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Searching two residents every residents in city suburbs two brothers believed to be linked to fridays salt may have rent d delts in the days prior to the attack. Car found in northern paris also may be a clue to the rampage. Despite whats unfold, residents vow the fugitives actions will no not keep them from living their lives. This attack want to do pull us apart but only reinforced the links between citizens. Everything they did brought us closer. Interview with fox news secretary of state john kerry says the us will help those regions being threatened. The people need to protect their communities. The way to proceed is in a way to empowers the people in the region to fight their fight tom take control of their communities and were doing an enormous amount to be able to help them. Reporter germanys top security official is down playing the arrest of five people in the countrys western border and the investigation into the paris terror tax. In paris, greg palkot, fox news. Happening now, ramped up security fort upcoming philadelphia marathon in just five days. Tens to have sands of runners will hit the streets for one of the citys biggest events of the year. In the wake of the paris attac attacks, philadelphia Officials Say they are not taking any chances. Trying to keep everyone safe. Today they talk about security measures this year. Fox 29s Chris Oconnell joins us live on the parkway tonight with what they reveal. Chris . Reporter thats right, iain. Paris attacks have certainly put the spotlight on security for highprofile events, and perhaps one of the biggest ones we see every year is happening this week andly one hadnt dread thousand people expected to flood the ben franklin parkway district for this weekends philadelphia marathon. And security up grades have now put in place in light of those paris attacks. Now police wont go into operational specifics, but they do say theyve been through this before after the Boston Marathon bombing many security measures went into place for the broad street run and other large runs in the city. More cameras, more undercover and uniformed officers are in place. Now, this weekend a security zone will be put in place for the start of sundays race near the start and finish lines. That is at the foot of the art museum. Runners and attendees will have to enter those secure zones with baggage screenings through checkpoints all up and down the length of the parkway 18 toth 25th street. Mayor Michael Nutter says out of a bun dance of caution people coming down this weekend should prepare. Spectators, motorists, runners and patrons all visitors to the parkway district are urged to proceed certainly with caution, be safe, be aware and be alert. Arrive promptly and there may be some delays. Reporter now, mayor nutter did have a meeting with Homeland Security secretary johnson to talk about this specific event and they do say there is no threat for this event. Once again, out of abundance of caution. They are stepping up security. Checkpoints here open at 5 00 oclock a. M. On sunday for a complete listing of road closures and security measures for the philadelphia marathon, just go to fox 29 fox29. Com. Dawn. Russian Security Officials are now calling the downing of a Russian Airliner over egypt an act of terrorism. After analyzing data russian investigators now say it was a bomb which destroyed a civilian aircraft flying out of egypt last month. Everyone on board died. Most of the passenger passengere russian. Head of russias Security Services says they found traces of a homemade explosive on personal items and baggage from the wreckage of that plane. Homemade explosive device equivalent to 1 kilogram of tnt went off on board which caused the plane to break up in the air. I can certainly say that this was a terrorist act. Russian president Vladimir Putin says the act will not go unpunish. Russias Security Services offering a 50 million reward for any information leading to the arrest of the bomber whos brought down that plane. Developing news tonight out of berks county. Increased security at Exeter Township Senior High School in reading after a bomb threat forced an early dismissal this morning. School officials discover the threat saying there was bomb in the school and that it was setting to off at noon today. Students were sent home at 11 a. M. All after School Activities canceled tonight. Officials will be checking students bags tomorrow morning. New information now about a story we first told about yesterday. Washington college in maryland will be closed tomorrow. According to a School Spokesperson students were asked to shelter in place on campus yesterday after it was discovered a student from Montgomery County 19yearold Jacob Marberger may have taken a gun from his pans cheltenham home. Hes a student at the school and theres been no sign of him. Also learning today theres now a warrant out for marbergers arrest. School officials tell us an investigation shows that he brought an antique gun on to campus back in october. Tonight we know the names of the woman hit and killed in southwest philadelphia and the driver who police say hit her. This happening yesterday morning at 54th street and woodland avenue. Police say 23yearold mal lakee armstrong passed a septa trolley, ran a red light and hit 38yearold Miriam Wilson has crossing the street. Wilson died at the scene. Shes facing manslaughter and homicide by vehicle. He smelled like marijuana. To your fox 29 Weather Authority now. Cooler than yesterday. We did hit 70 yesterday. Little cooler as we take a live look in allentown tonight. Definitely feeling more like november today. Youre probably going need that jacket if youll step out tonight. But fox 29 meteorologist kathy orr we also may need umbrellas soon. Yes, we certainly will. Well have a soaker late this week but not so fast. We are going to be seeing temperatures bouncing back. Look at these morning lows. 46 in philadelphia. Freezing in the poconos in trenton we woke up to 42. So a very nice rebound over the course of the day today in philadelphia making it into the 50s. 52 right now. 40s in allentown and pottstown and lancaster it is 48 degrees. So this evening its not going to be all that chilly. Mainly clear at the 7 00 oclock hour. 52. Then few clouds rolling by 9 00 oclock with a temperature of 49 and high clouds by 11 00 p. M. With a temperature of 47 degrees. Coming up, we to talk about the rain. A line of showers, some heavy rain and Severe Weather in the deep south. This is all moving toward the delaware valley. We have more clouds, a late week soaking and a chilly change for your weekend. Something we have not seen this entire month of november. Well highlight that in the seven day coming up later in the broadcast. All right, kathy, thanks. Delaware middle School Choir Director facing charges of child sex abuse and third degree rape tonight. Those are just two of the charges 43yearold gary smith is facing tonight. Police say he was involved in a sexual relationship with a 13yearold female student at Hb Dupont Middle School in hoe says kin. That relationship started in april of 2010 and lasted until august of 2012. And several crimes happened on school grounds. Smith was arrested today. Hes in jail tonight on 815,000 bond. The read Clay School District is telling fox smith is on administrative leave and that it is cooperating fully with the investigation. Theyre planning to meet with parents and students at John Dickinson High School Auditorium next tuesday night at 6 30 torments night the search is on for a man who took off from a Halfway House in berks county. Take look at 25yearold david allen supper lynn, jr. , staying at the adapt facility on the 400 block of walnut street in reading under court order. Authorities say he left that facility yesterday. Sometime between noon and 12 30. No word on where he may be headed or why he was ordered to stay at that Halfway House. Scary moments for piece people in a deli in philadelph philadelphia. Check out this Surveillance Video at the gomez dilatant north ninth street. Two men walked in with guns. One man took money from the register while the other searched the clerks pockets. Police say the men also took cigarettes. If you recognize these guys, give police a call. Happening now, Charlie Sheen makes a huge announcement about his health. The actor actually told the world hes got hiv this morning on the today show in the interview posted on their website sheen says he tested positive for the virus about four years ago, but says hes now healthy thanks to med prescribed by his doctor. This morning fox 29s dr. Mike spoke about that exact means, what that means on good day philadelphia. Well, he may be one of these folks that actually either responds very well to the medication or his own immune system is keeping it under che check. But theres only been one reported case in decades and decades of study of anyone who has actually been cured of the virus. Sheen says he disclosed his diagnosis to anyone that he became intimate with. He does admit to paying women to keep quiet about his diagnosis. One of sheens high profile former lover disagrees with that. Shell be on inside edition you can watch it tonight at 6 30 right here on fox 29. A tragic accident leaving a california scout leader dead an community in shock. The object investigators say fell from the sky. Plus, paying to park in philly about to get whole lot easier. Newt app thats letting you reup far away from the meter. Claims of abuse in a local nursing home. Tying down a patient and failing to keep an eye on another patient . Piece of hard plastic plant from aquarium was in your dad. It was inside of him. He had ate it he had eaten it non one was there to stop him. What fox 29 investigates found when we went looking for answers. A local student came to fox 29 with a simple request. She wanted a teacher. She got what she wanted but still a couple of big problems. Car burns up this morning in northeast philadelphia. Take a look. Fox 29 Traffic Cameras rolling as the car just burst into flames on woodhaven road about 9 00 oclock this morning. Skyfox over the scene as firefighters put out the fire. No word if anyone was injured. Right now investigators are trying to determine if a driver avenue pick up that crashed in south philadelphia was under the influence. This was the scene along the 2600 block of columbus boulevard around 2 30 this morning. Officials tell us this truck rolled over. The driver was taken to Jefferson Hospital with nonlife threatening injuries were waiting to hear from police about any charges that driver may be facing. Back to our developing sto story. The paris terror tacks. Its impact president obamas plan to accept Syrian Refugees into the United States. As many as 28 u. S. Governors including new jerseys Chris Christie say they do not want to accept Syrian Refugees into their states for peer of terrorists slipping in with the crowd. Sick other governors including pennsylvanias Governor Tom Wolf and jack markell of delaware say they will welcome the refugees. Much of the disagreement breaks down Political Party lines with republicans mostly against the president s plan and democrats mostly in support. President obama says a robust vetting process will make it safe for the u. S. To allow those refugees tore settle here in our country. Philadelphias next mayor is on board with that plan but our bruce gordon joins us live in the newsroom tonight and says some heated argument no doubt lies ahead bruce. Reporter absolutely. National security were not at stake opening our doors to refugees from the syrian bloodshed well this might be a simple proposition but National Security is at stake. So the refugee question is not so simple. If we all Work Together we can make the park into something for everyone. Reporter we caught up with the democrat mayor elect as he read to first graders at the clara barton school. After talking to the kids about newcomers to this country. Kenny has made clear he will when he takes office in january roll out the red carpet to properly vetted Syrian Refugees. You have to react to things in a compassionate way. Were americans. Were human beings. And we need theres a way to put a process together that will ensure the safety of our citizens but at the same time showing the compassion thats necessary for little children theyre being slaughtered. Reporter president obama plans to allow roughly 10,000 Syrian Refugees into the United States in the weeks and months ahead. But the news that one of the paris terrorists may have enter the france posing as a refugee has raised red flags for many elected officials in this country most of them research can. They doubt the effectiveness of background checks on those coming from a chaotic haven for terrorists like syria. Pennsylvania senator pat toomey. I am not comfortable admi admitting large numbers of people that we cant check. We should not admit a single terrorist into this country. Until we can be confident that were to the doing that, we need to suspend the program. Reporter in the city of brotherly love even as flags fly at half staff in tribute to the paris victims, folks are debating whether theyd want Syrian Refugees in their neighborhoods. How you going to screen all these people and you don know whats coming in . This is the land free. Should given an opportunity. Yeah, i really dont have a problem with it. Not at all. I feel we should be able to welcome them in. Let them enjoy our city. Welcome them with love. Welcome them in peace. I would hope they would send a safe place welcoming place but i would rather it not be in my neighborhood. Reporter even those governors who are opposed to the president s plan admit it could be tough to stop refugees from settling in their states. Republican leaders in congress are trying to figure out a way to stop the president s refugee plan through legislation much as for kenneys plan to roll out the welcome mat, he says people dont like him for that view, so be it. Iain . All right, bruce, thank you. Tonight we now know more about the small plain crash that killed a pilot in the waters of new york city. That flight took off from philadelphia and was head to do ports smith. It crashed the night of november 4th near the rock away peninsula in queens. Preliminary report from the National Transportation safety board said the parachute was found separated from the rest of the aircraft and was partially destroyed. The crash killed the pilot james ma goof New Hampshire he had been in philadelphia on business trip. Happening now a new app is introduced in philadelphia that could definitely mean fewer parking tickets in the city. Wouldnt that be nice . Philadelphia Parking Authority making announcement today that music to the ears of those who park in the city and have been slapped with a ticket or two. We dope want to talk about that. laughter . We dont want to talk about that. Too many. This guy is laughing now, but he sure wasnt when he got nailed with a bunch of parking tickets. Thats why hes all for the idea of meter up a New Philadelphia parking app that allows to you pay for your parking right from your smart phone. Love it. We need to do it. We need to do it. Reporter today the philadelphia Parking Authority announcing the sixmonth Pilot Program that will go effect on thursday. Just over 300 of the citys 16,000 available spaces will be part of the four zone test area. It makes it easier. Really moves us into the 21st century so to speak. That way you dont have to be running back to your car. Its about convenience. Parking authority showing a psa demonstrating how it works and how easy it is to use by simply entering your phone number and credit card information. The great thing about this app its only going to charge you for the times that you actually park. Up to the nearest time increment. The app wont let you pay if parking happens to be free. And it will give you a seven minute warning when your meter is about to expire and you can pay for additional time right on your phone. Its definitely a pain. That would lake live a lot easier. If you park longer than two hours in a two hour zone you will be able to extend but it will cost you double. Stay beyond the additional two hours and its triple. Just in case something happens, you get a ticket, you always have proof that this is when you paid kind of like having the kiosk receipt in your phone. Sounds pretty cool. You can sign up for the meter up Service Beginning on thursday at meter up. Xyzf all goes well with the app, the ppa will offer the service citywide. Lets hope. Update to a story getting a lot of attention looks like santa free again. Cherry hill mall announced yesterday it was doing away with its requirement that parents pay 35 to 50 bucks for a photo or video to see santa. Although it is elaborate setup at cherry hill mall. Parents were outraged say the high prices pushes away low income families puts a damper on the holiday season. The adventure to season was free last year and now its free again this year. A south Philadelphia Restaurant receiving honors from city leader todays for its efforts to reduce storm water run off. Poppys restaurant on the 3100 block of south 20th street receiving the storm water pioneer award. Award given to businesses or Property Owners that take the initiative to cut down on storm water run off. Poppys previously received over 90,000 in grant money from philadelphia water to install two rain gardens beaut fuel the neighborhood and they also keep polluted run off out of city sewers. Coming up, protesters clashing with police in demanding justice after the deaths of unarmed teen. The controversy in the investigation thats dividing opinions tonight. The year is not over but one dictionary already has its word of 2015 and heres the hint. You cannot spell it. Familiar image oxford is immortalizing. It can do more than just jump many start your day. The new study that shows how good drinking that cup of coffee can be. Passenger on a british aways flight restrained and arrested after Authorities Say he tried to open an exit door mid flight. Flight 213 was en route from heathrow to boston. British airways says they requested police to meet their flight in boston due to an unruly passenger on board. Massachusetts state police say the man is in police custody. Witnesses say he was heavily intoxicated. State police do not believe there is any link to terrorism. Black man who was shot during apparent scuff with Minneapolis Police has died. Authorities making that announcement today. As protesters want to learn whether federal investigators will eventually get involve. The shooting happened over the weekend when Police Say Officers responded to a report of an assault. When they got there police found 2484yearold Jamar Neal Clark interfering with paramedics trying to help victim. Officers say they intervened and another scuffle and a gunshot. Clark died at the hospital last night. Police have not released the names or races of the officers involved. Protesters are calling for the release of video showing the shooting and for the Justice Department to open an investigation. Department has not said whether or not that will happen. A residence in one California Community mourning the loss of a boy scott leader. Authorities say he was killed in what they are calling a freak accident. His church is still trying to come to terms with this death. According to the San Bernardino Sheriff Office 50yearold Michael Bentley was watching a friend who launche launched a he rocket. Bentley lost sight of the rocket and its direction of travel. It wound up striking him in the face. He was airlifted to nearby hospital but he died from his injuries during surgery. Our hearts are broken. He was very sad and tragic accident, and we just hard to to understand were just theres a big hole with mike gone. Gofundme page has been set up to help his family pay for funeral costs accrued medical expenses. If youre dating online but not getting any hits theres one thing that may be the problem. Its not your profile or your picture. What you may need to change to get more likes and swipes and all that stuff. I think you need to watch fox 29. I think that might be the problem. Cold air is coming and once it gets here, its going to stick around for a little while. We are going to see the shift and the dip in the jet stream coming up well highlight it in the seven day coming up. Tt www] beefed up security measures for this weekends marathon here in philadelphia. The event is expected to attract tens of thousands of people. Mayor Michael Nutter said today that he has spoken with federal Homeland Security officials and theres no known threat to the city. But the mayor said local officials are always too cautious and secure zone and extra precautions will be in place for sundays big race. How do the words fewer parking tickets sound to you. Very good. If youre interested new app introduced right here in philadelphia would give you a hand with that in a big way. Philadelphia Parking Authority unveiling the new meter up app. The easy to use app allows to you pay for parking by using your smart phone and you can extend your time with your phone as well. First though the ppa wants to see how everything goes so on thursday it will start a sixmonth Pilot Program in a four zone area right now 300 spaces in the city are part of that test area. Lets hope it work. Blizzard like conditions causing some major problems for drivers out west. Check out this video whats going on in denver. Drivers facing heavy snow mixed with fastmoving wind and finally the nearly impossible to drive. Its not any better in the air many flights to and from denner International Airport have been canceled or delayed. The denver area getting hit especially hard some areas are seeing get this as many as 19inches of snow. Its not even thanksgiving. Wow that is so unusual for denv denver. Not unusual for the mountain areas but for the city itself, they dont usually get that much snow. 19inch. Thats a lot. Yeah. Thats a lot even for. Exactly. We dont want to see that for awhile. Not for little while at least. Our thoughts with those folks out west. Absolutely. It looks like it will be banner year with el nino if you are skier and head out to the west. Thats for sure. Our weather is going to get quieter again. Were going to warm up before storminess returns in the form of rain. You know what, we are part of this storm thats out west. So theyre getting snow in denver. Theyre getting Severe Weather in the deep south and we will see a piece of that storm moving in as early as thursday. The High Temperature for the day, 57. Right now the temperature 52. Winds out of the east at about 13 miles an hour. Take a look at this 24 hour temperature change in philadelphia right now it is 13 degrees cooler right now than it was yesterday at this time. Remember we were up to 70 degrees. In the poconos, it is 15 degrees cooler right now than it was yesterday at this time. Our fox future cast shows a clear sky right now but high clouds filtering in from the south and the west ahead of a cold front. During the day tomorrow, the clouds roll up from the south and west. But we see a mild wind and the rain moves through on thursday. So during the morning rush rain will move in, falls heavy at times and behind this much cooler air. The coldest snap we have seen this entire month. Now, heres a look what to expect for your thursday. Periods of rain beginning after 8 00 a. M. So still during the morning rush. Were expecting about an inch of rain across the region. Some higher some higher amounts expected. Windy with gusts to 30 miles an hour in the afternoon. And mild temperatures temperatures will be soaring in the 60s once again we stay on the warm side of this particular storm. So no snow with this one. Rain estimates ranging between close to an inch down the shore to an inch and a half along the i95 corridor. Still uncertain exactly where that banding of heavier rain will be located but at least an inch of rain. So for tonight, in the city 45. In the suburbs 37. A few clouds rolling in. And if you are away from the city lights, you may get a spectacular show. It is the annual leonid meteor shower go away from the city lights, no special equipment needed. Just lay on the ground, look up to the eastern sky and back, and you could see 20 meteors an ho hour. Best viewing after midnight before sunrise. Sup rise tomorrow at 6 48. So that will give you something to do overnight. During the day tomorrow, the high 62. Mostly cloudy skies and quiet as you plan your day tomorrow, some morning sun high clouds thicken during the afternoon. By lunch time the high 58. By the afternoon we make it to 62 degrees. With south easterly breeze mostly cloudy during the dinner hour. On the exclusive fox 29 Weather Authority forecast. Wednesday mild, thursday warmer but rain and gusty winds. Making for a miserable day to be outdoors or get anything done. Friday a cool breeze. Saturday for temple chilly for the eagles on sunday, got to prepare for this one because its going to be cold. Temperatures will be in the 40s. Winds could gust to about five, 30 miles an hour just not really comfortable for the fans in the stands. So stay close to your friends at the game. Thats the best advice. Monday is chilly. The High Temperature 47 degrees and even tuesday, morning lows around freezing. And High Temperatures in the 40s. So we go from the first half of the month being 7 degrees above normal to, bam, sunday it will change wake up it all changes. It is that time. Yes. I just dont care for it but okay. Ill deal with it. A man speeding down the highway with his pregnant wife in the car. Police officer pulls them over before they can get to the hospital. Why this new dad says that traffic stop actually helped bring his little daughter into the world. And tonight at 6 00 oclock, the date is set. When you will be able to get one of the best views in the city from the one liberty observation deck. What you will see from 883 feet for the girl scout meeting. For the soccer team. For the girl scout meeting. How many meetings are you having . at giant, prices have just dropped on thousands more items. My giant. Thats the right price its that low. What other things on this list cant be right . Looks like a list full of cant be rights. Seriously . At giant, prices have just dropped on thousands more items. My giant. We are following breaking news for you out of Burlington County right now. The Community House in moorestown is on fire. Take look. Skyfox live over the scene. This is along main street. You can see flames coming from the top of the building which were told is real focal point of this community. Fire officials couldnt philadelphia International Airporting it is now a two alarm fire. The building has been evacuated and were told there are no injuries. Of course we will stay on top of this story and bring you any updates as soon as we get them. Near atlanta a father forced to be a doctor for one night and a Police Officer who makes a traffic stop that hell never forget. It happened early sunday morning expectant mom and dad were in such a rush to get to the hospital to deliver their baby they were speeding and a Police Officer pulled them over but the officer quickly realized what was going on. Held a flashlight in the mom happened while the dad brought baby memphis into the world. My husband was my hero that night. He was both our heroes. Were both safe and sound at home now. Me right here just like i would be a doctor with no medical experience whatsoever. I just had to do what a dad had to do. Wow mom and baby are doing fine tonight. The family is thankful the officer pulled them over and didnt give them a ticket. By the way memphis got his name for the hometown of his dads idol elvis press. Sick children in california are getting the chance to be the doctor. Special event helping to ease the strep stress for children under going treatment at a Childrens Hospital in San Francisco. About 20 patients getting the chance to diagnose and treat their own teddy bares. They covered all the bases che checking Blood Pressure and even giving them dental screenings. They learn how to care for a patient through medical play, and we feel like thats very therapeutic way for them to be introduced to a medical setting. Good idea. The hospital hosts this clinic every year for children ages four through eight. Claims of medical abuse in a local nursing home tying down a patient and failing to keep an eye on another. A piece of hard plastic plant from aquarium was in your dad. Yeah. It was inside of him. He had ate it, he had eaten it and no one was there to stop him. What fox 29 investigates found when we went looking for answers. And a new addition to the oxford dictionary but its like nothing thats ever been septembered before. The word of 2015 thats putting a smile on a few faces. Howard . Okay. The eagles were back on the practice field today with the question of which quarterback will start for the eagles on sunday. Sam bradford or mark sanchez . And why are the sixers so bad . I know the easy answer but ill show you coming up in sports. Startling allegations of abuse inside a new jersey nursing home have family members up in arms. Fox 29 investigates has the pictures and talks to loved ones. Our jeff cole investigates these serious claims of neglect and a coverup. Reporter Nicky Thompson says the time she spends with her nineyearold are moments of pure joy. Are there four of them . Reporter but the reason shes home is not. Thompson, a licensed practical nurse, says shes been fired forced out of her job helping the frail elderly. Did you like the work . I loved it. Reporter why . It moment a lot to me to be a part of their lives. Reporter thompson work at the Voorhees Center nursing home in south jersey. She was a charge nurse on the day shift of a longterm care unit. She says the charge nurse makes sure things run smoothly. Thompson claims her eightyear career at voorhees unraveled and she got this anonymous threat when she blew the whistle on what she says Serious Problems which led to this image. She just excuse me. Im sorry. When i think about it, i get little bit more upset. Reporter its a picture of an elderly woman with dementia tied to her wheelchair. Records toe show it happened inside the nursing home on the evening of august 16th of this year. Thompson says the picture was taken by a concerned worker. Fox 29 investigates has been told the woman, a hospice patient s tied to the chair with a bed sheet thats noted in the back. The top she was wearing had been pulled down in an apparent attempt to hide the restraint. I guess because they felt like they couldnt deal with her they tied her to the wheelchair. Reporter thompson says, the woman had fallen during the day, and she had ordered oneonone staff coverage for her in the evening. She says that night at home she got a text from an upset nurses aid. The resident was tied up and this person was very worried. She didnt know what to do. She was worried schenn was ups upset. Reporter her name is Eleanor Hallowell, shes 85 years old and has lived at the viewer hess center for four years. Fox 29 has spoken with her legal guardian, betty munroe, of south carolina. And munroe says she was angry to learn hallowell had been tied down and shes suing to protect her. Court documents show hallowells attorney has moved in superior court in camden to secure all documents and evidence in the case. He writes hallowell was abused and neglected by being tied to her wheelchair with bed sheets. He also accuses staff and management of engaging in a coverup by changing of records. Some days wed come and shes just out of it. Reporter peggy miller is hallowells sisterinlaw. We met her and eleanors brother after they had just visited her at the center. She tries to get out of bed a lot, and i dont want her to hurt herself, but if its a illegal thing without a doctors note or order, then its against the law. Reporter legal guardian petty munroe says there was no doctors approval for restraints at that time. She also says, the Voorhees Center never came clean. The family needed to know what happened. Reporter did the facility tell the family from what you know . No, they did not. Reporter they did not tell the family. No, they did not. Reporter who told the familiar until their loved one had been tied down . I did. Reporter fox television. Who are you . What are you doing. I hope youre not filming me. You havent told me who you are. Im Mary Donaldson i work here. Shes the head of Human Resources at the center where we tried to get some answers. We brought along the picture of hallowell. This is what were trig to figure out. Okay. Why would a patient be restrained inside a facility like this. Tell them to stop filming. You came to us and i had my camera rolling. Maam can you send out the director of nursing . Or someone else for us so we can get some answers here . Reporter this man says hes the director of maintenance and security. Have you ever seen these. Nope. Reporter does this happen in there. Nope. Reporter okay. Absolutely not. Ive been here 30 years. Reporter it doesnt happen. No. It did happen. These were taken inside this place. I dont know nothing about it. Reporter they tied down patient. They dont do that. Reporter but state Health Records tell a different story. According to new Jersey Department of health and federal inspection records obtained by fox 29 under the open records act the conditions at the Voorhees Center were found to constitute immediate jeopardy to Residents Health and safety. Documents show voorhees was cited for restraining Eleanor Hallowell with a bed sheet. Hallowells family is not alone in its concern. Youre embarrassed for. I was embarrassed thinking other people even if his mind is not right other people can see him. Others could see her 73yearold dad jose me dean into in a who has alzheimers wearing womens pajamas inside the nursing home. Again, concerned workers made sure she got the picture. She says he also suffers from a disorder called pica which make him eat anything that he can stuff in his mouth including clothing. Medina believes the center should have purchased clothing circumstance of specifically for the peel with healthy disorder. The Voorhees Center was cited for an incident which sent jose medina to the hospital for surgery. There was actually a plant for an aquarium that was found in his body. Reporter a piece of hard plastic plant from aquarium was in your dad. Yes, it was inside of him. He had ate it he had eaten and it no one was there to stop him. Reporter voorhees sent management refused to answer our specific questions about pair n a statement its spokesperson wrote, we are committed to providing quality care to our patients and residents and take any concerns regarding care very seriously. Adding when a concern is raised, we are immediately conduct a thorough investigation and when warranted report issues to the new Jersey Department of health. Eleanor hallowells family says theyd like to take her out of voorhees, but other Nursing Homes have rejected her. Shes getting thinner all the time. Shes not able to feed herself. And, um, we hear she does but i dont believe it. I was told that reporter as for Nicky Thompson i was call into the Administrators Office and i was told that he felt as though he was not happy there and they were not happy with me. Reporter shes looking for work. Do you think they fired you because you were aware of the restraint to that patient and you contacted the family . Yes. Reporter you believe this was retribution. Yes, i do. Reporter thompson has sued the Voorhees Center and its owner Genesis Health care. That finding of Resident Safety was lifted the same day it it was imposed. The woman that restrained hallowell no longer works there. And Eleanor Hallowell died last week. Jeff cole, fox 29 news. You know jeff is on top of this one tracking the fallout from these incidents. If you tried everything to improve the date you get online from the pictures, the profile, have you given your name a makeover . A new poll by a dating app called the grade is revealing how attractive peoples names really are. According to a founder a none of number of factors play into the result including celebrities, past experience and sometimes just the sound of the name and based on the results, shorter names did better. What we saw short names on males and females which was very surprising. Four, five, six letters really did very well and the longer the name general the the worse it did. No word on why shorter names are apparently more appealing. If youve got a longer name dating experts say you shall try not to worry too much. laughter . All right. That morning cup of coffee you get every day when you get out of bed, well, it could lead to a longer life. Researchers at Harvard University say that while many studies have linked moderate coffee intake to lower risks of developing various diseases, its new study adds another layer of evidence. It finds that coffee drinkers were not only less likely to develop certain diseases. They also tend to do live a lot longer. Non smokers who drank three to five cups of coffee a day were 15 less likely to die of any cause versus non drinkers. Both regular cough and decaf coffee drinkers were linked to longer survival. All right. Call it the great escape. William. The daring group of penguins that thought they could outsmart their zookeeper. Thieves break into a search causing thousands of dollars of damage. What police think that broke when they were inside that caused so much trouble. The Community House is moorestown is on fire. Skyfox over the scene right now along main street. You can see flames coming from the building. Fire Officials Say its now a two alarm fire. No one is inside. No one is hurt. Well of course we stay on top of us and bring you updates as soon as we get them. Well be right back. Fox 29 news in hd sponsored by x1x9 in the changing the way you experience tv. We all know the feeling its time to get out of bed but absolutely the last thing you want to do. I fell like that this morning much thats how this little otter feels in a video gone viral. His trainer tried to wake him at San Francisco aquarium at the bay but the otter did what most of us wish we can do, well he dove right back under the cove covers. Not exactly flying the coop but these unlikely escape artists tried their best. A group of penguins tried to carry out a daring get away from denmark zoo. The well dressed flight less birds made a dash but their footprints gave them away. The zoo workers caught the pursuit into a video. They walk into a dead end. Workers coralled the birds and returned them to their enclosu enclosure. The Oxford English dictionary has proclaimed 2015 the year of the emoji. You her right. The dictionary has chosen a text message pick at a graph its word of the year. Its the emoji formerly known as face with tears of joy. The captures the food of the english language this year hi emoji takes its place last years word vape and selfie from 2013. One of baseballs most storied venues is ready for college football. Fenway park will play host to the nader dame Boston College game on saturday part of the shamrock series. The series has been notre dames home away from home game series since 2009 in san antonio. To tonight at 6 00 europe on edge. German stadium evacuated after a threat of a bomb. People on guard around the globe while theres a massive plant hunt for another suspect in the deadly paris attacks. Now philadelphia taking a hard look at security for this weekends marathon. Plus, a fall chill in the air and thats not all. This week cold air isnt the only thing on the radar. Chief meteorologist Scott Williams is tracking your forecast. Live from center city in philadelphia this is fox 29 news at 6 00. We begin with breaking news tonight at 6 00 oclock. Firefighters are battling a fear fire at the Community House in moorestown. Skyfox over the scene along main street. It is a Gathering Place in that area hosting many social functions and meetings for a lot of nonprofits. It even has a pool in the basement where many children have taken swimming lessons. Flames coming from the top of that building. The two alarm fire forcing officials to evacuate the building. Right now, there are no reports of any injuries which is the good news here. Be sure to stay with fox 29 for the very latest on this breaking news. Our other top story tonight at six bomb threats, air strikes and plans to retaliate. All making headlines in europe and across the world. German Authorities Say they found some concrete evidence that someone want to do set off an explosive device during a soccer match. The evacuated the stadium as it filled for the game between germany and the netherlands. Good evening, im iain page. Im dawn timmeney in tonight for lucy noland. That bomb scare comes with europe on heightened alert four days after deadly paris attacks. Right now the hunt is on for a second fugitive who investigators say was directly involved in this calculated massacre. French Officials Say after a massive investigation, one person known to be involved with

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