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>>> IT’S A SUMMER TRADITION
CHANGED DUE TO THE
CORONAVIRUS AND TONIGHT THE
FORD FIREWORKS TAKE PLACE
FROM A SECRET LOCATION.
WE’LL HAVE A PREVIEW OF
THAT.
PLUS, A MEMORIAL IS UNVEILED
ON BELLE ISLE FOR DETROITERS
WHO LOST THEIR LIFE TO THE CORONAVIRUS.
WE’LL HAVE A LIVE REPORT
COMING UP.
BUT FIRST, RING THE BELL AS
SCHOOL IS BACK IN SESSION
FOR NEARLY 20 DISTRICTS IN
THE AREA.
THAT TOPS OUR NEWS HERE AT
NOON.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US
I’M EVROD CASSIMY.
THOSE DISTRICTS INCLUDE
DEARBORN, SOUTHFIELD AND
BIRMINGHAM AND CLASSES ALSO
STARTED TODAY AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN.
LOCAL 4’S NICK MONACELLI
SHOWS US HOW DAY ONE STARTED
INSIDE OF ONE LOCAL
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR
IN-PERSON LEARNING.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
I KNOW A LOT OF METRO
DETROIT STUDENTS DON’T GO
BACK UNTIL AFTER LABOR DAY
BUT THERE ARE A FEW,
ACTUALLY A LOT.
WHO WENT BACK TODAY.
A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE
WONDERING WHAT IS THAT GOING
TO LOOK LIKE IF THEY’RE
GOING BACK TO SCHOOL IN
PERSON.
WE’RE GOING INSIDE HARDY
ELEMENTARY IN DEARBORN
HEIGHTS TO SHOW YOU EXACTLY
WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
>> Reporter: WILL IS NO
QUESTION BACK TO SCHOOL IN A
PANDEMIC LOOKS A LOT
DIFFERENT.
STARTING WITH SCREENING THESE LITTLE ONES BEFORE
THESE LITTLE ONES BEFORE
THEY CAN COME INSIDE.
BUT INSIDE IS WHERE ALL THE
CHANGES ARE.
AT HARDY ELEMENTARY IN
DEARBORN HEIGHTS EVERY
SINGLE CLASSROOM IS FILLED
WITH PARTITIONS SOME ARE
GOING OFF ROADING AND MASKS
ARE MANDATORY ALL DAY LONG.
BUT THE SUPERINTENDENT SAYS
SHE HAS ZERO CONCERNS ABOUT
KIDS ADAPTING.
>> KNOWING THAT NOT TO RUN
UP AND HUG THEIR FRIENDS
THAT’S SOMETHING THAT’S
NORMAL.
NOT SHARING A CRAYON THESE
ARE THINGS WHAT WE DO IN
SCHOOL WE WANT THEM TO DO
SO.
TO ALL OF A SUDDEN NOT BE
DOING THOSE THINGS.
THEY’RE JUST GOING TO HAVE
TO LEARN NEW ROUTINES.
>> Reporter: IN THIS
DISTRICT FAMILIES HAD TWO
CHOICES ALL ON-LINE OR ALL
FACE-TO-FACE.
ABOUT 40% OF THEIR 2,500
STUDENTS CAME BACK TO SCHOOL
IN PERSON.
PARENTS WE TALKED TO SAID
THEY HAVE MANY
CONSIDERATIONS.
>> I DID REALLY THINK ABOUT
IT.
FOR MY DAUGHTER BEING IN
SCHOOL IS WHAT SHE NEEDS.
KEA DO THE ON-LINE.
SHE NEEDS THAT STRUCTURE.
>> SHE WAS SITTING IN FRONT
OF A COMPUTER SHE WOULD GET
UP AND WALK AWAY.
THEN HEAR ME IN THE
BACKGROUND YELLING GET BACK
THERE, GET BACK THERE.
>> Reporter: WHY SHE’S BACK
HERE.
AND THE PRINCIPAL SAYS IT’S
A MATTER OF SEEING WHAT
WORKS AND WHAT DOESN’T.
>> WE THINK WE’VE THOUGHT OF
SOME PROBLEMS I KNOW WE’LL
HAVE SOME BUMPS IN THE ROAD.
BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE
CATCH THOSE RIGHT AWAY.
NOW THE UNFORTUNATE REALITY
IS KEEPING THE VIRUS OUT OF
BUILDINGS IS A HUGE
CHALLENGE.
THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THERE’S
A RISK.
SO WHAT HAPPENS IF A STUDENT
DOES COME IN IT’S NOT CAUGHT
EARLY ENOUGH?
WE’LL SHOW YOU THOSE PLANS
COMING UP AT 5:00.
IN DEARBORN HEIGHTS, NICK
MONACELLI, LOCAL 4.
>> ALL RIGHT, NICK, THANK
YOU.
WE’LL DEFINITELY BE TUNEING
IN THEN.
THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR GOT
UNDERWAY THIS MORNING.
BUT THIS WAS A CEREMONY
UNLIKE ANYTHING THAT WE’VE
EVER REALLY SEEN BEFORE.
THE SENIOR SUNRISE KICKOFF
AS IT’S CALLED SAW STUDENTS
IN THE CLASS OF 2021 MEET IN
THE SCHOOL PARKING LOT AND
WHILE STAYING IN THEIR CARS
THEY WERE GREETED WITH
INSPIRING MESSAGES FROM THE
PRINCIPAL WHO YOU JUST SAW
THERE, ALONG WITH THE SENIOR
CLASS PRESIDENT WHO IS
THERE.
THEN THEY DROVE HOME TO
START THE NEW YEAR ON-LINE.
KIND OF AN INSPIRING WAY TO
AT LEAST GET THEM ALTOGETHER
AGAIN.
WE KNOW IT’S A STRESSFUL
TIME FOR PARENTS, FOR
TEACHERS AND ESPECIALLY THE
STUDENTS.
WE WANT TO HELP YOU PREPARE
FOR THIS VERY DIFFERENT
SCHOOL YEAR.
SO JOIN STEVE GARAGIOLA, AND
SANDRA ALI TONIGHT AT 10:00,
THAT’S FOR OUR LIVE
EDUCATION FOR ALL SPECIAL.
THEY’RE GOING TO HAVE EXPERT
ADVICE FROM TEACHERS,
MEDICAL EXPERTS, AND PARENTS
AS WELL WHOSE CHILDREN HAVE
ALREADY STARTED SCHOOL.
>>> NOW WE WANT TO KEEP YOU
UPDATED ON THE LATEST
INVOLVING THE YOU
CORONAVIRUS FIGHT HERE IN
MICHIGAN.
THE STATE IS REPORTING ITS
LOWEST NUMBER OF NEW CASES
IN MORE THAN A PHOENIX WITH
539 NEW CASES REPORTED ON
SUNDAY.
ALSO SIX MORE LIVES LOST.
THE STATE HAS NOW REPORTED
MORE THAN 76,000 RECOVERIES
FROM THE VIRUS.
AND A SPECIAL TRIBUTE IS
HAPPENING RIGHT NOW ON BELLE
ISLE.
THIS IS ALL TO REMEMBER THE
LIVES LOST DUE TO COVID-19.
AS YOU KNOW FAMILIES ARE
DRIVING THEIR CARS IN 15
CONSECUTIVE FUNERAL
CONCESSIONS JUST PASSED
BILLBOARD SIZED PHOTOS OF I
THEIR LOVED ONES ON THE
ISLAND.
PRIYA MANN HAS MORE ON THIS
TOUCHING TRIBUTE.
PRIYA.
>> Reporter: EVROD, THIS
TRIBUTE IS THE FIRST OF ITS
KIND IN THE COUNTRY.
ONE OF THE UNSPOKEN TRAGEDY
IS GRIEVING FAMILIES ARE
FORCED TO MOURN ALONE.
WELL, THIS MEMORIAL IS A WAY
TO REMAIN SAFE AND SOCIALLY
DISTANT BUT MOURN TOGETHER
AS A COMMUNITY.
>> WE GOT THROUGH THIS AS A
COMMUNITY AND WE’RE GOING TO
CONTINUE TO SUPPORT EACH
OTHER AS A COMMUNITY.
>> Reporter: MAYOR MIKE
DUGGAN, GOVERNOR WHITMER AND
FAMILIES WHO LOST LOVED ONE
TOSCO VID GATHERED AT THE
ENTRANCE OF BELLE ISLE.
DETROIT MEMORIAL DAY IS IN
HONOR OF THE MORE THAN 1500
DETROITERS WHO DIED FROM
COVID-19.
>> TODAY’S MEMORIAL WAS
DESIGNED TO BRING SOME PEACE
TO FAMILIES WHOSE LOVED ONES
DIDN’T HAVE THE FUNERALS
THEY DESERVE.
>> Reporter: 15 FUNERAL
PROCESSION ALSO ALLOW
FAMILIES TO SAFELY DRIVE BY
THE ENLARGED PHOTOS OF COVID
VICTIMS THAT HAVE BEEN
PLACED ACROSS BELLE ISLE.
>> IT’S EASY TO GET NUMB IN
THIS ENVIRONMENT.
BUT WE MUST NOT JUST LOOK AT
THESE AS NUMBERS.
THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE
DREAMS, AND PLANS, AND A
STORY.
>> Reporter: LIKE FRANCIS
BASE I WILL AN 82-YEAR-OLD
GRANDMOTHER WHO FOSTERED
DOZENS OF CHILDREN IN
DETROIT.
HER FAMILY DESCRIBES WHAT IT
FELT LIKE DRIVING BY HER
PHOTO.
>> IT’S ALMOST LIKE WE SAW
HER, YOU KNOW.
I LITERALLY, I KNOW THAT WE
HAVE RULES AND WE COULDN’T
STOP, BUT I ALMOST LIKE JUST
HIT THE BRAKES, GRANNY, WE
MISS YOU WE LOVE YOU.
>> Reporter: THIS MEMORIAL
THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN THE
COUNTRY TO THE HONOR THE
VICTIMS OF A PANDEMIC THAT
BROUGHT THE WORLD TO A STANDLE.
>> THIS IS TREMENDOUS.
WHAT CAN YOU SAY ABOUT A
MAYOR A MAYOR, LIEUTENANT
GOVERNOR JUST ARE THE CITY
OFFICIALS TO COME TOGETHER
IN THIS WAY TO SHOW US ALL
YOU KNOW THE SURVIVORS OF
FAMILIES THIS TYPE OF LOVE.
>> Reporter: BELLE ISLE WILL
BE CLOSED FOR MUCH OF THE
DAY.
THE FUNERAL PROCESSIONS CAN
GO BY.
THE FAMILIES WILL LATER GET
THOSE ENLARGED PHOTOS OF
THEIR LOVED ONES.
AGAIN THIS IS THE FIRST
TRIBUTE OF ITS KIND IN THE
COUNTRY HAPPENING RIGHT HERE
IN DETROIT.
REPORTING FROM BELLE ISLE,
LOCAL 4, PRIYA MANN.
>> WE KNOW THE FAMILIES MUST
APPRECIATE THAT.
IF YOU HAVE NOT KNOWN ANYONE
THAT HAS PASSED AWAY FROM
COVID-19 A GREAT THING TO
HELP THESE FAMILIES GET BY.
RIGHT NOW WE WANT TO GET YOU
UPDATED ON YOUR FORECAST.
METEOROLOGIST BRANDON ROUX
JOINING US NOW WITH A LOOK
AT OUR FIREWORKS FORECAST.
WE ARE CERTAINLY EXCITED FOR
TONIGHT, BRANDON.
>> THIS IS THE WAY YOU WANT
TO START OUT A WEEK, A BIG
WEEK WITH BACK TO WORK, BACK
TO SCHOOL FOR MANY.
AND OF COURSE, THE FORD
FIREWORKS BETTER LATE THAN
NEVER.
AND, AGAIN, A HATS OFF TO
PARADE COMPANY JUST FOR
MAKING THIS HAPPEN.
IT IS SYNONOMOUS WITH
DETROIT.
WE NEED IT WE’RE GOING TO
GET IT TONIGHT.
TEMPS ARE MAINLY IN THE
MIDDLE 70s.
76 OFFICIALLY AT METRO.
NOTICE UP IN SANDUSKY UP IN
THE THUMB 69.
WE HAVE A LITTLE SOUTHEAST
WIND.
IT’S ALSO BRINGING A LITTLE
MORE CLOUD COVER UP INTO THE
THUMB WITH SOME CLOUDS OFF
OF THE LAKES.
OTHERWISE, IT IS NICE OUT
HERE.
76° RIGHT NOW, A NICE MIX OF
SUN, CLOUDS, THE HUMIDITY IS
LOW.
THE WINDS ARE FAIRLY LIGHT
AS WELL.
AND EVENTUALLY, THIS
AFTERNOON, WITH MORE AND
MORE SUNSHINE, 81° BUT NOT
SWELTERING OVERWHELMING, I
MEAN JUST 81 IN ITSELF
AOKAY.
BUT FOR THE FIREWORKS
TONIGHT WE ALMOST NEVER GET
A FORECAST LIKE THIS.
WE’RE USUALLY AT THE END OF
JUNE FORECASTING FOR SHOWERS,
SEVERE STORMS, WHO KNOWS
TONIGHT WILL BE CRYSTAL
CLEAR.
CALM WINDS, BEAUTIFUL
CONDITIONS ON THIS MONDAY
NIGHT FOR THE FORD
FIREWORKS.
SO EVROD, WE’LL ENJOY THAT.
TRACK A LITTLE BIT OF WET
WEATHER FOR THE WEEK COMING
UP.
>> ALL RIGHTY, BRANDON WE’LL
SEE YOU IN JUST A LITTLE
BIT.
AS WE MENTION IT IS A BIG
NIGHT TONIGHT IT’S VERY
EXCITING FOR THE CITY OF
DETROIT REALLY METRO DETROIT
AS A WHOLE AS THE FORD
FIREWORKS ARE SET FOR
TONIGHT A LITTLE BIT LATER
THIS YEAR BECAUSE MUCH LIKE
EVERYTHING ELSE PLANS GOT
CANCELLED BECAUSE OF THE
CORONAVIRUS OR PLANS HAD TO
CHANGE AT LEAST A LITTLE
BIT.
THE EVENT THIS YEAR WILL BE
TAKING PLACE FROM A SECRET
LOCATION NOT ALONG THE
RIVERFRONT AS WE’RE USED TO
THIS.
IS TO ALLOW YOU TO WATCH IT
FROM THE COMFORT OF YOUR OWN
HOME RIGHT HERE ON LOCAL 4.
JOINING ME NOW IS MARY
CULLEN THE PRESIDENT OF THE
FORD FUND.
MARY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
JOINING US.
>> WELL, THANKS FOR
HAVING ME.
>> FIRST OF ALL, WITH RESO
EXCITED THAT FORD IS THE
SPONSOR OF THE FORD
FIREWORKS TONIGHT.
HOW EXCITED ARE YOU
SPECIFICALLY TO SEE THE
FIREWORKS STILL HAPPENING
THIS YEAR DESPITE HAVING TO
BE PUSHED BACK A LITTLE BIT?
>> YELL, YOU KNOW, IT’S SUCH
A GREAT TIME -- WELL, YOU
KNOW, IT’S SUCH A GREAT TIME
FOR THE COMMUNITY TO COME
TOGETHER.
THAT’S REALLY WHAT THE
FIREWORKS HAVE BEEN ABOUT.
SO WE’RE ASKING PEOPLE TO
WATCH THEM FROM THE SAFETY
OF THEIR HOME.
IT’S ALL ABOUT CELEBRATING
OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND OUR
HEALTHCARE WORKERS TONIGHT.
WHO HAVE REALLY BEEN ON THE
FRONT LINES HELPING US
THROUGH THIS DIFFICULT TIME.
SO WE’RE VERY EXCITED TO BE
SUPPORTING THEM.
>> LET’S JUST TALK ABOUT THE
REASON THAT THERE IS A
SECRET LOCATION.
WE DON’T WANT PEOPLE TO
CONGREGATE DOWNTOWN?
>> NO, I MEAN, THE IMPORTANT
THING IS THAT EVERYONE STAYS
HOME.
THAT’S REALLY THE IDEA.
THE WEATHER IS BEAUTIFUL BUT
YOU CAN WATCH THEM FROM THE
SAFETY OF THEIR HOME.
SO THE PARADE COMPANY AND
TONY MICHAELS WHO HAS DONE
SUCH A TERRIFIC JOB BRINGING
THESE FIREWORKS TONIGHT HAS
A SECRET LOCATION.
EVERYONE WILL BE ABLE TO
WATCH THEM ON THEIR
TELEVISION.
IN THE MEANTIME, WE’LL BE
DOING SOME WONDERFUL THINGS
FOR THE COMMUNITY.
WE’RE GOING TO BE DELIVERING
GIFT BASKETS TO FIRST
RESPONDERS WHO HAVE WON A
COMPETITION THAT YOU ALL
SUPPORTED.
>> OH, WOW.
>> FOLKS HAVE NOMINATED
THEIR FAVORITE HEALTHCARE
WORKERS AND THEIR FIRST
RESPONDERS.
SO WE’RE GOING TO BE
PROVIDING 100 GIFT BASKETS
TO PEOPLE TONIGHT WHO WILL
GET THEM.
IT WILL BE A SURPRISE
THEY’LL BE ABLE TO ENJOY
THEM IN THE COMFORT OF THEIR
HOME.
THEN WE’LL ALSO BE FEEDING
500 FIRST RESPONDERS AND
E.M.S. WORKERS.
THEN WE’RE ALSO GOING TO BE
PROVIDING GIFT CERTIFICATES
TO FOLKS.
SO REALLY IT’S ABOUT
THANKING THOSE WHO HAVE
REALLY BEEN ON THE FRONT
LINES.
>> THAT IS ABSOLUTELY
INCREDIBLE.
WE CERTAINLY DO THANK THEM
FOR WORKING TIRELESSLY TO
SAVE LIVES THROUGHOUT THIS
ENTIRE PANDEMIC.
JUST IN TERMS OF THE
FIREWORKS TONIGHT WE KNOW
THAT THEY WILL BE AT A
DIFFERENT LOCATION.
CAN YOU GIVE US A LITTLE BIT
OF A HINT AT ALL ABOUT HOW
SPECTACULAR THE SHOW IS
GOING TO BE?
ARE WE TONING IT DOWN THIS
YEAR OR GOING ALLOUT?
>> NO, ACTUALLY YOU KNOW,
TONY WAS TELLING ME TODAY
THAT IT’S GOING TO BE BETTER
THAN EVER.
IT’S ACTUALLY GOING TO BE
THE BEST FIREWORKS.
HE’S BEEN WORKING ON A PLAY
LIST OF GREAT SONGS THAT
REALLY MATCH THE THEME AND
THE MOOD.
SO I THINK IT WILL BE REALLY
EXCITING TO TUNE IN TONIGHT.
NOT ONLY THE FIREWORKS WILL
BE AMAZING BUT THE MUSIC SET
THAT HE’S PICKED HE’S VERY
PROUD OF.
SO I HOPE YOU ALL WATCH.
LIKE I SAID, JUST CELEBRATE
EVERYONE WHO HAS REALLY
STEPPED UP DURING THIS
DIFFICULT TIME.
>> DEFINITELY.
REAL QUICK BEFORE I LET YOU
GO.
HOW EXCITED AND IMPORTANT
WAS IT FOR FORD TO MAKE SURE
THAT THIS FIREWORKS STILL
HAPPENED THIS YEAR EVEN
THOUGH IT’S STAY LATER DATE?
>> LIKE I SAID IT’S ABOUT
COMMUNITY COMING TOGETHER
AND REALLY CELEBRATING
PEOPLE AND I THINK WE ALL
NEED A LITTLE PICK ME UP
DURING THIS DIFFICULT TIME.
SO, HAVING THE FIREWORKS
STILL MOVE FORWARD I THINK
IS A GREAT THING.
I THINK WE’LL WAKE UP
TOMORROW AND WE’LL BE REALLY
HAPPY THAT WE DID THEM.
I JUST WANT TO THANK
PERSONALLY EVERYBODY WHO,
LIKE I SAID, IS BEING
HONORED TONIGHT.
AND WE APPRECIATE YUB
SERVICE AND ALL THAT YOU
HAVE DONE TO SUPPORT US.
>> WE’RE CERTAINLY LOOKING
FORWARD IT TO.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, MARY.
OF COURSE YOU CAN WATCH THE
FORD FIREWORKS RIGHT HERE ON
LOCAL 4 AND ON
CLICKONDETROIT.COM.
OUR COVERAGE GETTING
UNDERWAY AT 8:00 TONIGHT.
>>> STILL TO COME, AS THE
UNREST CONTINUES ALL ACROSS
THE COUNTRY, PRESIDENT TRUMP
IS SET TO VISIT KENOSHA,
WISCONSIN.
FIND OUT WHY THE STATE’S