Caught on Camera: Firefighters respond to dumpster fire at FGCUFGCU students affected by Covid celebrate first commencement ceremony
FORT MYERS Caught on Camera: Firefighters respond to dumpster fire at FGCU San Carlos Park Fire District responded to a dumpster fire Sunday afternoon.
FORT MYERS FGCU students affected by Covid celebrate first commencement ceremony Graduation is a right of passage from school to the real world, but for these students, reality hit them in 2020.
PUNTA GORDA Motorcycle crash leaves 1 dead One person has died after a motorcycle crash in Charlotte County.
LEE COUNTY Lee Deputies work to track down transient sex offenders who fail to register WINK News Anchor Corey Lazar goes on patrol with Lee County Deputies in search of transient sex offenders who don’t register.
National Hurricane Preparedness Week: Know your risk Hurricane season starts on June 1st, but the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has designated the week of May 5 through May 11 as National Hurricane Preparedness Week. Each day, Meteorologist Lauren Kreidler will be highlighting ways to stay prepared ahead of this year’s hurricane season.
Southwest Florida The Weather Authority: Stay alert – chance of showers and storms on Sunday Hot, humid, and more rain for parts of Southwest Florida on Sunday.
CAPE CORAL What we learned about Cape Coral’s water crisis after a ride along On Friday, WINK News got to ride along to see just what people are doing that could be wasting water.
The Weather Authority: A wet Saturday evening as storms move through Southwest Florida A rainy Saturday evening across much of southwest Florida.
FORT MYERS Lee Health Touch-A-Truck event educates families on Trauma Awareness On Saturday morning, sirens were ringing to celebrate Lee Health Trauma Center’s 30 years of service and to provide the public with trauma education and prevention methods.
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA (CBS) CDC says bird flu viruses “pose pandemic potential,” cites major knowledge gaps Bird flu continues to appear to pose a “low risk to the general public” for now, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says. But the agency’s scientists ran into roadblocks investigating a human case of this “pandemic potential” virus this year, they said in a new report.
DOWNTOWN FORT MYERS Bay Street Yard set to open in late May A new place to hang out in Downtown Fort Myers is opening this spring.
Aetna agrees to settle lawsuit over fertility coverage for LGBTQ+ customers Aetna has agreed to settle a lawsuit that accused the health insurer of discriminating against LGBTQ+ customers in need of fertility treatment.
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA WINK Neighborhood Watch: Robbery, Pawn Shops, and Child Porn This week’s segment of Wink Neighborhood Watch features an armed robber, fraud at a pawn shop, and possession of child pornography.
Southwest Florida The Weather Authority: Sun, clouds, humidity, rain – it’s all in your weekend forecast Saturday afternoon will be hot and humid, with a mix of sun and clouds.
LEHIGH ACRES Chaotic lake getting fence and security Now, with all the negative attention it has gotten, some think putting up a fence is a great way to keep that bad activity out.
FORT MYERS Caught on Camera: Firefighters respond to dumpster fire at FGCU San Carlos Park Fire District responded to a dumpster fire Sunday afternoon.
FORT MYERS FGCU students affected by Covid celebrate first commencement ceremony Graduation is a right of passage from school to the real world, but for these students, reality hit them in 2020.
PUNTA GORDA Motorcycle crash leaves 1 dead One person has died after a motorcycle crash in Charlotte County.
LEE COUNTY Lee Deputies work to track down transient sex offenders who fail to register WINK News Anchor Corey Lazar goes on patrol with Lee County Deputies in search of transient sex offenders who don’t register.
National Hurricane Preparedness Week: Know your risk Hurricane season starts on June 1st, but the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has designated the week of May 5 through May 11 as National Hurricane Preparedness Week. Each day, Meteorologist Lauren Kreidler will be highlighting ways to stay prepared ahead of this year’s hurricane season.
Southwest Florida The Weather Authority: Stay alert – chance of showers and storms on Sunday Hot, humid, and more rain for parts of Southwest Florida on Sunday.
CAPE CORAL What we learned about Cape Coral’s water crisis after a ride along On Friday, WINK News got to ride along to see just what people are doing that could be wasting water.
The Weather Authority: A wet Saturday evening as storms move through Southwest Florida A rainy Saturday evening across much of southwest Florida.
FORT MYERS Lee Health Touch-A-Truck event educates families on Trauma Awareness On Saturday morning, sirens were ringing to celebrate Lee Health Trauma Center’s 30 years of service and to provide the public with trauma education and prevention methods.
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA (CBS) CDC says bird flu viruses “pose pandemic potential,” cites major knowledge gaps Bird flu continues to appear to pose a “low risk to the general public” for now, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says. But the agency’s scientists ran into roadblocks investigating a human case of this “pandemic potential” virus this year, they said in a new report.
DOWNTOWN FORT MYERS Bay Street Yard set to open in late May A new place to hang out in Downtown Fort Myers is opening this spring.
Aetna agrees to settle lawsuit over fertility coverage for LGBTQ+ customers Aetna has agreed to settle a lawsuit that accused the health insurer of discriminating against LGBTQ+ customers in need of fertility treatment.
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA WINK Neighborhood Watch: Robbery, Pawn Shops, and Child Porn This week’s segment of Wink Neighborhood Watch features an armed robber, fraud at a pawn shop, and possession of child pornography.
Southwest Florida The Weather Authority: Sun, clouds, humidity, rain – it’s all in your weekend forecast Saturday afternoon will be hot and humid, with a mix of sun and clouds.
LEHIGH ACRES Chaotic lake getting fence and security Now, with all the negative attention it has gotten, some think putting up a fence is a great way to keep that bad activity out.
Former Army Ranger Matthew Doyle. (Credit: Matthew Doyle) September 11 ushered in two new wars for the current generation: The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Men and women enlisting found themselves overseas, fighting terrorists. We sat down with an Army Ranger who played a role in the first-ever POW rescue since World War II. It’s the final piece of our week-long series – Generations at War. Former Army Ranger Matthew Doyle served as a sergeant in one of the most lethal and elite special-operations forces – the 75th Ranger Regiment. “In special operations, you’re moving, moving, moving,” Doyle said. “We’re there to do a mission; we’re going to do that mission.” Missions that have far more impact than just an end result. Matt Doyle with mom after ranger training. (Credit: Matt Doyle) “Over time you start to learn it’s not just a mission, it does have some emotional aftermath,” he said. Aftermath, he could never have predicted when he enlisted in 1999. “We really didn’t know the reality of what war was.” September 11, 2001, saw the deadliest terrorist attacks on American soil. It changed everything. First, Doyle was deployed in Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan, where he said they would get mortared every single night. Then on April 1, 2003, he was part of the rescue of Army Private Jessica Lynch, the only one to survive after her convoy was ambushed near Nasiriyah, Iraq. Former POW Jessica Lynch. (Credit: US Army) “Rescuing Jessica Lynch was the mission, getting those bodies, that was a mission,” he said. Doyle led his Ranger team to recover the bodies of American soldiers who were part of her convoy. In a gruesome scene of having to do what needed to be done, he said, “We thought they were actually going to be in the hospital, in the morgue, but now they’re buried in a field. So we dug with the only thing we had, which was our hands,” he said. They were all in. No giving up. No matter what. Doyle described that day, saying, “You’re dry-heaving, you’re in a hole, you’re out of the hole, you’re throwing up, you’re coming back in the hole and just doing this until we got everybody out because we never leave a fallen comrade behind.” Mission accomplished. But Doyle says the memory resurfaced in flashbacks when it was deathly quiet, just like Nasiriyah, “My hearing starts to get amplified, then my heart rate starts to go up, I start sweating and that’s when the real bad stuff kind of happens that I always talk about. I start tasting death.” Matt Doyle with mom after leaving Army service. (Credit: Matt Doyle) Doyle was discharged for post-traumatic stress disorder in 2004 and moved to Naples, close to family. “As soon as you get out it all of a sudden it’s, you pull the reins, and it’s like ‘what did I do?'” He said. “I was drinking a lot, and then I had to get control of my life again.” He started competing in triathlons and earned medals using the same discipline that made him a decorated warrior. Doyle also joined the Naples Police Department in 2005, now with the rank of sergeant, handling a lot of the training at NPD, “It was easier to transition I would say to a civilian law enforcement job from the military… It is different, but it has a lot of similarities.” Among the most important, it’s another chance for him to serve and protect our country and our local community. But Doyle is not stopping there. He just earned his MBA from the University of Nebraska – Lincoln. He’s aware those war memories can resurface but says he can feel it coming now, and quickly head it off at the pass. He says meditation, yoga, mental training techniques, and continuing to compete in triathlons really helps. Doyle also started an elite race team to reach out to other rangers who may be experiencing the same struggles he did. Generations at War Series WWII veteran recounts his time as a B-26 Bomber pilot 100-year-old vet, wartime navigator shares relics from WWII A local ‘Rosie the Riveter’ on women’s roles during WWII Army combat engineer on supporting the frontlines in WWII Korean War tank commander talks about fighting for freedom Vietnam Vet and POW shares his story of survival after over 5 years in captivity