HOUSTON -

The Astrodome is getting an expensive bath in hopes of restoring the iconic stadium.

The process began Wednesday after it was delayed by weather earlier this month. Sky 2 aerials showed workers on scaffolding, washing down the exterior walls.

On Friday, the Urban Land Institute will release preliminary recommendations following its recent study of the Dome. We'll be sure to bring it to you on Local 2 News and Click2Houston.com.

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Green Team Services, a Houston window cleaning service, is testing the Eighth Wonder of the World to determine the best way to wash the Dome.

Brett Robinson, president of Green Team Services, said they use environmentally friendly cleaning solutions that will be delicate enough to preserve the icon, but should also be able to restore the exterior to look like new.

The project is expected to cost $63,800 and was scheduled to begin Monday. Robinson said while they are still determining the best way to move forward with the cleaning and the contract, the actual cleaning phase might not take place for another week.

Harris County leaders said the cleaning should help prevent further decay.

Since 2009 when the Astrodome was decommissioned it seems like countless suggestions have been thrown around for what to do with the Dome. Most of which have come with a lot of debate and last November voters decided against making it a massive convention space.

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HOUSTON -

A 77-year-old janitor counts himself lucky to be alive after a truck tire smashed through the window of a medical clinic where he was working and struck him late Tuesday night.

Manuel Mendoza told Local 2 News through an interpreter, "It was sort of like an explosion."

Mendoza and his wife were cleaning the 45 Clinic in the 8200 block of Gulf Freeway at around 10:45 p.m. Mendoza was moving a chair in the waiting room when security video shows the tire smashing through the window, pushing the chair in his hands aside and knocking Mendoza to the floor. He stayed there for several minutes, apparently dazed.

Mendoza was taken to Memorial Hermann Hospital by ambulance and treated for cuts and bruises, but he was found to have no major injuries.

The tire, which was still attached to a brake drum, apparently came off a truck traveling inbound on the Gulf Freeway. It rolled across the freeway and feeder road and into the clinic's parking lot where a second security camera shows it smashing into the window.

The clinic's owner, Dr. Joseph Sleiman, just happened to be passing the clinic that night on his way to the airport when he noticed the ambulance in front of his clinic and stopped to investigate.

"The man is very lucky. I'm so glad that he's OK," he said.

Sleiman believes more than luck was involved in Mendoza's survival.

"I believe, probably because Christmas, God was here. This is what I believe because this is a miracle," he said.

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PHOENIX (CBS5) -

Police are looking for suspects caught on camera in a Phoenix home stealing anything they could get their hands on. The crooks are on the run but they left behind the DVR that recorded the crime.

The break-in occurred shortly after 4 p.m. Monday. Surveillance cameras captured a man casing the property near 40th and Dunlap avenues. The suspect could be seen tiptoeing back and forth before he found an unlocked window and slipped through.

"I was just enraged, I was just mad and emotional," burglary victim David Piala said.

He wasn't home when the thieves wiped him clean of electronics, Christmas presents and even firearms. At first they didn't realize they were under surveillance but once the female suspect spotted a large monitor sitting on the dresser with four screens, she walked out frantic and on her phone.

Moments later the video cuts out.

"They were smart enough to unplug it but they were dumb enough to leave the entire DVR behind," Piala said.

Detectives were able to grab prints and DNA and will be carefully examining the surveillance video. Police say awareness is key.

"We still don't seem to know our neighbors and our neighbors are one of the best assets for protecting our property, get to know your neighbors suspects look for routines," Officer James Holmes of the Phoenix Police Department said.

Piala also says he's going to add additional security measures to his home.

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