THE LITTLE GIRL FOUND UNRESPONSIVE IN A POOL. BUT HELP ARRIVED JUST IN TIME. AND JUST
SEE THE POLICE.
>> THEY ARRIVE FROM EVERYWHERE.
I SEE THEM COMING FROM. FROM MY
BACK, FROM THE GARAGE, FROM ALL
THE DOORS. TODAY, A CHANCE TO
CELEBRATE AND APPRECIATE HER
SECOND CHANCE.
>> THERE’S NO WORD CAN EXPLAIN
HOW MUCH I’M THANKFUL FOR THEM
THAT I HAVE MY DAUGHTER BACK.
>> MY GOODNESS.
>> THANKS FOR BEING HERE WITH US
FOR THE NEWS AT SIX. I’M
KIMBERLY GILL.
>> I’M DEVIN SCILLIAN FROM
DEPUTIES TO DISPATCHERS TO
MEDICS THERE ARE A NUMBER OF
PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
RESCUE. MIRA LATIF YEAH.
>> TODAY IN MOUNT CLEMENS, THEY
GOT THEIR DUE AND GOT TO MEET
THE ADORABLE LITTLE GIRL UNDER
MUCH BETTER CIRCUMSTANCES. SHAWN
LEY IS LIVE WITH A HAPPY MOMENT
AT THAT LITTLE GIRL. MIGHT NOT
REMEMBER, BUT EVERYBODY ELSE
SURELY WILL.
>> SHE MAY. SHE’S GOING TO TELL
YOU A LIVE WIRE. THAT MIRROR
WILL SHOW YOU HER IN JUST A
SECOND. GUYS, LISTEN, I WANT TO
DETAIL EVERYTHING THAT HAD TO GO
RIGHT. EVERYTHING HAD TO GO
RIGHT TO SAVE BEAUTIFUL LITTLE
MIRA’S LIFE. LET’S START WITH MY
CONVERSATION WITH MIRA’S DAD. OF
COURSE, HE WAS VERY EMOTIONAL
TODAY, MEETING THOSE FIRST
RESPONDERS. IT’S SOMETHING IT’S
WAY THE HAPPINESS I HAVE.
>> IT’S WAY, WAY, WAY MORE THAN
WHERE SHE JUST BIRTH DAD SAIF
LATEEF WILL NEVER LOOK THE SAME
WAY.
>> IT IS BEAUTIFUL BABY GIRL
AGAIN. HER NAME MIRA. YOU COULD
CALL HER MIRACLE 911.
>> WHERE IS YOUR EMERGENCY
CENTER TODAY?
>> PANIC. MIRA’S MOM PULLING THE
LITTLE GIRL FROM THEIR POOL A
MOMENT BEFORE MIRA WAS RIGHT
WITH HER WHEN I PULLED HER UP.
>> I SEE HER FACE BLUE AND
THERE’S SOME WHITE THING. GO OUT
FROM HER MOUTH. BUT LOOK AT
MIRA.
>> JUST DAYS LATER, THE
INCREDIBLE VIDEO SHOWING MACOMB
SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES JONATHAN
PATAKI AND MITCHELL BLUNT
RUSHING IN AND WORKING TO GET
MIRA BACK, BREATHING, RUSHING
HER TO THE HOSPITAL. BUT THE
DEPUTIES HAD TO GET TO THIS
HOUSE FIRST. MIRA’S MOM WAS ON
WITH 911 SCREAMING 911 DISPATCH
VETERAN LINDSEY MCCORD HAD TO
FIND THEIR ADDRESS FAST.
>> BUT FOR US, MY GOAL IS TO
CALM THEM DOWN, TO USE MY MOM
VOICE TO TELL THEM AND DIRECT
THEM. I JUST GIVE DIRECTIONS AND
COMMANDS.
>> MCCORD GOT THE DEPUTIES THERE
. THEY GOT TO MIRA, AND TODAY
MIRA’S MOM AND DAD THANKING THEM
FOR THE MOST PRECIOUS GIFT THEY
COULD EVER WISH FOR.
>> SO TO SEE HER WALK AROUND AND
LAUGH AND SMILE, IT’S THERE’S NO
BETTER FEELING A FEW DAYS LATER
NOW TO SEE HER HERE SMILING AND
WALKING AROUND.
>> IT’S AMAZING. IT’S THE BEST
FEELING IN THE WORLD.
>> THIS IS THE GREATEST OUTCOME
WE COULD HAVE. THERE’S ACTUALLY
NO WORD TO DESCRIBE HOW MUCH
THAT ALL I’M WISHING FOR LIFE
FOR THEIR LIFE TO BE THE BEST.
>> BACK HERE LIVE.
>> LET’S GO THROUGH THIS AGAIN.
THE DISPATCHERS HAD TO GET THE
DEPUTIES THERE. THE DEPUTIES GET
THERE. THEY START WORKING ON
MIRA WITH WITH MACOMB TOWNSHIP
FIREFIGHTERS. DEPUTIES DRIVE HER
TO THE HOSPITAL SO MEDICAL
PERSONNEL CAN ALSO START WORKING
ON HER. THEY AIRLIFT HER TO
ANOTHER HOSPITAL. 9:00 THAT
NIGHT, MOM TELLS ME THAT MIRA
OPENED HER EYES AND SAID, MOMMY
, THEIR PRAYERS HAVE BEEN
ANSWERED. GUYS WHEN I WAS HAVING
THE INTERVIEW WITH THE MOM AND
DAD, I FEEL THIS TAP ON MY LEG.
I LOOK DOWN. IT’S LITTLE MIRA
WAY DOWN THERE, SMILING AND
WAVING AT ME WITH A LITTLE
STUFFED ANIMAL. ABSOLUTELY
UNBELIEVABLE. ABSOLUTELY GREAT
SAVE.
>> SO, SO SWEET TO SEE. REALLY
GREAT. ALL RIGHT, SHAWN.
>> WELL, IN THIS LOCAL 4 NEWS
UPDATE, WARREN POLICE JUST
ANNOUNCED AN ARREST IN THE CASE
OF SHOTS FIRED OUTSIDE A HIGH
SCHOOL. WE WERE AT MICHIGAN
COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL MONDAY AS
POLICE SEARCHED FOR EVIDENCE IN
THE PARKING LOT THERE. WELL,
THEY ARRESTED A 22 YEAR OLD MAN
AND THEY SAY HE WENT TO THE
SCHOOL WITH A GROUP OF PEOPLE
AFTER A FRIEND WAS SUSPENDED
LOOKING FOR SOME KIND OF
RETALIATION WHEN SHOTS WERE
FIRED. BUT NOBODY WAS INJURED.
THE SUSPECT WAS TAKEN INTO
CUSTODY AT HIS WORKPLACE AND A
SEMIAUTOMATIC WEAPON WAS SEIZED
. HE’LL FACE A HANDFUL OF
CHARGES.
>> A MOTHER WILL STAND TRIAL FOR
MURDER AFTER HER FOUR YEAR OLD
SON DIED FROM FENTANYL
POISONING. SIOBHAN BOONE IS
FACING MURDER, CHILD ABUSE AND
DRUG CHARGES. HER FOUR YEAR OLD
SON, ANTHONY WENT INTO CARDIAC
ARREST AT THEIR HOME ON
DETROIT’S WEST SIDE LAST YEAR,
AND HE LATER DIED. FENTANYL WAS
FOUND IN HIS SYSTEM JUST LAST
MONTH. HIS MOTHER TURNED HERSELF
INTO POLICE. THEY SAY SHE GAVE
THE BOY THE DRUGS. WE’RE
LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE ONE YEAR
OLD CHILD SHOT YESTERDAY BY HIS
SIX YEAR OLD BROTHER. POLICE SAY
THE YOUNG BOY WAS SHOT TWICE BY
THE SIX YEAR OLD WITH AN
UNSECURED GUN. WE’RE TOLD HE WAS
SHOT THROUGH HIS CHEEK AND
SHOULDER. OFFICIALS SAID THE
BABY’S MOTHER WAS DOWN THE
STREET AT A FRIEND’S HOUSE WHILE
THE FATHER WAS IN THE BACKYARD
WORKING ON A FENCE. NO ONE IS
CHARGED AS OF NOW. TODAY, THE
ONE YEAR OLD STILL IN THE
HOSPITAL. WHILE WE AWAIT FURTHER
WORD ON HIS CONDITION, WE ARE
KEEPING AN EYE ON THE SKIES AS
CANADIAN WILDFIRES, FIRES
CONTINUE TO SEND SMOKE SOUTH
INTO THE US.
>> IT’S LEFT A HAZE OVER NEW
YORK CITY, BUT THINGS ARE
CLEARING OUT A LITTLE BIT THERE.
THEIR AIR QUALITY INDEX HAS
IMPROVED BY ABOUT 200 SINCE THIS
TIME YESTERDAY IN THE BIG APPLE,
STILL HAS THE THIRD WORST AIR
QUALITY, THOUGH, IN THE WORLD
RIGHT NOW. HERE IN METRO
DETROIT, WE’RE SEEING THE 25TH
WORST AIR QUALITY IN THE WORLD.
BUT THINGS ARE LOOKING CLEARER
THAN THEY DID YESTERDAY WHEN WE
SHOWED YOU THE SAME PICTURE FROM
SOUTHFIELD LOOKING TOWARD
DETROIT. YOU CAN KIND OF SEE
SOME OF THE BUILDINGS THERE ON
THE SKYLINE YESTERDAY. YOU COULD
SEE ANYTHING. YEAH, EXACTLY.
>> LET’S CHECK IN WITH KIM ADAMS
WITH MORE ON THE EFFECTS OF
THESE CANADY WILDFIRES, WHICH
JUST WON’T SEEM TO ABATE. NO.
AND I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE
A CONSTANT THEME THROUGHOUT THE
SUMMER BECAUSE KEEP IN MIND,
WE’RE NOT EVEN IN FIRE SEASON
YET.
>> THAT’S NOT UNTIL JULY. RAIN
THIS WEEKEND MIGHT HELP A LITTLE
BIT, BUT NOT MUCH. SO HERE’S
WHAT’S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.
HERE’S THE CURRENT AIR QUALITY
INDEX. IT GOES FROM GOOD ALL THE
WAY TO HAZARDOUS. AND WHAT’S
HAPPENED IN NEW YORK IS THAT
IT’S KIND OF SHIFTED A LITTLE
BIT FARTHER TO THE SOUTH. SO
IT’S NOW WASHINGTON, D.C. THAT
HAS THAT 350 RATING RIGHT NOW.
ANYTHING OVER 100 IS CONSIDERED
UNHEALTHY. SO VERY UNHEALTHY IN
D.C. BUT IMPROVING IN NEW YORK.
NOW IT CHANGES LITERALLY HOUR BY
HOUR. IN FACT, HERE IN DETROIT,
WE’VE IMPROVED OVER THE LAST
HOUR, YOU KNOW, WIND AND A LOT
OF OTHER FACTORS CAN IMPROVE
CONDITIONS OR MAKE CONDITIONS
WORSE. SO WE ARE RIGHT NOW
UNHEALTHY FOR SENSITIVE
INDIVIDUALS, WHICH MEANS THOSE
WITH RESPIRATORY ISSUES AND
ASTHMA. SO WE’RE UNDER AN AIR
QUALITY ALERT. IT ALSO EXTENDS
NOW INTO FRIDAY. AND IN FACT,
TOMORROW MIGHT EVEN BE A LITTLE
BIT WORSE TODAY. SO WE’LL GET
WORSE BEFORE WE GET BETTER. AND
ONCE WE GET THE RAIN FOR THE
WEEKEND AND YES, I SAID SOME
RAIN FOR THE WEEKEND. I’LL TIME
THAT OUT IN THE FORECAST. ALL
RIGHT, RESIDENTS IN ONE
DOWNRIVER COMMUNITY ARE HOPEFUL
THIS EVENING THAT AN OLD
BLIGHTED HOSPITAL THAT SITS
ALONG THE DETROIT RIVER WILL
SOON BE DEMOLISHED.
>> THE HOSPITAL IS THE FORMER
RIVERVIEW OSTEOPATHIC HOSPITAL
ALONG JEFFERSON AVENUE IN
TRENTON. TIM PAMPLIN WENT TO
TRENTON TO FIND OUT WHAT IS
TAKING SO LONG.
>> TIM WELL, THERE YOU SEE THE
DETROIT RIVER IN THE BACKGROUND,
A PRIME PIECE OF REAL ESTATE IN
TRENTON AND THE OLD OSTEOPATHIC
HOSPITAL HERE MAY JUST GET ITS
DATE WITH THE WRECKING BALL VERY
SOON. IT’S BEEN TIED UP IN
LITIGATION FOR THE LAST COUPLE
OF YEARS. THE BUILDING CLOSED
OVER 20 YEARS AGO. IT’S SLOWLY
DECAYING AND NEIGHBORS HAVE JUST
ABOUT HAD ENOUGH.
>> IT’S BEEN UNSAFE FOR MANY
YEARS. BUT NOW IT’S LIKE EVEN
WORSE. IT’S JUST TERRIBLE.
>> THE DOCTOR’S NAMES ARE FADING
ON THE SIGN OUT FRONT OF THE OLD
RIVERSIDE OSTEOPATHIC HOSPITAL.
BUT THE BLIGHT REMAINS.
>> IT’S JUST EMBARRASSING. LIKE
YOU DON’T EVEN WANT TO HAVE,
LIKE, FRIENDS COME TO VISIT.
BECAUSE IF ESPECIALLY IF THEY’RE
DRIVING THAT WAY, BECAUSE THEY
JUST SEE LIKE THIS, THIS, LIKE,
TERRIBLE RUNDOWN HOSPITAL THAT’S
JUST BEEN SITTING FOR YEARS AND
YEARS AND YEARS IS JUST KITTY
CORNER TO THE HOSPITAL.
>> IS A GUTIERREZ HOME. THEY
BOUGHT THE PROPERTY TWO YEARS
AGO THINKING THE OLD HOSPITAL
WOULD BE GONE BY NOW. WE KNEW
THAT THIS WAS AN EYESORE AND IT
WAS ONLY GOING TO GET BETTER
FROM HERE.
>> BUT TWO YEARS LATER, IT
HASN’T.
>> IT’S GOTTEN WORSE. AND NOW
RESIDENTS HAVE HAD ENOUGH. AND
NOT ONLY DOES IT LOOK BAD LIKE
IT’S COMPLETELY UNSAFE, TODAY WE
NOTICED SOME CONSTRUCTION
WORKERS UP TOP GETTING READY.
THERE’S A COURT CASE TOMORROW.
THE CITY HOPES THAT AS A RESULT
OF THAT HEARING TOMORROW,
DEMOLITION CAN MOVE FORWARD. IN
FACT, I JUST RECEIVED A
STATEMENT FROM THE CITY
ADMINISTRATOR, THE TRENTON TEAM
IS USING EVERY TOOL AT ITS
DISPOSAL TO SPEED THE PROCESS.
YES, WE FULLY RECOGNIZE AND
EMPATHIZE WITH THE RESIDENTS
MOST DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY THIS
ONGOING ISSUE. AND WE WILL
CONTINUE TO SEE THIS DEMOLITION
THROUGH TO A FRUITFUL END.
>> I WANT TO SEE IT GONE. I JUST
WANT TO SEE IT GONE. AND BACK AT
THE GUTIERREZ, 99 YEAR OLD HOME
OPPOSITE THE OLD HOSPITAL, THEY
GOT PLANS FOR NEXT YEAR, A PARTY
FOR THAT 100 YEAR BIRTHDAY OF
OUR HOUSE AND THAT WOULD BE A
DEFINITE PLUS IF THAT THE
HOSPITAL IS DOWN FOR ANY EVENTS
THAT WE HAVE AT OUR HOUSE, WE’LL
STAY ON TOP OF THIS ONE, GIVE
YOU UPDATES AS THEY BECOME
AVAILABLE.
>> THAT’S FOR SALE IN TRENTON
TODAY. TIM PAMPLIN, LOCAL 4.
OKAY TIM, THANK YOU.
>> WELL, ONE OF DETROIT’S
ARCHITECTURAL GEMS IS REOPENING
WITH A NEW LOOK. THE GOVERNOR
AND THE MAYOR WERE AMONG THOSE
ON HAND FOR THE RIBBON CUTTING
AT THE BOOK TOWER DOWNTOWN
FOLLOWING A $300 MILLION
RESTORATION. PAULA TUTMAN HAS A
CLOSER LOOK AT WHAT THAT MONEY
WENT INTO.
>> HI, EVERYBODY. HOW ABOUT THIS
? RESTORED, REPURPOSED AND
HISTORY RE CYCLED. THIS IS THE
REOPENING. ACTUALLY, LET ME PUT
IT THIS WAY. FINALLY, THE
REOPENING OF THE BOOK TOWER.
THREE, TWO, ONE. ORIGINALLY
OPENED IN 1926. A RIBBON CUTTING
THIS AFTERNOON. WELL, THE
SCISSORS MAY NOT HAVE BEEN SO
SHARP, BUT INSIDE, COMPLETELY
DIFFERENT STORY. SUPER SHARP.
SUMPTUOUS FULLY APPOINTED, PLAIN
ENGLISH MAGNIFICENT. A MIX OF
OPULENT ELEGANCE OF THE PAST
WITH AN ESTHETIC THAT SAYS
WELCOME TO DETROIT PRESENT DAY.
THE BOOK TOWER WAS THE TALLEST
STRUCTURE IN THE CITY OF DETROIT
AT THAT TIME, AND AFTER DECADES
OF USE, IT WAS LEFT TO DECAY.
>> BUT TODAY IT IS OPEN THING.
WITH OVER 200 APARTMENTS, A
HOTEL AND EVENT SPACE, MULTIPLE
RESTAURANT LOTS. THIS WILL BE
CRITICAL IN THE NEW CHAPTER FOR
THE CITY OF DETROIT.
>> AN ESCAPE FROM THE WRECKING
BALL WHEN DETROIT WAS DOWN ON
HER LUCK BECAUSE OF VISION AND
CREATIVITY, SAYS DAN GILBERT,
WHOSE CASH AND CACHET LED THE
WAY TO THE $400 MILLION FIXER
UPPER. INSTEAD OF A DEMOLITION
TOOK TREMENDOUS BELIEF.
>> THE FIRST TIME WE STEPPED
INTO THIS BUILDING. THIS PROJECT
HAS PROVED THAT SOMETHING GREAT
CAN HAPPEN WHEN YOU BRING
NUMEROUS PASSIONATE PEOPLE
TOGETHER AROUND A TREMENDOUS
PROJECT ON HAND.
>> RANDALL BOOK, THE GRANDSON OF
THE BOOKS WHO BUILT THE BOOK
TOWER, MY GRANDFATHER, FRANK
BOOK AND HIS TWO BROTHERS,
HERBERT AND JB, GREW UP IN THAT
BUILDING ACROSS THE STREET.
>> AT ONE TIME IT WAS CALLED THE
CADILLAC HOTEL. I COULDN’T BE
MORE GRATEFUL AND HUMBLE TO BE
HERE TODAY TO SEE ALL THAT’S
HAPPENING TO OUR CITY.
>> DEEMED THE 11TH MOST
BEAUTIFUL, REFURBISH LANDMARK
ACCORDING TO ARCHITECTURAL
DIGEST.
>> I ALSO THINK THAT WE CAN ALL
SAY THAT ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST IS
SOMEWHAT OF AN OBJECTIVE A
SOURCE INSIDE 28 FLOORS WITH 229
APARTMENTS, 117 HOTEL UNITS, AND
IT ONLY TOOK SEVEN YEARS TO
COMPLETE THE PROJECT.
>> AND NOW ANOTHER GEM IN THE
CROWN OF DETROIT HEADLINES IS
THE COMEBACK CITY. PAULA TUTMAN,