here's ron claiborne. >> how are you? >> hi, sergeant. >> reporter: i noticed him byus.oticed a picture, i asked if it was the same guy. he said yes. >> i like to show it off. >> 91-year-old luke gaspari has been an usher for almost as long as there's been a mets team. he's been working roughly 3,000 games. >> it's a great job. it's outdoor. i enjoy the people. >> reporter: he puts on his medals. the purple heart and the bronze star. in his 52 years as an usher, he's seen it all. ♪ shake it up baby >> reporter: the beatles in 1965. the two mets world series championships. and two years ago, he was honored on the field by the team. >> luke gaspari. >> reporter: right now, the mets are in first place, with a good shot at the playoffs. and if they make it to the world series -- >> god willing, i'll be here. and you come up and see me. >> reporter: i think i will. ron claiborne, abc news, new york. >> thank you for your service, we'll be looking for you. i'm tom llamas in new york. have a great evening. good night. >> a white house staffer loses his life in a charity bike ra

here's ron claiborne. >> how are you? >> hi, sergeant. >> reporter: i noticed him by chance.n usher at a mets game. a little older than most. then i saw a photo of a young man in an army uniform. same guy? he said yes. from world war ii. >> i post it every day. >> reporter: why? >> i like to show it off. >> reporter: 91-year-old luke gaspari has been an usher for almost as long as there's been a mets team. he started opening day, 1964. since then, he's worked roughly 3,000 games. >> it's a great job. it's outdoor. i enjoy the people. >> reporter: every game, he puts on his medals. the purple heart for a bullet wound to his hand. and the bronze star. >> people say, is that you? yes, that's me. that starts the conversation. >> reporter: in his 52 years as an usher, he's seen it all. ♪ shake it up baby >> reporter: the beatles in 1965. the two mets world series championships. and two years ago, he was honored on the field by the team. >> luke gaspari. >> reporter: right now, the mets are in first place, with a good shot at the playoffs. and if they make it to the world series --

. >> back in the day, ron claiborne used to frequent -- well, this is a live shot of manhattan beach, maybe a little bit too classy for ron, this one. we got video out of venice beach, may be more his speed. my speed for sure. rip currents there. a beach has been closed because of the dangerous rip currents, so that's a huge concern. heat out east is going to be building. the ridge begins to nudge up toward the north. so, a ver mraz sant day today and tomorrow across the northeast. on the opposite side of the coa coast, mt. rainier, washington, snow level is about 6 feet. strong cold front coming through. frost and freeze advisories out. with temperatures dropping down into the 30s. here's your labor day forecast. we'll watch this line of thunderstorms getting into chicago tomorrow. southeast will see some thunderstorms, too. that's a q >> more on tropical storm grace out there in the atlantic and we'll talk more about the atlantic beaches. did you two to venice beach back in the day? . >> i went to venice before it was venice. >> referring to the stone age or -- now both ron and i ar

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ron claiborne on the hidden dangers the young players face. >> reporter: 17-year-old evan murray, star quarterback for warren hills high school in new jersey. number 18. seen here in a previous game, took a hard hit during a game friday night. staggered from the field, collapsed on the sidelines. he died later at a local hospital. so far, he's the third high school player to die after on onfield football injury. fatalities at all levels are rare, but players suffer catastrophic brain injuries at a level 40% higher than other levels. >> there may be some anatomic factors. >> reporter: it isn't known what killed evan murray. his teammates left grieving. spectators say the hit seemed especially hard, but we won't know if it was the blow that killed him until an autopsy is performed. >> ron, thank you. >>> now to a stunned claim to the scandal involving volkswagen. admitting they used special software to change results. >>> and a new clue, the duck boat that slammed into a charter bus in seattle. tonight, investigators revealing the left front axle was sheered off. >>> and the miracle at s

ron claiborne on the hidden dangers the young players face. school football fatality. 17-year-old evan murray, star quarterback for warren hills high school in new jersey. murray, number 18. took a hard hit during a game friday night. then collapsed on the sidelines. he died later at a local hospital. >> everyone cheers for him at games. he's just a really good kid. >> reporter: so far, he's the third high school player to die after on onfield football injury. fatalities at all levels are rare, but high schoolers suffer catastrophic brain injuries at a rate 40% higher than college players. >> there may be some anatomic factors. where the younger brain is more susceptible to bleed. >> reporter: it isn't known what killed evan murray. his teammates left grieving. an impromptu memorial inside the stadium where he played his last game. spectators say the hit seemed especially hard, but we won't know if it was the blow that killed him until an autopsy is david? >>> now to a stunning claim to the scandal involving volkswagen. the largest auto maker

ron claiborne, abc news, new york. >> we thank luke for his service. and will be looking for him. "gma" first thing in the morning. david muir will be right back here tomorrow night.

abc's ron claiborne with more. >> reporter: the latest high school football fatality. 17-year-old evan murray, star quarterback for warren hills high school in new jersey. murray, number 18. seen here in a previous game, took a hard hit during a game friday night. staggered from the field, then collapsed on the sidelines. he died later at a local hospital. >> everyone cheers for him at football games. basketball, baseball. he's just a really good kid. >> reporter: so far this season, murray is the third high school player to die after an onfield football injury. football fatalities at all levels of the sport are rare, but high schoolers suffer catastrophic brain injuries at a rate 40% higher than college players. >> high school players may not have the same medical care as the college players. and there may be some anatomic factors. where the younger brain is more susceptible to bleed when there is a hit to the head. >> reporter: it isn't known what killed evan murray. his teammates left grieving. an impromptu memorial outside the stadium where he played his last game. spectators say t

ron claiborne, abc news, new york. >> we thank luke for his service. and will be looking for him. first thing in the morning. david muir will be right back here tomorrow night. i'm tom llamas in new york. have a great evening. good night. ♪ i am never getting married. never. psssssh. guaranteed. you picked a beautiful ring. thank you. we're never having kids. mmm-mmm. breathe. i love it here. we are never moving to the suburbs. we are never getting one of those (minivan). we are never having another kid. i'm pregnant. i am never letting go. for all the nevers in life, state farm is there. everyone is saying, "hey! you gotta get fios!" but why? well, fios is a 100 percent fiber optic network, so you can get 100% out of all your devices. so whatever speed you need, fios has it with the fastest internet and wi-fi available, from 50 to 500 mbps. but the main reason to get fios? we're rated number 1 in customer satisfaction. ultimately, that's why. get 50 meg fios internet, tv & phone starting at $79.99 a month. plus get $300 back with a two year agreement. get out of the past. get fio

ron claiborne, abc news, new york.t poor man been there 52 years. he's seen a lot of disappointments from the mets over the years. >> also happy moments. he says he's got a room in his home full of memorabilia. >> i bet he does. hopefully he'll get to see the mets make it into the playoffs. >> maybe so. >> don't miss our updates, facebook wnnfans.com. >> this is abc's "world news now" informing insomniacs for two decades. now" informing insomniacs for two decades. >>> making news in america this morning, the pope's historic tour. hundreds of thousands gather for pope francis in cuba. as american cities prepare for his arrival. we're live with the latest. >>> tough talk. the republican presidential hopefuls taking questions about muslims in america. as new polls show a big shift among gop voters. >>> fool in the road. the heart-stopping video of a race fan jumping on to the track and walking past the world's fastest car. >>> and television's brightest stars honored at last night's emmy awards. all the big moments, the h

ron claiborne, abc news, new york. look at ron working the connections there. >> they would be good friends. that poor man been there 52 years. he's seen a lot of disappointments from the mets over the years. >> also happy moments. he says he's got a room in his home full of memorabilia. >> i bet he does. hopefully he'll get to see the mets make it into the playoffs. >> maybe so. >> don't miss our updates, facebook wnnfans.com. >> this is abc's "world news now" informing insomniacs for

ron claiborne, abc news new york. >> 91. looks great. >> he looks fantastic. i liked him in his suit, too. in his uniform. >> sharp dressed man. >> that is the news for now. thank you for staying up with us. >> i'm joe torres. eye witness news returns

. >>> time to turn things over to ron claiborne. beginning with the terrifying scene out west. >>> really terrifying. a gunman went on a bloody rampage in a small city in california. attacking people at random, killing two. police say it all began early saturday morning. when two men were ambushed. the suspect then opened fire on two women. went on to a gas station, firing on a passing customer. in all, two people were killed, three others injured. police arrested the suspect an hour and a half later. no word on what the motive was in that attack. >>> also out west a wild scene at the music festival in tempe, arizona, near phoenix. about a dozen people were injured. two hospitalized in serious condition after a crowd rushed the stage. some fans caught up in the chaos said people were getting stepped the concert will go on later today as planned. >>> and a new report in freddie gray in baltimore, at least one police officer transporting gray, warned cops that he needed medical treatment but he was ignored by the other officers. they

now, time to turn things over to ron claiborne, beginning with the terrifying scene out west. >> reallyfying. a gunman went on a bloody ram page in a small city in california. attacking people at random, killing two. it began early saturday morning. when two men were ambushed, one of them fatally shot. and then went after two women. in all, two people were killed, three others injured. police arrested the suspect an hour and a half later. no word on what the motive was in that attack. >>> also out west a wild scene at the music festival in tempe, arizona, near phoenix. about a dozen of people were injured. two hospitalized in serious condition after a crowd rushed the stage. some fans caught up with the chaos said the people were getting stepped on and trammelled over in the surge. the concert will go on later tonight as planned with kanye west. >>> and a new report in the freddie gray case in bar. at least one police officer transporting grey warned cops that he needed medical treatment but he was ignored. they thought that gray was faking his injuries. the judges ordered separate tria

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. >> i was channeling ron claiborne. >> good to be here, tommy. >> thanks so much, rob. good to be here, bro. >> i don't forget about you. >>> check this shot out of long beach, long island. a waterspout, 5:30 yesterday afternoon. this is very close to new york city. just down the road from jones beach. out there just down the road from rockway. just down the road from coney island. this is what it looked like. crazy stuff there with a shower firing up that water spout. nobody hurt, thankfully. another one off of lake michigan. several reports just outside of chicago, of this and many more funnel clouds and water spouts being spotted off lake michigan. this is the kind of year when we get them because the waters are relatively warm, when we get our first cool shot like we're getting now, that creates some instabilities and we can get some showers and thunderstorms. even a couple water spouts. we have this unsettled weather to deal with. the back end of this system. as we mentioned yesterday, this is a one-two punch. this is punch number two, kind of sporadic showers acro

. >> ron claiborne, diplomat for the ages. >>> we'll move on now to a heroic roadside rescue after aaccident where two trucks collided and went off a bridge. good samaritans leaping into the fray teaming up to rescue a driver trapped afternoon phillip mena has the video. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: this morning, one man lucky to be alive after a group of motorists turned into first responders. >> they're reporting overturned vehicle, 400 at 285 requesting a single engine tractor trailer overturned with leakage. >> reporter: their heroic efforts caught on camera as they frantically rushed to the rescue on this busy georgia freeway where a tractor trailer and tanker careened off an overpass and lay smashed next to each other on the road below. >> we got to get them out of that truck, y'all. >> reporter: as the good samaritans raced in to help the reality of what they were facing set in. >> check the car to see if there's children in there. check to see if someone needs cpr. >> reporter: highways closed and people stranded for hours after a tractor trailer and tanker carrying 8,000 gall