Matt letourneau of Engine Company 45 joins that host of heroes and our hearts are brea breaking. A city in mourning. A fire lieutenant making the ultimate sacrifice. Lieutenant Matthew Letourneau runs into a burning building but does not make it out okay. Now, family, friends, the Fire Department and complete strangers are with heavy hearts tonight. Thanks for joining us. Im joyce evans. Im dawn timmeney. Today the city lost a real her row lieutenant letourneau died fighting to keep our community safe. Speak of the 11yearold veteran including mayor jim kenney calling him one of the best. Fox 29s Joanne Pileggi is live at the philadelphia Fire Department with more on this heartbreaking story. Joanne . Reporter good evening everyone. Well it gets you right in the heart. Two dead after a fire in north philly. One of them living in the home the other one of the brave, city workers. A firefighter who died doing his job. When i came outside the fire was a blaze. The first floor, the second f
Effectiveness of the flu vaccine is not optimal, the vaccine still have vents millions of illnesses and tens of thousands of hospitalizations in the united states. The San Francisco Public Health department reminds everyone it takes about two weeks for antibodies to develop in the body to protect you so they say, dont wait any longer and the flu mist nasal vaccine has not been very effective against the h1n1 vaccine and is not being recommended this season. The flu widespread now across most of the u. S. , as you can see on the map from the cdc, its widespread in almost every state. Cdc officials were briefed today on how to reduce the spread and how to help communities where theres a shortage of vaccines or medication. This years influ wenza seas is proving to be particularly difficult. Reporter the cdc says this years virus is incredibly difficult to work with, treat and prevent. With a high number of hospitalizations and deaths, 42 adults under the age of 65 in california have died
I can only imagine. This is a terrible situation. And ashley was a senior at hillsborough high school. They are planning a tribute and the family is there collecting donations to help with the funeral costs. Thank you very much. It is a monumental decision by the state Supreme Court. They ruled that the death pen allegety procedures are unconstitutional. It will have a Ripple Effect across the justice system. And gloria gomez following the developments what does this mean . All cases that have yet to be tried on hold and executions are on hold and the inmates get a do over. This is the largest ruling in Death Penalty that the state has had. Because of the ruling it is back to the drawing board for lawmakers. The state Supreme Court ruled and the legislature came up with was most likely unconstitutional. And the decision was reviewed for fox 13. The court said to sentence someone to death the decision of a jury must be unanimous meaning every single juror must decide this person is elig
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Threatening to be the undoing of hillsborough traffic commission. The breach of ethics are clear. Critics like ptc victor chris say email showing the executive director and members of the taxi industry Work Together to set up sting operations aimed at ticketing who were in lift drivers. He called an emergency meeting. He should be put on a the discussion quickly turned to a heated debate with cab and limo drivers defending their partnership. It is the same as a neighborhood watch. And the director defending himself. This is a witchhunt. Board number ripped into chris. It was a sham what took place this morning. When he became clear that he asked county attorneys to find an interim director, reddick went off. You are telling me that you position. We havent voted yet how do you know if were going to make a decision if they and havent spoken with someone . That is correct. You have not done your homework or you would not be saying things youve been saying. When it came time to vote. The b