JASO WHEN IT COMES TO WEATHER,
2016 CAME ROARING IN WITH RECORD
SNOWFALL.
TWO FEET IN SOME AREAS.
IT WAS ENOUGH TO DISRUPT MASS
TRANSIT," AND NARROW EW I
MARSHALL TOOK ONE RUNWAY.
700 NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERS RUN
THE STREETS, BUT SOME DAMAGE IS
BEYOND HELP.
A GROCERY DOOR ROOF COLLAPSED
UNDER THE WEIGHT OF ALL THE
SNOW.
IN BALTIMORE COUNT ALONE A
TOTAL OF $6 MILLION.
JULY 30 IS A DAY THAT WILL NEVER
BE FORGOTTEN BY BUSINESS OWNERS
AND RESIDENTS ALONG MAIN STREET
IN ELKINS CITY.
A FLASH FLOOD TURNED IT INTO A
FAST-MOVING RIVER THAT LEFT A
PATH OF DESTRUCTION.
TWO PEOPLE DIED IN THE WATERS.
GOOD SAMARITANS RESCUED MANY
OTHERS.
>> THE HOWARD COUNTY WELCOME IN
CITY BOARDED UP, A SYMBOLIC SIGN
OF THE DEVASTATION LEFT BEHIND.
JULY 30, A MASSIVE WEATHER
SYSTEM BRINGS SIX INCHES OF
RAIN.
A MONTH AND HALF FOR THE
PRECIPITATION IN ABOUT TWO
HOURS, ALL ON MAIN STREET.
FLOODING STREETS AND BUSINESSES,
TREATING SINKHOLES AND EATING
THE CROWN JEWEL OF TH CITY LIKE
A SCENE FROM A DISASTER MOVIE.
THE EFFECTS OF THE DEVASTATING
AND DEADLY WITH TWO PEOPLE
LOOSG THEIR LIVES IN THE
AFTERMATH.
THIS WATER RESCUE ALL CAUGHT ON
VIDEO AS GOOD SAMARITANS FORM A
HUMAN CHAIN TO BRING SOMEONE
STRANDED BY THAT FLOODING TO
SAFETY.
NEARLY TWO MONTHS OF THE DAY
AFTER JULY'S FLOODING, ANOTHER
SCARE AND A POSSIBLE SETBACK FOR
RECOVERY EFFORTS.
A STORM SAID TO BRING SEVERAL
INCHES OF RAIN WITH HEAVY
DOWNPOURS.
BUT THIS TIME OVER A PERIOD OF
DAYS.
LESSONS LEARNED FROM JULY STORMS
FORCED OFFICIALS TO PREPARE FOR
THE WORST.
>> WE HAVE DONE A LOT TO BE
READY FOR THIS.
WE WERE ALWAYS FEARFUL OF
HAVING ANOTHER STORM WHILE
REBUILDING.
JASON: REBUILDING STILL
UNDERWAY, BRICK BY BRICK, OWNERS
FACING AN UPHILL BATTLE.
SOME SHOPS MOVING FORWARD WITH
PLANS TO REOPEN.
I'M HOPING THREE TO FOUR
WEEKS.
JASON: OTHERS ALREADY BACK IN
BUSINESS, EXCITED ABOUT THE
PROGRESS ALONG MAIN STREET.
I'M HAPPY WITH ALL THE WORK
THAT'S BEING DONE ON MAI STREET
AND ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS SO FAR.
WE STILL HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO
BUT IT IS NICE.
EVERY WEEK IT SEEMS LIKE THERE
IS A NEW STORE OPENING UP.
JASON: THE PROGRESS, SLOW AND
STEADY THE REASSURANCE FROM
COUNTY OFFICIALS THEY ARE IN IT
FOR THE LONG HAUL, READY TO
SUPPORT PROPERTY AND BUSINESS
OWNERS.
>> WE HAVE BEEN ON TOP OF THIS
SINCE THE BEGINNING.
WE ARE NOT GOING TO LEAVE THEM
NOW.
JASON: IN HER EFFORTS TO RESTORE
MA STREET, --
ZION HARVEY, AN INFECTION
FORCED DOCTORS INDICATE HIS
HANDS A PART OF HIS LEGS.
IN 2015 HE GOT BACK IN TOUCH
WITH THE WORLD AROUND HIM BASED
RIGHT HAND TRANSPLANT.
IT WILL TAKE A YEAR OF THERAPY
TO LEARN HOW TO USE THOSE NEW
HANDS.
THEY CAN WRITE EAT, AND MAKING
USING A ZIPPER POSSIBLE AGAIN.
THE STORY ABOUT MEDICINE, A
STORY ABOUT HOPE, A STORY ABO
THE LEAF AND A STORY ABOUT
COURAGE.
NOTHING REALLY CHANGED.
EVERYONE I KNOW IS STILL THE
SAME.
ALL I CAN DO NOW IS RUB A
BASEBALL.
I CAN GRIP ON TO WAIT BAT
BETTER.
I CAN WEAR A BASEBALL GLOVE NOW.
JASO NOW HE IS TRYING TO
CONVINCE HIS MOM TO LET HIM PLAY
FOOTBALL.
THE SURGERY LASTED 10.5 HOURS IN
A TICKET TEAM OF 40 TO COMPLETE.
18 OLYMPIC MEDALS.
THAT IS HOW MANY THE ENTIRE
NATION OF NEW ZEALAND TO COME
THIS YEAR IN THE SUMMER GAMES IN
RIO.
ATHLETES ARE MARYLAND TIED THAT
MARK.
THEY BROUGHT THEIR BEST WITH
KATIE LEDECKY, AND THE FIRST
AMERICAN WOMAN TO WIN A GOLD
MEDAL IN WRESTLING.
AND THERE IS BALTIMORE IN
MICHAEL PHELPS WHO SEEMS TO
LITERALLY BE A FISH OUT OF
WATER.
HE PUT ON A RECORD-BREAKING
SHOW LEAVING THE POOL AS THE
MOST DECORATED OLYMPIAN OF ALL
TIME.
28 MEDALS.
HE MADE HIS RETIREMENT FROM
COMPETITION OFFICIAL.
THIS IS THE WAY I WANTED TO
HANG MY SUIT UP FOR YEARS AGO.
I WILL TEL YOU A VERY HAPPY I
CAME BACK.
BECAUSE I KNOW 15 YEARS DOWN THE
ROAD, IF I HADN'T CO BACK, IT
JUST WOULD'VE BEEN BRUTAL FOR
ME.
JASO MICHAEL AND HIS WIFE