Experts say if you have one, take action now. Abc7s senior investigate evening reporter Lisa Fletcher joins us to tell us more about this. First, what is the standard . Why didnt ikea comply . Lisa the standard is something that the industry voluntary complies with. Each chest has to withstand 50 pounds of weight while open without toppling over. Most in industry abide by the idea. Ikea decided instead they would provide wall anchors, something common in european homes but foreign to most u. S. Consumers. In a matter of seconds, a curious child climbs up a piece of furniture and suddenly pinned beneath it. I went to the dresser. I saw his little head pokes up between the dresser and the bed. It had trapped his neck. Lisa gaucheries son jackies son was the first to die from the dresser. Enough is enough. Elliott kay runs the Consumer Product Safety Commission and encouraged ikea to launch a recall a year ago. The company only agreed to a repair Program Offering free wall anchor it cans.
Writing about his harrowing neardeath experiences. Those were also in backpack. He did not have them backed up. So he is desperately looking for that backpack. Even if you just want to get in touch with me, i will give you a reward. The stuff inside that bag is more important to me than it is to them. Its part of my personal life. Jay from a medical standpoint, d. J. Jordan, his name, he is lucky. He was in the military 21 years so he was able first thing to go to walter reed to get all the medication he needs to keep him alive. Coming up on abc7 news at 11 00, you will hear more about mr. Jordans past and the hard fight he has had to stay alive and to start a business and his hope to find jay korff, abc7 news. Jonathan lets hope they find that. Jay, thank you. Look at the video from the d. C. Police. You can see two men break out the glass door of the yogurt shop on 12th street in northwest washington last monday morning. Second later racing through the office to grab what looks like
Lets turn to a developing story coming out of the district, where in the last three hours we have learned schools chancellor Kaya Henderson is stepping down Kaya Henderson. Sam ford is live outside the d. C. Headquarters in northeast. Should we be surprised by this . Was well, leon, i guess i surprised by it, but it did not seem like anybody else was. Talking to a number of people here, it was a secret, that i guess they kept well. The news came from the Mayors Office that henderson was resigning. She had a meeting with her office staff to confirm that information. She has been with the d. C. Public schools for nine years, first is a deputy to former and inlor michellerhe rhee, the last five and a half years as chancellor. Her tenure has not been as rocky as modernization is on track. Hendersons last day is still three months away, september 30th. The mayorss statement says henderson will be replaced on an interim basis by john davis as chancellor. He currently holds the title of chief
Year. When the u. S. Consulate came under attack. Ever since turkey joined the coalition in the fight in iraq and syria, they have become an even bigger target. They have the ongoing conflict with the ethnic population of kurds. So its not completely out of hand that wed see Something Like this. However, its the first time we have seen anything of this nature, this scope. At the airport. This is a colossal airport. Third busiest in all of europe behind london and paris. Its early in the process so no one has claimed responsibility. But you see the video and the chaos taking place as the taxi cabs ushered away the injured to hospitals. This is ataturk airport in istanbul. While we have seen some attacks in turkey over the past year, we have not seen anything of this nature just yet. We are continuing to watch this unfold. Blowing themselves up inside the airport. Jonathan . Jonathan scott, i understand turkey has had issues dealing with isis since they border the state in which isis cal
The Morning Hours and well get rain overnight tonight and especially tomorrow. A lot of rain is forecasted for parts of of the region. Millville, 75. Cape may, 68. Trenton, 74. The poconos 73. We have high, thin clouds over the western portion of the viewing area, delaware and chester counties. Everybody else is mostly sunny. You dont have to go too far to the south to pick up the moisture and remnants of Tropical Storm bonnie. You can see the rain in roanoke and charleston, west virginia. All that rain lifts north over the next 1 hours and get in here after 6 00 p. M. In the short term of light showers to start an drenching downpours. 9 00 a. M. , sunny, 73. 11 00 a. M. 82 sunshine. 1 00 p. M. , 85. Clouds and sun. 3 00 p. M. , more clouds than sun. 5 00 p. M. , 85 with the high of 86 degrees. Heres the remnants of bonnie coming onshore at charleston, South Carolina. It will lift all these feared feeder bands into the north, delaware and lehigh valleys overnight tonight. When i come b