it's june 2005, and tennessee state trooper rodney redman is working a crash investigation.to become part of another one. >> i heard tire squealing on an suv and saw a gray suv coming toward me and i tried to get out of its way. >> but redman can't respond quickly enough. >> i got about one step and the vehicle struck me and flipped me in the air. >> he hits the highway hard and knows he's in trouble. >> i said if i don't get up, get out of here, i'm going to get run over again. and i stood up and stumbled back over to the guardrail. from the time i heard the tires squeal to the time i got to the guardrail was 11 seconds. it seemed like an eternity. >> it's nothing short of a miracle that redman sustains only minor injuries. >> i felt no pain through all of it until i got to the side of the road and i thought i had broken my ankle. >> his ankle is fine but when he collides with the concrete, redman gets a massive cut on his forehead. as for the suv that struck him -- >> three young people that were in the car, they were from pennsylvania and the vehicle was found 21 hits lsd

boat slammed into a concrete pier damaging the pier and injuring the boats owner and operator, jerry redman, along with two of his passengers. a fourth person on board lucky enough to walk away unharmed. rescue crews credit nearby fisherman with making the call for help. >> a good samaritan last night probably saved some lives. >> officials say the boat was traveling at a high rate of speed outside the established channel in limited visibility with radar off. it's slammed head-on into the concrete. >> the impact of this at the speed that they hit was a strong impact. >> the tattered boat was brought back. coast guard officials in recommending voters beat armed with information in case of an emergency. >> every good samaritan's ability to browse by -- to provide assistance help save lives. >> we are told that two of the four people onboard that vote are still still in the hospital with some pretty serious injuries. wjz eyewitness news. >> thank you. >> all baltimore city police officer on the jones falls expressway suing of driver involved. good afternoon, ron. >> reporter: the officer filed

. >> reporter: jerry redman remains in critical condition at johns hopkins bay view hospital. the fourth person on that boat was able to walk away from the accident. back to you. >> thank you. ironically, the crash comes at the start of boating safety week. speeding is one of the most dangerous choices boaters make. >>> rushed to the hospital after a series of rush hour crashes. the office was investigating an accident when another driver hit his cruiser. the driver went to the hospital to be checked out and should be okay. >>> another police officer thrown from the jfx last year wants $15 million from the driver who almost killed her. she's suing robert vanderfort. he lost control of his car and hit her car while she helped another accident. her impact sent her 20 feet flying over the side of the highway. >>> 30 days behind bars. that is the sentence for a rutgers student who spied on his roommate just days before that young man committed suicide. prosecutors say the punishment is just too light. >> on may 31st. >> reporter: he had no expression as the judge told him he acted

redman walks in the room at 6 years old wearing winnie the pooh pajamas and a kitchen knife in his hand i'm going to stab myself. i'm not going to hurt one of you, i'm going to stab myself. this is 6 years old. >> yeah, yeah, yeah. >> what gets a 6-year-old to that point? >> he didn't want to see this. he couldn't stand it. it stopped us. i must say. put a stop to that. >> at the end, a priest was called to her bedside to perform a wedding and instead ended up delivering last rights. >> yes. >> what were those moments like for you? >> i'm not over it yet. >> it went on and on. i would suggest you all go on the website, today.com and look at the whole thing. it was heartbreaking. talk about a man who is filled with regret. >> yeah. that's exactly. >> we never have these things to do over again. you know? i just felt my heart just ached for him. >> he looked like he was in a lot of pain. >> he did. >>> the tony nominations came out. >> yes! yes. we're excited. a lot of our predictions -- >> you're right. you're right. >> yeah. one which is one of our all-time favorites, received 11 nomina

international competition, but they were recognized as being the only high school team to make it to redmanwashington in washington state for the gaming dwig. so con-- division. so congratulations on a great effort. if you have a cool school, send and e-mail to me. a quick programming note. coming up next friday, june 8. we have a prime time hour long cool school special. we'll go through a lot of the things we did this year but we also have a lot of great things coming up about the future of education too. >> very good. >>> 6:19. next in sports the nationals can't wait to leave florida. while it's overtime for the nba and nhl playoffs. >> time for another check of the question of the morning. ladies, think back to when you were young. 50% of you had one of these things when you were a child. is it a, an easy bake oven, b, a nickname, or c, an imaginary friend? >> one person posted mostly everybody has a childhood nickname and has had an imaginary friend. you know the answer must be a, the old easy bake oven. every little girl wanted them but only half of them got one like me. >> keep the g

>> reporter: to win the national competition, they will be judged on the 30-minute competition in redmantiz will be doing the speaking. >> i want them to remember us and our name. and you know, do you remember the digital theme? they are doing it pretty good. >> and they are good. and they are developing the social view and the great skill at the same time. >> now, i have seen that game for you and for the world market. the people are around the world and they could see and play it here. >> it's a life changer. >> yeah. >> 9news now. >> well, the team was not able to win the big prize, but they were the only high school team to make it to the washington state for the big gaming division. and if you've got a cool school, then please send mike an e-mail at wusa9.com. the washington convention center was rocking today as family, friends, and fans all celebrated the life of chuck brown. the god father of the go go died two weeks ago at the age of 75. today, local leaders and musicians turned out to honor the man who put the d.c. music scene on the map. our bruce johnson was there, joining us