That suddenly erupted on 58th street. Several hours later jonathan took a look at couldnt believe how close he came to seriously getting hurt. Hes telling his story only to Eyewitness News. The asphalt cracked and all the smoke was coming out like crazy. It was like everything was going to fall down. Like it was going to be a huge sinkhole. Reporter Officials Say around 9 40 this morning there was a leak in a water main here below 58th street between 6th and 7th avenues. The water spilled on to a steam pipe underground and in two separate spots around the corner from each other, the Chain Reaction caused vapors. Witnesses say at least seven stories high to shoot up in the air. There was a huge cloud of white smoke and then i got like a waxy substance on my glasses. And it was like pretty hard to clean off. I got it all over my coat. Reporter it all happened right as construction crews were beginning a job here on 58th street. Several workers told me there were red flags much earlier th
We are dealing with steam and just water that might surrender surround the pipe and not compromise it would cause an extreme steam condition which it did. I started getting like a waxy substance on my glasses and clothes. Reporter their gear carefully removed and bagged for testing. They have not determined the exact location of the leak and what caused it. The city has 6785 miles of water mains and about a thousand miles are over 100 years old which makes it no surprise there were at least 400 water main breaks every year but one since 1998. There were 562 in 2015. I watched all the steam come out and so high it almost reached the top of that building. Thats all i saw. Reporter it was scary . Well, yeah, yeah. Reporter so you can see there where 58th street buckled after the leak and steam still escaping at this hour. So 58th between 6th and seventh avenues remains closed for repairs and so that the dep can isolate that leak. There were no evacuations due to the leak and luckily, ther
Keep us posted if there is indeed an active search. Darla miles in midtown manhattan york. Now to the wild scene in new jersey youll only see right here. A man sleeping in his car sudden ly targeted by robbers but he refused to become a victim. This could be troubling to watch. Using his car as a weapon, the victim goes on the attack and he wins. It all went down yesterday in a parking lot in paterson. Aj ross getting the video today. Shes live in paterson with the Eyewitness News exclusive. This is some of the debris left over from the crazy exchange. The victim pegged as an easy target. The man asleep in his car. Youll only see on Eyewitness News, he not only fought back, he chased those guys across the street and taught them a lesson in the school of hard knocks theyll never forget. Reporter a botched robbery paterson early monday morning when three suspects ambushed a man who fell asleep in his van in this Grocery Store parking lot. The trio first approached his vehicle with hammer
The bad news is this twoalarm fire thats burning at 209 east 156th street is far from being under control. Well show you what the scene looks like. The Fire Department just got a fourth tower ladder up and in operation. There are stores on the bottom, apartment buildings on floors of the building. East 156th street shut down with Fire Department activity between brant concourse and brant avenue and sherman avenue shut down between east 156th and east 166th street. Well keep you updated on the latest. Reporting live over the concourse village section of the bronx, shannon sohn, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Turning now to the race for president. Both democratic contenders tallying their support for labor unions today. Hillary clinton and Bernie Sanders made appearances in our area and theyre not done yet. Political reporter dave evans in Greenwich Village where sanders supporters gathered for a large concert this evening. This evening at 7 00, a couple blocks south of me in washington this
Use this United States attorney asking questions. Two businessmen served on the inag recall committee of the mayor and donated or raised money for him. The feds are questioning members of the real estate via about donations enlisted by deblasio, and as the feds pay to play investigation proceeds, there is new information about former nypd chief of department phillip banks. Financial disclosure forms showed that while he was still in the department he got a payment of between 250,000 and 500,000 from j sr capital from an investment banks made with the businessman saying it was legal and above board. Not one single dollar earned by mr. Banks while a member of the pd or subsequent to his retire the Police Commissioner said that although four top commanders have been removed in their post he hasnt ruled out taking additional action. The investigation is ongoing. We will have to see where it goes. Bankers Financial Disclosure forms shows he has hundreds of thousands in other investments, mu