got up the next morning and it had spread. >> reporter: nicholson said vaughn spent a week at cartersvilleal center. she says the infection quickly spread from his abdomen to his back. he was eventually of ited to doctors hospital in augusta -- transported to doctors hospital in augusta. >> for some reason it was like every two days when they would go to check, it was spreading still. so they finally -- that's when they sent him to augusta. >> vaughn has had five surgeries. doctors have removed nearly two pounds of infected tissue. >>> up next find out why a virginia pilot was arrested trying to board a plane. >> also ahead. >> reporter: a lot of the graduates here today at bowie state university can look up in the stands and see some family, but one of them has to look just right next to her. she and her mom are graduating together. i'm beth parker, that story coming up. >>> but first here's fox business network's neil cavuto. >> call it the facebook fizzle, investors finally getting a chance to friend the social networking giant friday as facebook makes its highly anticipated wall street

. >>> we're going to begin today's show with dashcam video and take to you cartersville, georgia, for this. the story from wsb in atlanta. as this video begins you see not one but two patrol cars in pursuit of a green minivan. now, what happened was, officers tried to pull this green minivan over near a gas station, but the minivan, instead of pulling over for the cops took off. as the chase begins their driving speeds up to about 90 miles an hour on some busy roadways. >> i didn't even know a minivan could go that fast. >> the difference between a lot of the videos we've seen two officers in pursuit so actually have two angles of the chase. keep watching right here. they're about to stop this minivan. first you see one officer clip the minivan. and watch. we've got what it looks like inside of the car that clipped the van. keep watching, because the minivan zooms past the cop car that clipped him, and then -- >> oh, the guy just bailed. jumped out. it's still moving. >> and he didn't fall. pretty amazing. >> and leaves the car in gear, and watch what happens. it rams into the back of

the next day he went to cartersville medical center in intense pain experiencing significant swelling in his groin area. doctors delivered the grim news. >> told me they needed to admit me. they said this is a lot worse than they expected. >> reporter: vaughn endured six surgeries. nearly 2 pounds of dead tissue was removed as they worked to keep the infection from spreading. as he works to reclaim his life, the young patients he left behind haunt vaughn. >> i had a chance to sit down with a lady that has tting in t that has about 70% burns to her body. >> reporter: the critical care children vaughn encountered moved him. >> when you hear a baby cry in pain, it does something to you. >> reporter: vaughn says his company alpha and omega landscaping is already involved in charitable works, but he wants to do more. in coming weeks vaughn will establish a charity for bartow county children who need a helping hand. witnessing the suffering of young patients during his time in the hospital he felt compelled to do more for his own community. >> this pain i felt has made me want to give every

. >> reporter: the cartersville landscaper was injured at work when he fell from a tree two weeks ago and suffered a cut to his side. >> he got a cut on his side and took him to the hospital. my son said he was throwing up and i took him to the hospital. go and they treated him and he chose to leave and it spread the next morning. >> reporter: he spent a week at the medical center and the infection spread from his abdomen to his back. he was eventually transferred to doctor's hospital in augusta. >> it was kind of scary at first because we, for some reason, it was like every two day when is they would go to check if it was spreading still and finally, that is when they support him to augusta. >> reporter: vaughn has had five surgeries. the doctors removed nearly two pounds of infected tissue. >>> the first time ever, the cdc is recommending all baby boomers get tested for hepatitis c. everyone born between 1945 and 1965. baby boomers account for more than three quarter of all americans living with the virus. it can take decades to get the virus and many don't know they have it. and it

bobby von is a landscaper from cartersville.today" by phone from his hospital room. >> i was just working one day and it just hit me like a ton of bricks. >> reporter: he says he has been through five surgeries where doctors removed almost two pounds of infected tissue near his groin. >> i still don't know the extent of this thing. i don't know. i've been -- i was told i was close to death. >> reporter: but he is thankful he is now in good condition. and his thoughts are with aimee who is just a few rooms away at the augusta hospital. the young woman still fighting for her life. >>> now at 6:00 tonight a new campaign scandal for mayor vincent gray. >> smoke filled a tunnel full of cars. people had to abandon their vehicles to escape the school bus on fire. >>> might as well get used to the rain. going to be around for a while. >>> on the final day of the

it's a 33-year-old man from cartersville, georgia.ely watching the cases of 24-year-old amy copeland who is in the hospital in augusta and the mother of three twins in greenville, south carolina. our cnn medical correspondent, elizabeth cohen is here. the question we would have to know off the battle me about the third case. >> his name is bobby vaughn and a 32-year-old landscaper here in georgia. and he has some kind of a mark or cut or something on his leg and he said that it grew very quickly from peanut size to grapefruit size. so as you can imagine that would be quite alarming and would send to you the hospital to check it out. but he's in good condition. he's talking to people. so we're very glad to hear that. >> that sounds almost like the same thing that lana described when she was in the hospital and found that bruise or bruise looking mark that started to grow very quickly. is it the same kind of story? >> very similar. what happens this bacteria is so voracious that it grows very quickly, does it damage very quickly so you

bobby vaughn is a landscaper from cartersville. "today" by phone from his hospital room. >> i was just -- i was working one day, and it just hit me like a ton of bricks. boom. >> reporter: he says he's been through five surgeries, where doctors removed almost two pounds of infected tissue near his groin. >> i still don't know the extent of this thing. you know. i don't know -- i mean, i was told i was close to death. >> reporter: but he's thankful he's now in good condition. and his thoughts are with aimee copeland, who is just a few rooms away at this augusta hospital. the young woman still fighting for her life. experts estimate that these types of infections are rare. they think there are about several hundred cases in the u.s. each year. with about one in four being fatal. lester? >> all right, gabe gutierrez this morning at augusta, thanks. that's disturbing stuff. >> i know. we want to make a turn now and get the rest of the mornings's top stories. natalie is on assignment so savannah is at the news desk. >> good morning. for