A week from graduating high school, Peter Schutt was physically on top of the world as he climbed Donoho Peak near the Alaska/Canada border. Unfortunately, Schutt's adventure took a dangerous turn when an avalanche struck. Snow that was once a fixture on the frigid face of the mountain suddenly cut loose and turned into a freight train of cold, sugary crystals stampeding in rapid, unstoppable motion. Schutt said the avalanche pitched him over a 75-foot cliff on his tumble down 2,500 feet of the jagged mountain face. He remembers covering his head as best he could to prevent further injury. After the avalanche, Schutt's friend and hiking partner made his way down, contacted National Park Service via cell phone and provided cell phone GPS coordinates to aid the rescue response.  

VIDEO: Flames, smoke and natural gas worked together to create a huge challenge for San Antonio firefighters early Friday morning. They were called to the 400 block of Gillmore around 5:30 a.m. and found heavy fire coming from a vacant building at the Preserve at the Port apartments. "It did collapse. No injuries to our firefighters. Nobody has been reported missing or anything," said Joseph Arrington, a spokesman for the San Antonio Fire Department. Firefighters spent more than an hour pouring water on the flames both from the ground and from an aerial ladder truck. Even after they knocked down the main portion of the fire, stubborn flames refused to die. Arrington said there was natural gas coming from an underground pipe that was continuing to fuel the fire. Fire crews had to wait for CPS Energy workers to dig up the pipeline and stop the leak.  

VIDEO: Firefighters in Mobile are getting new equipment that could help save lives. Mobile Fire-Rescue Public Information Officer Steven Millhouse explained the new device. He said, "Video laryngoscope. We use it for intubations in the field which would allow us to keep an airway open." Millhouse intubated a practice dummy while telling us about the new equipment. It took him about 20 seconds. The camera gives paramedics a better view of vocal cords which they have to see to make sure they're in the right place. Millhouse said, "We don't want to go too deep – be in the wrong area right mainstem, or go into the esophagus which would have us pushing air into the stomach." The device records video. It's a tool that could potentially help healthcare workers and patients. Millhouse said, "We can attach it to our patient care reports. We can share it with the hospital staff as well."  

The teenager who was pulled from the rubble of the collapsed Surfside condominium was reunited with the first responders who helped rescue him. New photos show Jonah Handler meeting with the first responders who came to his rescue shortly after the June 24 collapse of the Champlain Towers South. His father, Neil Handler, posted the photos on a GoFundMe page. "The first time we saw these nameless heroes was on the news reels as they were pulling my boy out of the rubble," Neil Handler wrote. "Now with God's grace we stand next to each other sharing thanks and hope." Dramatic footage showed the 15-year-old being pulled out of the rubble of the beachfront condo building. His mother, 54-year-old Stacie Fang, was killed in the collapse and the first victim to be identified.  

The 9/11 Museum is dropping plans for special exhibitions to mark the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks this fall, because of a massive budget crisis. "I see the memorial as a cemetery. The names on those brass plates are akin to a headstone. Where the name appears, sorry, is where they fell." said Paul Remenschneider. For Remenschneider, the pain of 9/11 is as though it happened yesterday. His uncle Christopher Wodenshek was killed in the terror attack. "The feelings of emptiness. That void that it creates, created from those attacks, is still there," Remenschneider says. Remenschneider says he does not understand why there is a current controversy surrounding the 9/11 Memorial & Museum. The pandemic created a budget crisis for the nonprofit that included massive layoffs and furloughs.