Happened as he was climbing near or onto the third story of the Training Facility. We are trying to make sure that his family is the numberone priority and that they are given all the time necessary to mourn this along with all of his brothers and sisters at the San Francisco Fire Department. Reporter dozens of firefighters and Law Enforcement gathered outside the hospital where he had been taken after the fall. While little is known about exactly what happened, firefighters were able to tell us a lot about the life he lived. Jason is not only a fellow firefighter paramedic, hes a friend to all. Hes an advocate for public safety. Hes a father of two children, a husband to an amazing wife, and a child to a retired San Francisco firefighter. Reporter they say he rose from a paramedic in 2007, working mostly at station 49, that he attended fire academy, graduated as a firefighter paramedic assigned to station 3 in the tenderloin. Late today a powerful image as a procession for the fallen
Temperatures will climb, not hot yet, that is later in the week that you notice today is five or a degrees warmer than yesterday, mid90s by the middle of this coming week and by the time we get towards wednesday and thursday, there will be pretty views all around as we look at our cameras, this is on top of the Salesforce Tower over the bay bridge and numbers range from anywhere around 46 at santa rosa to the upper 50s in the bay. Topping out 84 inland today and that number is only upper 70s yesterday as begin upper 70s that is where we will be in the bay. 84 around concord and 76 in san jose and 82 for santa rosa and we do have a spare the air yesterday and we did nicely yesterday with the onshore wind is air quality was great, today it goes downhill a little bit but we may notice that it will be a trend the next week. But for now back to you a tragedy on lake tahoe as a woman drowns and the man who tried to save her is in Critical Condition this was friday evening on the east side of
Reporter the procession began less than an hour ago. We are hearing that it is close to the medical Examiners Office now. A ladder truck with colleagues and fellow firefighters paying tribute, making it way through the city. He was a beloved father of two Young Children and also the son of a San Francisco firefighter veteran. Cortez joined the force in 2007 and served at station three in the tenderloin as a firefighter and paramedic. The exact details are unclear at this hour, but they confirm it happened around 10 00 a. M. At the Mission District training facility. He was immediately given life support, medical attention. Then brought to the hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries and died just before 11 00 this morning. We are trying to make sure that his family is the number one priority and that they are given all the time necessary to mourn this, along with all of his brothers and sisters at the San Francisco fire department. Reporter San Francisco fire department, not saying
Excuse me. The procession from the hospital to here began about an hour ago. Firefighters and other First Responders have lined the entire route and theyve already been joined by some civilians who want to show their support. A lot of people wanted to pay tribute. Such a tragedy. And that family now having to deal with what happened. Good evening. Im ama daetz. And im dan ash areally. Thank you for joining us. Its a terrible loss. Jason cortez was injured during a Training Exercise this morning. He died at the hospital a short time later. Abc 7 News Reporter kate larsen is live with the very latest on, kate, a very tragic story. Reporter absolutely, dan. Were still out here in front of San Francisco General Hospital and an hour ago you guys were showing that procession. This entire driveway and this entrance to the Emergency Department was filled with countless firefighters, Police Officers and sheriffs deputies who were all trying to pay their respects to jason cortez, who died around
President ial debate. This time we heard mostly uninterrupted from both Vice President pence and senator Kamala Harris. They squared off at the university of utah in salt lake city. Now the candidates were separated by 12 feet and plexiglass dividers. Senator harris requesting the additional safety measure because of the Vice President s potential exposure to the president. As we all know has contracted the coronavirus. The two answered questions from coronavirus to taxes with some occasional interruption. Joe biden has been very clear. He will not raise taxes on anybody who makes under 400,000 a year. Im speaking. Im speaking. The important thing is you say the truth. Joe biden said twice in the debate last week that he will repeal the trump tax cuts. We begin our Team Coverage with jay gray in salt lake city. Jay . Hey there. Good evening, jessica. Good evening, raj. You could tell this would be a. Different debate than the president ial debate last week. Psych the covid protections