unresponsive in her dorm room on new years day when she did not show up to get ready for practice. they tell us -- they believe the incident was diabetes-related. now the school is holding fundraisers to help pay for amber s medical costs at all home amber s sister says her teammates have also started to raise awareness about diabetes. 45;19 everyone around campus even if they didn t know her or if they had one class they have commented and supported in some type of way 54;20 it )s tough anytime were missing a team member but times like this i think the team has come closer together 28 they have a little bit more to play for now amber is currently at sentara norfolk general hospital in critical condition according to a hospital spokesman. her family has also set up a gofundme account to help pay for her medical costs. just head over to wtkr dot-com for the details. new details from hampton tonight we learned the man and woman fou

keep hoping for the best, the very best ebony brown says she begged her sister -- amber -- to join her at norfolk state university on the women )s basketball team two years ago. now she has another request for the now- junior and powerful small forward. to keep fighting. 43;33 every second and every day counts for her right now so she )s fighting and were fighting for her out here because i know that s what she wanted and that s what she d do for me if it was vise versa ebony says amber was found in her dorm room unresponsive on new years day by her teammates they believe the incident was diabetes-related -- and happened the day before. she s currently at sentara norfolk general hospital in critical condition. 45;40 it )s tough just like for everyone else it )s tough but i have 100% faith in amber but what was equally stunning as the news about amber -- her loved ones say -- was the overwhelming support from the n-s-u community. fundraisers will be held at all home basketball games this month -- and her teammates have worked to raise awareness about diabetes. 45;09 the support system it gives me shivers, um, it )s wonderful 46;19 her praye

crowley to in norfolk the norfolk state university community is coming together for one of its women s basketball players -- who is fighting for her life. amber brown s family tells newschannel 3 -- her teammates found her unresponsive in her dorm room on new years day when she did not show up to get ready for practice. they tell us -- they believe the incident was diabetes-related. now the school is holding fundraisers to help pay for amber s medical costs at all home basketball games this month. amber s sister says her teammates have also started to raise awareness about diabetes. 45;19 everyone around campus even if they didn t know her or if they had one class they have commented and supported in some type of way missing a team member but times like this i think the team has come closer together 28 they have a little bit more to play for now amber is currently at sentara norfolk general hospital in critical condition according to a hospital spokesman. her family has also set up a gofundme account to help pay for her medical costs. just head over to wtkr dot-com for the details. 10-people were taken to the hospital after an s-u-v crashed into a

norfolk state university women )s basketball player was found unresponsive in her dorm room on new year s-pday. newschannel 3 s kelly rule joins us live at n-s-u with the latest. kelly? amber brown s family did not want to go into too many details about her medical condition -- but they tell us they believe it was diabetes-related -- and her teammates found her in her dorm room about a day after they believe her incident happened. they )re all pulling for her to make a big recovery. 55;06 she takes care of everybody and everything so team norfolk state university women s basketball head coach -- debra clark -- is talking about one of power forwards -- amber. but this week -- her teammates -- are taking care of her. 54;20 it )s tough anytime were missing a team member but times like this i think the team has come closer together 28 they for now the junior at nsu was found in her dorm room unresponsive on new years day by her teammates after she didn )t show up to practice on time -- according to her family. ambers sister -- ebony -- tells newschannel 3 they believe the incident was diabetes-related -- and happened the day before. she s currently at sentara norfolk general hospita

norfolk state university basketball player is in the hospital with what school officials call "a serious medical condition." spartans. 10 on your side's liz kilmer just talked to brown's sister. she's working on putting a story together for you at 5:30. an escaped inmate is back in custody. elizabeth city police say they found heather burton hiding under a bed in a home this afternoon. washington county sheriff's deputies are headed to pasquotank county to pick her up. burton escaped while at a hopsital to get an injury checked out. new information in this crash at the chesapeake bay bridge-tunnel. only chopper 10 gave you this view live yesterday at 4 of the truck in the water and crews taking 33-year-old matthew killmon to the hospital. bridge-tunnel police say killmon tried to pass a slower-moving 18 wheeler before losing control and plunging into the bay. 10 on your side's jason marks talked to the crews who saved his live and joins us live from the virginia beach side of the bridge-tunnel . tonight rescue crews are still in disbelief that matthew killmon is alive. they say not many driver who end up in the water let's take you back to this scene yesterday just af