ken macleod with more. >> reporter: his name is polar, poley for short, and no matter what emma is doing, the bear gets a front row seat. >> she's very loyal to him. >> reporter: the family was cruising down the road with the windows down, and you can guess what happened. >> emma started to scream hysterically, and i said what is wrong, and she said he is overboard. >> i asked if it was an emergency, and i was embarrassed to say it's not an emergency, my daughter lost her lovey. >> reporter: mom admits she would have understood if the troopers declined the rescue. >> reporter: trooper mather hunted the bear down in traffic as darkness spell and snagged it off the rumble strip by the left-hand lane. >> i don't know if it was a >> reporter: what did he get for his efforts? a happy reunion photo and handwritten note from emma. >> we wanted to thank him for the least we could do for saving the polar bear. >> reporter: the trooper didn't want to talk about his good deed, and neither did a shy emma, but words are not always needed. >> absolutely, always a happy ending. >> reporter: ken macleod

>> first night actually kicked off at noon today when families began pouring into the city, our ken macleod is live in boston amide the partyers, people are ready to say see i 2016. beautiful sunny day and relatively warm temps, as you have been talk being on its 40th anniversary this event has changed a little bit, a little bit more exact, everything is free thanks to a bunch of corporate sponsorships, and despite the world wide terror threat look at this crowd. and hour before performers began playing with fire, and flipping out, the boston police bomb squad shut down boil street focused on a suspicious briefcase tossed in a trash can which turned out to be nothing. >> we are out here enforce and want to make sure the event is going off without a hitch. was. >> it's on our mind, we are aware it, something that you can't i go know but we didn't let it interfere with what we wanted to do today. >> happy new year. >> the addams family was among many to came into the city today to make sure this guy didn't catch the wrong end of a pained and to get an ear full of performances scattered from c

keep in mind this event is different, tomorrow running through mid afternoon, for now ken macleod wbz news. the first time first night events are free, for a complete guide to what is going on later this evening check our website cbsboston.com. >>> we have a developing story over seas, officials in at least two major european cities have canceled fireworks shows because of concerns about terrorism, and even after they canceled the show in brussels, police spent the morning patrolling public areas, also arrested another person in connection with last month's deadly attacks in paris. the fireworks show was canceled in paris where people right now are gathered on the shores ready to ring in the new year. 6000 police officers are patrolling times square but no plans to change the traditional ball drop, taking you live to hour. >>> back here at home we are looking at a nice, fairly typical forecast. >>> cold but no snow in sight at least for to night. first look at your last >>> little melon collie, we had a pretty good run especially during the second half of 2015, comfortable tonight, it