NOW WITH THE BREAKING NEWS ALERT , AND WE BEGIN HERE TONIGHT AT SIX WITH BREAKING NEWS FROM THE
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, THE
TEAMS RUNNING BACKS COACH MIKE
HART IN THE HOSPITAL AT THIS
HOUR AFTER COLLAPSING ON THE
SIDELINES, HEAD COACH JIM
HARBAUGH SAID AFTER THE GAME.
THAT HEART HAD A MEDICAL
EMERGENCY. AND AS YOU JUST SAW
THERE HAD TO BE CARTED OFF THE
FIELD, ACCORDING TO REPORTS
HEART SUFFERED A SEIZURE ON THE
SIDELINES CANVASES HERE NOW WITH
MORE AND I KNOW A LOT OF FOLKS
WONDERING ABOUT HIS CONDITION
AND OBVIOUSLY THIS IS AN
EMOTIONAL TIME FOR BOTH TEAMS
FOR BOTH TEAMS IS SUPER
UNFORTUNATE EVENT. EARLY. WE’VE
LEARNED WITHIN THE LAST HOUR.
THAT HEART IS IN STABLE
CONDITION AND WILL STAY
OVERNIGHT IN A HOSPITAL FOR
OBSERVATION AND BLOOMING TO
NON-U.S BREAK FLAT FOLLOWING AN
INDIANA TOUCHDOWN IN THE FIRST
QUARTER, BROUGHT FAT FAX
BROADCAST ANNOUNCED, A MEMBER OF
THE MICHIGAN COACHING STAFF
COLLAPSED ON THE SIDELINE. BOTH
PLAYERS FROM EACH TEAM TOOK ME
AS MIKE HEART WAS LIFTED ONTO A
STRETCHER AND CARTED OFF THE
FIELD. HE WAS TAKEN TO A NEARBY
HOSPITAL HEART REPORTEDLY
REACHED OUT TO THE TEAM DURING
HALFTIME TO TELL THEM HE WAS
DOING WELL. THE 36 YEAR OLD HAS
TIES TO BOTH TEAMS AS HE WAS A
FORMER PLAYER AND A COACH AT
INDIANA. JIM HARBAUGH TALKED
ABOUT THE INCIDENT AFTER BEATING
INDIANA. MEDICAL EMERGENCY
DURING THE GAME. AND HE’S IN
STABLE CONDITION. HE’S GOING TO
STAY OVERNIGHT HERE IN
BLOOMINGTON FOR CONTINUED
OBSERVATION. STRONG I AND, UH,
JUST YOU KNOW, ABUNDANT PRAYERS.
GOING HIS WAY. WE WILL HAVE MORE
UPDATES ONCE THEY BECOME
AVAILABLE. AS FOR HIGHLIGHTS OF
THE GAME LATER ON IN SPORT, ALL
RIGHT, THANK YOU, CANDACE TIME
NOW FOR A CHECK OF THE WEATHER,
AND IT HAS BEEN A VERY CHILLY
DAY ACROSS THE METRO AREA TODAY.
LOTS OF SUNSHINE, THOUGH BRIAN
JOINS US NOW WITH A LOOK AT YOUR
FOREWARN WEATHER FORECAST. HEY,
BRIAN, THERE’S SANDRA AND GOOD
SATURDAY EVENING, EVERYONE,
REALLY A NICE FALL DAY ACROSS
ALL OF SOUTH EASTERN MICHIGAN
AFTER A VERY COLD START FOR JUST
ABOUT EVERYONE THIS MORNING, WE
DROPPED THE 36 EARLY THIS
MORNING CITY AIRPORT 34. BORN
GROSSE ILE 33 THE MORNING LOW
WORKING OVER IN A METRO AIRPORT
, WHILE ANN ARBOR YOU DROPPED TO
23 EARLY THIS MORNING, 31 THIS
MORNING IN PONTIAC IN 31 THIS
MORNING, WORKING OVER INTO HOW
WE GOT THIS PLENTY OF SUNSHINE
ALL DAY LONG TODAY A FEW HIGH
CLOUDS FROM TIME TO TIME, BUT
TEMPERATURES STILL RUNNING BELOW
AVERAGE HEADING INTO THIS
AFTERNOON 53 RIGHT NOW, HERE IN
DETROIT 52 WORKING INTO HOW 54
RIGHT NOW WORKING IN THE PORT
HURON AND 54 OVER IN MONROE,
HIGH PRESSURE STILL CONTROLLING
THE FORECAST A LITTLE BIT OF
HIGH. CLOUD COVER TRYING TO WORK
OFF TO THE EAST, BUT NOTHING
REALLY TO WRITE HOME ABOUT AND
WE’LL KEEP THE COLD TEMPERATURES
INTO THE FORECAST OVERNIGHT.
TONIGHT FIFTIES BY SIX O’CLOCK,
DROPPING VERY QUICKLY INTO THE
LOW END OF THE FORTIES. BY THE
TIME WE GET TO MIDNIGHT AS WE
HEAD INTO THE THIRTIES, ONCE
AGAIN OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, WARMUPS
ON THE WAY AND SOME RINGO’S WITH
IT AS WELL. DETAILS IN YOUR FULL
FORWARD FORECAST COMING UP IN
JUST A FEW MINUTES, SANDERS ALL
RIGHT. THANK YOU, BRIAN SOME
TENSE MOMENTS TODAY TO START OFF
THE WEEKEND FOR PASSENGERS ON AN
AMTRAK TRAIN, LEAVING METRO
DETROIT. THE TRAIN DEPARTED
PONTIAC RIGHT AROUND FIVE
YESTERDAY HEADING TO CHICAGO.
PASSENGERS SAY THE TRAIN FACED
SEVERAL DELAYS. NO HEAT ON THE
TRAIN. NO LIGHTS, NO FOOD. NO
RUNNING WATER FOR HOURS ON END
JACQUELINE FRANCIS’S LIVE NOW,
AS THOSE PASSENGERS ON BOARD ARE
SHARING THEIR STORY, AND WE’RE
ALSO HEARING WHAT AMTRAK HAS TO
SAY ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED.
JACQUELINE. YEAH IT’S PRETTY
CRAZY. I MEAN, THIS STORY.
SANDRA TAKES TRAVEL NIGHTMARE TO
A WHOLE NEW LEVEL. IT GOT SO BAD
AND SO SMELLY FROM ONE FLUSH
TOILETS AT SOME POINT THAT
PASSENGERS BEGAN ESCAPING FROM
THE STOP TRAIN. BUT BEFORE I
GIVE AWAY TOO MUCH, LET ME SHOW
YOU DANA THOMAS AND HER FAMILY
FROM YPSILANTI BOARDED AMTRAK
TRAIN 3 51 IN DEARBORN JUST
BEFORE SEVEN A.M. FRIDAY
SCHEDULED TO ARRIVE IN CHICAGO
AT 10 32 CENTRAL TIME, BUT
AROUND NINE A.M. THE TRAIN WENT
COMPLETELY QUIET. WE LOST ALL
POWER, ALL ELECTRICITY, IT JUST
GLIDED TO A STOP. THEY WAITED
FOR THE TRAIN BEHIND THEM TO
CATCH UP AND ATTACH THE TWO
TRAINS TOGETHER. FEW HOURS LATER
, THEY WERE MOVING AGAIN HEADED
TO THEIR NEXT STOP BATTLE CREEK
, ARRIVING AROUND THREE THAT
AFTERNOON, AND BOY WAS A STOP
NECESSARY BECAUSE, REMEMBER
WITHOUT POWER. THERE’S NO WAY TO
FLUSH TIME WE PULL INTO BATTLE
CREEK. THE TOILETS ARE AT THE
MAX FOR CAPACITY AND THE CABINS
. THE CARS ARE STARTING TO
SMELL. SO EVERYBODY WANTED TO
GET OFF. WE ASKED ME BEGGED, SO
STOP THEY DID, AND WE’RE BACK ON
THE TRACKS AND ARRIVED IN GARY,
INDIANA EARLY THAT EVENING, AND
THE CONDUCTOR SAYS, WELL, MY
TIME IS UP. WE SAID, WHAT DOES
THAT MEAN? OH, NEW CREW HAS TO
TAKE OVER BECAUSE MY TIME IS UP
. THE CREW FINALLY ARRIVED ONLY
TO LEARN THERE’S AN ISSUE WITH
THE BREAK SO ONCE AGAIN THEY
WERE WAITING FOR A MECHANIC. SO
IT’S NOW 7 30. IT’S GETTING
DARK. PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO
PANIC. YOU START HEARING
SCREAMING ON THE TRAIN. UM
SOMEBODY HAD A FULL PANIC ATTACK
WITHOUT HEAT OR LIGHTS. IT WAS
COLD AND DARK COMBINATION THAT
ONLY ADDED TO THE PASSENGERS
PANIC AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN
PEOPLE START ESCAPING. SO WE AND
SO THEY WERE WARNING US THAT
THERE ARE SEVEN LIVE TRACKS. AND
ONE WAY IN THREE LIVE TRACKS THE
OTHER WAY, AND PEOPLE WERE JUST
BEGINNING TO THEY COULDN’T TAKE
IT ANYMORE. THEY CALLED UBERS
AND UBER’S WERE ACTUALLY
STOPPING ON THE SIDE OF THE
FREEWAY. PICKING PEOPLE UP. IT
WAS MADNESS. DANA AND HER FAMILY
STUCK IT OUT, ARRIVING IN
CHICAGO SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT
ABOUT 17 HOURS AFTER THEY
BOARDED THE TRAIN IN DEARBORN.
THEY MISSED THEIR CONNECTIONS,
SO THEIR VACATION WAS CANCELED.
THE PASSENGERS AND TRAINED 3 51
FOREVER BONDED PEOPLE
COLLECTIVELY COMING TOGETHER TO
MAKE SURE THAT THE STORY OF
AMTRAK 3 51 IS TOLD BECAUSE I’M
TRACKS RESPONSE HAS BEEN
ABSOLUTELY ABYSMAL. THEY WERE
MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THE TRAIN,
THEN THE PASSENGERS THAN THE
PEOPLE WITHIN THE TRAIN. WE HAVE
BEEN IN TOUCH WITH AMTRAK, AND
THEY CONFIRMED THIS SERIES OF
STOPS AND MECHANICAL WOES. A
SPOKESPERSON WITH AN CRACK
SAYING THEY GAVE OUT VOUCHERS.
THEY RE FUNDED TRIPS AND, AMONG
OTHER, AMONG OTHER THINGS,
APOLOGY EMAILS AS WELL AS YOU
CAN IMAGINE, BUT FOR THOSE
PASSENGERS, WE TALKED TO QUITE A
FEW OF THEM. THEY SAY THAT’S
JUST NOT ENOUGH CONSIDERING
ESPECIALLY IN THAT WHOLE 17 HOUR
ORDEAL. THE ONLY FOOD THEY GOT
WAS A BAG OF CHEX MIX AND A
BOTTLE OF WATER. REPORTING LIVE
. I’M JACQUELINE FRANCIS LOCAL 4
WHAT? AN ORDEAL FOR THOSE
PASSENGERS. ALL RIGHT,
JACQUELINE. THANK YOU SO MUCH