FROM A FLORIDA TIGER ATTACK. NOW WE’RE LEARNING THERE WERE TWO BIG CATS INVOLVED.
GOOD EVENING OFF THE TOP AT
6:00, WE BEGIN WITH A STORMY
START TO THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND.
STRONG SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS POPPING UP ALL
OVER SOUTH FLORIDA TODAY.
WE’RE NOT IN THE CLEAR YET.
THE RADAR IS STILL VERY ACTIVE
RIGHT NOW.
>> WHAT ABOUT THE HOLIDAY
WEEKEND, LET’S GET RIGHT TO
OUR CHIEF CERTIFIED
METEOROLOGIST BETTY DAVIS.
>> BIG TIME THUNDERSTORMS
PELTING MIAMI BEACH DOWN
TOWARD VIRGINIA KEY AND
CEREBRAL PALSY.
THIS IS GONNA BE THE STORMY
SPOT.
BROWARD, YOU’RE TRENDING
DRIER.
MIAMI STARTING TO GET WETTER
AGAIN CHLT
AGAIN.
>> NOTICE SOME OF THAT RAIN
FALL TRYING TO PUSH IN AS
WELL.
MORE AND MORE WE MAY SEE
THINGS FILLING IN AROUND
KENDALL BAY.
THAT DOESN’T MEAN WE’LL BE WITHOUT. WE WON’T BE WITHOUT A FEW
SHOWERS.
I’LL LET YOU KNOW THE BEST
POINT IN THE DAY SATURDAY AND
SUNDAY.
>> THE STORMY WEATHER
AFFECTING MANY FLIGHTS ON THIS
BUSY HOLIDAY TRAVEL WEEKEND.
>> LOCAL 10’S ROY RAMOS
CONTINUES OUR LIVE TEAM
COVERAGE FROM FORT
LAUDERDALE-HOLLYWOOD
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
ROY?
>> MAJOR FLIGHT DELAYS ACROSS
SOUTH FLORIDA AS WE MOVE INTO
THIS EASTER PASSOVER WEEKEND.
THAT IS PARTLY DUE TO THE
WEATHER WE’RE SEEING IN THE
AREA.
YOU CAN PROBABLY SEE THOSE
DARK SKIES RIGHT THERE.
THAT IS WHAT IS RESULTING IN
DOZENS OF CANCELLATIONS AND
HUNDREDS OF DELAYS.
ONE FLIGHT IN PARTICULAR, A
JetBlue FLIGHT, HAVING
PASSENGERS GET ON AND OFF
THEIR PLANE OVER THE SPAN OF
ABOUT 8 HOURS.
CELL PHONE VIDEO SHOWING
PASSENGERS ON JetBlue FLIGHT
1709.
A FLIGHT ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED
TO DEPART FROM FORT LAUDERDALE
AT 10:14 THIS MORNING.
THAT FLIGHT STILL HAS YET TO
LEAVE THE AIRPORT.
WE DID REACH OUT TO JetBlue
WHO TELLS US THE DELAYS WERE
THE RESULT OF BAD WEATHER IN
THE AREA AND THAT FLIGHT WAS
FORCED TO RETURN TO ITS GATE
TO SWAP OUT FLIGHT CREWS.
THIS OBVIOUSLY VERY
FRUSTRATING FOR PASSENGERS.
THIS MAN GOT TIRED OF THE
DELAYS AND CHOSE TO BOOK
ANOTHER FLIGHT ALL TOGETHER.
TAKE A LOOK.
>> THEY LITERALLY DID NOT
BOARD THE FLIGHT ON TIME
BECAUSE THEY SAID THEY WERE
MISSING FLIGHT ATTENDANTS.
AND SO WE HAD TO WAIT AN HOUR.
WE GOT ON THE FLIGHT AT 11:15
FINALLY AND WAITED AN HOUR ON
THE TARMAC.
THE PILOT CAME ON AND SAID THE
FLIGHT ATTENDANTS HAVE WORKED
TOO LATE AND NOW WE’RE GONNA
TURN BACK IN.
SO WE GO BACK IN, WE SIT DOWN
AND GO BACK ON THE PLANE, GET
RE-PUT BACK ON THE SAME PLANE.
THREE HOURS WE SAT ON THE
TARMAC.
>> AT LAST CHECK, THAT JetBlue
FLIGHT 1709 WAS RE-SCHEDULED
TO DEPART FORT
LAUDERDALE-HOLLYWOOD
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AT 6:45.
THAT IS WEATHER PERMITTING, OF
COURSE.
WE’RE CONTINUING TO CHECK IN
ON THESE CANCELLATIONS AND
DELAYS.
WE’RE ALSO LOOKING INTO THE
CANCELLATIONS AND DELAYS AT
MIA
MIA.
MIA MIA. FOR NOW AT F.L.L., ROY RAMOS,
LOCAL 10 NEWS.
>> CAN’T EVEN IMAGINE THE
LEVEL OF FRUSTRATION.
THANKS A LOT THERE, ROY.
NOW TO A STORY YOU SAW
EXCLUSIVELY FIRST ON 10, A
DISTURBING ACT AT THE
HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL THAT
HAPPENED DAYS BEFORE PASSOVER
REGARDLESS OF THE STATE OF
MIND OR THE MOTIVATION OF THE
SUSPECT, MANY IN THE JEWISH
COMMUNITY ARE EXTREMELY
DISTURBED BY HIS ACTIONS.
THIS IS THE FACE OF THE MAN
WHO COPS SAY SPREAD HIS BLOOD
ON ONE OF SOUTH FLORIDA’S MOST
SACRED PLACES.
IT LANDED HIM BEHIND BARS.
>> IT’S SCARY.
NO MATTER THE MOTIVE, THE
HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL IS A HOLY
PLACE FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE IN
THE JEWISH COMMUNITY.
>> IT IS A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE
COME TO PAY THEIR RESPECTS TO
THE 600-0000 JEWS WHO WERE
MURDERED IN THE HOLOCAUST
>> THAT MAKES ME FEEL REALLY
BAD BECAUSE IT’S JUST REALLY
WRONG TO DO AND HE SHOULD GO
TO JAIL FOR THAT.
THIS IS SOMETHING FOR PEOPLE
TO LOOK AT AND NOT TO DESTROY.
>> THE HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL ON
MIAMI BEACH.
>> PEOPLE ARE ABSOLUTELY
SHOCKED AND SICKENED BY WHAT
THIS MAN, CHRISTOPHER GREEN,
IS ACCUSED OF DOING.
ACCORDING TO HIS ARREST
REPORT, THE SUBJECT BEGAN TO
DIG INTO HIS LEFT FOREARM,
CAUSING MULTIPLE LACERATIONS
AND CAUSING THE DEFENDANT’S
ARM TO BLEED.
THE DEFENDANT THEN USED HIS
BLOOD TO SMEAR IT AGAINST THE
HOLOCAUST MUSEUM’S WALL.
THE DEFENDANT WROTE NUMEROUS
LETTERS OF THE ALPHABET IN HIS
BLOOD.
THE LETTERS HE WROTE DID NOT
SPELL ANYTHING READABLE.
>> THERE’S A VISCERAL
REACTION.
THE SUSPECT CHARGED WITH
CRIMINAL MISCHIEF.
HE HAS A $5,000 BOND.
THE PEOPLE OF THE GREATER
MIAMI JEWISH FEDERATION WANT
PEOPLE TO KNOW HOW SACRED THIS
PLACE IS AND THEY SIMPLY DON’T
STAND FOR THIS. LIVE ON MIAMI
BEACH, I’M ROSH LOWE, LOCAL 10
NEWS.
>> SUCH A DISTURBING STORY.
THANKS, ROSH.
DEVELOPING RIGHT NOW, WHAT WAS
SUPPOSED TO BE A FUN NIGHT
TURNED INTO A RESCUE EMERGENCY
IN DAVIE.
IT APPEARS THAT DRINKS WERE
SPIKED SENDING SEVERAL TEENS
TO THE HOSPITAL.
LOCAL 10’S HATZEL VELA IS LIVE
IN FORT LAUDERDALE WITH THE
LATEST
LATEST.
LATEST LATEST. HATZEL?
LATEST. HATZEL? >> 4 OF THE 6 STUDENTS HAVE
BEEN RELEASED HERE FROM THE
HOSPITAL.
THIS AS INVESTIGATORS TRY TO
FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHAT THEY
CONSUMED.
THE DRINKS AT THE BALL WERE
SPIKED.
IT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT IN
DAVIE.
CALLS FOR HELP TELL THE STORY.
>> ONE OF THEM IS NOT
CONSCIOUS, THE OTHER TWO ARE.
NOW THEY’RE ADVISING A FOURTH
STUDENT HAS STARTED SHAKING
AND WENT UNCONSCIOUS.
>> SIX NORTHEAST HIGH SCHOOL
STUDENTS RUSHED TO BROWARD
HEALTH AFTER CONSUMING
SOMETHING THAT MADE THEM SICK.
NOT KNOWING EXACTLY WHAT WAS
HAPPENING, BUT CERTAINLY THOSE
WHO WERE THERE CONCERNED ABOUT
THEIR CLASSMATES.
>> I SAW A GIRL, I THINK SHE
WAS HAVING A SEIZURE.
>> A JOKE, PERHAPS, BUT NOT
MANY ARE LAUGHING ABOUT IT.
DAVIE POLICE SAYS IT’S UNCLEAR
WHAT SUBSTANCE THEY INGESTED,
BUT THEY BELIEVE IT MAY HAVE
BEEN AN OVER THE COUNTER LEGAL
SUBSTANCE.
>> THEY GOT HIGH AND
EVERYTHING.
THEY STARTED ACTING CRAZY,
ACTING WILD.
>> WE KNOW THE SCHOOL
PRINCIPAL HAS BEEN HERE AT THE
HOSPITAL TENDING TO THOSE WHO
REMAIN HERE.
>> IT WAS REALLY SAD TO WATCH.
>> AT THIS POINT,
INVESTIGATORS DO NOT BELIEVE
ANY FOUL PLAY IS INVOLVED.