Problem stalled the scaffolding around 1 30. The two men were trapped in rain, high winds and cold temperatures for nearly 75 minutes. The scaffolding stayed upright but firefighters didnt waste any time. We were able to secure them. The radio downtown to make them. Firefighters couldnt reach the men because the window doesnt open. They cut through thick layers of safety. Lewes merced is a scaffolding mechanic who was working on the rescue. How are they doing . Perfectly nine. They came off the rig laughing. To them its not that serious either. They were not hurt. The company that managing the scaffolding downplayed the danger of the situation. They could have rescued the workers on their own. There was no need for the Fire Department at all. This was over done, i had it running before the Fire Department cut the window, they just wanted to cut it out. I asked the scaffolding these guys to be up there washing windows in these windy conditions. They said the wind was still in the safe range where the window washers could use their own discretion as to whether or not it was safe. Michael, thank you. New at 5 00, a heart breaking discovery in brooklyn. A 2yearold Girl Found Dead in a home where a fire had broken out. Right now a lot of investigators out here on the scene, the childs mother is being questioned at the 81st precinct. She was not here at the time the fire broke out in her second floor apartment. Now police are looking into whether the child may have been left alone. 2yearold calina full of life in these pictures. Relatives are devastated by her sudden death. The toddler died in an early floor apartment in bedford stay stay ves end. Nearby officers were told her daughter was inside at the time of the fire. When firefighters searched again. They found the toddlers body under a bed. Today heart broken family members came looking for answers. They were escorted away by police as authorities blocked off monroe street. Neighbors both shocked and sattened to hear of the tragedy. Theres no words you can say for that. Its crazy. Sorry for your loss. Back here live, can you see the extensive damage here, detectives going through everything thats been burned out on the sidewalk. Police source telling me it is possible this fire may be suspicious. The fire marshall still live tonight in Bedford Stuyvesant stuyvesant. The passenger is facing charges after she stole a bus, because the driver told her not to smoke on board. This all started in east harlem, the driver asked the woman to stop smoking. When she refused he started bus. Thats when the passenger jumped off. She only made it a few blocks. The bus is seen speeding down the street. The passenger is now undergoing a Mental Health evaluation. You want to know what crimes are going down in your neighborhood . The city launched a new tracking device to help you feel safer. Its right on your phone. Second. Its pretty fascinating, a huge departure from the way the nypd has tracked crime. It can show you where crimes click on it right on your phone. Goodbye walkietalkie. These came along 1971. Hello smart phone, with the citys newest way to track crime. Instead of listing the latest numbers, the new system allows you to see where a crime is happening in your neighborhood. The system will map the 26 complaints down to the nearest intersection. Name a category of a crime. Rob, would you pick it . We showed gerard sims of bush wick how it works. It shows you on the map, the intersection where they took place. Helpful . Yeah, its very beneficial. Police have to do their job. The nypd introduced us to cops who used the new mapping to make an arrest. They listened to a shots spotter app which monitors gunshots. And tracked the address in brownsville and found two illegal guns. We also showed the new site to some new yorkers. Like leon of Washington Heights who said knowing where crime happens still leaves her with questions. Even if they told me where did is, their policy is going about how they solve the crime, its not just mayor de blasio said 36,000 cops will be issued smart phones makes policing master. We want that transparency. We want to see the good news too. Reporter now, ill show you right now on my phone, what one of the stats the city would like you to see. That says citywide, murder, 36 murders at this time, compared to 52 last year. The blue dots on the map represent exactly where these murders have taken place. You request do it from home pdf that lists the numbers. Thats the latest, live outside of one police plaza, andrew siff, news 4 new yorkp. New at 5 00, a new York City Police officer shot in the line of duty is home from the hospital tonight. William renton left kings county hospital to applause and cheers. His partner was also hurt but released. The accused gunman was also shot and is still in the hospital. To decision 2016 now, the nevada caucus is tonight for the republican president ial candidates and one topic taking center stage on the camping trail is president obamas propose a. M. To close guantanamo bay. The president said once upon a time it was a bipartisan goal to shut down guantanamo, it doesnt sound that way now. Not on capitol hill, and not on the campaign trail. Has tried to close the u. S. Prison at guantanamo bay. It undermines our standing in the world. U. S. Allies want it closed. And isis uses gitmo as a recruiting tool. Theres no need for a prison in cuba, where u. S. Law does not apply, according to the president. We can capture terrorists, protect the American People and when done right, we can try them and put them in our maximum Security Prisons and it works just fine. Hundreds of terrorists are already held in the United States with no incidents. The president did not propose which super max prisons might take guantanamo detainees. Congress voted last year to ban all gitmo prisoners from the u. S. Its already been expressed against that proposal. Sharp reaction from the combine trail today. It and lets have some new terrorists there. Were going to go to guantanamo and find out everything they know. Guantanamo once held 600 detainees. 911 mastermind Khalid Sheikh mohammed is at gitmo and likely to stay there. Donald trump said he would chuck . Thank you. Still ahead as we continue at 5 00, a food delivery man attacked. Video of the encounter, and the action taken by police in just the past hour. A viewer tells us this road connecting the bronx and west chester is a danger zone. 4 insafety gates is on the case to find out why calls for help have gone unanswered. 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And our moneyback guarantee. Come back today and well give you free installation with our exclusive onehour arrival window. Feels good to be back. Come back today. Youll get free installation, tv equipment and epix included. And now get a 300 reward card. Call today, and welcome back. We want to show you a shore road connecting the bronx and westchester is in terrible shape and dangerous. Hes called 311 repeatedly, his calls for help have gone unanswered. Today we hit the road and worked the phones to find out what is going on. Shore road is an accident waiting to happen. Its scary to drive shore road in the winter. People have been complaining about it for years, but nothing has mapped. Five years worth of 311 calls with no real fix to the problem. The brothers took matters into their own hands, they documented how treacherous shore road can get from this stretch of the bronx into westchester. Theres a lot of water coming up into the road. Its forming potholes. The ice, forcing people to leave their lane. Even we noticed. Heres a big pothole here. Reporter it sneaks up on you. Residents are also worried this is a dimly lit street at night. Theres a real risk of a head on collision. Theres no short term fix either. Four investigates checked with the city. There have been three complaints this year. The city tells 4 investigates the department of transportation will continue road maintenance to make sure potholes were filled and agencies will collaborate. The worst Case Scenario is a head on accident. Dont react to an accident. Be proactive and fix it. In the bronx. News 4 new york. The search for a young man missing after a plane crash is still underway. At this point its being called a recovery mission. Sean since early sunday. He was a student pilot flying with three others. When their piper archer ran into engine trouble. Three men were plucked from the icy waters. One man was never found. A story weve been following closely for more than a year now. Thomas docktrey dumped rubble filled with asbestos in islip. Every member of the family acted in this case in good faith with good intentions. And theyre the last people in the world to do anything that will put anyones health at risk. They never willingly or knowingly dumped toxic materials rutgers president has gotten a big performance bonus despite the recent rash of arrests and other problems with the schools football program. According to our partners, the schools governing board gave robert a 97,000 bonus, plus a guarantee of a full years pay beyond the end of his current contract which expires next year. The bonus is for the 2014 to 2015 fiscal year, which was before the problems with the football team. Were having a storm coming . Yes, we do. We have loots of rain coming tomorrow night, right now, were dealing with rain, snow and an icy mix. The roads are slippery out there. Mainly rain from the citys south and getting slow to the north. This wintery mix will continue for the evening. Its all rain in the city and along the coast. It tapers off in the morning, it gets worse in terms of storminess. If youre going to go from wintery weather to springtime were tracking the storms along the gulf coast. Rain from the upper 20s in monticello, where theres snow in this region. To the mid to upper 30s right along the coast. The city is at 36. Thats why were seeing rain. Youre getting snow around beak man, monroe and danbury and bridgeport. The rain snow line is sneaking into sussex county. Its changing over to sleet for you. All rain in the city, all the way down to the jersey shore, and the south facing shores of long island. Thats what it will stay until it tapers off later tonight and early in the morning. You can see lightning strikes well offshore. Were not dealing with thunderstorms now across the region. Locally up to a couple inches in spots north and west this evening. A few areas over northern new jersey, seeing between 1 and 2 inches of snow. Then we go to the south, the gulf coast, were tracking severe weather. Reports of seven tornados already. There are tornado warnings in effect across this entire area. North of new orleans. And theyre expecting an outbreak tonight in that area, of even more tornados. Thats the same system coming here tomorrow night. In the meantime, we track the weather thats in here right now, can you see the rain lifting north, the temperatures warming up through the Hudson Valley by 10 00, and most areas will see an end to this overnight, to 7 00 in the morning. Well be left with a few sprinkles. Maybe a couple patches of ice on roads, there will be slippery surfaces. Around 2 00 tomorrow, we start to see the thunderstorms popping up at random, some small ones here and there over central new jersey. Heavier rain comes through at 7 00, tomorrow evenings commute is going to be nasty, a mess. This will continue through midnight across the area, and tapering off into early thursday morning. As it stands right now, were not expecting a tornado outbreak here, but we could have damaging winds it could be a mess around here tomorrow night from that storm system. Travel delays likely. Winds will increase too. That will happen tomorrow. Late thursday into saturday. Windy conditions for us, its drying out for the weekend. Looks like a decent weekend coming up, were back to the 50s by sunday. In the meantime, our 7day forecast, 52 for the high tomorrow, a nasty mess tomorrow night and overnight into thursday morning, thats when were expecting the thunderstorms and the heavy rain. Dave price is coming up in a few minutes to track that heavy rain and talk about how much were going to expect around here. Special recognition today. Specifically those who go above and beyond the call of duty. Ten men and women who put their own lives in danger to save others received the daily news hometown heroes in transit award. We spoke to several recipients an escalating fight. I stopped it from progressing any worse than it had started. I evacuated the depot, there was a gas leak outside the depot, we had to evacuate the building and reroute the buses. David ushery and darlene rodrigez presented some of the awards to the hometown heroes. Much more ahead as we continue at 5 00. This images went viral and now a homeless man in new jersey is getting help from all over. Even attracting the attention of the nfl. Davids here with a look at whats coming up new at 5 30. Theres a scam that looks all too real, targeting Bank Customers in our area. Bringing down the house, a minivan slams into a connecticut home. What the driver told witnesses right after she stepped out of ive been a turkey farmer my whole life. And i raise turkey for shady brook farms. We dont use growthpromoting antibiotics, thats just the way things should be done. Thats important to me. My name is glenn, and im an independent. No growthpromoting antibiotics, we have incredible video to show you. It happened yesterday afternoon, the pilot ran into trouble shortly after taking off. He tried to make a quick turn back to the airport. He ran out of altitude, forcing him to make a crash landing on the street. An 18yearold driver swerved his car in the nick of time to avoid a head on crash with an airplane. Look at that. If i dont accelerate, im going to get hit directly by the plane. And i swerved and it hit me on the side of my car. The planes pilot, corbett and the driver of that car walked away from the accident you saw without a scratch. New details tonight about an uber driver accused of going on a deadly shooting spree in michigan. Surveillance video shows him inside a gun store just hours he sold jason dalton a jacket saturday three hours before the shootings began. The jacket had a special pocket designed to hold a handgun. These are surveillance pictures of his visit. Dalton was laughing and joking before making the purchase. Jason did a one arm hug around my manager and was smiling. After the check out, my manager said have a good day. He said he was going out to enjoy the weather. Jason dalton did not buy a weapon at his store, hes charged with six counts of murder and two counts of attempted murder. Investigators say hes confessed to the shootings, but has not given a motive. Were learning more about cases of the zika virus being sexually transmitted. The cdc is looking at 14 reports in the United States the virus contracted through sex. Zika is mostly spread through mosquito bites. They suspect the viruses to in brazil. A homeless man from new jersey paid 5 to pour coffee over himself. His story has gone viral and his life looking brighter. These photos surfaced of him pouring coffee over his head. It also caught the attention of the San Francisco 49ers because of the worn team jacket he had on. Unbelievable. In california . Unbelievable. Best thing that ever happened. Theres still some compassion here in this country. Ronald says hell be a 49ers fan for the rest of his life. Its nice to see that something good came out of all that bad. Yes, indeed. Coming up next, we continue, new jersey lawmakers want to loosen gun laws in the garden state. The answer might surprise you, plus. Kids in an attack thats gone viral. Mark santia, what neighbors are saying about the attack that happened just outside their building. A sweet 16 turns deadly. Body was all beat up. The family turns to the i team after getting nowhere with police. It wreaks of some sort of pushes, shoves, even kicks, a delivery man roughed up while trying to do his job as kids egg on camera. And within the last hour, news 4 has learned a teen is under arrest, charged with robbery in connection with that beating. Its all playing out in east harlem tonight. Mark santee ya has details at 5 30. Ambushed and attacked, a guy trying to deliver food shoved to the ground. The victim gets up and tries again to do his job, this time the attacker knocks the food right out of his hand. Friends egg him on. The delivery man finally has enough. He swings at his attack er er until an adult steps in. Living in the building, fitzpatrick, shes seen the video, and the kids before. They crossed the line. When he pushed him and he fell. He pushed him like, he fell on the floor