Engulf the surrounding billings. I saw the fire escape come off the building and the whole side of the building came off on to the sidewalk. You can see behind me now the building is collapsing, this is exactly what they expected liz that is why they backed everyone out of here and then the second of 100yearold structures crumbled under the force of the water. 12 persons were reported injured and several critically, the smoke so heavy people were Wearing Masks to breathe and city officials evacuated the area as the fire went to seven alarms. One neighbor told me that it felt the impact was so intense, like a truck just rammed into her building live in the east village, channel 6 action news. Thank you, back in this area, the 3200 block was the scene of an apparent abduction in fairmount park, a man forced a woman into the backseat of a car and was last seen traveling west on kelly drive. Dann cuellar is live at the scene. Reporter well jim Police Continue to call this a potential crime scene this is a priority call until they hear that the woman is okay. Witnesses say it appears that the man and woman knew each other other and the man forced the woman into the backseat of the car and not the trunk. He sped westbound on girard avenue toward kelly drive. The man is described as a light skinned black male wearing a white tshirt and scully cap and a ford grand prix with tinted windows, the letters on the tag were partial letters tj. If you have seen this car or know the whereabouts call 911. Police are handling this as a possible abduction priority call. Well continue to follow this developing story for now live in fairmount park, im dann cuellar, channel 6 action news. Thank you. Utterly stunning news into the crash of the Germanwings Airbus crash that killed 150 people this was no accident Authorities Say that the copilot intensely locked the pilot out of the cockpit and headed toward a Mountain Side in the french alps, when the pilot left the cockpit to go to the restroom locked the doors and the pilot pounded the door to come back in, the key pad was disabled by him from inside. German chancellor said that these conclusions brought the tragedy to a new incomprehensible dimension. David henry is live at Philadelphia International airport, you talked to experts what have you learned. The consensus is never a good idea to leave one person alone in a jet airliner the incident raises questions for people traveling all over the world today, chief among them how can i be sure im seven alarm fire safe and not in the hands of a mad man. He said that what happened on that doomed plane would not happen on a u. S. Airplane. Not the law for foreign carriers,says he did not wrong but he says its not just a bad idea if someone is going to do harm there are emergencies that could occur that a single pilot cant handle. The copilot had just over 600 hours on that type of plane the airline says he was fully qualified to take control. He is an extremely low time guy how could he cope with a real emergency that was aircraft related than one of his own making. Pilots are not required to undergo psychiatric evaluations before they can fly and even if they were, that would not stop a sudden incidents. That is not successful for the same reason that we fine people that appear to be well all of a sudden snap and do bizarre and harmful things. Wolf says the best insurance is assuring that more than one person is in the cockpit at all times its the law in the u. S. And as of today its the law in canada and norway and you can expect more to follow. Live at the airport david henry, channel 6 action news. Thank you david. World news tonight with david muir will have complete coverage of todays developments in the germanwings crash. That is next following our broadcast and our coverage continues at 6abc. Com you can read the latest on the investigation which includes more on the final minutes of the flight as well as pictures and video from the crash scene. In philadelphia a 17yearold is in Critical Condition tonight after he was shot by a gunman today. The shooting happened at 7 00 this morning outside of a store on east cambria street the surveillance shows the gunman ride up on a bike and open fire on two males standing on the Street Corner one was hit in the head and torso several times, he is at Temple University hospital. Controversial ads featuring adolf hitler will be on the side panels of septa buses they read islamic jew hatred its in the quran, today the agency announced it will not appeal the decision and it is changing its policy prohibiting all political advertising and they will work with any employees that refuse to drive the buses with these ads. Members of the Pennsylvania House judiciary hearing for governor wolfs moratorium on the Death Penalty many were family members of murder victims including the family of chuck cassidy. Cross will stay on Lehigh Valleys official seal the nine commissioners voted unanimously last night. The group called the freedom for religion foundations threatened a lawsuit and called it unconstitutional. It has the purpose of roiszing the history of the koibts. Voters in philadelphia will decide if they will revive a long dormant commission on women. Mayor Michael Nutter signed an initiative to put that on the primary, it would focus on improving workplace conditions for women including wage equity. And it was last operational during mayor bill greens administration in the 1980s. Dozens of veterans were honored today in vineland new jersey the board of freeholders were there thanking these men and women for their service. Each veteran received a medal honoring their work and dedication and their patriotism. Coming up on action news plans to transform love park is taking shape. Well show you the four proposals under consideration. And cole hamels was in season form today. Ducis rogers has that story ahead. A line of spring storms is coming our way, when and where and tracking a return to winter in march. Those are ahead in your accuweather forecast. Word today that president obama and the first lady will host pope francis at the white house when he comes to the United States later this year, that meeting is set for september 23rd and will address congress and speak with the General Assembly in new york and then heads to philadelphia for the world meeting of families and action news and channel 6 will have complete coverage of that event right here on 6 abc. A new day is coming for love park in Center City Philadelphia and today we got our first view of what it might look like. Action news reporter, eva pilgram pilgram, has that story. Rain or shine people line up for pictures in front of the love statue in love park. Everybody knows this is the place to come visit. You come and enjoy it when the weather is nice. It seems like they are doing a lot of stuff around here and they have the skating ring and the parkway, dont leave love park out. Now the city is showing love to love park with a 15 million redesign. City Officials Say the final plan is a combination of each, along with what people already love. People love the diagonal the entryway on 15th street and the love statue and the fountain and the art museum. One of the most requested changes is for more green space the matht or the of it is concrete. We want people to feel welcome and carry a lot of different activities that could generate revenue for the care and maintenance of the park and continue to be a gathering point. The city will present the final plan and the construction is set to start at the end of next winter and the start of spring and go through the rest of the year. I think the city is changing and the Center City Building ups the area and it brings people into the city from the suburbs and definitely bring commerce to the city as well. The city would like to hear law think head to our website where we have a link. Eva pilgram, channel 6 action news. In bridgeton new jersey some student his a chance to make an imprint on the school. They signed their name to a beam that will be part of an addition it includes a new gym and classrooms and increases the capacity by 200 students. And manufacturers in the garden state displayed their wares today. It was part of made in new jersey day, 25 manufacturers showed off their products and we have a chance to talk to lawmakers and the public about their business. Chance for people to pay tribute to an eagles legend there was a private memorial tomorrow and he died Early Saturday Morning and he excelled on both sides of football and Jeffrey Lurie calls him an icon. Everything you want for an nfl franchise, tough. Announcer and passion for the game and pride in the city and humble in every way. The flyers snapped their winning streak but it was costly, two players are lost for the season. Wayne simmons took a puck to the foot and it happened in the same game he scored his 100th goal as a flyer and Andrew Mcdonnell struck his right hand and that hand is believed to have been broken. Its a lost cause this season but losing to people is still a loss. Well see a couple of guys in a bigger role than the past, but you lose two good players its nevada good. Phillies spring training phils and blue jays, cole hamels is dialed in and he better be he is all the phillies have in the rotation a man on for carlos ruiz, he snacked a double to right center and back to hamel, pitches five innings of shutout ball, allows just two hits and the phils lose but hamels looks good. Its the only thing we can do as a team, go out and be accountable and go out and try to win the first game. Finally tonight, former North Carolina basketball coach dean smith died last month but he has more to give to former players he directed in his will that his trust send a 200 check for every player that lettered for him in the 36 years at the school. That is about 136 players, it reads have a dinner out on coach smith. That is class. And a high stakes cooking competition, 30 High Schoolers from philadelphia and delaware and chester counties competed at Drexel University and they had two hours to prepare a french meal including a savory chicken ditch with potatoes and desert crepes with cream and chocolate. The competitors were vying for college scholarships. Warmer yes but not a spring like fun day. No no. It came with showers and peeks of sunshine here and there 67 in philadelphia and 71 for the high in wilmington but it all ends tonight. Stormtracker 6 live double scan showing now we are in between the showers and thunderstorms in philadelphia but you see the line that is moving into lancaster county, that whole line is moving east at 30 Miles Per Hour, so wolmersdorf you are hit with gusty showers and thunderstorms at 6 45 and westernersville by 7 00, and this has wind gusts of up to 40 Miles Per Hour. We are dry in center city and rain free and peeks of sunshine and you can see we are dealing with clouds and sky 6 hd is moving around and wind gusts at 20 Miles Per Hour from the south and that is bringing up the warm air, philadelphia 65 degrees and wilmington and dover 68 and allentown youll notice the warm front, and wildwood cooler and winds out of the south from the ocean, the ocean temperature in the low 40s, that really cooled things down at the shore. Satellite 6 along with action radar showing the cold front moving through central pennsylvania sweeping through tonight and dont be surprised if you hear a rumble of thunder, youll have heavy downpours as well. 35 to 45 Miles Per Hour, and some of these storms should be moving into philadelphia right around 9 00, future tracker timing it out by 8 00, moving across the northwest suburbs and the Lehigh Valley and lancaster moving into the Chester County and the i95 corridor by 9 00, 10 00 and it loses punch by then and moves offshore at midnight but this front gets hung up in the morning 7 00 in the morning it will not be bright and sunny and well see showers and some blue and snowflakes mixed in. This upper level pattern, this is what we are experiencing all year long, the big drip in the trough of the jet stream what this does is allows cold air to extreme down from canada temperatures run 15 to 20 degrees below average and yes there is a chance for flurries and snow showers on saturday, its back to winter on saturday the exclusive accuweather forecast, tomorrow some morning showers by the afternoon well get rid of the showers and have a tough time getting rid of the clouds certainly not a sunny day with a high of 50 degrees, if we are lucky well see peeks of sunshine late in the day on saturday we feel like winter for the last saturday of march 40 degrees with the possibility of flurries i think many parts of you viewing area is staying in the 30s and future tracker showing at 1 00, 37 in philadelphia and the northwest suburbs windchills likely below freezing bundle up on saturday sunday its still a chill but brighter and not as harsh 48 degrees and monday feeling a lot better 56 degrees, we could have a few showers monday and tuesday late in the day a few showers wednesday as we welcome in april, no fooling, should be a nice day partly sunny and 58 degrees and thursday clouds with some sunshine and a high of 60 degrees, so spring storms tonight and the return to winter on saturday. Thank you cecily. Finally we here at channel 6 are delighted to host an important event with the Special Olympics today our president and general manager, Bernie Prazenica was on hand to bring together the Special Olympics and the local business commune, in july the world games return to the United States for the first time in 16 years the torch passes through all 50 states and comes here to philadelphia in june. Abcs world news tonight is next on channel 6, and action news continues at 10 00 on we hope youll join us at 11 00. Breaking news tonight. The young copilot who locked the captain out of the cockpit. His training, right here in the u. S. Authorities say his intention to destroy his plan to fly that jet into the mountain. Tonight, the captain heard pounding on the door to get in. And the passengers screams in those final moments. Also breaking at this hour the explosion right here in new york city. Fears some are trapped, rescue teams on the scene right now. The deadly tornadoes. At least seven reported touching down cars flipped. And the children rescued from inside this gym. The bridge collapse. The truck slams into a major interstate. Parts of the highway collapsing. Drivers could not stop. And the gift tonight. The famous coach and what he left behind for every single player. The checks in the mail tonight