And for james it was travel and prolonged exposure, he had been to italy multiple times. When you selfquarantine, the premise is that youre positive, that you actually have been infected. Thats why it has to be rigid, it has to be by the book, there has to be significant and aggressive distancing if you live in a home with other people. Its not like youre having family meals, its not like youre all in the kitchen together, its not like youre sitting on the sofa together. Its hard. Its logistically hard, its psychologically hard. Its done out of an abundance of caution, assuming a person thats exposed will in fact become positive. In terms of what were seeing here in westchester, outside of new york city in that hot zone or epicenter, that is done for three reasons. Number one, from an epidemiologic standpoint. We call it flattening the curve. What that does is slows the spread of the virus, which then does two things as a result. Number one, it protects the vulnerable populations, beca
Building collapse can absolutely create injuries that dont kill you at the time, but will kill you in the next two or three days. Reporter that is why she was hospitalized here for five days. But yes, she is now expected to make a full recovery. And here is one of the most amazing things. That tree came down out of a clear night sky with no warning from the neighbors yard. No storm, no wind, nothing. Live in manhattan, n. J. Burkett, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Breaking news about the outbreak of legionnares disease in the bronx. 11 new cases have now been reported. That brings the total to 57. And there has been a third death. Also, a third building has tested positive for the bacteria which has spread through cooling units. The Opera House Hotel on east 149th street began remediation efforts this afternoon. They are hosting a town hall meeting monday to address the concerns of residents. Right now, the nypd is searching for the man who scaled a building, snuck into a womans apartment
Bridge but like i said, you know with the power and also the structural integrity. We have to determine that before we can let anybody come across. Reporter this update. Engineers late this afternoon obviously deciding that that overpass can stand the usage. The weight of those heavy trucks allowing traffic to finally flow across again. And of course, you can see behind me utility trucks still traveling over that overpass. Now were going to break down and go a little bit closer so we can see whats happening on the turnpike at this point. We also got chance too speak to some of the drivers who were stuck out on the turnpike for hours. Their story coming up at 5 00. For now live here in linden, toni yates, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Thanks a lot. Well, from the ground with to knee to the sky now. Lets check in with shannon stone. Shes in news copter 7 continuing the coverage with more on the traffic situation. Shannon . Reporter yeah, and it is a nightmare to say the least. We are lookin
The person who called 911 was also taken into custody. The officers injuries are not life threatening. A mother and child are in Critical Condition after a ferocious fire in newark. The fire began early this morning on the third floor of a home on bergen street. Flames quickly spread, several people were injured and dozens of families faced the weekend without a home. Today residents returning to their charred homes searching for whatever was not destroyed but grateful that no lives were lost. Three of them, boys, and they are too young. How did you get them out . Thats why i have to leave everything, i have to just bring them outside. And they are okay . They are okay. We thank god. The calls to the the cause of the fire is under investigation. New york senior senator Chuck Schumer fending off a lot of criticism right after deciding not to back president obamas deal with iraq. Schumer is in line to lead the senate, a major Party Fundraiser and while advertise decision wont likely dera
Caused a school bus to crash in new jersey. The dramatic moment in irvington captured on surveillance video. Nearly a dozen children were injured when the bus collided with an s. U. V. And slammed into a building. Since first 4 00, we uncovered troubling information about the bus quo. A. J. Ross is at beth israel hospital in newark. Reporter some new information we received from the new Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission shows that horizon link, the bus company, has failed the initial Service Inspections at an astounding rate of 96 . Considering the bus driver in this crash said the brakes failed before the collision, its amazing no one was seriously injured. A thunderous Early Morning collision involving a school bus full of kids near sanford and springfield avenues brought several people running from homes and nearby stores. I ran out, came across the street, called 911. Reporter watch as a nearby surveillance camera captures the bus striking a silver s. U. V. And into a liquor store. T