And all i had to do was see his name on the memorial plaque and i lost it. Reporter heading into the cathedral basilica of saints peter and paul for a viewing this evening, Michael Carney gets emotional. He remembers the moment he learn his friend and fellow firefighter lieutenant Matt Letourneau died while working a fire over the weekend he shared memories of letourneau. I walk into the firefighters survival class and saw matt there as an instructor and i was incredibly proud to see somebody that i influenced when he was young go that far and hear how good he was doing. Reporter letourneau had 11 years with the philadelphia fire department. He was 42 years old. Saturday he responded to a house fire on colorado avenue in north philly and became trapped insi inside. Among the large number that turn out to pay their respects is former philadelphia fire commissioner lloyd ayer. I swore matt in years ago, you know, and you remember certain people, and he had one of those spirits that just
Temperatures already in the 70s, 7 degrees by noon and then 81 degrees, a little bit cooler down the shore and in the poconos. Ill have thosets in a bit. Hundreds of employees walked off the job overni 10 jesse gar jesse, there was talk of a twoweek cooling off period. What happened to that . Reporter rosemary, that deal fell apart at the 11th hour. Its not going to work. The people you see behind me are taking a tremendous financial hit. Talks that led up early this morning. Weve been negotiating in good faith for five and four years. Were hoping there will be some movement on the part of septa. Reporter thats steve bruno of the blet who warned if septa didnt change its position the two unioolwoulnvke and thats exactly what that is happened. Union reps said they were on strike effective 12 01 this morning. From center city to its suburbs now shut down for the First Time Since 1983. The issue thats created this impact now centers on increase pension increases offered to other employees