chester gardner. >> reporter: she was able to track him down after he bought a home in anthem. it was a blessing an honor to meet her. >> reporter: time only brought more gratitude. >> you showed me the true meaning of friendship and you showed me we can love others even if they are not like us or they don't come from the same place or same background and that is what you did for me. it has been a humbling experience to be in guantanamo a?nd have soldierslikeyou help us. you d loved us. for that, i'm grateful. >> reporter: a friendship built under difficult circumstances and a reunion two decades in the making. andrew hasbun, fox 10 news. >> her mom had to sneak her out of cuba in a duffel bag because at the time, it was almost impossible for children to leave cobras. the driver was hired to drive the snakes from a northern province to ho chi minh city. that is a strange uber. it is against the law so the driver is in trouble. >>> the panda at the international zoo has to undergo surgery. the panda had a lemon-sized mas in his small intestine. others are trying to spin it and s

chester gardner was an 18-year-old soldier when he was sent to the base. >> she had an infectious smileghter and just everything. it help us all get through. >> reporter: after she left the base the two tried to he can change letters. she saved one he wrote to her shortly after arriving in miami. >> some day i will see you okay when i don't know. you be a good little girl and stay out of trouble, okay. love always your friend and godfather pfc chester gardner. >> it took some digging but she was eventual able to track him down after he bought a home in an son. >> as soon as i saw the picture i knew exactly who it was and it was just a blessing and honor to meet her. >> years may have passed but time only brought more gratitu gratitude. >> you show me the true meaning of friendship. you showed me that that we can love others. even if they're not like us or if they don't come the from the same place or the same background and that's what he get from me and it's been a humbling experience could be in guantonimo bay and to have the soldiers like you help us and did you more than serve. you

spent 10 months at guantanamo bay and there, the then 8 year-old befriended private first class "chester gardner" who was stationed at the base on a humanitarian mission. he was just 18 at the time, but the two bonded instantly. after she left the base, the two tried to exchange letters. but time took it's course. and over the weekend, the two met for the first time since she left to start her a friendship built under difficult circumstances and a reunion that was two decades in the making. nieves says with every year that passes-- she grows even more no closed captioning is the florida gators are playing for the sec championship this weekend for a 2nd straight year... while this is a lopsided matchup with alabama... the tide is favored by 24 points.. . the gators have to get a lot of credit for just getting here... florida has taken another hit to their starting roster.... hillsborough grad jordan sheritt is out... the defensive end injured his knee in the florida state game.... he joins seven other starters who won't play..... still jim mcelwain is getting it positive and doesn't beleive this

gardner. >>> wednesday night a chester county teachers aide is accused of having inappropriate encounter with two students and a hot air balloon makes a hard landing. >>> and the big illegal drug operation three boxes and marijuana and cocaine and so far one man behind bars. this is video of an armed robbery in progress at a freight company in sharon hill. police are searching for the two bandits and the individuals that when to pick up the drugs in the first place. chad pradelli with the story. >> reporter: yes jim, you have one free company and a load of drugs worth nearly a million dollars and now police in darby and the dea is trying to figure out who is responsible. >> this is surveillance of one arm the suspect storming a freight country in chestnut hill and orders two employees to the ground and lets his partner inside and flees with a box police assume has narcotics but they own got away with one of two boxes shipped from the same address in california to sharon hill.

gardner. note ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> it's friday night. the big story on "action newses" is breaking news from the city of chester, two children have been shott in the crossfire of the 600 block of central avenue. the gunfire wounded a six-year-old boy and 13-year-old girl while playing in the yard. the six-year-old is in children's hospital. the 13-year-old has less serious injuries. we have no word about the gunman. >> at its worst the area outside of a shopping center was a lake. people had to be rescued as a water main break flooded the shopping center. the big question, what's causing water mains to keep bursting at this shopping center. "action newses" dan is at the baker center at the 3400 block. this is getting dangerous not to mention extensionive. >> that's right. the water mains are over a hundred years old. some were saying here we go again. the fourth water main break at this location. customers scramble to get to safety. >> from the chopper you get the full advantage of what happened, water qushing out on the 3400 block of fox. it turned the lot into a river. some were through this before. >> a man came in and said there was wa

gardner. >> ♪ >> monday night the search is on for a hit-and-run driver who struck a woman in chester and allides with a car in the kensington section of philadelphia. >>> but the big story on "action news" tonight is attempted homicide in a dorm room at desales university. the campus in center valley is trying to come to grips with the dorm room violence. the student is behind bars tonight after allegedly stabbing two roommates over the the weekend. the suspect a 19-year-old from philadelphia is behind bars on a half million dollars bail. live on the desales campus is "action news" reporter bob brooks. bob, what's the latest on this? >> reporter: jim, good evening. students we spoke with say not here, not their school but unfortunately that is the case. i can't tell -- i can tell i was bloody knife has been found and it is reported the suspect told the victims he was prepared to kill them. >> that's crazy. >> yeah, small school. >> stuff like this kind of shocks you. >> reporter: desales university rocked by an attempted double homicide. reported weapon of choice a knife found bloody at th