In a tv9 followup this morning. Recorders of 911 calls last thursday reveal how rescuers were able to reach a hunter who got stuck in ice in Johnson County. Dispatcher all right, can you wave your arms in the air for me sir . Hunter i can hear them now. Dispatcher okay, theyre requesting you wave your arms, can you do that . The Sheriffs Office says 25 year old Jared Bushell fell through some ice in the hawkeye wildlife area on new years eve. Bushell was up to his chest in freezing water and ice. Rescuers pulled him out about an hour later. One sheriffs lieutenant says bushell could have died if he hadnt had a working cell phone with him. Everybody has a cell phone, sometimes maybe i think we depend too much on it, we walk out with a cell phone were safe, were okay we dont have to worry about it because we can call, there could be a time when you wont be able to use a cell phone or theres a time when the cell phone is gone, broken, lost, whatever. Always go out with a partner, take a f
In a tv9 followup this morning. Recorders of 911 calls last thursday reveal how rescuers were able to reach a hunter who got stuck in ice in Johnson County. Dispatcher all right, can you wave your arms in the air for me sir . Hunter i can hear them now. Dispatcher okay, theyre requesting you wave your arms, can you do that . The Sheriffs Office says 25 year old Jared Bushell fell through some ice in the hawkeye wildlife area on new years eve. Bushell was up to his rescuers pulled him out about an hour later. One sheriffs lieutenant says bushell could have died if he hadnt had a working cell phone with him. Everybody has a cell phone, sometimes maybe i think we depend too much on it, we walk out with a cell phone were safe, were okay we dont have to worry about it because we can call, there could be a time when you wont be able to use a cell phone or theres a time when the cell phone is gone, broken, lost, whatever. The Sheriffs Office says hunters should always go out with a partner, t
Should stay off of it. The funeral will take place saturday morning for a Johnson County teenager who died sunday in coralville lake. 17 year old tanner wymer and another man went out onto the lake in a lightweight canoe. But the Johnson County Sheriffs Office says the canoe overturned. The other man, 51 year old michael felton, was able to swim to shore, but wymer disappeared in the frigid water. Searchers found his body yesterday. Wymer was a student at Solon High School where he also played football and was a wrestler. His visitation will be from three to seven pm friday at st. Marys Catholic Church in solon. His funeral will be at ten saturday morning, also at st. Marys Catholic Church. Cedar Rapids Police are asking for help. Identifying two men accused of robbing a gas station last month. Police say the men took items from the kum and go at 3132 first avenue northeast. That happened on december 21st. Anyone with information should call cedar Rapids Police or linn county crimestop
The melting glacier and scattered all throughout this glacier are massive vertical sinkholes that are treacherous going hundreds and thousands of feet into the earth where ice is melting faster and faster as water levels in the atlantic rise even more. Now, behind me i have an Intrepid Group of ice climbers who are helping researchers gather data about that melting ice and how it affects all of us, all of our shorelines. We have an amazing never before seen live event coming up in just a minute. Cannot wait to bring it to you guys. Unbelievable. Looks like a green screen. It looks so unbelievable . Another planet. Really incredible. Well have a lot more from iceland. We begin with breaking news overnight. North korea claims it has detonated a Hydrogen Bomb. If true, this would be a major breakthrough for the rogue state. Its already ratcheting up tension around the world, the u. N. Security council calling an emergency meeting and Martha Raddatz starts us off. Good morning, martha. Rep
Thanksgiving will be wet but warmer with temps in but warmer with temps in the 50s. Our current temps right t now are in the 20s and 30swinds partly cloudy skies tomorrow morning will be a cold start for the kids with temps s the upper teens. But our monday planner shows sunny skies and temps warming into the upper 30s. 30s. New tonight, tonight,the belgian capital of brussels is completely locked down. For part of the day, people were ordered to stay where they were some even stuck inside stores and cafefe cafefethe terror alert is at the highest level ever. Authorities in belgium say there is a serious and imminent threat for a terrorist attack. Schools and subways are shut down. Police say terrorists connected to the paris attacks that killed more than one hundred people may be in brussels. Tonight president obama appears to be taking a tougher stand against isis. He is now vowing to destroy the terrorist group. He made the comments at the end of a nineday trip in malaysia. The pres