A fire. She was heroically responding to. Our hearts are filled with grief at the death of joyce. Reporter a solemn night of prayer and reflection outside engine 64 on rising sun avenue in northeast philadelphia. About two dozen Community Members paying tribute to fallen firefighter joyce craiglewis. She loved doing the job. She continually always was outstanding in doing everything they could to make sure somebody was saved. Reporter lieutenant ben cut hutchins worked with joyce craiglewis for three years and add hired her leadership and passion especially as one of 150 female firefighters in philadelphia. Hard firefighter and she didnt want gender get in the wave anything. She wanted to prove the point. And she continually did that. Reporter fire Officials Say the 36yearold mother of two entered a row home on the 1600 block of middleton street in West Oak Lane with a threeperson attack team. They were trying to companies i was an elderly victim and control the fire but conditions wor
In just a little bit. Children are rally for social injustice and police brutality. The target near our 6abc studio. That plan to stage a diein. Im hearing in 30 minutes or so, which could disrupt traffic. The call to action news was led by 8yearold. Protesters have been staging the protests for the recent grand jury decision not to indict two split Police Officers in the deaths of two unarmed black men. A big rally gathered in support of police. Action news reporter, Sharrie Williams was there. The man who organized this is actually the grandson of a former Philadelphia Police detective. This all started on facebook with a post he put out for rally he called way overdue. A different type of demonstration compared to those held recently. Mayfair residents took to streets not to protest police, but to support them. Donald garvey is the main organizer. We dont want to focus on any bad cops, there are bad cops, racist cops were here for the 99 of cops who are good. Hundreds turned out wit
Im not going to do it on camera. Sue . No, no. And for the folks whose alarms just rang, you have no idea, we a silly hour last time when appropriateish. But, now were back to business, four out of ten is your number, not at rainy as it was yesterday. We still have high winds, and the possibility. Snow or rain showers, at times today. So, this is higher number than yesterday. Plenty every clouds around, not seeing too much in the way of precipitation, a loft roads are damp, but, at least it is not actively doing anything. That is happening in upstate new york. Western new york, and the western part of our state, so really this storm even affecting pit burying with some flurries, out there, this morning. But for us, take your time, roads are damp, but we dont have any precipitation. Weve been watching the Higher Elevations up in the poke now mountains, all we see are few flurries up there. Still have the Winter Weather advisory though in effect for carbon, monroe county. Traveling is di
Good morning. We can see another transition day unfolding here as we rounded out yesterday we were watching the worst of our noreaster make its retreat but it is not completely out of here just yet, granted, things are very quiet, calm and collected. On storm scan three we have nothing more than a thin veil of clouds over philadelphia but there are sports where you cleared out nicely. Till a breeze and still can see speckles of moisture out there and with that said youre not out of the woods. There are Winter Weather advisory extended for carbon and monroe counties, just pocono mountains as we are waiting the arrival of addition will rain and snow bands. Current temperatures are basically flirting with 40 in most locations and it is still so quiet but we are expecting additionallal rain or snow showers, these icon does make it look worse then it will be but it is what we have got available here expect again to see rain or snow showers but it will have a hard time accumulating much if a
And are moving down different parts of center city and trying to get on the interstate, at one point police marked the entrance to the schuylkill expressway. Ferguson is the underlying tonight but the demonstration sparked again because of a new york grand jury decision not to indict the Police Officer for a chokehold that killed eric garner, he was stopped for selling loose cigarettes and the officer is cleared after his lawyers said he used a take down moved taught to him by the department. But they are pledging to speak out against what they call racist policing. We dont know how long these marches and protests will happen throughout our city, well keep an eye on things. Kenneth moton, channel 6 action news. Thank you kenneth, needless to say well continue to update on this story on the air and online at 6abc. Com. The search resumed today for missing College Student Shane Montgomery in manayunk, police were out with sniffing dogs and volunteers were going around the neighborhood po