the devastation. it s just we re looking at the video. now. it s incredible. it is striking jim to see this devastation of close and in person, you know, it s not really an exaggeration to say that there is very little of this town that has remained untouched from the tornado that ripped through here on. uh, the buildings that we re seeing here throughout the area have been reduced to rubble. there are individuals that we smoke into that don t understand how they got out alive, considering so many around them perished. as you mentioned at least 25 people have been killed as a result of the storms that we re continuing the machinery being brought through these areas clear out the records, and it was earlier that i spoke to one of the tornado survivors. ernest hall, who says that he was asleep when the initial storm came through. woken up by a phone call of a family member asking for help to erased across town to a trailer park where we re standing in front of that is among the
Live from center city in philadelphia this is fox 29 news at 11 00. Local College Student goes missing over winter break. Days later, his body is found in a park in california. Now, the search is on for his killer. Thanks for joining us tonight at 11 00. Im iain page police say 19yearold blaze bernstein was home in orange conte for the break. His family reported him missing money a week ago. Now his death is being investigated as homicide. Tonight students on the campus of u penn are honoring him and thats where we find fox 29s Chris Oconnell with their tributes. Chris . Reporter iain, it certainly was a sad night here on campus of university of pennsylvania as fellow students gathered to say goodbye to one of their own in the meantime on the west coast, the search begins for killer. We just have learned that the Oc Sheriffs Department Coroners Office confirmed our familys worst fierce could come true. They have positively identified our son blazes body today. Its the announcement no p
We just have learned that the Oc Sheriffs Department Coroners Office confirmed our familys worst fierce could come true. They have positively identified our son blazes body today. Its the announcement no parent should ever have to make. After days of searching authorities in california have found the body of blaze bernstein the 19yearold sophomore at the university of pennsylvania. Officials have ruled his death a homicide. So many friends and family that have reach out to us. Its unbelievable what you people have done for us andnd or son in his memory isnt tonight classmates at the university of pennsylvania gather on campus to remember a bright young scholar. Blaze left his home late last tuesday night with a friend who drove to this park in lake forest, california. Blaze got out of the car, went into the park and vanish. His body was found yesterday a week later. Bernstein was plan to go study psychology and was a writer for several of penn student run magazines. Just a lot. I mean
Died in a florida nursing home that lacked air conditioning because the power had been knocked out. One press account described the facility as, quote, a death trap, end quote, because the elderly are particularly susceptible to heat related illnesses. Last month, this photo of residents of an assisted living facility in texas, who were trapped in waist deep water went viral. As these recent disasters made clear, Older Americans are particularly vulnerable, before, during and even after a storm. In fact, when Hurricane Katrina slammed into the gulf coast 12 years ago, more than half of those who died were seniors. As the then chair of the Senate Homeland security committee, along with senator Joe Lieberman of connecticut, i led a bipartisan investigation into the response to Hurricane Katrina at the federal, state and local levels. Our investigation, which resulted in this some would say weighty report, revealed many weaknesses in our nations Emergency Response system. And although i d
Dell gives a gift elderly americans are the focus of the carrying peace this morning during emergencies. [inaudible conversations] the committee will come to order recently the gulf coast and texas and florida and throw the caribbean a homes entire communities were destroyed and lives were lost. Weve learned the tragic news after irma seniors ranging in the age of 71 through 99 died in a florida nursing home that lost airconditioning because the power was knocked out. They describe the facility as a death trap because the elderly are susceptible to heat related illnesses. Last month this photo of residents in the assisted living facility in texas were trapped in waist deep water went to viral. As this makes clear Older Americans was before and during and even after the storm. In fact, when Hurricane Katrina slammed into the gulf coast 12 years ago more than half of those that died were seniors along with the senator from connecticut i lead a bipartisan investigation into the response o