he says, i know, dad. >> reporter: it was the last time his parents would see caleb alive. big brother nathan was dutifully waiting for him at the bottom when the unimaginable happened. >> he was screaming. he flew from verrukt. >> reporter: nathan ran to find his mother but the horror made it nearly impossible for the 12-year-old to explain. >> there was a gentleman who wouldn't allow me to come close enough to see what was going on. he just kept saying, "no, trust me, you don't want to go any further." >> reporter: scott was in such shock, good samaritans had to confirm the incomprehensible. >> i need to hear you say it, is my son dead? he said, yes, your son is dead. put us on a golf cart, sorry you lost your son. it was surreal. i hardly remember driving home. >> reporter: so far no criminal charges have been filed, but the family has settled with the theme park for an undisclosed sum which will go to caleb's three brothers. the family is still pursuing legal action against others including the firm contracted to build the slide. they declined our request for comment. >

a complety than the tragedy that unfolded when caleb schwab lost his life. but it's easy to see how in a fast-paced ride like this, things can go wrong in an instant. this man was in an austin, texas, slide when he ka reared off the edge, falling down a rocky cliff. he suffered a broken arm and fractured ribs but survived. in this video a man desperately holds on to another rider. after falling off of the raft before eventually being plucked back to safety. >> i've got three kids that tale from the ferris wheel. >> reporter: last august three girls were injured when they fell off the ferris wheel in green county fair, tennessee. last april in texas a teen died at a church carnival. she was hurled from her seat on a small spinning ride like this one. there nor federal regulations governing amusement parks and the enforcement of state laws is patchwork. the schwabs and their lawyers are trying to change that. but sustaining themselves on faith and friends. ♪ >> reporter: at caleb's funeral his baseball team huddling with scott. and it was scott's friends who a

that's caleb heading out into the gator pond. caleb has a whole two days of gator wrestling experience. jason is coaching caleb from behind the camera. >> watch his right shoulder. let him go right in front of you. there you go. >> the first one he was looking for, going after, kind of slipped away. caleb is still advancing. >> jump him! jump! >> he nearly steps on another. that one turns to take a snap on him. >> calm down! >> whoa! they are everywhere! >> i know. i can't believe he's in there. >> caleb didn't jump over the fence because on the other side of the fence is bruce almighty. a 12 1/2-foot long, so he's safer on this side. >> safer than going into the fire. >> luckily, he listened to jason's advice. >> calm down, you're fine. >> if you're not moving around, they tend to lose interest. >> go, go, go! >> he originally gets away from the one that turned on him. this is what they do at the colorado reptile gator park, once they are individually caught, they are brought in to make sure they are not injured throughout the y

. >> caleb schwab died in august.mother and father talk about the horrifying moment that will stay with them forever. here's matt gutman. >> reporter: the parents of caleb schwab, the 10-year-old killed in a tragic water park accident, speaking out for the first time. last august the schwabs decided to take their four boys including caleb to the schlitterbahn water park. caleb and his 1-year-old brother nathan went straight to the 170-foot scaffold of verruckt which means insane in german. >> before they took off i said brothers stick together and he says, i know, dad. i said look at me, brothers stick together. i know dad, okay. >> reporter: it was the last time they'd see caleb alive. big brother nathan waited for him at the bottom when the unimaginable happened. >> he was screaming. he flew from verruckt. he flew from >> reporter: matt gutman, abc news, new york. >> he'll have more on "good morning america" with that interview. >>> a big scare near oklahoma city. dozens evacuated as a grass fire spread out of contr

caleb did not make it to thehat do caleb? >> giving him hearing about his day. >> we hav boxing want still hurting okay. >> the family settl an unclosed amount of money, that money is going to his brothers. meantime the water slide ride was closed down for good. >> there's much more ahead on "action news" at 1:30. known as a pione delaware details how the first african-american woman elected to city council was honored. >> adele won the biggest awards night. find out why she said another nominee should have gotten thealbum of the year instead of gav away. that's and other stories comingh >> the city of wilmington is honoring a pioneer, this morni other leaders unveiled a new marker celebrating the late patty phalen. she was the firsto serveon city council is 10th and pine a garden in her memory. >>> phillies pitchers and catchers report to clearwater florida for spring tra today. the first workout is tomorrow. our sports d his liveorts from clearwater later today on news." >> jahill okafor did travel with the sixers they are

caleb controlling it on his own.han a play day. >> he never gave up. he still hasn't given up. >> reporter: the 11-year-old has fought health issues his whole life. >> he's on iv fluids 18 hours out of the day and we don't sit at home for 18 hours at all. it doesn't slow us down. >> reporter: report upcoming trip to the hospital a major one. >> we're scared. we're terrified of this surgery coming up. >> reporter: that's why these firefighters mission is making his day. >> he thinks firefighters are the moon which is totally fine with us. >> reporter: for the firefighters and officers they are just as inspired by caleb. >> this is one of the easiest things you could ever do as a firefighter and it's definitely one of the most rewarding. >> reporter: the final surprise of the day, the bigge biggest. >> all right, bud. >> reporter: a ride in med flight helicopter with thumbs up and ready to take off. he's still all smiles in the air. making his dream a reality. >> it means more than anyone would ever know, um, to have t

caleb, what was their response? that is right. volunteers1000 white to the beloved community sncc created? you know there are white people in sncc. casey hayden was there. bob zellner was there. sncc had been founded with both blacks and whites in membership. african-americans had always been the majority. there was concern of bringing in this many white volunteers to come out and their fears were will founded because it has a lasting impact with significant structural change. initially, the staff members vote no. this illustrates the important and the ability to bob moses had . he says he is notvote no. this interested in being a move -- being in a movement that is not bir interracial. dave dennis will be chosen as his codirector. where have we seen dave dennis? nathan, where have we seen dave dennis?/ he's in coming of age in mississippi. he was one of the core staff members in mississippi with anne moody. that is the dave she refers to constantly. dave dennis played a very important role and you have seen thehim already. he bec

yeah, caleb? >> i find it interesting they talk about how the two white guys were only shot, while chaney was beaten and then shot multiple times. joel: that is right, he was beaten. you will note if you look at the bottom of page 163, michael schwerner's wife said, we know this search is because my husband and andrew goodman are white. if only chaney was involved, nothing would have been done. that's right. there have been murders in mississippi for years and nothing had been done. but now something was being done. a sort of cynical position that aims you more, that violence to whites would bring media attention actually proves to be true. we returned to this. -- we will return to this. freedom summer goes on. it continues. the wave of volunteers headed to mississippi, they do what they were there to do. these are just some fantastic pictures. i love the symmetry of the volunteers sitting on top of a mailbox, writing a letter. we have a cofo youth coordinator, doug smith, gracie hawthorne, and a

school usually isn't tough for 10-year-old caleb prim but one day in second grade the bullies made it a nightmare. >> you were yelling at them to stop picking on you. >> yeah, i was like, what did i do to you? i didn't do anything. >> reporter: it was such a rough day the teacher called his father. >> i walk in and my son is sitting like this, he's crying too. my first thing is to try to get him to calm down. apparently why are you sitting like that? he goes was the first moment that you saw the handcuffs. >> yeah, like, wow. >> according to an incident report, the security officer says caleb was screaming and appeared to be out of control. eventually he says he had to cuff the boy to avoid him hurting himself. >> he was 7 years old and he reacted and had an emotional outburst and yelling. >> reporter: his lawyer says it was an excessive use of force. instead of leveling him or trying to talk to him about what to do, he was put in handcuffs. >> when he put the handcuffs on, were you scared? >> i was kind of a little scared but mostly i was mad because like he was holding my hand tight

caleb's friends tell me that's not surprising at all. that's just the kind of guy he was. always willing to help and encourages others to do so as well. those charges against the suspect distefano could be upgraded from assault once the cause of death has been determined. back to you. >> thank you. >>> fraternity issued a statement saying they are deeply concerned and saddened by the tragic passing brother caleb zweig. >>> jacksonville arrested a convicted felon in connection with an accidental shooting. investigators believe maurice mobley brought the gun into the home where ab 8-year-old boy shot and killed his sister and wounded a 4-year-old. authorities say the three children were home alone on saturday when the shots rang out. investigators think he is the boy friend of the victim's mother, and a judge could send him back to prison since it is illegal for a felon to possess firearms. >>> new york police say the suspect arrested for the murder of a jogger last summer has confessed to the killing. yesterday a judge held chanel lewis without bail in the death of karina v

>> derek's son caleb was only 7 years old at the time. he was handcuffed in school. when he put the handcuffs on, were you scared? >> i was kind of a little scared, but mostly i was mad because, like, he was like holding my hand tightly. >> reporter: according to an incident report, the security officer says caleb was screaming and appeared to be out of control. eventually, he says, he had to cuff to boy to avoid him hurting himself. caleb's lawyer says it was an excessive use of force. >> instead of leveling with him or trying to talk to him about what to do, he was putti in handcuffs. >> reporter: the incident is one of many we found around the country where grade school kids end up in cuffs, fueling the debate over the role of security officers in schools. >> children as young as first grade, second grade, and third grade are being polices in the hallways where they're supposes to be learning. >> our investigation found a number of similar cases of young children being handcuffs. we also found cases of older children being arrested for surprising reasons. can you

caleb, what was their response? that's right. what would 1000 white volunteers do to the beloved community they had created? don't give a wrong, you know there are white people in sncc. it had been founded by both blacks and whites in membership from the beginning. african-americans had always been the majority. there is a concern of bringing in this white -- this many white volunteers. .t does have a lasting impact it does cause significant structural change. initially, the staff members vote no. at this illustrates the importance and the ability to convince his peers that bob moses had. he says i am not interested in being in a movement that is not interracial. he pushes for this, and they a seed. dave dennis is chosen as his codirector. where have we seen him? seen davidre have we dennis? that's right. he was coming of age in mississippi. one of the core staff members that work in canton, mississippi with anne moody. that is the dave she refers to constantly. he played a really important role, and over again. that's dave. he b

caleb o'neill, a student at orange coast college has been suspended.torching a dormer beating of a motorist? he film a video of a professor comparing donald trump's election to terrorism. >> it's an act of terrorism. one of the most brainy things for me and people in my life is that the people -- is not a stranger from some other country coming in and attacking our sense of what it means to be an american >> greg: for recording the outcome of the student has been removed for a semester. it forced to write an apology as well as an essay that explains his actions. that's what i call reeducation. being punished for precisely what college used to teach you, independent thought. no word on whether the teacher will also write an essay on why she is still allowed to teach. caleb held the teacher accountable and for that he's being held accountable. it's an example in liberal culture where you are only a whistleblower if you are blowing the whistle on things liberals hate. i'm sure if the professor was making fun of 50-odd gender pronouns or skeptical question

caleb and nathan went to the 170 scaffold. i said brothers stick together, he said, i know, dad,stick toge. >> it was the time they would see caleb alive. big brother for him at the bottom when the unimaginable happened. >> he flew. >> reporter: you'll here more of our emotional interview at 7:00 a.m. with the "g.m.a." first look, i'm matt gutman, abc news new york. you could spend the next few days weeding through w2s, pay stubs and bank statements to refinance your home. ou could push that button. [dong] [rocket launching] skip the bank, skip the paperwork, and go completely online. securely share your financial info and confidently get an accurate mortgage solution in minutes. lift the burden of getting a home loan with rocket mortgage by quicken loans. [whisper: rocket] ♪ ♪ give extra. get extra. >> good morning, 5:26 a.m., monday, taking a look at the benjamin franklin parkway, windy out there, we have a wind advisory. wind could reach 50 miles per hour today. >> in the morning buzz we're talking about last night's grammy

i know, dad. >> reporter: it was the last time they'd see caleb alive.for him at the bottom when the unimaginable happened. >> he was screaming, he flew from verruckt, he flew from verruckt. >> reporter: the horror of it made it nearly impossible for 12-year-old nathan to explain what he'd seen. >> there was a gentleman who wouldn't allow me to come close enough to see what was going on and he just kept saying, no, trust me, you don't want to go any further. >> reporter: he was in such shock good samaritans had to confirm it. >> i need to hear you say it. is my son dead? he shook his head. i need to hear it, is my son dead? yes, he is. it was surreal. i hardly remember driving home. >> reporter: when it opened it was touted as an extreme thrill ride. >> are you insane? >> reporter: test videos including clips of rafts going off the slide. they call that insane. abc news was the first news organization to cover it. i think i'm about to be dropped off a cliff. they settled for an undisclosed sum which goes to caleb's three brothers. they call it an acciden

okay. >> reporter: it was the last time they'd see caleb alive. big brother nathan, dutifully waited for him at the bottom, when the unimaginable happened. >> he was screaming. he flew. >> reporter: you'll hear more of our emotional interview coming up at 7:00 a.m. with your gma first look. i'm matt gutman, abc news, new york. >>> despite the bintroduction o body cameras, police are reporting a rise of use of force incidents. last year was the first full year in which detailed data was collected and made public. the increase was minor. in all, 475 people who had use of force encounters in the fourth quarter of 2016 compared to 430 in the third quarter. also, little change was seen in the type of force used. pulling or pointing a gun was the highest reported use of force in 2016. >>> in berkeley, police are waiting for lab tests and evidence to rule out foul play in the death of a couple. 89-year-old woman and her 56-year-old boyfriend, white, both died inside of the home they shared. the woman's son found them and the carbon monoxide blaring. >> y

most about caleb?about his day. >> my morning hug. >> watching him play soccer. i mean, so much, so many things. >> reporter: why was it important for you to do this interview? >> we have a box of greeting cards from around the world and we just want people to know we're thankful and we're still hurting buff we're going to be okay. >> reporter: an amazing family. i asked what message they'd like to send to the folks watching. they said be in the moment and hold your kids just a little bit tighter. now there have been no criminal charges in the case and we've reached out to the park that told us safety is its top priority. problem is amusement ride safety is governed by a patchwork of voluntary regulations and, robin, enforcement varies from state to state. >> what about the ride, is it still in use. >> it's not in use. it's still up. the investigation is not fully concluded. when it is it will be torn down and the family says that won't you never know what you're reaching out to a family like that as t

authorities say caleb died after allegedly being choked by his frat brother. this happened last night in a residential area off campus. >> the witness account is that the defendant was indeed choking the victim. >> okay. choke holdi. pulled off. >> steph know is being held on aggravated assault but more charges may be likely once the official cause of death is determined. the fraternity issued a statement second condolence's to cal caleb's family and they will continue to review with school and fraternity official. >>> supporters rallying outside of trump tower in new york to show approval of the president's act during his first 1-days. they are particularly proud of mr. trump's picks for the supreme court. they are also behind his controversial immigration order. >> it's only a temporary solution until they fix certain policies. >> our country has the right to decide who comes in and who doesn't come in. and i think the president and the congress should decide that. >> students from columbia university at that rally. one of them saying the trump years of a de

five year old boy is spreading the word meticais cassius speaking out for his nine month old brother calebas born with a heart defect. cassius was getting ready to tell his class about his brother's fight when his mother took out her phone and started rolling. >> if we want to find out if he was a boy or a girl, we went to the doctor's so they could see my mom's belly. we found out then that he had a broken heart. so the great doctors at chop they're able to help fix it. >> oh, my goodness. >> a broken heart. >> we have more information about caleb an link to go fund me page for his care all on our website fox29.com. what a big brother. >> yeah. responsible. >> back to your fox 29 weather authority now. >> we take life look at wilmington. we could be seeing a return of spring like temperatures. quite the roller coaster. >> all over the place this week, scott. >> i mean, we had temperatures near 70 degrees earlier in the week. we had that snow, of course, yesterday and as we head toward the weekend, temperatures will be rebounding cloud cover kind of moving in right now. that will unfortuna

we're thrill today have caleb with us.ger davis in the show. 20 years since the premiere of rent. you actually grew up with this because your mom was playing the music at home. >> yeah. it was one of the first musicals that i ever listened to. we would listen to it on long car rides. it is a lot of music. season of love is one of the first songs i heard. the show means a lot to me. it is an honor to be able to share this with people across the country. >> was it difficult for you to connect and get there. >> i think the most interesting thing that i found being on tour with this show is that this show is so relevant right now in the climate politically, economically. >> how do you make it relevant? how do you connect that. >> i think it's -- you know, aids is not necessarily the death sentence that it used to be. that doesn't exist right now. but there are so many problems and people struggling to survive. to many people dealing with their own mortality and creativity. and i think it really rings true with a lot of people

one of them, caleb, pictured dancing here, to the schlitterbahn water park. tall water slide. >> he was he flew from verrÜckt. amy: 10-year-old cable was somehow decapitated on the ride. >> a gentleman wouldn't allow me to come close enough to see what was going on. he just kept saying trust me, you don't to go any further. amy: for the family, utter shock and terror. >> i need to hear you say it. is my son dead? he shook his head. i need to hear it from you. he said, "yes, your son is dead." it's surreal. i don't hardly remember driving home. amy: now the family getting through with faith. >> what do you miss most about caleb? >> giving him hugs. >> hugs. >> hearing about his day. >> the morning hug. >> watching him play soccer. so much. so many things. >> why was it important for you to do the interview? >> we have a box of greeting cards from around the world. we just want people to know one, we're thankful. yeah, we're still hurting but we're going to b amy: in january, the family settled with the park for an undisclosed amount of money that will reported

like caleb. >> i am going to make the most out of whatever i do. i am going to be successful. that is a feeling i want to know that every youth has. lisa: lisa fletcher, abc7 news. alison: if you are interested in helping solve the problem of youth homelessness, there are a lot of places that your he is welcome. go to wjla.com and click on "7 on your side" for resources to help you get started there. now this report is just one of several abc7 is doing throughout all of our newscasts today. in anticipation of this week's abc mini series "when we rise." it's a docudrama telling the story of the modern gay rights movement. in addition to watching the reports we invite you to join the discussion. we will have a live wjla.com facebook live roundtable tonight from 8:00 to 9:00 p.m. then part one of "when we rise" is from 9:00 until 11:00. that is followed by abc7 news at 11:00 p.m. that will interview with a brave teenager. gavin. we will tell you about his emotional and hard-fought battle for transgender rights and the legal challenge before the supreme court. that is coming up to

as a parent i can tell you that you know 10-year-old calebing down the biggest water slide.s parents isn't their it's that they remain unbroken and spoke to us partly to highlight the problems in amusement park safety.on the the schwabs went to the world's tallest slide admission was free r the families of state legi but that thrill ride would cost the kansas state legislator and his wife what was most dear. >> went to the park and five came back. went park. five came back. >> reporter: now for the first time scott and michele schwab recount that tortured schwabs decided to take their four boys including 10-year-old caleb, you see him here danciher to the schlitterbahn water park. caleb and his 12-year-old brother nathan went straight to the170-foot sca verruckt which means insane in german. >> before they took off i brothers stick together. and he says, i know dad. i said brothers stick together. i know dad. >> reporter: it was theast time they'd see caleb nhan dutifully waited for him at the bottom when the unimaginable happened. >> he was screaming, he flew rruckt he flew

that is cashius talking about his nine month old brother caleb.eart defect. little caleb has had one surgery at chop but he still has a fight ahead of him. joining us this morning mom jessica cunningham to talk more about this story. thank you very much for waking up early and joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> how cute was that video? tell me when and where that happened. >> we were in the car and cashius he was asking me some questions about his brother. >> right. >> which he does, end said, mom i really want to tell my class about caleb's heart. >> right. >> okay. i started telling him. can you help me practice. so we started practicing, and i pull out the phone and started recording and then i thought it was so cute i had to share it with all my friends. >> right. >> what's been the response so far? >> great. it's been amazing. there's -- this is awareness week and it's really important we let everybody know about how serious this ch, can be un1% of every dollar that is donate to do children's charities goes to chc. chc is the number o

. >> pretty smart kid, school usually isn't tough for 10-year-old caleb, one day in had second grade,nightmare. >> you were yelling at them to stop picking on you. >> yes. what did i do to you. i didn't do anything. >> it was such a rough day, the teacher called his father. >> i walk in and my son is sitting like this. you know, he's crying too. so my first thing is to try to get him to calm down. suddenly it dawns on me like why are you sitting like that. he goes like this. >> that was the first moment that you saw -- >> the handcuffs. like wow! >> reporter: according to incident report, security officers say caleb was screaming and appeared to be out of control. eventually he says he had to cuff the boy to avoid him from hurting himself. >> he was 7 years old and reacted and was yelling. >> caleb's lawyer says it was excess i use of force. >> instead of leveling him or trying to talk to him about what to do, he was put in handcuffs. >> when he put the handcuffs on you were you scared. >> i was kind of scared, but mostly mad because he was holding my hand tightly. >> that hurts. >> t

caleb was a student at iu. he got into a fight with a fraternity brother and brady de staff an owe choked him and he later died at the hospital. they charged stefano with assault and he's held without bond. fraternity of the school which is about an hour east of pittsburgh issued a statement that says in part "we offer our deepest condolences to caleb's friends and families and we'll continue to monitor and review the situation along with local and university officials. >>> straight ahead on "fox5"elementary school kits bitten by bedbugs at school. "fox5" push for answers about the infestation and what is next for students as the school closes for cleaning. fios is not cable. which means we can deliver equal uploads and downloads. lcome to 8 and a half maple reet. it'half a house. and even though it only has half a kitchen, half the closet space and a half bath, it's a full house to the wilsons. because they have fios,