rishaad: let's discuss the economic fallout from mers with sam kim. an idea, some details about the immediate economic implications and how the authorities are looking at this. sam: certainly, there are a lot of foreign tourists canceling their trips to south korea because of fears of mers. hong kong obviously has issued a travel advisory against south korea, and that will definitely affect tourism here. the president is very much worried about this mers crisis weakening domestic consumption. she is trying very hard to boost economic growth, and this mers is totally unexpected. tourism, transportation, shopping, medical facilities are among the sectors that will likely suffer from this mers crisis. rishaad: ok. is the bank of korea rate cut decision -- how does this play out against that, if at all? sam: the benchmark rate has been standing at a record low of 1.75% already, but there is pressure because of this mers crisis. like i said, this is weakening consumption, which means it is also weakening demand, and will be sectors that will suffer. to help

. >> i am sam kim, i am 68 years come december. now i live south of seoul. is a tour guide. english tour guide. sometimes it's very strange living in the same place at the same time i give tour guide about the korean war which happened 50, 70 years ago. for example, we have many american visitors, i focus my attention to american's role think when i have greek visitors, i focus on greek role, and french, like that. at the time america thought greece and turkey was the target of the soviet russia across the black sea they came came here not knowing much. but by the end of the tour they were pretty satisfied. there is the moment i feel quite happy about it. general mcarthur flew in. he was old, 70 years old having problem like me, worse than me i guess, but he stood here and thought it was a miracle north korea still up the river. but to the young koreans it's things past. so likewise korean war doesn't seem much important to them. sometimes it's very strange when north koreans provoke us and so many people become serious about north korean threat. at that poi

kim is very concerned about sam.cal condition, and she fears the trauma of the accident may affect his heart. >> sam looked extremely red with the pressure, you know. that was my concern, making sure he remained calm. >> but kim knows if they have it bad, contractor bruce boyles has it worse. he's hanging below them from his safety harness, which is still connecting him to the bucket. one wrong move could send them all crashing into the water below. >> we were just encouraging him to hang on, hang in there, help was on the way. >> kim doesn't know it from her position in the bucket, but the contractor who fell into the river has survived and is pulled to safety below. now rescuers on the bridge are trying to devise a plan to save the rest of them. >> captain randy fulford was one of the individuals that i knew had recent high-angle rescue training that i knew would make the rescue more safe, both for the individuals we were rescuing, but also for our own rescuers. >> firefighters record the action with their own vide

kim came out of minutes before. ditty always a show man, shook it off finished his performance, he says he was not hurt. as far as the winners beyonce, nicky minaj, come on, one sam smith best new artist and selma awarded the best move. >> i mean spirited forecast. >> yes, it was. >> just mean. >> very cool. that's "eyewitness news" at noon i'm ukee washington. >> i'm pat ciarrocchi. for katie all of us here, thanks for watching. "eyewitness news" continues at 5:00. >> billy: hey. >> ashley: hi. >> billy: where's jack? i got a text saying to meet him here. there was no name, but i figured -- >> ashley: i know. i thought i got one from jack, too, but i haven't seen him yet. hi. >> kyle: so, we all got the text, then, huh? >> billy: apparently. nice and anonymous and driving me a little nuts. what's up with all the mystery? >> kyle: well, i was relieved, actually. feels like dad's been avoiding me ever since paul brought me in for questioning. >> billy: you know, i'm thinking that jack got one of those burner phones for occasions like this, which, i have to say probably isn't such a bad idea. >> kyle: really? i hate the idea. all this sneaking around with private m

kim as their goalie coach. now the flyers also traded nick grossman, and chris pronger's contract to arizona for forward sam, injor cap space with that deal. if they keep began yeah, will save about $5 million f they buy him out, which is the rumor, they can save almost $8 million. twenty-five years old and scored 15 goals and had 26 assists last season for arizona. >>> under the sixers now they introduce their newest players to philadelphia on saturday. here they are. ohka for holmes, jd, the sixers selected five players overall in that draft, two were overseas players. now the 6ers have three centers, and first round pick ohka for says that's a good thing, we'll trust his judgement. final lap of the indy car race in california, ryan briscoe goes airborne, wow after a collision with ryan hunter ray. just massive crash there. that's always so scar toy watch. but, a look at this crash from the driver perspective right now. both drivers ended up not being seriously hurt, so some real good news there. the race was won by gram ray hall. just amazing. wow, what a view. all right, that's it for "eyewitness news" at 6