Florida and look what has happened since. Of course outrage, sadness, morning for the families that lost these wonderful students, teachers and administrators but beyond that these High School Students 17, 18yearolds old and some even younger have really become a national voice, a powerful voice on the issue of gun safety in schools. I often wonder when this moment might occur or whether it would occur. Litany of mass shootings, massacres. Sad to say theres a mountainous setting in where terrible things occurred in places like las vegas and texas and other states. Youte wonder is killing those innocent children at Sandy Hook Elementary School in connecticut will that be the Tipping Point . Will america finally say enough . It appears on the state 13 days after the tragedy in florida that we are near our Tipping Point when it comes to gun safety. Some of it is very personal. Two weeks ago after this occurred my 6yearold granddaughter said to her mother that she had been warned in her fi
Several broken bones in his back. Reporter beverly smith, a court clerk, was released from the hospital, giving reporters a thumbs up and waving. She suffered only minor injuries in this mornings alarming elevator malfunction at the criminal Justice Center that some at first mistakenly thought was caused by an explosion. No one told us anything, but we were on another floor and we heard a loud commotion, a loud boom. Very loud, like a reporter investigators explained the bizarre chain of events this way. Sergeant owens was in the car on the left and it breached the shafts concrete ceiling. A heavy structure that is part of the elevators machine room. Heavy debris rained down on to the righthand elevator in which court clerk smith was riding forcing that car down. The question is, what triggered the event . The operation or the malfunction of the elevator is something that were not clear, so were calling for the experts to look into it. Reporter the incident caused widespread chaos at p
In todays freak mechanical accident. Thursday night, jim is off. Im monica malpass. And the big story on action news tonight is the investigation into exactly what went wrong. It was so violent. Witnesses thought that something had exploded. Action News Reporter dann cuellar live in Hahnemann University hospital. Dann, youre learning more about that sheriffs deputy whos laying in a hospital bed right now, arent you . Reporter thats right, monica. The Sheriffs Department sergeant remains in critical hes in very bad shape. He had been in surgery for most of the evening. And a court clerk had since been treated and released. Meanwhile, investigators say one of the two elevators involved in the mishap did something it was not supposed to do and they want to know why. This is 48yearold sheriff Sergeant Paul owens. He was the one who took the brunt of the injuries. Hes in pretty bad shape. Several broken bones in his back. Reporter beverly smith, a court clerk, was released from the hospital
Just a dozen days left in the race for the white house. The candidates, their campaigns are now pulling out all the stops. And so are we. Our cnn correspondents are reporting from all of the most critical states in this very, very tight race as president obama and governor romney throw virtually everything in their Campaign Arsenals at the battleground states. Lets start with the Obama Campaign right now. The president drew a huge crowd in richmond, virginia, today. His most recent stop on a whirlwind twoday eightstate swing that culminates next hour. Cnns chief White House Correspondent Jessica Yellin has the latest. Reporter wolf, president obama is moving through his schedule at a healthy clip. Hes even running early all so he can get to his hometown of chicago and cast an early ballot for himself. Thanks for waking up early. Reporter fresh off on allnighter. My voice is getting a little hoarse. Reporter the president didnt break stride delivering his closing message. You know i say
There are seven sites in Atlantic County to pick from and three each in Cape May and Cumberland counties, with all early voting machines programmed to pull up any ballot countywide.