And the slush festival will continue today. Good morning. Temperature 44 as we start the 6 00 hour. Really warm. Normal average high is 39. We are in the low 40s long island. 45 montauk. 41 down the jersey shore. Nobody below the freezing mark. No worries about black ice on roadways. A couple of sprinkles from brooklyn and queens sandy hook, coastal connecticut. Those will be gone by 7 00. At 8 00 cloudy. Sun breaks out. A lot of sunshine later on today. Temperatures in the mid40s and thats right. Debbie duhaime is looking at the roads and rails for you in center. Good morning. Problems on 287 northbound up to exit 1 in edison an accident cars. Looks like one lane blocked. Watch for Emergency Activity there. Seeing some delays with metro north up to 15minute delays in and out of Grand Central terminal on the harlem, hudson ongoing signal problems at the park avenue tunnel. L. I. R. R. , new Jersey Transit on time. Watch out for a problem as well, 28 in Rosedale Park an accident with a
Off the street because they will have six or ten or 12 incidents before they are apprehended. I had my earbuds on. I wasnt listening. I was playing on my phone. Reporter Anthony Smith was distracted when he was attacked. Personal Security Experts say that was his devastating mistake. The most important thing is to be aware of your surroundings. You have to watch whats happening around you. I didnt see nothing. I dont stare at people. Reporter 71yearold Carmen Rivera said she didnt make eye contact with her attacker before he slashed her face. But the expert says thats a must in protecting yourself. You want to know what this person looks like. You want to put a little scare into them also that they are thinking this person is looking me over now and maybe this person isnt the victim that im going to pick and move on to someone else. Reporter and our security expert said if you are attacked, fight back scream bring attention to yourself. You need all the eyes that you can get to identif
Land right behind me in that intersection. And it was caught on Surveillance Video. This was the moment of impact caught on Surveillance Video on the top of the screen. A chopper down. I heard silence and then thud. Reporter in the middle of a lindenhurst neighborhood. A shock to Laura Santangelo who heard the failing engine. The puttering got worse and actually stop. I saw the mans face in fear. And i started going like reporter air Traffic Controllers knew the chopper was in trouble from this may day transmission southwest of farmingdale. May day, may day. Engine failure. Are you able to make it to negative, negative. Reporter then frantic moments until Suffolk Police found the chopper here on its side in the middle of a residential intersection. Passenger alive and well neighbors running to help found the piloted and his student on his first training flight breathless and stunned. If you go down you might as well come down alive. Reporter the academy of aviation out of republic says
I wont throw it, lauren. Hope youre in better shape than i am. Havippy wednesday. Lets see if my traffic works. Lets ead over to route 28 with an accident betwe chestnut reetnd locust streets. All lanes shut down in both direction the. The henry had you had soy by dike man street, a missing pothole. Tracie strahan is in newark trg acking this recovery. Tracie, good morning. Reporter on their website, newark Public Schools are warning students to exercise ution ned patience when it mes to their commute back to school today. But darlene, look what theyre up against, not just the kids but the school buses. Administration aid iverything they could. Lets look at t oer residential streets and the snow problems that remain. We saw them firsthand street by street. In that youtube video, barakae said his administration took ca lere of snow that fell right here. When it comes to unplowed streets, hes mad too. I am not happy or excited about how long this process is taking or how well we are doin
Its mainly from the city on east. North and werks just a leftover sprinkle. Its moving quickly off to the st. Clouds and leftover showers will give way to a mix of cloud and sunshine. Temperatures actually peak early and start to slide down later in the day. Calling for a high of 43 degrees. Its still well above normal. Little after 5 00 a. M. Lets find out about tenhis wednesday morning commute. Lainuren . We have ts closures out there now. Both in new jersey. In the roselle park area. Route 28 shut down in both rections for a small stretch between locust and chestnut sts reets. The ramp on the turnpike also. The tolls, the ramp to the southbound car lanes is shut down. An o rthened vehicle is the cause of that. I will keep you posted. More weather and traffic on the 4s. Lauren, thank you so much. Back to school in newark today. For the First Time Since the blizzard. Theres still streets that need to be cleared and today in new yorks Tracie Strahan is reporting once again from newark