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A woman was rescued after a crash left a Porsche SUV dangling from the third floor of a parking garage in Coral Gables, Florida, on Monday, officials said. Coral Gables Fire Rescue officials said the crash sent the SUV through a concrete barrier. A Porsche SUV dangles from the third floor of a parking garage in Coral Gables, Fla., on Monday. Emergency personnel respond to a Porsche SUV accident as it dangles from the third floor of a parking garage in Coral Gables, Fla., on Monday. I heard a really hard crash, so I thought it was a car crash between two cars,” Katiana Polanco said.
Persons: Xavier Jones, WTVJ, Katiana Polanco Organizations: Porsche, Gables Fire Rescue, NBC South Florida's, Rescue Division, Emergency Locations: Coral Gables , Florida, Remo, Coral Gables, Fla
Meteorologists in Miami, it is fair to say, are accustomed to drama: sunny-day flooding, severe rainstorms, strong hurricanes. So it is telling — and scary — that they seem at a loss for words to describe the extreme heat that the city experienced over the past few days, a full month ahead of summer. “It’s completely crazy, what just happened,” Brian McNoldy, a senior research scientist at the University of Miami, said. “It’s insane,” said John Morales, a meteorologist for ClimaData, a private weather forecasting and consulting firm, and a hurricane specialist at WTVJ-TV, the NBC station in Miami. “Not only is it insane, it is also dangerous.”
Persons: “ It’s, ” Brian McNoldy, , , John Morales Organizations: University of Miami, NBC Locations: Miami
A Florida motorist who was clinging to the top of her vehicle in a canal was rescued from the water after a paraglider made an emergency landing over the weekend. He noticed the motorist on the roof of her mostly submerged vehicle and decided to land, Piquet said. "We landed between power lines, uneven terrain," Piquet told NBC Miami. After he got as close as he could to the woman, Piquet shouted, "We need help." As a precaution, a Miami-Dade Fire Rescue diver checked the area of the canal near the submerged vehicle for additional victims and found none, the spokesperson said.
Police in Florida have released surveillance video showing a 10-year-old girl escaping what they believe was a second attempt to kidnap her in as many days as they search for a suspect. Fort Lauderdale Police released this photo of a suspect involved in a possible attempted abduction. Fort Lauderdale PoliceThe suspect then tried to grab the girl, police said, but she managed to run away. Surveillance video from that incident shows the girl running away as the man follows behind on foot before turning and disappearing around a corner, NBC affiliate WTVJ of Miami reported. Police described the suspect as a man between 30 — 40 years old between 5'10" to 6' tall, with receding short brown hair.
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection firearms instructor was fatally shot at a Miami area gun range Wednesday, officials said. Police were called to the gun range west of Miami shortly before 10:30 a.m. and found an officer shot. Details about how the shooting occurred were not released at an afternoon news conference, and the officer was not immediately identified. Law enforcement officers investigate the death of a Customs and Border Protection officer who was shot Wednesday at a gun range in Miami-Dade County. The officer was on duty at the weapons range when the shooting occurred, the agency said in a statement.
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