A web of lies and deciet and now one of these men, faces time in prison. The man in trouble is accused of cashingin on a battle field injury. An injury he now admits to lying about. Heres tanya eiserer. Casey owens will always be a hero to his sister. 455829 there is the saying that all gave some, but some gave all that was casey. The marine lost both legs when his humvee hit an anti tank mine in iraq in 2004. For his bravery, he heart. 455829 casey wasnt perfect but he followed the call that his country asked. He stepped up. Thats what makes him a hero to me. So what really hurts lezleigh owens kleinbrink is to know that a fellow marine stole caseys story of valor. It was caseys fellow battle buddies who discovered brandon blackstones web of deception. 412122 he may have enlisted in the marine corps, but hes not a marine. Marines dont behave like this. Blackstone made the mistake of showing a picture of the mangled humvee to one of caseys marine buddies. He claimed he had been injured
And im ian reitz. Right now more than 100 firefighters are working around the clock to contain a massive fire near gatlinburg and pigeon forge tennessee. Destroying homes, businesses and a massive stretch of hiking trails in the smoky mountains. 10news reporter Sarah Hollenbeck is live in the satellite center, as new video comes down every moment from tennessee, sarah people are forced to leave their homes behind. Yes, hundreds have evacuated and more could evacuate today if they are unable to get the flames and thick smoke under control. One of the most difficult gatlinburg was forced to leave their 10thousand animals behind. This is a picture of ripleys aquarium of this is a picture of ripleys aquarium of this is a picture of ripleys aquarium of the smokies. You can see flames in the background. Our sister station, wibr, tells us the building is still standing, but theres a ton of concern about the 10thousand 500 animals still inside. The general manager had to force his workers to l
If you are about to head out the door some bridges are starting to pick up especially the Howard Frankland into tampa. The rest of the drive times are not looking too bad. 275 headed south, 15 minutes from the apex to i4. That will pick up and another 30 minutes so leave early and then 75 as you head south from state road 56 down to the selmon expressway, 17 minutes. Good morning and welcome to 10news this morning. I am 10news morning anchor ian reitz. Nine number of developing stories. A plane crash in south america kills several members of a Brazilian Soccer Team. There are survivors. We will have the latest. We will start with the latest on the wildfire and eastern tennessee. This is threatening homes and resorts in the Smoky Mountains. It started on Chimney Top Mountain as one of the most popular hiking destinations. It quickly spread to the resort city of gatlinburg. You can see how big it is. As you look at this video. Lets go to jenny dean and sarah hollenbeck. I want to when yo
That put the father of her children in the hospital. They ran him over 50, 60 miles per hour. After seven months staying on couches her family barely supported by disability checks was able to move back in. We werent even unpacked or anything. Friday night she was out when i received a call from the Sheriffs Office stating please give us a call. Theyre an dpkz at your house. It happened again. Didnt realize that pine lake end and drove through the home at the t on oregon. Deputies say that she was drunk. Unless this home has an omen or something. Pi dont know. Its pretty much bad luck, i guess. Its not good luck for sure. Since deputies say its unsafe, theyre forced to scramble again for a place to stay. She has a history of medical problems and survives on social security. Right now i dont have the to get something set up. There is one thing to be thankingful for. Everyone she loves survived. Were strong and all thankful no one was hurt. Thats the main thing. After all this shes not s
That put the father of her children in the hospital. They ran him over 50, 60 miles per hour. After seven months staying on couches her family barely supported by disability checks was able to move back in. We werent even unpacked or anything. Friday night she was out when i received a call from the Sheriffs Office stating please give us a call. Theyre an dpkz at your house. It happened again. Didnt realize that pine lake end and drove through the home at the t on oregon. Deputies say that she was drunk. Unless this home has an omen or something. Pi dont know. Its pretty much bad luck, i guess. Its not good luck for sure. Since deputies say its unsafe, theyre forced to scramble again for a place to stay. She has a history of medical problems and survives on social security. Right now i dont have the to get something set up. There is one thing to be thankingful for. Everyone she loves survived. Were strong and all thankful no one was hurt. Thats the main thing. After all this shes not s