Steve gangster rap alive and well with many artists maintaining their ties to street gangs, this is not just east coastwest coast feud we knew of in 9s. They reflect what they see on streets, they personalize it, lisa evers with break it down. Allison. And antwan, hiphop has grown. Now some wonder if line between gangster rap, and gang afilliated with too blurred. You dont have too look too hard for gang colors or tattoos in hiphop, lil wayne makes no secret of his assessiation with bloods in atlanta, in los angeles the game, havent r b Singer Chris Brown is seen in red, all hiphop to the come ceo, said that when you are a easy target. I dont think that have is pressure on rapperring to join gangs but i think that rappers get in the game it is like jail or something, where whether you get in you have to find an association that is stronger than you as an individual. Reporter for many gangs are what they see of day in their neighborhood, said big by from brownsville, finding that rap ga
I was on 24 hour a day dialysis, a feeding tube, trach. It took me a long time to accept the fact i didnt know what was going on with me until i woke up. I thought it was the next day. And when i looked at my body, i realized i had lost a third of my weight. Reporter he was in a coma for a month. At that point, he weighed only 79 pounds. It was then that doctors diagnosed him with legionnaires disease. Hes one of eight people who contracted the illness in coop city in january. He was doing flooring work across the street from the cooling towers. Today sitting here, seven months after his ordeal, despite the daily struggles he faces, he says he still considers himself one of the lucky ones, especially when he thinks of the south bronx where the death toll from legionnaires disease continues to rise. This is not a joke. You know, it shut my organs down completely, you know. My prayers go out to every one of them. They dont know what theyre in for. In april, he and his attorney filed suit
Announcer its 10 00 p. M. Do you announcer its 10 00 p. M. Do you know where your children are . Right now on fox 5 news at 10 00 p. M. Dari dire warnings about legionnaires disease after 100 cases in 10 deaths have been reported. The city officials are doing to get that outbreak under control. We are going to start seeing them disinfecting cooling towers across the city. The cdc is also sending in a team to investigate. Arthur has more. Reporter thats right, such a long incubation period that is involved. City officials believe that the numbers continue to go up even though they believe its under control. Three additional cases identified, two additional deaths reported. A total of 100 cases in 10 deaths. Reporter the unprecedented outbreak of the legionnaires has reached triple digits in cases and double digits in lives claimed. Now that the source has been treated, in the south bronx would have filled a larger proportion of patients than usual. The sense of alarm continues. I believ
Suspension for the role in using underinflated footballs during the afc championship game. The judge will have to decide if the punishment handed down by the commissioner will stand. Dari School Bus Accident in irvington, new jersey, this dozen people. The driver of the bus says she went out. That bus collided with an suv right there and slammed into a liquor store at the corner of sanford and springfield avenues. 11 children and two adults were on the bus. Lucky nobody was hurt. Steve a stretch of the new jersey turnpike is in business 24 hours after a crash involving two tractortrailer trucks. Crews reopened the lanes between interchanges 6 and 9 in East Brunswick earlier today. You can see the damage and fire marks on the highway. The roadway was shut down since last night when the rigs collided setting off the massive fire. Somehow miraculously, both drivers escaped without serious injury. Dari and new measures to regulate water cooling towers believed to be the source of the legio
Ntsb, said that the plane was at about 6500 feet, had the pilot radioed air Traffic Control told them he was having engage problems engine problems and needed to return to West Hampton Beach airport, the plane lost altitude hitting lirr post at oyster bay road crossing on Hicksville Bethpage border. I did not realize what was going on, my coworker saw the plane upside down going ast the windy, he ran, he said that plane is going down call 911. Reporter the plane burst into flames, firefighters quickly responded. The pilot did not survive the crash, but the passenger, identified as Carl Giordano did and rushed to a local hospital some a small plane tried to land west of the road here clipped some of the Railroad Truck infrastructure. Reporter the ntsb said that pilot made the distress call at 7 47 in morning but by then it was too late, it covered the lirr Railroad Tracks and interrupted service, it was lucky no more lives were lost. There was no train at that point but the crossing was