presses on for an expected several more months. and already we re seeing an unprecedented impact here in the u.s. from new york, which you can see an overview of the skyline to chicago and cincinnati. a growing list of cities have recorded their worst air quality on record this summer. lester? all right, emilie, thank you. the brutal heat added to the misery for those fighting a deadly fire overnight in a cargo ship at one of the nation s biggest ports. and now we re learning the firefighters weren t trained to fight that kind of a blaze. ron allen has details. reporter: overnight newark firefighters battling a massive inferno. a huge cargo ship loading up more than a thousand vehicles and containers engulfed in fire. apparently ignited officials say when five or six vehicles caught fire for unknown reasons. evacuate yourself immediately! reporter: just an hour into the fight, a mayday call, and then another. firefighters augusto
extinguish this massive cargo ship fire that s claimed the lives of two firefighters. the 12-story, nearly 700-foot long ship docked at port newark, carrying potentially thousands of vehicles and more than 150 containers. there s a bunch of vehicles on the ship and it s on fire. reporter: just before 9:30 last night, workers on the tenth deck were moving some of the cars when the flames broke out. newark firefighters racing to the scene as it quickly spread up to the top two decks of the ship. got heavy water on the top floor. now extremely hot. reporter: then, at 10:25 we got a firefighter that s on the floor from where they went in, he needs air. reporter: the first mayday call. then the second. two department veterans trapped between cars. the fire out of control. their fellow firefighters risking their own lives to try to save them. firefighter brooks and firefighter acabou, if you can hear this activate your panic alarm button. this is headquarters. reporter: it
and their nanny, smith. the question, why did the pilot, jeff hefner fail to respond to air traffic controllers within 15 minutes of departing, then fly for two hours, presumably on autopilot? the f-16 fighter jets that intercepted hefner s plane could see that he was slumped over and unresponsive. did he suffer a medical emergency? was he rendered unconscious due to a sudden loss of cabin pressure? and were his passengers also incapacitated? no one radioed a mayday call, and the fighter pilots reported the passenger window shades were down. hefner was a retired southwest airlines captain. i knew him personally. reporter: nbc news aviation analyst john cox says hefner should have received a cockpit warning if the cabin was losing pressure. at 14,000 feet, you will automatically get the deployment of oxygen mask. reporter: without oxygen, hypoxia can quickly set in. headaches and nausea, trouble concentrating, then loss of consciousness. for a second day, investigators today hav
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americans are applying engine flay failure and flames where the pilot issued a mayday call, and safely return to the airport in columbus, ohio. last thursday, flynn responded to another american flag that took off from charlotte, north carolina. the fda is investigating both instigates. this is us for us, we have cnn prime time with michael mesh. anderson, thank. you tucker doubt. i m michael smerconish from new york city tonight. it s been a chaotic day for the media. sources say former nbc universal chief dashiell is accused of sexual harassment by a cibc anchor. don lemon and cnn parting ways. disney laying off more workers. but the stunning headline today, tucker carlson is out at fox news. these stories, these networks are all very different situations. but in terms of fox, reports