And he was fine. He really was fine. The next morning he was not. He was no longer with us. Reporter eli didnt show any signs he had enterovirus d68. His dad said there were absolutely no signs. For this disease for elis case, the virus will attack very suddenly and rapidly. In this case, thats what the medical examiner feels has occurred. Reporter the wallers say theyve been overwhelmed by the love and support of their community. Today theyve officially put first day of school foundation. Org online. The Foundation Hopes to buy supplies and services for kids with special needs like eli had. Make something good out of this totally random, really incredible kind of tragedy. Reporter in hamilton township, tim furlong, nbc news. Nbc10. Com has a whole section devoted to enterovirus d68, the symptoms and the best way to stay virusfree. Head to the website for advice your whole family can benefitc from. An ebola scare on a flight from philadelphia. Matt delucluselucia, quite a sc that flig
Southern areas. Much of the area is dry and cloudy at this point but very raw, and chilly if you have been outdoors. Looking wider on Storm Tracker six live double scan there are showers entering around State College that will be quickly working in the western suburbs in the next couple of hours, but central kentucky that is where an area of low pressure developed a along a boundary that is draped through the midatlantic and parts of the ohio valley a and this batch of rain is pushing, trekly, towards us and will move through here later on tonight and early tomorrow morning. So future tracker will show steady rain, early tomorrow morning, this is 8 00 a. M. You can see pocket over philadelphia abe another pocket toward baltimore and washington with light rain in the Lehigh Valley but right around lunchtime, noon time the heavier rain pushes off the coast, the clouds to lag, behind the the rain, and even with some spotty showers, but eventually some dryer air will be working in from the
Over Delaware River to south jersey theyre reporting light and steady rain athis point all getting wet this morning. Were engt expecting a lot of clouds and patchy fog. It makes for miserable start to the weekend by 9 00, 54. Mostly cloudy rain around. 10 00, same thing, 54 temperatures Holding Steady and 11 00, 55. Most steady rain full ago way at that point. And there still could be leftover showers. And or patchy fog lingering. Once ahead obviously today is damp. Tomorrow looks better, brighter, milder, do ves a little and showers returning in the 7day forecast next week. Matter of fact theres several chances of showers in the 7day forecast after today. Doesnt look looks better tomorrow but not nice in the extended forecast. Well take a closer look when i step inside in just a bit. Or no look at all. Thanks, chris. Dont forget, take your phone every he where, right . Take the new 6abc. Com with you wherever you go. The smart Design Change cans layout to fit any device including tabl
Tonight and we will get heavier rain here in philadelphia early tomorrow morning. Rain tapers saturday afternoon and i have much better news for sunday coming up with the three day forecast in a bit but you can track live radar anytime and send us your storm photos, down load new cbs philly weather app available for apple devices on the itunes store. Make sure you have that. It will keep you dry if you are out and about tonight or tomorrow. Now back inside to you. Android as well now, kate thanks very much. Tonight we are hearing from the father who is dealing with the sudden loss of his four yearold son. Eli waller died from enterovirus 68, first child to die from thats fast spreading virus. Now his family is keeping his memory and passion live through a new foundation. Our Pat Ciarrocchi is live from Hamilton Township with more on that, pat. Chris, how do you you take a nightmare tragedy and turn tonight to something good, waller family of Hamilton Township is trying to to that with
Be cool and cloudy, however we will slowly be drying out. And the second half of the weekend is looking really nice. I have more details in the full accuweather forecast. Rick . Thanks, well check back in later, thank you. And staying on top of the weather with 6abc. Com weather and the local forecast at 6abc. Com. And other news tonight, a terrifying morning for several employees of the bar louis in bensalem robbed at gun point and forced in a freezer. Before 3 00 a. M. Three to four armed men wearing ski masks forced an employee to let them in the backdoor. And they rounded up the rest of the employees and put them in the freezer. Raided the safe, robbed workers and stole one of the employees cars. John rawlins at the scene and more coming up tonight on action news at 6 00. Two people rushed to the hospital after a car crashed into a home in south philadelphia this afternoon. Emergency crews responded to the 2500 block of mckeen street around 1 30 p. M. The car landed on the steps of