Originally i didnt think much about it and then a few minutes later i had realized that like the train was like still there. Reporter emergency crews say they will have to bring in a crane to remove the train from the tracks. That should happen sometime tonight, but then they will need to inspect the track which was damaged. Probably about 100 feet of damaged rail. We are waiting for a crane to come in which will probably be after the rushhour, roughly around 7 00, 7 30 tonight. Reporter and they are hoping to have the train removed by around midnight so that way everything will be all set, all ready to go for the morning rush. Anybody trying to go westbound between 4 00 and 8 00 tonight from ronkonkoma, there is no service. Right now heading westbound, again, 30 to 40 minute delays. We are live in westbury, im Kristin Thorne, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Kristin, thank you. Another developing story, this one in manhattan, investigators are on the scene of a deadly fire on southern place
Blasio and the Health Commissioner late this afternoon assured new yorkers that Everything Possible is being done to contain this outbreak. Because we identified this as a cluster doesnt mean that we know what the cause is of these infections in these individuals but they are geographically linked and for that reason, the Health Department has already sought, identified and tested all of the cooling towers. Reporter hard Lessons Learned from this summers deadly outbreak in the south bronx. By the time a cooling tower at the Opera House Hotel was identified as the source, 12 people had died and 124 cases had been reported. They said they had it under wraps and now you cases have been occurring. Reporter now, the Health Commissioner said earlier this afternoon that because there is now a law in place requiring that these cooling towers be registered, it was much easier to get the ball rolling, get all those towers tested, 35 towers tested saturday and sunday. Those test results taken to
Trip to new york city. [ cheering ] his trip to new york city relatively short, less than 40 hours, but packing in a whole lot and coming in contact with so many new yorkers. The pope arriving at jfk thursday night. Once in midtown, a ride in the popemobile. Up close with the crowds who he likes to be close to. He didnt want that eightfoot wall the secret service and nypd insisted be installed. His first stop st. Patricks, where they worked overtime to complete the 177 million renovation just in time for the papal visit. Papa francesco, welcome to st. Patricks cathedral. [ cheers and applause ] the pope at the packed cathedral for an evening prayer service. [ speaking spanish ] [ applause ] he then began a busy friday morning taking the world stage at the u. N. , addressing his concerns to World Leaders gathered for the general assembly. [ speaking spanish ] interpreter any harm done to harm to humanity. [ choir singing ] from the united nations, a somber visit to the 9 11 memorial, a
Highway now. You can see it is at a crawl. The accident has been cleared but again delays in both directions. Diana. A former High School Pitching standout in Critical Condition right now after he was gunned down in the parking lot of a burger king in yonkers. The 23yearold once a draft pick, possibly an innocent victim. Now police are searching for the gunman with only a vague description of a car to go on. Eyewitness News Reporter Tim Fleischer is live in yonkers with more for us. Tim. Reporter and the investigation is widening. Tonight Yonkers Police are also telling me they are digging deep into social media to try to find the shooter. Yonkers police now say the shooting that left a 23year old promising baseball player critically wounded stemmed from a dispute between two groups of people on wednesday night. We believe it was associated with some type of drag racing that occurred in that area. We were told by witnesses pointed a gun out the window and fired five or six shots in tha
Facility where he met with prisoners, their families and correctional officers. His biggest event, though, which you saw a few minutes ago, the mass on Benjamin Franklin parkway. It just wrapped up. Thousands upon thousands descended on philadelphia for this special event. In less than two hours, pope francis will head back to rome. We want to take you back to philadelphia. Thats where Eyewitness News anchor bill ritter is tonight leading our coverage. Bill . Reporter sandra and joe, on this, the 8th day, this pope was ready to go home. The leader of the worlds 1. 2 million catholics. 72 million in this country with an incredible journey. Cuba then the United States making today his final pleas for peace and social justifies. Pope francis, what incredible energy. We saw him all week, amazing for a man 78 years old. He seemed frankly more tired today. The steps on the altar, a little more work, effort than we have seen him given aid before. The couple hundred thousand people, the pope s