AND DON'T FORGET ABOUT YOUR
PETS.> THE CHRISTMAS SEASON
BLUE INTO MINNESOTA WITH AN
ARTIC FERY.
IT HAS BEEN DOWNRIGHT COLD.
BUT THIS IS MINNESOTA.
YOU KNOW THE FRIGID
TEMPERATURES WILL NOT KEEP
PEOPLE FROM GETTING OUTSIDE AND
ENJOYING HOLIDAY TIME.
IT IS STILL DANGEROUS.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY
FOR MUCH OF THE STATE.
THAT MEANT LOTS AND LOTS OF
LAYERS FOR ANYONE WHO STEPPED
OUTSIDE, ESPECIALLY THOSE AT
AFTON ALPS.
Reporter: --
I HAVE FOUR LONGJOHNS ON AND
HAND WARMERS. Reporter:
MICHELLE DID NOT LET THE
FREEZING WINDS AND FRIGID AIR
RUINED HER CHRISTMAS PLANS AT
AFTON ALPS.
IF YOU WAIT FOR THE PERFECT
TIME, IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN.
Reporter: SHE WAS NOT ALONE.
OTHERS TOOK TO THE SNOW ON THE
COLDEST CHRISTMAS IN DECADES BY
DOING WHAT MINNESOTANS DO BEST,
EMBRACING THE WEATHER, WHATEVER
IT MAY BE.
I ENJOY THE COLD MORE THAN
THE HE.
ON MY SWEATER AND JACKET AND
GLOVES.
IT IS COLD OUTSIDE.
Reporter: THAT IS AN
UNDERSTATEMENT.
THE LAST TIME IT WAS THIS CHILE
ON DECEMBER 25 WAS WAY BACK IN
1996 WHEN THE HIGH WAS 9
DEGREES BELOW ZERO.
WE LOVE IT.
THERE IS HARDLY ANYONE HERE.
NO LINES TODAY.
Reporter: THE COLD IS NOT
FOR EVERYONE.
AFTON ALPS IS GLAD THE SNOW
THEY HAVE IS HERE TO STAY AFTER
THE WARMER CONDITIONS LAST
YEAR.
WE HAVE NO MELT GOING ON.
Reporter: FOR SOME, THE
CONDITIONS OF THE SKI CHALET
WERE PERFECT FOR THAWING OUT
AND RELAXING WITH A WARM DRINK.
THEY DID NOT MAKE ANY SNOW
YESTERDAY, BUT THE SNOW MAKERS
WILL BE BACK IN ACTION TODAY
AND ANY DAY THAT IS BELOW 28
DEGREES.
THE YOUNG MAN IS SHOT BY
POLICE AT MINNEAPOLIS CITY HALL
IS SCHEDULED TO MAKE HIS FIRST
COURT APPEARANCE TODAY.
THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN
LAST WEEK BUT WAS RESCHEDULED
WHEN MARCUS FISHER WAS STILL IN
THE HOSPITAL.
LAST MONDAY THE 18-YEAR-OLD WAS
BEING INTERROGATED WHEN POLICE
SAY HE STABBED HIMSELF MULTIPLE
TIMES AND OFFICER SHOT HIM.
HE WAS BEING QUESTIONED ABOUT A
ROAD RAGE INCIDENT, BUT COURT
DOCUMENTS SHOW THE SHOOTING
ACTUALLY TOOK PLACE EARLIER
THAT DAY IN MINNEAPOLIS.
INVESTIGATORS SAY HE SHOT THE
VICTIM WHILE PRETENDING TO BUY
A GUN FOR HIMSELF.
HE IS FACING MULTIPLE CHARGES,
INCLUDING FIRST-DEGREE ASSAULT
AND AGGRAVATED ROBBERY.
HE IS SCHEDULED TO BE IN COURT
AT 1:30 PM TODAY.
THE BCA IS INVESTIGATING THE
OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING AT
CITY HALL.
THOSE OFFICERS ARE ON LEAVE,
WHICH IS STANDARD PROCEDURE,
POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR THE
MAN ACCUSED OF KIDNAPPING HIS
GIRLFRIEND BY GUNPOINT.
WITNESSES SAY THE 37-YEAR-OLD
THREATENED HIS GIRLFRIEND WITH
A GUN, FORCING HER TO GET IN
HIS CAR IN A MINNETONKA PARKING
LOT ON THURSDAY.
SHE IS NOW HOME SAFE.
HER MOTHER SAYS SHE SHOWED UP
AT HER HOUSE SATURDAY EVENING
ALONE.
SHE TOLD HER MOTHER SHE HAD
GOTTEN AWAY FROM HER EX-
BOYFRIEND.
MINNETONKA POLICE SAY THE
SUSPECT IS MISSING AND IS STILL
CONSIDERED TO BE ARMED AND
DANGEROUS.
AN EXPECTING MOTHER WAS
GIFTED WITH WHAT SHE CALLS A
CHRISTMAS MIRACLE YESTERDAY
MORNING.
HANNAH LINDEMAN GAVE BIRTH
TO A HEALTHY BABY GIRL IN HER
CAR ON THE WAY TO THE HOSPITAL.
HER HUSBAND DELIVERED THE PAPER
RIGHT BEFORE POLICE AND
PARAMEDICS ARRIVED.
WE SPOKE WITH THE HAPPY PARENTS
AND THE DISPATCHER WHO GUIDED
THEM ALONG. Reporter: OF ALL
THE DELIVERIES SANTA COULD HAVE
MADE CHRISTMAS MORNING, THE
PRECIOUS GIFT IN HER ARMS IS
THE LAST ONE SHE EXPECTED.
I WAS NOT DUE UNTIL JANUARY
21.
Reporter: BUT HER DAUGHTER
POPPY HAD OTHER PLANS, AND THE
CONTRACTIONS CAME ON STRONG.
FINALLY, SOMEBODY SAID WE
ARE DONE TRYING TO OPEN
PRESENTS.
YOU'RE GOING TO GO TO THE
HOSPITAL.
Reporter: ALONG HIGHWAY 8
POPPY INTERVENED AGAIN.
IT DIDN'T OCCUR TO ME THAT
THIS MIGHT NOT TAKE PLACE WHERE
IT IS SUPPOSED TO UNTIL I
CALLED 911.
Reporter: DISPATCHER JAKE
PRAGER TOOK THE CALL.
THE WATER HAD BROKE.
Reporter: HE GUIDED TAYLOR.
I AM NOT A HUGE FAN OF
BLOOD..
THROUGH THE PROCESS OF
DELIVERING THE BABY ON THE SIDE
OF THE ROAD.
YOU ARE NOT THINKING A LOT.
YOU'RE JUST FOLLOWING
DIRECTIONS AND DOING WHAT NEEDS
TO BE DONE.
Reporter: ALL WHILE THE
TEMPERATURE OUTSIDE WAS BELOW
ZERO.
I DEFINITELY COULD FEEL THE
COLD BECAUSE THE DOOR WAS OPEN
FOR HIM TO HELP.
Reporter: RIGHT THERE IN THE
FRONT SEAT, POPPY WAS BORN,
HAPPY, HEALTHY AND WARM.
WE HAD A REALLY THICK
BLANKET IN THE CAR THAT MY
MOTHER-IN-LAW THROUGH IN RIGHT
BEFORE WE LEFT.
Reporter: TWO PROUD POWER
RENTS -- PARENTS AND THEIR
DISPATCHER.
THIS IS MY FOURTH THAT I
HELPS TO DELIVER.
I WILL TALK TO HER ABOUT HOW
IT WAS MIRACULOUS THAT SHE WAS
OKAY AND THERE WERE NO ISSUES.
THEY WANT TO SAY A BIG THANK
YOU TO JAKE PRAGER AND THE
POLICE OFFICER WHO SHOWED UP TO
HELP WITH THE DELIVERY.
POPPY IS THEIR THIRD CHILD, AND
THEY SAY THIS IS PROBABLY THE
LAST ONE.
YOU CAN'T BLAME THEM AFTER WHAT
THEY HAVE BEEN THROUGH.
SEEING SOME OF THE STALLED
VEHICLES ON THE ROAD ON
CHRISTMAS DAY, YOU THINK ABOUT
WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE TO
DELIVERING A CHILD IN THESE