-- STAY WITH US. IT'S BEEN EIGHT DAYS SINCE A MAN FELL INTO THE OGEECHEE RIVER WHILE PAINTING A BRIDGE. THE RECOVERY EFFORTS .. NOT SLOWING DOWN. "WE'RE VERY HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN FIND THIS YOUNG MAN AND BRING HIM HOME TO HIS FAMILY." THE IDENTIFY OF THAT MISSING MAN...AND HOW FIRST RESPONDERS ARE RAMPING UP THEIR EFFORTS TO FIND HIM. <NATURAL SOUND> "GO BACK TO YOUR COUNTRY, PLEASE. WE DON'T WANT YOU." AND THE FALLOUT CONTINUES FOR THE EX HUSBAND OR MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE... AFTER HE WAS RECORDED MAKING RACIST COMMENTS TOWARDS THREE MUSLIM WOMEN. HOW MUCH MONEY HE'S NOW DONATING TO THOSE VICTIMS. PLUS -- VIDALIA ONION SEASON OFFICIALLY BEGINS. I'M KYRON NEVEAUX LIVE FROM SHUMAN FARMS... WITH WHEN THAT SWEET PRODUCE IS EXPECTED TO HIT GROCERY STORE SHELVES. THANKS FOR STARTING YOUR DAY WITH WJCL 22 NEWS. GOOD MORNING -- I'M EMMA HAMILTON. AND I'M FRANK SULKOWSKI. METEOROLOGIST JONATHAN MYERS IS JOINING US NOW .... NOW, HERE'S YOUR STORM TRACKER RADAR... TODAY INCREASING CLOUDS, WITH A HIGH NEAR 84. WEST WIND 9 TO 18 MPH, WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 30 MPH. TONIGHT MOSTLY CLOUDY, THEN GRADUALLY BECOMING CLEAR, WITH A LOW AROUND 48. NORTHWEST WIND 6 TO 11 MPH, WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 21 MPH. WEDNESDAY SUNNY, WITH A HIGH NEAR 76. NORTHWEST WIND AROUND 7 MPH. WEDNESDAY NIGHT CLEAR, WITH A LOW AROUND 48. WEST WIND AROUND 5 MPH BECOMING CALM IN THE EVENING. THURSDAY SUNNY, WITH A HIGH NEAR 78. CALM WIND BECOMING SOUTHEAST 5 TO 8 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. THURSDAY NIGHT CLEAR, WITH A LOW AROUND 56 AND HERE'S A LOOK AT YOUR TRAFFIC TRACK 22. THERE ARE NO PROBLEMS ON THE ROADS THIS MORNING. SEARCH EFFORTS WILL RESUME ONCE AGAIN TODAY FOR THE BRIDGE PAINTER WHO FELL INTO THE OGEECHEE RIVER. THE INCIDENT HAPPENED LAST MONDAY. FIRST RESPONDERS SAY THEY'RE NOT GIVING UP. AND THIS MORNING ... WE NOW KNOW THE IDENTITY OF THAT MISSING MAN. 55-YEAR-OLD JOSE HERNANDEZ GARCIA ...WORKED FOR A SUBCONTRACTOR OF G-DOT. THE REPORT SAYS AT THE TIME OF HIS FALL ...HE WAS WEARING A YELLOW SAFETY VEST AND A CONSTRUCTION TOOL BELT. GARCIA WAS ALSO WEARING A HARNESS, HOWEVER IT WAS NOT ATTACHED TO ANYTHING. THOSE WHO WERE WORKING WITH HIM AND CALLED 9-1-1 SAY THEY WATCHED HIM FALL... THEN DRIFT AWAY... STRUGGLING TO SWIM. NOW -- MORE THAN A WEEK LATER -- FIRST RESPONDERS ARE JUST HOPING TO GET HIS FAMILY SOME ANSWERS. "THE FAMILY HAS BEEN REALLY GREAT. WE'VE TALKED TO THEM, AND THEY'RE HOLDING OUT PRETTY WELL. ONE OF THE BROTHERS RENTED A JET SKI YESTERDAY AND WENT OUT WITH US, AND WAS HELPING WITH THE SEARCH. SO, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO HELP THEM HAVE A RESOLUTION AND SOME CLOSURE." A CADAVER DOG WAS BROUGHT IN TO HELP WITH YESTERDAY'S SEARCH EFFORTS. HE ALERTED FIRST RESPONDERS TO AN AREA OF INTEREST. DIVERS WENT IN BUT THEY DID NOT FIND GARCIA. <NATURAL SOUND> "GO BACK TO YOUR COUNTRY!" "THAT'S FINE." "YOUR DEMOLISHED POOR, MIDDLE EAST." 75 THOUSAND DOLLARS. THAT'S HOW MUCH ATTORNEYS SAY PERRY GREENE DONATED AFTER VERBALLY ATTACKING THREE MUSLIM WOMEN IN A ALPHARETTA PARKING LOT. GREENE IS THE EX-HUSBAND OF CONGRESSWOMAN MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE. REPORTER CANDACE MCCOWAN SPOKE TO THE WOMEN HE HARASSED WHO SAY EVEN MORE HAPPENED OFF CAMERA. THE WOMEN SAID THEY WERE IN SHOCK AS THEY HAPPENED. BUT THEY RE HOPING THIS SETTLEMENT IS ENOUGH TO MAKE OTHERS THINK TWICE BEFORE LAUNCHING INTO ATTACKS LIKE IT IN THE FUTURE. <NESRINE/VICTIM ALI AWAD/CEO LAWYER PERRY GREENE> VIRAL VIDEO Y'ALL ARE PIECES OF THREE COLLEGE STUDENTS, NESRINE, AMNA AND AMIRA SAID THEY WERE PRAYING WHEN PERRY GREENE APPROACHED THEM IN THIS AVALON PARKING DECK LAST MONTH. NESRINE: WE ARE ALL AMERICAN CITIZENS BORN AND RAISED HERE IN THE UNITED STATES THAT DIDNT MATTER TO MR GREENE, HE TOLD US TO GO BACK TO OUR COUNTRY AMIRA: WE WERE ALL SCARED HONESTLY, ALL JUST SHOCKED THEY SAY THE ATTACK SEEMED TO ONLY ESCALATE AND THAT IS WHEN THEY PULLED OUT THEIR PHONE. BUT ATTORNEYS FOR THE THREE WOMEN SAY THE ATTACK COST GREENE- WHO IS THE EX-HUSBAND OF CONGRESSWOMAN MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE. ALI AWAD/CEO LAWYER: FIGURING OUT WHAT THE AMOUNT NEEDED TO BE WE WANTED TO SHOW THAT WE ARE NOT LOOKING FOR MONEY, WE ARE SIMPLY LOOKING TO BE TREATED AS EQUALS NOTHING MORE ATTORNEYS SAY GREENE WROTE A CHECK FOR 75 THOUSAND DOLLARS, 25 K FOR EACH MINUTE HE WAS CAPTURED ON VIDEO. THE CHECK WAS MADE TO THIS JOHNS CREEK MOSQUE.THE PLACE WHERE GREENE ATTENDED A FRIDAY SERMON AND APOLOGIZED PUBLICALLY AND PRIVATELY TO THE WOMEN EARLIER THIS MONTH. I JUST WANT THEM TO KNOW THAT I HUMBLY APOLOGIZE TO THEM BECAUSE NOBODY SHOULD BE TREATED THAT WAY IN EXCHANGE FOR THE DONATION, LAWYERS FOR THE THREE WOMEN SAID THEY WILL NOT PURSUE ANY CIVIL ACTION AGAINST GREENE. THE WOMEN HOPE GREENE AND OTHERS WILL THINK TWICE BEFORE ATTACKING ANYONE. I WANT TO TELL MR GREENE WE ACCEPT HIS APOLOGY AND WE HOPE THAT HE WILL CONTINUE TO TREAT OTHERS WITH FAIRNESS RESPECT EQUALITY AND DIGNITY. ALPHARETTA POLICE SAID THERE WOULD BE NO CRIMINAL CHARGES BECAUSE ALL SPEECH IS PROTECTED. IN HINESVILLE ... A TERRIFYING MOMENT CAUGHT ON CAMERA . A UTILITY TRUCK DRIVER ... CRASHES INTO A RESTAURANT. IT HAPPENED AROUND LUNCHTIME YESTERDAY ... AT THE WORLD OF BEER ON EAST OGLETHORPE HIGHWAY. GEORGIA STATE PATROL SAYS THE TRUCK'S FRONT TIRE BLEW OUT. THE TRUCK THEN HIT A PARKED CAR AND THE BUILDING ... INJURING TWO CUSTOMERS. THE PASSENGER IN THE TRUCK WAS ALSO HURT ... AFTER A LADDER IN THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE ... SMASHED THROUGH THE REAR WINDOW. THAT DRIVER IS NOW BEING CITED FOR TRAVELING WITH AN UNSECURED LOAD. THIS MORNING ... WE'RE JUST A FEW DAYS AWAY UNTIL THE RETURN OF ORANGE CRUSH. TYBEE OFFICIALS AND EVENT ORGANIZERS WILL BE KICKING OFF THE PARTY WITH A RIBBON CUTTING ON FRIDAY. MANDATORY CHECK-IN WILL TAKE PLACE FROM THREE TO FIVE P-M AT HENRY STREET BISTRO ON MONTGOMERY STREET IN SAVANNAH. ORANGE CRUSH WAS FORMERLY AN UN-PERMITTED EVENT BUT THIS YEAR BOTH THE EVENT ORGANIZERS AND TYBEE'S OFFICIALS ARE COMING TOGETHER TO MAKE THE CELEBRATIONS RUN SMOOTHLY FOR EVERYONE. AFTER FRIDAYS RIBBON CUTTING ... ORANGE CRUSH WILL RUN THROUGH SUNDAY WITH DIFFERENT EVENTS ON TYBEE ISLAND .. SAVANNAH AND HARDEEVILLE. IT'S A BIG DAY FOR LOVERS OF THE SWEET VIDALIA ONION. THE VEGETABLES WILL OFFICIALLY GO INTO PACKAGING TODAY AND BE DISTRIBUTED AT STORES AROUND THE COUNTRY. AND THIS MORNING WE WANT TO KNOW -- HOW DO YOU PREFER YOUR ONIONS? DO YOU LIKE THEM RAW... SAUT?ED ... CARAMELIZED... FRIED...OR PICKLED? YOU CAN VOTE NOW IN OUR ONLINE POLL BY SCANNING THE Q-R CODE YOU SEE ON YOUR SCREEN. YOU CAN ALSO VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WJCL DOT COM SLASH VOTE. WHILE YOU VOTE -- WJCL 22 NEWS' KYRON NEVEAUX IS LIVE IN TATTNALL COUNTY AT SHUMAN FARMS. KYRON, WHEN WILL ONIONS ARRIVE AT GROCERY STORES? ONIONS WILL HIT THE SHELVES ANYTIME THIS WEEK. ONION GROWERS, LIKE SHUMAN FARMS, WILL BAG THEM LATER THIS MORNING TO BEGIN SHIPPING THEM OFF. EVERY YEAR THE GEORGIA AGRICULTURE COMMISSION DETERMINES THE WHEN THE ONIONS CAN BE SHIPPED OUT. THEY LOOK AT THE WEATHER AND SOIL PATTERNS TO MAKE THAT DECISION - WHICH USUALLY FALLS AROUND MID-APRIL. SOUTHEAST GEORGIA PLAYS A BIG PART IN THIS CROP...AS THE VIDALIA ONION IS GROWN IN ONLY 20 COUNTIES. THE ONION IS ONE OF A FEW CROPS THAT IS STILL HAND- PLANTED AND HARVESTED. "WE PLANT OUR SEED BEDS IN ABOUT SEPTEMBER OCTOBER. IT WILL GROW TO ABOUT THE SIZE OF A PENCIL. THEY WILL TRANSFER TO THE FIELD IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER. IT WILL GROW AND BEGIN TO HARVEST IN APRIL AND MAY." THE SWEET ONIONS WILL BE SOLD ... UNTIL THE END OF THE SUMMER. THE GEORGIA AGRICULTURE COMMISSION HAS REPORTED THIS VEGETABLE BRINGS IN MORE THAN $120 MILLION TO THE STATE ANNUALLY. LIVE IN TATTNALL COUNTY I'M KYRON NEVEAUX, WJCL 22 NEWS.