claudette is hopeful if this doing it. if you see an occurrence of it, it may not be coincidental at this point. >> reporter: thankfully this cat was a survival. claudette and her sister believe they already have a name for this little one. >> we thought about miracle. >> we thought of miracle because it's a miracle it's alive. >> reporter: that truck is described as an older model brown pickup truck are a or silver metal top. it was traveling northbound on the howard franklin at the time of the incident f that cat simply jumped from the truck on its own, there was nothing criminal here. if someone threw the cat out of the truck, we could be looking at criminal charges. just thank the lord that this cat survived. >> absolutely, chip. thank you. reporting live in tampa. >>> brand-new officers begin tomorrow. it is their first day on the job and many admit they are nervous. we were there a few days ago as 18 new police officers took the oath and were sworn in as the newest members of the st. petersberg police department fami

. >> claudette is hoping other cats don't end up in the same spot especially if this wasn't an accident. >> if this is a reoccurring incident happening it is super important to catch the person who's doing it. >> fhp is investigating why it is happening to the cats, everything happened so fast she didn't get a good look at the driver, if you see a cat on the side of the road call fhp. i'm jake peterson, abc action news. >>> right now police in st. petersburg have opened a road shut down after a car crashed into sadly, the driver a 75-year-old man died. mehow he on 54th driving erratically. the street was shut down for hours, no other passengers were in the vehicle, police have not identified the driver. >>> in tampa another driver crashes into a tree. that it driver also dies. the crash happened last night. police say the driver lost control of the car while on the curve of the i-75 entrance ramp, the name of the driver has not been released. >>> citrus county firefighters inve fire at a shopping plaza. traffic was redirected away from the area, part of u. s. 19 was closed. there is no

patrol says they didn't have a description until now and perhaps if this case is related according to claudette zoll the woman who rescued the kitty this cat was tossed from an old brown pickup truck with a silver topper. and so anyone with information is asked to call the florida highway patrol. >> nearly two months after a alligator at a disney resort, crews were out building a phone stonecall around the lake wheret happens. a part of a new plan designed to keep guests safe. the toddler was dragged into the lake by a gator back in june. dwoanweekend to be at the beach. first of all, moderate waves out there, and overall probably not the best boating weather as well, and you see the rain drops that are continuously moving on to the camera with the waves of showers moving through the area. this is what we'll continue to have during the night and into the day tomorrow. here is a making their way into citrus county, and down through arcadia, and north port, getting a quick shower as well. we'll watch them dissipate but this is the main batch of rain sitting over the northeast gulf and this all co

either way, when claudette saw that animal, she knew she had to stop. charlotte believe they already have a name for this little one. >> we thought about miracle. >> we thought about calling it miracle, because it's a miracle it's alive. >> reporter: she knew she had to do something when she saw the cat fly out of a truck, but what? cars were going by at 70 miles an hour. she called for help and then they snapped these pictures. take a close look. you can see miracle peering out behind the wheel of st. oll's car. it was quite the job, but they were able to get her out safety. miracle is the latest cat to show up on this bridge. >> this is little howard franklin. we've been calling him frank. >> reporter: frank was discovered by a vet tech last month ask survived, but most cats discovered didn't make it. >> i've seen four dead, one was still living. >> reporter: cat sightings began in late may. mary told news channel 8 she has a theory of how they're getting there. >> this is someone that just doesn't like cats that's throwing them out of a car window al

after claudette had been risted, we talked about the situation and we had done what que for her, that is why we did not fool the lawsuit at that time, be we began to keep a record of it. and every day, we would meet. we would talk. we would talk about what type of person if they were asked to get up to give the seat to a white person. she was well-prepared and was willing to do whatever needed to be done to end seg is going on the buses. so, so it was a logical thing for us to talk and even on december 1st, 1655, the day of the's rest, he with met as we had for lunch, and i had told her, i was going to be out of town this afternoon. and when i got back in town, i had phone calls from her, i had a lot of mess a.m.s from her secretary telling me that, tell meg that mrs. parks had been arrested when i returned her call, she asked know come to her house and talk to her about her case. i went and talked with her. she had taken place and the case, this was during the evening. she wanted me to represent her in that case. i told her i would. i also told her that not only we take care of that

>> not a cat but a kitten, only thankfully for this sweet little girl, claudette zoll saw it happen and pulled over on the bridge to help. >> i thought oh my god, this kitten is not going to die on my watch. >> but someone has been tossing cats out of moving vehicles on the bridge, in the f past severl months, six have been found dead on the bridge, and zol doesn't believe this was an accident. >> i tried honking my horn but the man just kept on going. >> but now she is safe and sound and under the careful protection of a new foster mommy. >> that is mia's one miracle cat, and they say they have nine lines, that poor thing now has eight. control didn't have a have have description but now they might if the cases are related. an old brown pickup truck with a silver top is what was described. anyone with information is asking to call the florida highway patrol. and today the widow of a st. pete po police officer brout in a very special gift swat team. >> her husband was killed by a fugitive and she wanted to do something to help the department. with money raised by her charity, she bought

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claudette said raise your hands in the air. if i could find my hips i wouldn't be here. things got desperate. we went on a few of us went to the men in charge and said can we use this gem from absolutely not. that's not fair. no, cannot. can we expand the gym, no you cannot. it was a horrible experience. i said okay i'm going to use my sense of humor. i went to marcy captor and i said can you carry a tune and i wrote a song it was suggested by my colleagues that i would send it to the leadership. we had a guitar and it went like this. exercise glamorize where to go will you advise can everybody use your gym? then it went on and equal rights but to avoid those macho fights. can't everybody use your gym and then we end up with we are not trim, we are not a slam, can we make it hers and ham, can everybody use your gym we are only asking. it's the only time i ever change policy with my lyrics. >> host: i think that it's a nice example and it's not just the senate gym or the house. you're taking on the issue happening all over america. it could be high school girls. let's tak