Way down to parade ruth, on long island neighbors were shocked to see this, a blimp flying dangerously low. It went down around 9 45 this morning on a baseball field behind Woodward Parkway School in farmingdale, unable to make it to nearby republic airport. Marc santia spoke with the pilot of the blimp. What did he have to say . Reporter the pilot told me he wasnt scared but he knew he had to make a decision quick. So tha he chose this field to make a touchdown. A floating ad campaign looming over long island. But the manhattans Institute Plan to make a splash over the parade sputtered over farmingdale. Gusty winds and engine trouble led the pilot to woodward parkway elementary school. I had some concern about my reserve fool. Trevor thompson was the only person on board. Safe controlled slow landing. Reporter for 35 years its been a ritual, neighbor against neighbor on this hollowed football field. This year it was a very different pregame show. Definitely strange. The blimp overshadowed the game. It was huge and close to the game. Kickoff was on time but it was the history of another time that caught the attention of this man. Its pretty shocking. 21 years ago, just a short distance away, a blimp crashed next to his back yard. Trevor is counting his blessings and thanking the string jers who help him safely land. Thank you. They came over and grabbed the lines and held me many place while i went through my checklist and shut it down. Reporter no one re on the ground was injured and as far as an emergency landing, the blimp didnt suffer a scratch. Live tonight in farmingdale. Marc santia, news4 new york. Lets turn to the parade. An estimated 3 Million People lined the streets of manhattan to experience the excitement of this years macys thanksgiving day parade. Countless more glued to their tvs at home. Tracy Tracie Strahan has more. The Holiday Season was ushered in on central park west. We cant wait to see the balloons, the clowns and all of the fun. Big balloons were escorted by hundreds of volunteers and kids who woke up earlier than normal for a prime spot were filled with excitement. Whats the coolest thing youve seen so far in. The wimpy kid. My sons favorite, red from the angry birds movie is making its day pew this year. And for the spectators and some of the celebrities, this was a day filled with a lot of firsts. Ive actually never been to the parade live. This is a first. As santa ushered in the Holiday Season, first timers gave thanks for the tradition that shows no sign of slowing down. Happy thanksgiving. All right. An army of cops were on high alert se kushing todays parade. No big issues but there was a drone spotted flying above the balloons and only news4s camera were there when the police confiscated it from the man responsible. Brynn gingras is on the up west side where this unfolded. Reporter the response to the drone flying about was the only incident that the authorities had to respond to. The man accused of flying the drone said he didnt realize it was illegal. But you can imagine authorities took this very seriously. Photos obtained by 4 investigates shows just how close that drone came to a macys thank giving day balloon. News4 was the only tv station on the scene when Police Tracked down the father and son at the controls. Nypd avi ion d police to the two on the ground. Officers found the drone in a carrying case. The search taking place on west 81st street at the beginning of the 2. 5 mile parade route. Onlookers took in the sights of the soaring balloons next to the security of the nypd. We see a lot of Police Presence but were still having fun and everybody is having a really good time. I love santa claus. This little girl attends the parade every year with her security wise, do you see, notice, feel a difference . Yes, theres four guys here with ak 47s, whatever you call them. Yes. Plus there was an additional 500 members of counterterrorism units including k9 units ensuring safety during a tense time. Im not nervous. I was nervous coming to new york. And once i got to the city and saw the safety and security and all of police officers, i felt safe. Reporter as for the man with the drone,e and his son were released from Police Custody and they were given a ticket and they were given their drone back. Coming up at 6 00 were going to have more photos that we just got into the news room of that drone in flight. Also what the family is saying about this incident. Im live here on the upper west side. Well look for that at 6 00. Thank you. Each year it seems that the black friday sales begin on thursday evening within right about now. Plenty of stores are open tonight including three malls. News4s Michael George is outside Garden State Plaza where the doors open in less than an hour. Can you see people . Reporter well the turkey dinner isnt cold yet and the stores are opening their doors. Pretty soon shopping on thanksgiving evening could become a new tradition. Yes, its true, black friday now starts on thanksgiving morning. Too many sales. Reporter what brought you out today . Discounts. Discounts. Reporter more and more Stores Across the country are opening their doors on thanksgiving, giving shoppers a head start. Walmart and kmart both opened at 6 00 a. M. And the three biggest malls in our area are opening their doors while the turkey is still being served. If youre not cooking you might as well go out shopping today instead of having to hassle with tomorrow. The early bird gets the worm. Where are the crowds that we typically see an black friday. We found early bird shoppers could get the deals they want and still find a parking space. Black friday is packed. Everyone is shopping black friday. I didnt want to come out tomorrow when its like crazy and everybody out here. I was like, lets go today. This couple told us theyre shopping early because their american friends showed them what black friday looks like. Weve been warned against it. Reporter more stores see the value of opening early, more and more customers are willing to skip part of their thanksgiving and head to the mall. Way better than black friday. Reporter best buy, macys and sears are all opening to nielt and many stores are staying open until midnight or were live outside garden state center, Michael George news4 new york. Make sure you pick up something tonight before heading out of there. Youre thinking of heading out to do shopping tonight or tomorrow, the one thing you dont have to worry about is the weather. Pretty mild. Storm team4 meteorologist janice huff is here with the shopping forecast. This is great thanksgiving weather. Springtime out there with the temperatures into the 50s and 60. Its mild across long island. Youre in the 50s in the hamptons, 54 at jfk and Valley Stream at 57. Lets check out the shopping locations for black friday across long island and queens. Well start with queens, the Queens Center mall, High Temperature 63. No problem with the weather. Hes travel a little farther to the east and well land at roosevelt fields. 60 degrees for you High Temperature. Like springtime there as well. And even farther to the east, maeb you want real bargaining at the taker outlets, temperatures close to 60 degrees. Weve got more of this for the tristate area tomorrow as well. Getting around enjoying the day. Ill have that forecast and the cooldown coming up this weekend a few minutes. Of course the weather does change quickly at times. Count on news4 to keep you connected with the news4 app. See the latest forecast, interactive radar and muff more. New tonight, big developments overseas in the fight against terror. Authorities lowered the threat level in brussels. Rob schmitt is in the news room that with that. Its just another thursday for most of the world and some developments today. The belgium government lowered the threat level in brussels one notch to the second highest level. The city has been on lockdown since saturday. The entire nation at the same brussels was expected to stay under the highest level threat through this weekend. That changed. Vladimir putin appears to be cooperating a little more, welcoming french president to moscow. Saying the end goal of what exactly is going to happen with sere yea yeah is negotiated. Putin is opening up to france, he appears to be closing off turkey, planning to put sanctions on turkey after a russian fighter jet was shot down near the northerner border with syria. In moscow, a protest outside the Turkish Embassy ended in vandalism. It is progress to have some Common Ground with russia with all eyes focused on defeating isis. Still ahead on news4 new york at 5 00, a man jumps the fence at the white house with the must see picture up next. A popular running path now the scene of a rape investigation. Im here with how the victim describes the attack. At 5 30, holiday heart break, a woman hit and killed by a city bus while krosing the street. Trust your instinct, one waitress did and it helped. This is new tonight. The white house on lockdown after a man jumped a fence landing on the north lawn. The president and first family were inside for the holiday when the man wearing an American Flag and carrying a binder in his teeth jumped the fence. The jumper has just been identified as joseph caputo. He was quickly taken into custody. The fencing around the white house was just upgraded in june. On the low e east side, police are investigating an attack on a jogger. A 26yearold woman said she was raped in the park last night. Chris glorioso is life with new information. Chris . Reporter david, todays holiday atmosphere, the magnificent weather, they stand in stark contrast to the troubling description of this attack. Police say this woman was jogging along the east river on a path here when she says a man jumped out of the dark and then dragged her behind that amp theater where she was raped. It was pretty shocking and disturbing to hear that Something Like this could happen in a place where i typically feel really safe. Reporter this east river path is a favorite for runners. But last night a 26yearold woman reported being attacked as she jogged her. She told police a man about 58 with a corn roll hair style dragged here behind this amphitheater, raped her and stole her mobile phone and credit cards. I think this area is safe as any other area. Lila using the amphitheater steps for her workout saying this park generally feels secure during the day but theres a different feeling after dusk. I wouldnt run through here at night for sure. Reporter some of those who live and exercise through here say lighting can be a problem in the part of the park. The nypd has now stationed a mobile light next to the amphitheater. Its not bright coming out here in the mornings before the sun comes up, its pretty dark. I wont run with music in and dark. Reporter youd like to see for lighting. Definitely. Reporter the woman who reported being raped her said she was attacked just before 7 30, well after sun joun. 24 hours later, police tape still at the scene. The victim told the investigators that the rapist uses a bicycle to get away. She was only able to call 911 after koosz crossing the foot bridge and borrowing someones phone. Women should feel safe in the city. Reporter the victim was evaluated and trooeted at beth israel hospital. The special victims unit is on the case tonight. I could point out, we saw lots of people running on the same off calories from their thanksgiving dinner ps. This is unsettling for them as well. Reporting from the lower east side, news4 new york. And the hunt is on tonight for a robber targeting women as well as they take out money from atms. He had struck several times since last sunday, four baiks in helds kitchen and the upwest side. Most of his victims are women in their toz. Authorities say he approaches them at atm, threatens with a knife and takes care cash. A moth and father on long island thankful today for the two people they say saved their sons life. An officer responded to a 10yearold boy not breathing on wednesday. Mccalley seen her and a school nurse performed cpr and the victim started breathing again. Hes in stable condition. Officer mccalley is part of the medical Crisis Action team. They always say trust your gut and thats exactly what one waitress did. Also facebook here helping two runaways be reunited with their families. Lisa stevenson got suspicious when two girls came into the grill looking for a job. Think didnt list a home address. She searched the web and found a missing poster and facebooked the mother of one of the teenagers. I dont feel like i was a teenager. I feel like i told their mom that they were alive and safe. I gave their mom comfort. She did go above and beyond here. The 14 and 16yearold girls live in maine. Police caught up with them and returned them to their families who are so grateful on this thanks giving. Going to check in with janice. Many people grateful ffr the perfect weather that we had. Couldnt have had a more perfect day, like springtime in november. The highs are 10 degrees above average. Central park checking in at 60. The record today was 67. Unusually mild across the tristate area but i dont hear anybody complaining about it. Hear are the headlines, one more mild day and black friday will be the warmest. Into the low to mid 60s. But the weekend does cool down with rain prospects next week. These are the current temperatures, mainly in the 50s out there. Notice back to the west, 61 in cleveland, 67 in louisville, even chicago in the upper 50s. Dreadfully cold farther to the west, a big cold front back there. Weve just seen a few scattered clouds in the area today. Theres the big cold front where the temperatures behind the front are in the teens and 20s. And out ahead of it in the 60s across the ohio valley. A lot of rain there too. Well get rain tomorrow night into early saturday. The biggest rain will be next week. As we track the temperatures tonight, its not all that cold. The coldest readings we will see is around 40. Well start there and then well rise accordingly throughout the day, into the 60s across the region and even ome 50s. Into into the weekend we see a drop in the temperatures from the 60s on friday to the 50s on saturday with a few showers during the day and partly cloudy skies on sunday with a high only of 50. But thats average. Heres a look at tonights low temperatures, 40s and low 50s, 62 tomorrow, 52 on saturday and only 50 on sunday. The rain were expecting coming next week haen there could be a lot of it. Theres still much more ahead here on news4 new york at 5 00. Sharing isnt always caring especially when it comes to thanksgiving dinner and your pooch. Up next the thanksgiving foods toxic to your pets. Better get b uero for the smells like spaghetti with johnsonville italian sausage. My favorite. Bad news. The johnsonville factory burned down brian. Its terrible. Well if you cant serve tasty sausage why are we even a family . I may as well move out. What yo. Ill stay. And tomorrow were going to help johnsonville rebuild that factory. Ill take dinner in my room, with chocolate milk. Make pasta tastier with johnsonville italian sausage. We dont make sausage. All right. By now perhaps most of you have already enjoyed a big thanksgiving feast. Others are going to get home after work and do that. But veterinarians say this is not the time to share the food with your pest. Well show you six things you shouldnt give to your furry friends. This thanksgiving let your pet try something new but dont let it be from your plate. A lot of the delicious foods that we eat on turkey day could be a recipe for disaster for your pet. Well help break down the dos and donts. We dont recommend that you feed animals stuffing. A lot of stuffings have scallions, garlics and onions. All three are toxic to animals. Means mashed potatoes are also out of the question. And salads with grapes or raisins can be toxic too. Add ham to the list as well. The most dangerous thing you can give your pet, bird bones. And yes, that means turkey. It can penetrate through the stomach or intestines. What do you do if somebody else falls for the puppy eyes . Keep an eye out for the symptoms. If you catch it early enough, the vet can treat it. If its a major Abdominal Surgery we could be looking into thousands of dollars. Sorry if you were eating and were talking about vomiting here. The other thing you need to keep away from your pets is chocolate which most people already know to do and youre probably wondering what you can give your pets. The vet says turkey breast is fine, you can also put your gravy on your dogs food. That sounds delicious. I think the dog would appreciate that. Look at whats coming up at 5 30. We have a lot to get to. We update your black friday forecast. But first a three alarm fire injuries several firefighters. A family grieving a devastating loss this thanksgiving. A wife and mother killed the day before thanks giving after being hit by an mta bus. Tonight ore grief stricken husband speaks out about that accident. Also a pregnant woman arrested after a single car dwi accident op long island. Wait until you hear what police say they found in her system. Nothing but love for one dog show host. 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