And a sleepty surprise mom, mom, get up. Get up, get up. A new years tragedy, a fast moving fire sweeps through a Brooklyn Brown stone. Most made it out but one resident did not. An armed robber preying on women and using elevators to stage his crime. Good evening at 11 00. Im david navarro. And im sade baderinwa. Flames erupted this afternoon quickly racing through the back door of an Apartment Building in the fire touching off a plantic scene as residents raced to escape. One man did not get out alive. Not believe this fire was an accident. Eyewitness news reporter, kim is at the scene. Reporter and residents were having to be plucked out and taken to the safety after the fire. This is video of firefighters run into the burning building. The smoke so thick residents left trapped in the upper floors of the four Story Building on washington avenue with nowhere to go. All i could see was smoke coming out, smoke, smoke. All i could see was a man at the top of the building saying, get out
Youll be dying to tend and the new ways well be working out this year. And the perfect start to the year. One direction helping us ring in the very best year ever, right here, on a very special Good Morning America. Lets start right now good morning, america. Very happy new years to you. Times square was the center of the celebration last night. Packed with revel outside of our windows. Were not here right now. We are we are were on tape. So that we can at home with our families. On this first day of 2016. We hope youre enjoying your morning after what a late night for so many years. Daphne oz and Marcus Samuelsson are also here. Pastor joel osteen is here. Well get to that and so much more, but first heres a check on the news and weather here. Heres abcs Rebecca Jarvis. Good morning and happy new year. We begin with new years celebrations around the world. Despite terror warnings people turned out. Now, theyre cleaning up in times square after a million revelers packed the crossroads
Days where we see intervals of clouds and sun. 41 by noon. Forecasting a high of 43 degrees. No rain today of consequence. Well see that change as we go through the weekend. More of that in a little bit. Lets get the first check on a friday morning commute. Heres lauren. Good morning. We have a couple problems out there. Route 202 shut down northbound between mt. Airy road and harmony road. Thats with a structure fire. Route 4, accident westbound in t fue left lane by midland avenue. Well have more weather and traffic coming up. Lauren, thank you. Breaking news on the Upper West Side. A hazmat situation at a hospital happening at mt. Sinai west on 10th avenue between 58th and 59th streets. Tracie strahan is on the Upper West Side with more. Reporter darlene, police tell me this situation started after a 31yearold man jumped from the back of the hospital and landed on an exterior oxygen line. A large emergency presence right now because that line was leaking. Theres concern that it woul
Tonight and investigators are focusing on trying to figure out how it started. Firefighters did one last inspection of this empty and ashen brownstone to make sure the embers did not reignite. Earlier in the afternoon, fire poured out of the windows and tore through three floors of the building. One man was person ched on the ledge outside the top floor apartment to escape the flames. I see a guy on the ledge, on the top floor tells everybody to get out the house, get out the house. Reporter fire Officials Say three people did get out, including the man on the ledge who was rescued via the fire truck ladder. Neighbors describe a chaotic scene. Smoke was coming, thats when i came down stairs and i heard the firemen tell the guy we got you man, were coming, we got you. One resident was not so lucky. 56yearold Michael Floyd was neighbors say floyd lived with his brother who tried to save him but couldnt get through the wall of flames. He said, michelle, i tried to get my brother out but i
Hospital on the upper west side. A man jumped off a building and landed on the hospitals oxygen tank, cutting off its supply and sparking a hazmat situation. All happened at mt. Sinai west between ninth and tent avenues. Than block is back open now after being shut down for most of the morning. Tracie strahan is there with an update, tracie. Reporter well shiba, temporary stank supplying oxygen to mt. Sinai west. A permanent replacement is on the way. So many people walking by here wondered what happened. It was severed by a fatal fall early this morning. Officials tell tus did impact operations inside for a short time. Crews worked on a permanent fix for a ruptured tank that temporarily stopped the flow of oxygen to mt. Sinai west early this morning. It was severed by a man who jumped to his death. John works across the street and thought the loud noise was a they come in, it makes that noise. But this time, there wasnt the truck. So we said something might have happened. Reporter pol