. >> reporter: brothers frankie and vincent lepore were part of a small group hiking last week in new jersey. saying their scout leader was grabbed petronino by the leg and pulled him inside. >> at first i thought he was joking but then i heard him call the bear and i called 911. so, i called 911. >> reporter: instead of panicking, their boy scout training kicked in. >> the main thing to do was just to stay calm. >> reporter: calling 911. >> he's bleeding from his neck, his arm and his head. >> reporter: and coming up with a plan to help rescuers find them deep in the woods. >> do you want us to make a signal fire? >> yeah, if you guys could start a fire. >> that fire and petronino's barking scaring the bear off. rescuers arriving soon after, airlifting their scout leader to the hospital. >> it was very scary, yeah. >> reporter: so scary, they feared the worst. >> if we don't make it out of this alive, i love you guys. >> reporter: and they did make it out along with petronino who took to heart their oath to help people at all times. >> i felt like a hero because i saved someone. we s

thought he was joking, but then i heard the bear and heard him 'call 9-1-1 brothers frankie and vincent lepore were part of small group hiking two weeks ago in new jersey - saying their scout leader christopher petronino was near a cave - when a black bear grabbed petronino by the leg and pulled him inside. instead of panicking - their boy scout training kicked in . do you want us to make a signal fire- would that help? yeah if you can start a fire leader made it out alive. karla has another look at your work week forecast. but right now, here's a live look outside in the valley. you're watching channel thirteen action news, where you the american red cross needs to re stock their blood bank after the holidays, so action news is making it easy for you to help. to give you a little more incentive to donate, we're giving away three fabulous freddy cards worth $100 each. everyone who donates will be entered to win. a big thanks to our sponsors fabulous freddy's for providing the prizes and to red rock resort for hosting. live at 11. thanks for watching. have a great week.

frankie and vincent lepore were part of a small group hiking in new jersey a few weeks ago. their leader was near a cave when a black bear grabbed him by the leg and pulled him inside. >> at first i thought he was joking. but then, i heard the bear. and i heard him calling 911. >> the main thing to do was just to stay calm. >> that, they did. they called for help and lit a signal fire to make it easier to be found in the woods. frankie said he felt like a hero because he and his brother saved their leader's life. his recovery from that attack does continue. >>> federal investigators might launch another search for a massive cargo ship that sank in october. on sunday, authorities released several images of the "el faro." it sank near the bahamas. the remains of 34 people on board never found. authorities are still hoping to find the data recorder. >>> bill cosby's wife is being forced to testify in a defamation lawsuit this week. camille cosby tried to keep from testifying. by arguing that conversations with her husband are protected. but a jauj dismissed her claims. in the l

thought he was joking, but then i heard the bear and heard him 'call 9-1-1" brothers frankie and vincent lepore were hiking by a cave with their scout leader, when a black bear grabbed him by the leg and pulled him inside. staying calm, they called 9-1-1, and then through food towards the cave to try and lure the animal out. then they even started a fire to help rescuers find them. after they did, the scout leader was airlifted to the hospital, he is still recovering, but very thankful to the brothers that he's alive. frankie lepore, boy scout "i felt like a hero cause i saved someone, we saved somebody's life." singer chris brown is keeping up his bad boy reputation... the 26 year old is now being investigated by metro as a battery suspect. a woman says brown stole her phone and hit her... after she took a picture of him inside a party at the palms sunday morning. the singer was in town this weekend, performing at drai's on saturday night. tmz is reporting that brown will be suing the woman for lying. metro says they haven't heard from him about the incident, but the investigation is on going.

they proved they are franky and vincent lepore was part of the group when a bear pulled their leader inside a cave. instead of panicking, they called 911, threw food hoping to lure the bear out, and came up with a plan to help rescuers find them. >> do you want us to make a signal fire. >> if you could start a fire. >> i felt like a hero. i saved someone -- we saved somebody's lives. erin: the brothers admit they were frightened. stay calm. survived. he's recovering from his injuries. cool-headed kids. coming up, star wars and now it is closing in on becoming the biggest box office hit ever. say they caught the robber thanks to social on average, it takes three hundred americans working for a solid year, to make as much money as one top ceo. it's called the wage gap. and the republicans will make it worse by lowering taxes for those at the top and letting corporations write their own rules. hillary clinton will work to close the wage gap. equal pay for women to raise incomes for families, a higher minimum wage, lower taxes for the middle class. she gets the job done for us. i'm hilla

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