siblings linda and michael hart- were just 2 and 3 years old when their hyattsville home caught fire. michael was unconscious..but firefighter stu newman came to the rescue. newman has now been retired for 25 years. the harts say they waited their whole lives to thank him. they tracked him down after finding newspaper articl to connect. now to a story of heroes in their own right. this week marks 35 years since an air florida flight crashed into the potomac killing 78 people. and this morning, we are hearing from the responders about their life saving efforts at the scene. jay korff has the story.. yesterday..student s at leonardtown elementary school got a chance to forecast weather from our very own meteorologist eileen wheelan.. it was all part of our lunchbox weather program. while there she showed students a special behind the scenes video, conducted a few weather experiments and took them out to see stormtrak7. at xx time for weather. toss to eileen - roller coaster ride of temps over the next 10 days - 40s today through friday; 30s this weekend - very light wintry mix sunday (l

. >> stew newman is the firefighter who saved michael hart and his sister linda. >> i remember smellinghe smoke. >> 1959, hyattsville, michael and linda were 2 and 3 years taking naps when the fire started. their mother was able to get out. but the children were upstairs. the call came into the fire station number 34 in prince george's county where stew had just been hired. >> pulled the covers back and there she was. yelling back here, back here, bring her back here. so i took her back there and opened the window and handed her to the police officer. and then i went back looking for michael. >> and what stew did next, michael is forever grateful. >> i knew he wasn't breathing swell so i took my mask off and gave it to him. >> pulling off the reunion took work. it starred with an old newspaper clipping. in the article, the name stewart newman. >> he took a picture of it and posted it own facebook. i immediately recognized the name of stew everybody knows stew newman. and i called him. >> and here we are. >> i was struck by the joy of being able to say thank you to someone who'd had a re

brother and sister michael and lin lyinda hart finally got to meet the firefighters who saved them all those years ago. michael and linda were only two and three at the time. their mother was able to get out of the house, but the children were upstairs caking naps. he got the call. he remembers rescuing michael and linda from their beds. 58 years is a long time to wait to say thank you. >> sometimes the universe opens are amazing and again, thank you so much for being there that day. thank you for just doing your job and i hope we can remain friends forever. >> reporter: pulling off the reunion took work. michael found an old newspaper clipping. in the article, the name stewart newman. >> never too late to say thank you. >> that's right. never a wrong time either. >> do you think it's cold. >> i think -- >> i mean, for the record -- >> aaron's tired of us talking about it. >> i'm just saying, it's cold. >> no doubt about it. some places in the upper 20s. some are in the 40s but good news for you, eun and i have a graphic to show you. >> thank you, sheena. thank you. >> as we go into ne

brother and sister, michael and linda hart finally got to meet the firefighter who saved their lives all those years ago. stewart newman pulled them from a burning house 1959. they were only 2 and 3 at the time. their mother was able to get out of the house but the were upstairs taking naps. stu got the call sean remembers rescuing michael and linda from their beds 58 years is a long time to wait to say thank you. >> sometimes the universe opens up and let's us see things that are amazing and thank you so much for being there that day. thank you for just doing your job and i hope we can remain friends forever. >> pulling off the reunion took work. michael found an old newspaper clipping. in the article, the name, stewart newman. >> i love it. put it on my facebook page today. i love it so much. >> and very much so. there is plenty more ahead on "news 4 midday". >> a warning for those that use over the counter meds to help sure, you could sit around all night waiting for a pizza to be delivered. but wouldn't making it yourself be a lot more fun? it's ba