today jeff patternson talked to a neighbor who said it was over in minutes. >> reporter: this is where steve was killed after his home tore apart. his wife katie survived the tornado but died of a heart attack shortly after. four children and steven m. wilson were injured in the recover. it was over. >> reporter: his wife got of bed and went to the front door. >> she said there's a tornado warning. she opened the front door and it almost snatched the door from her hand, and she said this this must be the real thing here. >> reporter: they went into an interior closet. >> that's the scariest feeling. looking up and wondering if the roof over you is not going to >>> the roof of nancy devito's house collapsed over her. she's in the hospital but her family is left trying to salvage what memories they can. >> my mom was kind of counting on that to be able to move some where else. and, now everything is gone. the only thing we can hope for is somebody is going to want a beautiful beautiful front piece of property to build on. >> reporter: as for nancy she's currently staying with one of her

in tampa, i'm adrienne patternson. >>> the video of an 89-year-old man helping his neighbor was caught on camera. he grabbed his shovel and cleared the walkway. the man says he was just doing his neighbor a favor. another man captured the video. he said when his father died, he took over some of the tasks >> we were four boys and it was automatic for me to more or less do -- i called it a man's job. >> did i mention he's adorable. he says he still plays golf whenever he gets the chance. and he swears by bacon and eggs for breakfast every day. >> there you go. >>> i guess bacon for longevity we've learned that again. 66degrees here at hula bay restaurant. mostly cloudy skies in this location. we have the east winds at 9 miles per hour. expect it to be windier. here at new port richie 62 degrees. same at st. pete beach with the low 66 degrees. at the plantation crystal river 66 degrees. we have an east wind at 6 miles per hour. a passing low will bring us storms possibly severe on friday. so we'll look for that possibility, seeing strong thunderstorms activity for us. again we're also lo

. >> jeff patternson reporting for us in lakeland. thank you, jeff. >>> and a mother wants to know why she and other children were waiting for hours for their school bus. >> i can imagine how this would be frustrating for students and their moms. >> reporter: this morning nine kids from new heights elementary waited and waited and waited for their bus that finally took them to school very late. relentless rain pounded the bay area for almost the entire day. for kids who catch the school lateness added to their frustration. >> there's usually other buses that come by so we kept seeing them and saying, okay the bus is here, no it's not. >> we kept calling transportation. we would hear the automated message. we're receiving a high volume call, please call later. >> reporter: an hour and a half late for classes that start at 8:35. when another parent got an answer it wasn't good. >> they told us that there was no bus driver assigned for that rout that day and nobody was coming to pick up our kids. >> we certainly sympathize with all of ou

for now we're live here in patternson, tony yates. >>> tony, thank you. >>> new at 6:00 we're learning tonight about an attempted luring in queens. police say a 10-year-old was walking along 81 street in jackson heights just before 8:00 this morning. a man who was across the street motioned for her to come to him. she ignored him. and then he crossed the street and reached his hand out to charles ran and yelled for help. school crossing guard heard her and confronted the man who took off running. >> four people are under arrest for a string of gas station and bank robberies. the suspects were involveded in seven robberies beginning in late december and one attempted robbery last week in comack. the witness called 911 after last week's attempted robbery and led police to one of the suspects. >> this is a great example of where information coming from someone at the scene, led to an arrest of a perpetrator. >> reporter: authorities say heroin was a motivating factor. >>> the busiest ports on the east coast at or near a standstill after a hundreds of longshoremen tonight walking off the j

jeff patternson show us how people are recovering. >> reporter: leonard and his daughter serve on the volunteer fire department and they were the first to arrive at the scene of total devastation. >> right then we started hearing kids screaming and yelling. they started running at us. >> reporter: grandparent steven and katie wilson were killed by the tornado. the children were alive but frightened. >> there were scrapes and bumps and bruises. scared to death. >> reporter: today a family member posted this photo of the children on a go fund me account web page. the account was started by family friend brandon batancourt. >> i heard about the devastation that happened. at lee county volunteer firefighters with one of the fathers of the girls. >>> in siesta key residents and crews are working against the clock. crews are busy tearing down and removing excess debris. in the meantime residents are cleaning up and taking inventory of their damaged prompt. -- damaged property. in the end residents say lives are more important than stuff. >> you can replace things but you can't replace peopl