>>>
>>> IT
>>> IT IS
>>> IT IS INCREDIBLY ANXIETY INDUCING.
INDUCING.
INDUCING. >> SEEING A PACKED PLANE THESE
DAYS WILL DO.
THAT TONIGHT WE CHECKED WITH
AIRLINES ON THEIR POLICIES IN
THE AGE OF SOCIAL DISTANCING.
>>> DENVER HEALTH EXECUTIVES
GOT BONUSES WHILE ASKING STAFF
TO TAKE FURLOUGHS.
9WANTS TO KNOW FOUND THOSE
BONUSES ARE MORE EXPENSIVE AND
MORE EXTENSIVE THAN WE FIRST
KNEW.
KNEW.
KNEW. >>>
KNEW. >>> HIS NAME REMINDS US OF
COURAGE.
COURAGE.
COURAGE. TONIGHT WE REMEMBER KENDRICK
CASTILLO AND THE SACRIFICE HE
MADE TO SAVE HIS CLASSMATES.
>>
>> IT'S
>> IT'S FOREVER AND IT HURTS. >> THE TRAUMA OF THAT DAY
CREATED A BOND BETWEEN STUDENTS
AND HOSPITAL STAFF.
IT'S ONLY GROWN STRONGER IN THE
PAST YEAR.
PAST YEAR. 9NEWS AT 10:00 STARTS NOW.
>>>
>>> WE
>>> WE LEARNED A 13-YEAR-OLD DIED IN WINDSOR TONIGHT AS WIND
WHIPPED UP WAVED.
THIS WAS ON ROCK CREEK LAKE.
WINDSOR SEVERANCE FIRE SAYS TWO
BROTHERS WERE OUT THERE
TOGETHER.
TOGETHER.
TOGETHER. THE YOUNGER BROTHER, 8 YEARS
OLD, WAS WEARING A LIFE JACKET.
THAT BOY MADE IT TO SHORE.
THE 13-YEAR-OLD BROTHER WAS NOT
WEARING A LIFE PRESERVER.
DIVERS HAVE RECOVERED HIS BODY.
>>>
>>> IT
>>> IT IS
>>> IT IS NEVER IDEAL TO CRAM INTO AN AIRLINE SEAT FLANKED BY
COMPLETE STRANGERS, BUT WHEN
YOU'RE TRYING TO KEEP A
DISTANCE, IT'S EVEN MORE
UNCOMFORTABLE.
UNCOMFORTABLE. >> OUR RYAN HAARER SHOWS US
WHAT IT WAS LIKE ON A PACKED
FLIGHT INTO DENVER THIS MORNING
AND EXPLAINS HOW DIFFERENT
AIRLINES ARE APPROACHING SOCIAL
DISTANCING.
>>
>> WE
>> WE WERE LIKE MAKING BETS THAT THERE WOULD ONLY BE LIKE
15 PEOPLE ON THE FLIGHT.
>> Reporter: GARRETT OLSON AND
TAYLOR KOCH LOST THAT BET WHEN
THEY BOARDED A UNITED FLIGHT AT
CHICAGO O'HARE THIS MORNING.
>> THEY SAID ON THE INTERCOM
THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE A FULL
FLIGHT AND THEY WEREN'T DOING
SOCIAL DISTANCING.
SOCIAL DISTANCING. >> Reporter: GARRETT'S DAD
KARL IS ALSO A PHYSICIAN.
>> MY FIRST FEELING WAS TO HAVE
THEM NOT GET ON THE FLIGHT.
>> Reporter: HE SAYS HE BOOKED
THE FLIGHTS FOR HIS SON ON
UNITED SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE OF
THE GUIDELINES OUTLINED ON
THEIR WEBSITE.
THEIR WEBSITE. IT SAYS CUSTOMERS WON'T BE ABLE
TO SELECT SEATS NEXT TO EACH
OTHER OR MIDDLE SEATS WHEN
AVAILABLE.
AVAILABLE. >> WE ALLOWED IT FOR THEM TO
GET ON THE FLIGHT AND THEN AT
THE AIRPORT I SPRAYED THEM DOWN
WITH LYSOL AND THEIR BAGS
WITH LYSOL.
WITH LYSOL. >> Reporter: THERE HAVE BEEN A
FEW DIFFERENT APPROACHES TO
SOCIAL DISTANCING.
SOCIAL DISTANCING. SOUTHWEST SAID IT'S REDUCING
THE NUMBER OF AVAILABLE SEATS
BY AT LEAST 20%.
DELTA SAYS IT WILL REDUCE
CAPACITY BY 40%.
FRONTIER TOOK SOME HEAT AFTER
CHARGING CUSTOMERS 40 BUCKS TO
SIT NEXT TO AN EMPTY SEAT.
SO THAT'S GONE.
THEY NOW JOIN AMERICAN AND
UNITED IN ALLOWING PASSENGERS
TO SPREAD OUT IF THERE'S ROOM,
BUT WITHOUT CAPS PASSENGERS
FLYING WITH THOSE THREE
AIRLINES COULD VERY WELL END UP
ON A FULLY PACKED FLIGHT.
>> IT IS INCREDIBLY ANXIETY
INDUCING.
INDUCING.
INDUCING. >> Reporter: UNITED PROVIDED A
STATEMENT SAYING THERE ARE NO
SOCIAL DISTANCE GUARANTEES BUT
THAT MOST FLIGHTS TAKE OFF WITH
MANY EMPTY SEATS THESE DAYS.
THEY ALSO REITERATED THE DEEP
CLEANING BEING DONE AND THE
REQUIREMENT OF CREW AND
PASSENGERS TO WEAR A MASK.
>> THERE WERE PROBABLY THREE
PEOPLE IN THE NEAR VICINITY OF
ME THAT WEREN'T WEARING MASKS
AND NOT ONE OF THEM WAS EVEN
OFFERED A MASK.
>> Reporter: THESE TWO WILL BE
DRIVING BACK TO CHICAGO WITH
THE CAR THEY CAME TO PICK UP
AND THEY'LL LIKELY PAY CLOSER
ATTENTION TO THE FINE PRINT
WHEN THEY HAVE TO TAKE OFF
AGAIN.
AGAIN.
AGAIN. >>
AGAIN. >> PUTTING PROFITS AHEAD OF
PATIENT SAFETY OR PASSENGER
SAFETY I THINK IS THE WRONG
POLICY RIGHT NOW.
>> Reporter: IN DENVER, RYAN
HAARER, 9NEWS.
>>
>> THE
>> THE AIRLINE INDUSTRY IS EXPECTED TO LOSE HUNDREDS OF
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS AS A RESULT
OF THE PANDEMIC.
AIRLINES AND THE TSA SAY
PASSENGER TRAFFIC IS DOWN 90%.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS
ALREADY GIVEN THE AIRLINES A
$50 BILLION BAILOUT, THOUGH
INDUSTRY EXPERTS SAY MORE MONEY
WILL LIKELY BE REQUESTED IF
PASSENGER RIDERSHIP STAYS THIS
LOW.
>>>
>>> ONE
>>> ONE YEAR AGO WE LOST A HERO, KENDRICK CASTILLO, WHO
DIED SAVING HIS CLASSMATES AT
STEM SCHOOL HIGHLANDS RANCH.
CASTILLO AND A FEW CLASSMATES
RUSHED ONE OF THE SHOOTERS WHO
CAME INTO HIS CLASSROOM.
EIGHT OTHER PEOPLE WERE INJURED
THAT DAY.
THAT DAY.
THAT DAY. KENDRICK'S PARENTS, JOHN AND
MARIA, SPENT TODAY LIKE THEY
HAVE EVERY DAY FOR THE PAST
YEAR VISITING KENDRICK AT HIS
GRAVESITE.
GRAVESITE. >> WHEN WE COME OUT HERE, I
DON'T KNOW HOW TO DESCRIBE IT.
WE FEEL HIS PRESENCE.
>>
>> HIS
>> HIS PARENTS ORIGINALLY PLANNED A VIGIL ON THE CAPITOL
STEPS.
STEPS.
STEPS. THEY CANCELED THAT BECAUSE OF
CORONAVIRUS AND THEY SETTLED ON
A SMALL SERVICE IN THE CEMETERY
TODAY.
>>
>> I
>> I WANTED TO DO IT ON A GRANDER SCALE AND THAT JUST
WASN'T POSSIBLE WITH THE COVID
THING.
WANTED
WANTED TO
WANTED TO SAY A FEW WORDS AND THEN WE'LL LET THE BAGPIPES
PLAY.
KENDRICK
KENDRICK ENTERED OUR LIFE IN MARCH 14th OF 2001, AND IT WAS
THE HAPPIEST DAY OF OUR LIFE,
OVERJOYED, HAD HIM FOR 18 YEARS
UNTIL LAST YEAR.
I
I THINK
I THINK ABOUT HIS SACRIFICE AND I THINK ABOUT HOW I'M LIVING MY
LIFE AND WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS.
I
I REALIZE
I REALIZE THAT OUR LIVES INTERTWINE, THAT AS LAY PEOPLE
WE SHOULD BE CONNECTED AND WE
LABORED HARD, MY WIFE AND I
BOTH, YOU KNOW, TO PROVIDE FOR
KENDRICK, GIVE HIM A GOOD LIFE,
BUT NOT SO MUCH THAT IT PULLED
US AWAY FROM SHARING OUR
RELATIONSHIPS AND THAT'S THE
MOST IMPORTANT THING.
REDISCOVER YOURSELVES.
IF
IF YOU'RE
IF YOU'RE A GOLFER, INSTEAD OF DOING 18 HOLES DO NINE AND GO
BACK HOME WITH YOUR FAMILY.
IF YOU'RE SOMEBODY WHO GOES TO
THE SPA, LIMIT YOUR TIME AND
SPEND IT WITH YOUR KIDS.
KENDRICK'S GREATEST EXAMPLE WAS
HE NEVER LOST HIS INNOCENCE.
WE NEED TO PROTECT INNOCENT
LIFE.
LIFE.
LIFE. SO
LIFE. SO DOING THIS TODAY IS INVITING
PEOPLE IN AND I HOPE I CAN USE
TECHNOLOGY TO HAVE PEOPLE
SUPPORT US IF THEY CAN'T DO IT
WITH THEIR PRESENCE.
>>
>> IN
>> IN THE
>> IN THE YEAR SINCE THE SHOOTING A SPECIAL BOND
DEVELOPED BETWEEN THE SCHOOL
AND ONE OF THE HOSPITALS THAT
TREATED SEVERAL VICTIMS THAT
DAY.
DAY.
DAY. HERE
DAY. HERE IS 9NEWS REPORTER JENNIFER
MECKLES.
MECKLES.
MECKLES. >> Reporter: ONE YEAR AGO FIVE
STEM SCHOOL PATIENTS ARRIVED AT
CENTURA LITTLETON ADVENTIST
HOSPITAL.
HOSPITAL.
HOSPITAL. >> WE KNEW WITHIN A FEW MINUTES
THIS WAS TRULY REAL AND THIS
WAS MASS CASUALTY AND EVERYBODY
KICKED IN TO DO WHAT WE'VE BEEN
TRAINED TO DO.
>> Reporter: ONE YEAR LATER
DR. MARK ELLIOTT AND HIS TEAM
STILL FEEL THE IMPACT.
>> BE SURE TO UNDERSTAND HOW
IMPORTANT IT IS TO LOVE YOUR
FAMILY EVERY DAY BECAUSE YOU
NEVER KNOW WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN.
>> YOU KNOW, ANYTIME YOU GO
THROUGH ANYTHING WITH SOMEONE
ELSE IT STRENGTHENS THAT
RELATIONSHIP.
RELATIONSHIP. >> Reporter: A DEEPER
RELATIONSHIP SOON BEGAN BETWEEN
THE SCHOOL AND THIS HOSPITAL.
STUDENTS SENT THE HOSPITAL
THANK YOU CARDS.
THEN DOCTORS INVITED STUDENTS
INTERESTED IN HEALTHCARE TO
JOIN THEM FOR SHADOW DAYS AND
LECTURES.
LECTURES.
LECTURES. MENTORSHIPS BEGAN, VOLUNTEER
OPPORTUNITIES, TOO AND RECENTLY
STEM SCHOOL DONATED 3D PRINTED
MASK HOLDERS AS LITTLETON
ADVENTIST TREATS COVID-19
PATIENTS.
PATIENTS.
PATIENTS. >> IT'S IMPORTANT FEELING TO US
TO BE AT ANY LEVEL WE CAN AND
TO BE THERE FOR THEM WHEN THEY
NEED US.
NEED US.
NEED US. >> AND THAT'S PART OF THE BOND.
THEY KNOW WHAT WE DID FOR THEIR
KIDS AT THE TIME AND NOW
THEY'RE HELPING US TAKE CARE OF
OTHERS.
OTHERS.
OTHERS. >> Reporter: THIS WEEK THE
HOSPITAL SHARED MESSAGES OF
SUPPORT WITH THE SCHOOL.
>> THEY ARE STRONG KIDS.
I KNOW THEY'RE RESILIENT.
I KNOW THAT MY OWN CARETAKERS
ARE RESILIENT AND THINGS WILL
GET BETTER.
GET BETTER. >> Reporter: OUT OF TRAGEDY
THEY CREATED A BOND.
>> YOU REALLY STOP AND SAY WHAT
REALLY MATTERS AND
RELATIONSHIPS MATTER.
RELATIONSHIPS MATTER. >> Reporter: AND NOW THEY MOVE
FORWARD TOGETHER.
FORWARD TOGETHER. JENNIFER MECKLES, 9NEWS.
>>
>> THAT
>> THAT BOND IS SPECIAL. IT'S EDUCATIONAL AS WELL
BECAUSE EARLIER THIS YEAR STEM
STUDENTS PARTICIPATED IN A
NEUROSURGEON'S LECTURE ABOUT A
ROBOT HE USED TO HELP WITH
SURGERY FOR PARKINSON'S
PATIENTS.
>>>
>>> AURORA POLICE ARE LOOKING INTO A FIFTH REPORT OF
VANDALISM AT A TRI-COUNTY
HEALTH DEPARTMENT OFFICE.
GRAFFITI WAS SPRAYED ON AN
OFFICE LAST NIGHT.
THEY'RE COLLECTING TIPS THROUGH
METRO DENVER CRIME STOPPERS.
THAT VANDALISM COMES THE SAME
TIME THE TRI-COUNTY PUBLIC
HEALTH OFFICIALS WERE
THREATENED WITH SHOOTING AND A
CIVIL WAR IF THEIR STAY-HOME
ORDER WASN'T IMMEDIATELY
LIFTED.
LIFTED.
LIFTED. THE MAN BEHIND THAT THREAT HAS
MADE OTHER THREATS AND POLICE
TOLD ME THEY CAN'T DO ANYTHING
ABOUT IT.
ABOUT IT.
ABOUT IT. I SPOKE TO THE MAN BEHIND THE
THREATS TODAY WHO SAID THAT
HE'S TRYING TO SEND ELECTED
OFFICIALS A WARNING.
IN A TEXT THE MAN THAT WE ARE
ONLY IDENTIFYING AS BRIAN
BECAUSE HE HAS NOT BEEN CHARGED
WITH A CRIME TOLD ME THAT HE
WAS MAKING THOSE OFFICIALS
AWARE OF POSSIBLE CONSEQUENCES
FROM OTHER PEOPLE.
BRIAN ALSO THREATENED
BROOMFIELD CITY COUNCILWOMAN
HEIDI HINKLE LAST WEEK.
HE WROTE, "I'VE HEARD THROUGH
THE GRAPEVINE THAT FOLKS WITH
GUNS ARE TALKING ABOUT SHOOTING
ELECTED OFFICIALS.
ELECTED OFFICIALS. KEEP THAT IN MIND AND BE A
LITTLE CAREFUL WHEN YOU DRIVE
TO AND FROM WORK, SCHOOL OR
OTHER PLACES."
OTHER PLACES." COUNCILWOMAN HINKLE HAS
INCREASED SECURITY AT HER HOME
AS A RESULT.
BRIAN TOLD ME THAT HE CALLS
THESE THREATS WARNING SIGNALS.
POLICE SAID THAT NEITHER THREAT
WAS SPECIFIC ENOUGH TO BE A
CRIME.
>>>
>>> TODAY
>>> TODAY I SPOKE WITH VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE ABOUT
THOSE THREATS AND ABOUT THE
ARMED PROTESTERS THAT HAVE
SHOWED UP OUTSIDE AND INSIDE
STATE CAPITOLS.
STATE CAPITOLS. I ASKED THE VICE PRESIDENT IF
HE IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE
THREATS OF VIOLENCE.
>>
>> I
>> I MUST
>> I MUST TELL YOU THAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE KNOW THAT
AMERICA WORKS WHEN AMERICA'S
WORKING AND I THINK THAT'S WHY
THE PEOPLE OF COLORADO HAVE
WELCOMED GOVERNOR JARED POLIS'
EFFORTS TO BEGIN TO REOPEN
PORTIONS OF YOUR ECONOMY AND AS
PEOPLE EXERCISE THEIR FIRST
AMENDMENT RIGHTS AND EXPRESS A
DESIRE TO HAVE THEIR STATE GO
BACK TO WORK, I TRULY DO
BELIEVE THAT THEY'RE DOING SO
IN THE BEST SPIRIT OF THIS
COUNTRY.
>>
>> I
>> I ALSO
>> I ALSO TALKED WITH THE VICE PRESIDENT ABOUT THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION'S OPPOSITION TO
EXPANDING MAIL BALLOTS LIKE WE
HAVE IN COLORADO AS WELL AS THE
SLOW RAMPUP IN COVID-19
TESTING.
TESTING.
TESTING. YOU CAN SEE MY FULL
CONVERSATION WITH THE VICE
PRESIDENT TODAY ON THE NEXT
YOUTUBE CHANNEL.
>>>
>>> A
>>> A QUICK UPDATE ON THE COVID- 19 CASE COUNT IN COLORADO,
THERE ARE NOW 18,300 CONFIRMED
CASES, 944 PEOPLE THAT HAVE
DIED, ABOUT 630 PEOPLE
REMAINING IN THE HOSPITAL OUT
OF THE 3,500 WHO HAVE NEEDED
HOSPITAL CARE.
HOSPITAL CARE. >>> RESTAURANTS THAT DEFIED THE
STATE'S SAFER-AT-HOME ORDER AND
REMAINED OPEN TO DINE-IN
SERVICE ARE BEING TOLD TO CEASE
AND DESIST.
THE
THE TRI-COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT ORDERED WATER'S EDGE
WINERY IN CENTENNIAL TO CLOSE
TODAY AFTER WRITTEN AND VERBAL
WARNINGS.
WARNINGS.
WARNINGS. THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAYS THE
WINERY WAS NOT FOLLOWING SOCIAL
DISTANCING GUIDELINES.
DISTANCING GUIDELINES. ON FACEBOOK THE OWNERS POSTED
THEY HAVE THREATENED US WITH
IMPRISONMENT FOR EXERCISING OUR
FREEDOM."
>>>
>>> RESTAURANT OWNERS IN RURAL EL PASO COUNTY IN THE SMALL
TOWN OF CALLAHAN SAID THEY WILL
FIGHT A CEASE AND DESIST ORDER
CALLING IT A FIGHT FOR THEIR
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS.
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS. THE OWNERS OF KAREN'S CAFE AND
STEPHANIE'S BAR AND GRILL SAY
THEY'RE PREPARED TO GO TO JAIL
IF IT COMES TO THAT.
KAREN STARR SAYS IF SHE'S
ARRESTED, HER EMPLOYEES WILL
KEEP THE RESTAURANT