6th grader brian orena, more than 1400 students screened and cleared by the Environmental Protection agency. Brians mom nicole worried about traces of that liquid metal that i have toddlers at home. I do laundry, stuff like that. Reporter authorities taking the investigation to peoples homes to check contamination. What we are finding is the homes are safe. Mercury is most dangerous when its airborne. Reporter mercury removal prolonged exposure to mercury is danger are you. Mercury will veap and be there for days, weeks, years. We still dont know where it came from. Reporter and the cleanup effort still happening inside the school there, it is unclear whether the students will be allowed back into the building on monday. That is a decisione waiting to hear from the school district. Nathan oneil, news3. Thank you nathan. New tonight, six people are out of their homes ah after a fire in north las vegas. Fire in the area of commerce and brooks. This apparently started in an outdoor shed b
This morning, a somber reflection on all the heartbreak and horror of 15 years ago today . Nat ringing of bells the impact of the september 11th terror attacks . Still piercing . Through the haunting recollections . Sot memories as we crawled in deeper, squeezing through tiny openings, and into a smoke filled environment. Came to the understanding that we were going to die in that pile. And lingering effects. 127 new york city firefighters who stayed at ground zero in the days, and weeks that followed the attacks . Searching, heroicly through the smoldering, toxic debris . Have since died of respiratory and other ailments . Http abc7ny. Com news fdnyrem 00786 sot nagging problems worsened, chronic became acute and the number of those lost to the terrorist attack of september 11 began to grow, 17 new names added to the fdnys Memorial Wall this year . While again the other names . Etched into history show reflecting pool names are read aloud. Nats from here below the resilient reflection
Tomorrow. The epa has been working all weekend to decontaminate. And they say one familys been evacuated from their home. Fox 5s Abby Theodros joins us live in the newsroom. Abby what did they find this weekend . The epa says they found high levels of mercury in that familys home and had them temporarily evacuate. We talked to some families who also had their items and homes tested. They just want things to get back to normal. shuffles through bag josh laen alright so these are my notebooks seventh grader josh langendorf is finally sorting through his things after last weeks mercury scare. Josh langendorf my lunch box my shoes my pencils. A lot a lot of stuff. A lot a lot of stuff all of it quarentined until today. Abby you said you have almost everything, except . Josh my bag. My roller back pack. And i think they found traces of mercury on it because its a roller back pack, its on the ground. 80 bags were brought in for weekend, 60 homes were evaluated, one family asked to temporaril
His home. Hes being charged with hitandrun and dui. The bicyclist was transported to umc, where he later died. This is the 75th traffic related death in metros jurisdiction. Kirsten Joyce developing this morning. Three people were killed in a small plane crash. Right as it took off from Reno Tahoe International airport. The plane took off the runway. And immediately experienced technical difficulties. Before crashing into a nearby parking lot. All three people on board died. Daily operations at the airpor a majority of that parking lot is closed off as police investigate. Michael Stevens students will not be returning to johnson junior high for a third day. This after the district says epa officials continue to investigate a mercury spill on campus. Kirsten joyce there are still some areas in the school specifically the gym where crews are making sure all traces of potentially harmful mercury levels are removed. Michael Stevens 8 news now reporter nia wong joins us live from johnson ju
And 45 mph during the afternoon and into the overnight. Lake wind advisory has been put the good news with all of this winds and deal with a low pressure system is that our range between 93 and 98 degrees values and holding into the weekend. As we move into the weekend though, highs will slowly creep back to slightly below normal temperatures. 92 to 97 degrees will be common saturday and sunday for the third day, a Las Vegas Middle School will be closed. And weve learned a significant amount of the potentially deadly substance has been found Parker Collins is live at the school where families have been bringing their belongings to be tested. 80 families have brought bags of clothes and shoes here. And some of that stuff wont be returned. Because of the toxic threat. We now know more than a quarter cup of mercury was found in the school mostly in the gym. The epa isnt just testing clothes and shoes. We know theyve gone to dozens couldnt stay there. This has been tough on parents from th