Opened fire. The world is a much darker place without colleen in it. Emily an emotional day in court for family and friends of Danvers High School teacher colleen ritzer. Her killer being sentenced today. Erika nine of the people closest to her are delivering heart wrenching victim impact statements. Newscenter 5 s Frank Holland was in the courtroom. He joins us now. Frank friends and family sharing their deep pain, wearing pink in honor of colleen, and demanded justice from the judge. I hate coleen s killer and will never forgive him. Frank angry and honest words from the still grieving family of coleen ritzer. Put this animal behind bars for the max possible sentence. You picked the wrong family to mess with, and we will never stop fighting. Frank her parents and siblings sharing their pain at the sentencing for phillip chism. Her mother in tears, sharing the final picture of her 3 children rifle life will never have the same joy and happiness. There will always be the empty seat. Ti
Transformer shattered in the street. Just feet from two Canton Police officers who heard the warning signs something bad was about to happen. You heard the crack. You looked. You started, it was like slow motion and you just got out of the way. Reporter both of you at the same time . Go exactly. Reporter sargent paul and officer of the officer were on detail watching cleanup after the storm blew neighborhood and brought down power lines and two poles with it. Hours later with the officers standing feet away, a third power pole came down when workers removed a power line that was holding it up. Thank god the power was dead to it because i dont know what could have happened if it was live pour running to it but it wasnt. The power has been killed up around the corner. So we were lucky. Reporter next time the officers say they wont push their luck. It was terrifying. That close to it so, you know, maybe next time we get a little farther away. Reporter the only lights on coming from the re
34 in norwood. Temperatures a good 25 to 30 degrees colder this morning compared to where we were yesterday morning in a lot of towns. Look at these gusts. Still near 40 out through worcester. Gusting to 26 in boston, 28 in plymouth. It will be between 25 and 30mph through the day. Thats producing a windchill factor down into the mid20s for a lot of us, and theyll generally run in the mid to upper 20s throughout the day. Not a whole will the of upward through the day. Its going to be a cold start to the weekend, but by sunday, were back into the 50s and the sevenday forecast does not feature any good chances of snow as we continue with a lot of 40s and 50s next week. More on that ahead. Sarah time now for fast track traffic with Danielle Gersh. Danielle thanks, sarah. Good morning, everyone. Happy friday to you. Lets head outside. Heres a look at the zakim bridge, leverett connector. No issues headed into town. Lets go to the maps. 93 southbound and route 1, an easy friday commute so f
Scene at a local marina as fire consumes boats on a dock. The flames quickly spreading from one boat to the next. Again, tense moments, those nine boats were totally destroyed. Good afternoon, im kathryn hauser. And im chris mckinnon. Thank you for being with us. Crews rushed to put the fire out. Nicole jacobs is live in quincy. You spoke with some barely escaped the fire. Reporter we did, chris. But i should first mentioned the aroma of gasoline is still in the air. That as well as all of the fiberglass here helped fuel the fire according to officials. If you take a look you can still see they are here investigating the situation. Fire officials were able to save some of the boat that were in the path of the flames, but fortunate. From high above Captains Cove marina in quincy, flames and thick black smoke billow, on the water, stories of loss and heartbreak emerge. I can see it right there. Nothing left. Reporter Justin Lowery and tamara silvy look out at everything that once had. We