shudders when she thinks about what could have happened if she and her family never crossed paths with bruce wood, a trash truck driver in baltimore county. >> i was just doing what anybody would do. trying to help people. >> it was september 6 at around 6:30 in the morning. wood was on his regular route and noticed smoke coming out of this home. he told two other men with him to call 911 and check the front door. >> i ran around the back. the back was like on fire already. i started banging on the door and screaming for them. to beatingwoke up and banging and screaming at the door. >> miller says she and her husband and dog made a run for the front door just as wood was about to smash it in with a baseball bat that he keeps in his truck. littleere -- they were a dazed and confused. they came out. i got them out and was able to get the dog to come out. everybody was out safe. >> the amazing and frightening thing is, literally the moment everyone was accounted for and safe, the roof already engulfed in flames collapsed. wednesday, baltimore county honored bruce wood for his efforts, presenting him

forever. [ applause ] >> track truck driver bruce wood noticed smoke coming from the roof of the home three weeks ago. he was able to alert the couple inside, even help the family dog escape. he was presented with a hero pin for his bravery. >>> speaking out for the first time since the infamous party bus brawl, jones is talking about the incident saying he was in the wrong place at the wrong time. wjz is live and we have more from jones and his teammates on that scandal. >> reporter: tonight, jacobi jones addressed the incident for what he says is the first and the last time. seen for the first time in public since the alleged party bus brawl, jones addresses the incident on his radio show. >> i was in the wrong place at the wrong time. i did nothing wrong. >> reporter: jones admits he was on a party bus in d.c. but claims he did not get into a physical altercation with a stripper. police say jones was hit over the head with a champagne dottable. the incident sparked criticism from ray lewis. >> when you think about the ravens and the transition they've went through, they're missing

bruce wood noticed smoke coming out of their home. he called 911 and checked the front door. he began banging on the back door screaming to try to wake the occupants up. >> we just woke up to beating and banging and screaming at the door. >> they were a little dazed and confused. they were able to get the dogs to come out. so everybody was out safe. >> yesterday, baltimore county gave him a hero pin, and honor given out very few times. a school bus driver remains in stable condition. 35 kids are a little shaken up. it happened on davis road in waldorf. police say most of the students were taken to the hospital just as a precaution. >> the baltimore city school system has agreed to extend the current contract with the teachers union. the union says the contract is paying off for a good number of teachers but remains a work in progress. >> all in all, contractors work and there are still some things we are working on. this is a new path. we are able to step over them. >> is starting salary is the highest in the state and more than $47,000 a year. a community is in line to get a

the county executive produced bruce wood with a special heroes pen for their action that morning. >>their route was supposed to go a different way. but they might not have been there. >> you don't even want to think about that. and you are glad it ended like it did. >> exactly. >> they were meant to be there. >> he said to patty miller, you were supposed to still be with us. that type of thing. great things still to do. >>> still to come tonight on wjz's eyewitness news. deadly siege is over in kenya. now, authorities are still piecing together how it ended and how many people were killed in the conflict. >>> seeing your child on fire and then screaming help me is definitely pretty terrifying. >>> terrifying to say the least. this mother recounts the horrifying moment her son caught fire. how she says it happened. >>> i'm bob turk. the first warning weather center. will this beautiful weather last? i'll have the exclusive first warning five-day forecast. we'll be right back. ,,,,,,,,,,, >>> beautiful evening. not quite as chilly as last night. staying in the low 50s most places. tomo

. >> the county executive presented bruce wood with a special hero pin for his actions that morning. >>> take a drive down russell street now. and you can see the beginnings of what is soon to be baltimore city's first casino. monique griego got a behind the scenes look at this $400 million project. >> construction here has been going on for six months. but in the past six weeks, things have kicked into high gear. all of these cranes are working overtime. >> reporter: it started as a dirt lot downtown. but in just six months, construction crews have turned the empty space between russell and warner streets into the beginning of the $440 million horse shoe casino. >> i think people can see the reality coming with all the talks and the rendering goes gone out. you can see the real look. >> this is the part of the job starting to progress quickly. >> reporter: today, the manager gave wjz a tour of the project's progress. >> just past the elevator trunks, you open into the casino floor. >> reporter: the steel beams are up, as well as much of the concrete, for what will be a two-story cas

bruce willis, elijah wood, dan ackroyd. $50 million movie. it was this a big to-do with the big premiere in hollywood. i flew my parents out from florida. it was the greatest night of my life. then the next morning, the reviews came out. i do not know how many of you remember roger ebert's review of "north" or carry it with you in your wallet -- [laughter] >> to keep you humble. " but to refresh your memory -- i hated this movie. hated, hated, hated, hated this movie. hated it. hated every audience-insultingh moment-ated the sensibility that thought anyone would like it. hated the implied insult to the audience by its believe that anyone would actually be entertained by it. now, -- [laughter] on the surface -- [laughter] this may seem like an unfavorable review. but if you read between the lines, i think he sort of like it. i just love this one goes a little bit better. that is all. >> although it is hollywood. we had these conversations with the people that have bought the rights. they buy a book, and and then they tell you all the things th

wood million dollar home. >> don't call it [beep]. >> bruce jenner got another face surgery.had some cancerous tissues on his nose. >> this is serious. >> he was out seen with all of these band aids across his nose. everyone was wondering what the hell was going on. he had cancer again. about a year ago, he had a cancerous spot on the side of his face they had to remove. you know what the problem is? he has too much leisure time. >> it's kris jenner's fault. she is supporting him financially which is it making him lazy and going golfing and now he has cancer. thanks, kris jenner. >> it's a plausible theory. >> she is trying to kill that dude. >> is that cancer with a k? [laughter] >> michael jackson has been dead for four years or alive for four ghost years depending on how you look at it. now he lives again, not literally, because we have video of his very last photo shoot. let's watch. michael jackson go boom. ok, someone explain. >> we got this video of michael jackson from 2007 during a photo shoot. it's awesome because he eats his so hard in this video. >> geez, a fall l

wood million dollar home. >> don't call it [beep]. >> bruce jenner got another face surgery.ancerous tissues on his nose. >> this is serious. >> he was out seen with all of these band aids across his nose. everyone was wondering what the hell was going on. he had cancer again. about a year ago, he had a cancerous spot on the side of his face they had to remove. you know what the problem is? he has too much leisure time. >> it's kris jenner's fault. she is supporting him financially which is it making him lazy and going golfing and now he has cancer. thanks, kris jenner. >> it's a plausible theory. >> she is trying to kill that dude. >> is that cancer with a k? [laughter] >> michael jackson has been dead for four years or alive for four ghost years depending on how you look at it. now he lives again, not literally, because we have video of his very last photo shoot. let's watch. michael jackson go boom. ok, someone explain. >> we got this video of michael jackson from 2007 during a photo shoot. it's awesome because he eats his so hard in this video. >> geez, a fall like that c

around the neighborhood and bruce's home was actually one of the ones that actually caught my eye and i thought that it was done with all of the set backs and a lot of wood paneling and so it blends in nicely, the developer has a big, white, jaring box that he has proposed to build and that is something that i am opposed and especially that i like walking up the hill and seeing all of the nice homes. and so, this is, for several months and he kept us abreast of what the development that have been happening and he seems like a nice, reasonable person. we have also been wondering why the developer has not met with us and it seems like he has promised a lot to bruce and every time that you either disappeared or let him down, made promises that he does not keep. and so, i would like you to consider the modifications that bruce has proposed. thanks. >> hi, my name is carm en tang and i am reading this letter on behalf of denise kilky. >> i am currently a tenants at 643 duncan which is four houses east of the construction project. i purchased this house in 1991 after falling in love with the valley and the quaint neighborhood and the homes and the non-city, ye