. >> reporter: when this frantic call came into the 911 call center late last week it was david mcgowan who picked up the line. >> keep going ma'am, this is very important. >> reporter: only on the job for 5 months and still technically a -- his biggest weapon, his steady baritone voice and he used it to try to calm the desperate grandmother as they walked through the paces of performing cpr. >> david has a great voice. >> reporter: a strong voice that many baseball fans know well. >> good evening ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to oriole park at camden yard. >> i was also the stadium announcer up until i started here. >> for 14 years he was the voice. he retired from baseball in january and says he looked for a job where he could help people but he probably never thought he would actually save a life. >> she said the baby is breathing and i felt great. i said, you know what, i made the right job choice. >> reporter: the police department is investigating the incident. police say the grandmother was distracted. >>> a florida company reveals their plan to salvage the costa concordia. c

if you think you're protected with an >>> david mcgowan now works as a 911 dispatcher. mcgowan's steady voice guided her through the steps of cpr, and minutes later, everything was okay. >> give her two more breaths now. two more breaths. make that chest go up and down. push it in there. let's go again. one, two, three, four. one, two, three, four. are they there, ma'am? >> yes, they're here, she's breathing! >> she's breathing? >> yes. >> he was the -- mcgowan retired from baseball back in january. he was with the orioles for 14 seasons. what a voice. >>> we are learning more tonight about mark zuckerberg's very big facebook status update. yesterday the facebook co-founder and ceo posted this picture and announced he was married. he had married his long-time girlfriend priscilla chan in a simple ceremony in his backyard in pal owal to. about 100 people were invited and they were surprised. they were told they were there to celebrate chan's graduation from medical school. >>> the graduates at george washington university got to hear some words of wisdom from nbc's brian

mcgowan was the voice of camden yards and baltimore orioles. he retired in january and said he looked for a job where he could help people. he probably never thought he could save a life. >> he said "the baby is breathing" and i said, great, i made the right job choice >> the laurel police department is investigating the accident, they say that the child's grandmother was distracted and left her alone for 10 minutes before she was found underwater. >> >> turning to sports where the nationals become the latest to feel the heat from the orioles good start. o's have won eight straight road games and have the best record in the american league >> battle of the beltway. they are playing, of course, a gee game series down the highway. if you want to go catch them. travel 95. . >>> it's also time to take a look at the preakness. >>> you saw the forecast, high of 80 degrees. >>> 0 degrees today our forecast high. lazy susan, i'm told with you gigi's horse. very nice. boy, this is a tough crowd. partly cloudy around race time, 77 degrees at post time an

that was david mcgowan guiding a laurel woman through cpr. he works as an emergency dispatcher for prince george's county. the woman called 911 when her 2-year-old granddaughter nearly drowned in a tub. mcgowan said saving the child's life helps validate his decision to change jobs. >> it's a great feeling. it's fulfillment. it helps me -- it makes me feel that i made the right career choice. >> mcgowan retired in january. he was with the orioles for 14 seasons. >> amazing. our hats off to him. maybe he found his second calling. >>> chances are you didn't notice anything different in the evening sky. >> millions on the west coast and in asia saw a ring of fire. the rare partial eclipse treated sky watchers from the grand canyon to mt. fuji in japan. the ring of fire eclipse gets its name from the bright ring left around the edges of the moon as it passes in front of the sun. it is the first time in 18 years that this type of eclipse has been visible over the united states. it hasn't been seen in japan since the 1800s. beautiful. >> yeah. and

and the other voice, that is emergency dispatcher david mcgowan, guiding the woman through cpr. he says he was working part time with the orioles and wanted to do more before retiring. mcgowan says he feels fulfilled since becoming a digs patcher in january -- dispatcher in january. >> i want to help. most people say let's volunteer for something when you retire. well, i'm not volunteering, but i'm certainly helping people, i think in the best way possible. >> absolutely. our hats off to him. i'm so impressed by how calm he -- remains throughout the phone call. walking the woman through the steps for cpr. >> dispatchers trained to calm people down, as well. our producer said he was also a fighter pilot, i think, pilot in vietnam. so saving people clearly in his blood. >> there you go. >> appreciate the work that he's done. >> he has a great voice, too. >>> all right. coming up on 6:51 in a bit here. tom kierein, who also has a great voice we should mention, here keeping an eye on the forecast. >> well, today we're starting off a big change from the weekend, wet. and it is wet al

>> that was david mcgowan, guiding a laurel woman through cpr. he now works as an emergency dispatcher for prince george's county. the woman called 911 when her 2-year-old granddaughter nearly drowned in a tub. mcgowan says saving the child's life helps validate his decision to change jobs. >> it's a great feeling. it's fulfillment. it helps me -- it makes me feel that i made the right career choice. >> mcgowan retired from baseball back in january. he was with the orioles for 14 seasons. good for him. >> talk about doing valuable work. you know that you're doing good things, you're helping people. and you can't beat that feeling when you go to work knowing that's the outcome. >> exactly. >>> it is 5:36 now. talking about the life. the long-time boyfriend of a woman killed in a weekend crash shares his memories of the woman he lost. >>> an amazing sight overhead. a look at what caused this ring of fire in the skies above. >>> and a raining start to the workweek. today is gonna be an important day for us. you ready? we wanna be our brother's keepe

>> that was david mcgowan guiding a laurel woman through cpr on her granddaughter. he is in training as a 911 dispatcher in prince george's county. he says he has a fulfillment after making his this career change. >> i want to help. most people say let's volunteer for something when they retire. well, i'm not volunteering but i'm certainly helping people i think in the best way possible. >> mcgowan retired from baseball back in january. he was with the orioles for 14 seasons. >>> 11:41 the time. still ahead, mixed news this morning on how much your summer vacation is going to cost you. plus we will introduce to you two local students competing in t[ male announcer ] are youg in paying more and more for cable and enjoying it less and less? stop paying for second best. upgrade to verizon fios tv, internet and phone for just $89.99 a month guaranteed for two years with a two-year agreement. act now and we'll add a special bonus: $250 back. but hurry, this offer ends june 2nd. unlike cable, fios is a 100% fiber-optic network that delivers america's fastest, most consist