Students, Victim React to Arrest of Woman in Dui Crash That Injured Principal

OF FIVE U.P. -- FIVE YEARS IN PRISON. CBS 4 NEWS TONIGHT. WE CONTINUE OUR TEAM COVERAGE WITH REACTION TO THE ARREST. HANK TESTER SPOKE WITH ONE OF THE OTHER VICTIMS. HE IS AT THE HOSPITAL WHERE PRINCIPAL PEREZ REMAINS TONIGHT. Reporter: THIS PRINCIPLE IS A VERY POPULAR GUY SO PEOPLE WERE REACTING WHEN THEY LEARNED ABOUT THE ARREST. HERE IS THE STORY. HE IS GETTING JUSTICE FOR WHAT HAPPENED. Reporter: SHE IS TALKING ABOUT MARILYN AGUILERA CHARGED WITH DUI AND SERIOUS BODILY INJURY TO ANOTHER. THAT ANOTHER IS JAVIER PEREZ WHO LOST HIS LEGS IN AN ACCIDENT CAUSED BY MARILYN AGUILERA. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED APRIL 26 THE ARREST CAME MAY 17. I THINK IT IS ABOUT TIME THEY FINALLY DID SOMETHING ABOUT IT. Reporter: JAVIER PEREZ, A PRINCIPAL AT SOUTH DADE HIGH SCHOOL. FACULTY AND STUDENTS ARE SHOCKED. THEY LOVE THEIR PRINCIPAL. BLOOD DRIVES WERE A BIG SHOW OF SUPPORT THE LAST FEW WEEKS. ATHLETES WEIGHED IN. SOUTH DADE HIGH SCHOOL PARENTS GRASP THE BIG PICTURE. HER LIFE IS RUINED ALSO. IT IS HER OWN DOING. THE PRINCIPAL HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT. HE WAS MINDING HIS OWN BUSINESS DOING THE COACHING AND A CAR COMES AND DESTROYS HIS LIFE. Reporter: LUCKILY ELIAS STILL GETS TO WORK ON HIS BOAT. JAVIER PEREZ SHOVED HIM OUT OF THE WAY OF THE PATH OF THE SUV. HE OWES HIS LIFE TO THE PRINCIPAL. [ SPEAKING IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] Reporter: HE SAYS I BELIEVE THE LAW NEEDS TO BE VERY STRICT WITH THESE CASES FOR THE PEOPLE WHO DRINK AND DRIVE AT 5:00 IN THE AFTERNOON. SO WHY DID IT TAKE SO LONG FOR THE ARREST? LEGAL EXPERTS TELL US THAT THE TOXICOLOGY REPORT CAME OUT RECENTLY BUT POLICE COULD HAVE ARRESTED THIS INDIVIDUAL RIGHT ON THE SCENE AT THAT TIME. POSSIBLY THEY WAITED TO SEE EXACTLY WHAT THE CHARGES WOULD BE. WHETHER OR NOT THE VICTIM WOULD SURVIVE. OTHERWISE THE WOMAN WOULD HAVE