Iconic lifeguard towers up for bid
A high school student fled when selected for random metal detector search, prompting officials to place the school on a temporary lockdown.
Orlando police spokeswoman Sara Au said officers quickly found the University High School student Thursday morning and “nothing was found that would compromise the safety and security of students.”
The lockdown was issued at 7:55 a.m. and quickly switched to a lockout — which meant classes resumed and no one was allowed in or out of the school grounds. It was lifted at 9:24 a.m. was airlifted to the Lower Keys Medical Center on Stock Island on Wednesday.
Linhardt says Stephens had been snorkeling on Wednesday afternoon when a couple found him face down in the water. They brought him to the moat wall where Dry Tortugas National Park officials began performing CPR.
An autopsy is pending.
The city of Miami Beach is offering six iconic and colorful lifeguard towers in an online auction.
The auction began Tuesday and officials say the towers have sold brought in between $100 and $3,500 in previous sales.
City spokeswoman Melissa Berthier says the vintage towers can be transformed into a treehouse, tiki bar or a big dog house. They are being sold in an “as is” condition. One has a patriotic theme and is listed in “cosmetically very good” condition. Another is accented with yellow, turquoise and purple hues. And a tower splashed with shades of lavender, was damaged during Hurricane Irma.
The auction ends Aug. 28.
MIAMI
New videos show construction workers laboring on a pedestrian bridge in Florida shortly before it collapses, killing six.
The time-lapse video released Wednesday by Florida International University shows the four construction workers using a crane hoist to perform work on the bridge.
A preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board suggests investigators are focused on cracks in the south and north ends of the bridge near a Miamiarea university campus.
The cracks were discovered before the March 15 collapse, which killed a bridge worker and five people in vehicles crushed by the falling structure. The bridge was to have connected Florida International University’s campus to the neighboring community of Sweetwater.