safe recovery of gigi urlich-woodard and her children, 5-year-old dorian sandhu and 4-year-old frederick sandhu. police station to close kids from her parents with legal custody. the mom doesn't have custody with the family had not been heard from for hours and the mom made threatening statements according to police. this case was textbook in how it was supposed to end. >> we put out the amber alert. people found out about these missing kids and it worked. we were able to locate them. >> reporter: charges for abducting her children are pending. coming up a reminder that it doesn't matter your age or your size, anyone can make a difference. >> making a huge impact for us today. also showing us that our country, our community, we have great leaders. >> reporter: a lot of praise 8-year-old girl. how she turned her small business into big money for the department but first a space shuttle tragedy 30 years later. hard to believe. you will see how the family of one of the challenger victims describes the disastrous day. >> we are itching for a weather change and it is coming behind through tonight. >

authorities found dorian sandhu and frederick sandhu, they were originally taken away from their mother by their grandparents care. authorities issue dealer because this is the woman was only supposed to have supervised visits with them. >> hundreds of people gathered at kennedy space center to pay tribute to nasa's foreign astronauts. this day of remembrance march 30 anniversary of the space shuttle challenger disaster which took the lives of seven astronauts including the woman who would have been the first teacher in space. nasa also honor the memories of the other astronauts who have died for space exploration. 30 years ago, the challenger after liftoff from kse, month- long investigation found the ceiling rocket booster feels alone hot gases to burn into the external tank, triggering the explosion. the mission had been postponed four times because of bad weather, and investigators found the cold weather that morning also contributed to the tragic accident. >> at the time we did not realize there was a lot of debate. to launch or not? unfortunately we did and we know what happened.

children were found after a state-wide amber alert was issued. 5-year-old dorian and 4-year-old frederick sandhu, along with their mother gigi, were found in madison, florida. that' s about an hour east of tallahassee. two out of state utility workers saw the amber alert on their phone and thought the car police were looking for sounded familiar. kids, a male acquaintance, and a pet monkey were staying at the same motel as the workers. detectives say the kids are safe. they were taken from their grandparents house this morning by their mother who does not have custody. meredith: tonight we are seeing the video and hearing the 9-1-1 calls made after a sunrail train hit a car on the tracks in seminole county. [train horn] meredith: take a look, you can see the headlights of the car on the tracks ahead of the train at monroe street in sanford last night. it appears that the train tries to slow down, but before it can stop, it runs into the car. that' s when witnesses started calling 911. >> 911, do you need police, fire, or medical? >> not sure, maybe all three. i' m sitting here at orange boulevar

were part of a state-wide amber alert have been found. 5-year-old dorian sandhu, 4-year-old frederick sandhu and their mother gigi were found in medicine, florida. that' s about an hour east of tallahassee. the children were taken this morning, police say by gigi, from their grandparents. we are told that the children are safe. stewart: right now on wesh 2 news at 6:00, reaction tonight on this violent beatdown caught on camera. meredith: marion county' s sheriff condemnes the way the man you see on the ground was taken into custody by five of his deputies. calling the video upsetting, showing deputies hitting the ground. the sheriff insisted it does not reflect the way his agency does business. stewart: wesh 2' s dave mcdaniel explores the sheriff' s explanation, and where his agency goes from here. >> we' re not going to tolerate any type of this activity. dave: the sheriff says he picked up the phone as soon as he saw the video, a man being hit, kicked, kneed while on the ground. >> stop resisting. dave: the deputy' s body camera suggests derrick price was resisting, but blair immediately

supposed to end. safely located 46-year-old gigi urlich-woodard and her children, dorian sandhu and frederick sandhu. they found a family at a motel in madison, florida just south of the georgia border. >> it works perfectly because the amber alerts go out on digital billboards, billboards the dough over the highways, the ring your phone so people have the description and pictures. >> reporter: yolanda fernandez says utility workers in madison got the amber alerts on their phones, remembered spotting the car in the parking lot, confirmed the tag number and called deputies who took the mother and children in custody. the search began after gigi urlich-woodard took the children from her parents' house, the grandparents were granted custody after social services workers took them away. >> the mother has been unstable in the past, she made comments that if they take my children i will kill myself. unharmed and their mother made face jail time. >> it will be and whether she is cooperative with our detectives anddepend whether she is cooperative with our detectives and charges are pending. >> reporter: wh