Story, live from West Oak Lane tonight any. And shirleen, mourners left the funeral home 9 00 tonight. More are expected tomorrow actually in the hundreds at both viewing and then the funeral. A Police Escort brought fallen firefighter family members to the bachelor members funeral home. There, craig firefighters saluted her family. She leaves behind a 16yearold son and 16monthold daughter. She managed to balance job and motherhood very well. Im very proud of her. Im going to miss her. Hundreds of friend, family and colleagues wrapped around the block waiting to pay their respects. They spoke about two joyce craigs devoted mother and fearless firefighter. Working lady. Loved her job. Dedicated her life to her job. I used to always admire her and respected her a female firefighter . She was really concerned about all people. No matter how old or you know what color or anything like that. She was such a heartloving person to all people. The decorated veteran of 11 years worked her way up
Found her body near a window in the dining room. The decorated 11 year veteran of the force leaves behind a 16yearold son and 16 month old daughter. Her family who is already inside tells us off camera that while they are hurting, they do find peace in knowing that she died doing what she loved. You can see all the activity. It is not just firefighters, but a bunch of city leaders, the mayor, commissioner ramsey, firefighters from various divisions all here to pay their respects to joyce craig. There is another viewing here tomorrow before she is officially laid to rest. That is the latest from East Oak Lane tonight. Philadelphia police have a man in custody for a series of attacks. And they happened on College Campuses, all of them the last few days. Deanna durante is live where the man is expected to be arraigned shortly. Reporter its expected to happen within the hour. Janl James Barrett is being charged in connection with an assault that happened last night near the university of p
Today a final farewell to one of philadelphias bravest. The community will come together to remember fallen firefighter joyce craig. Plus, work is already under way. It will lead to a changing center city skyline. This morning we are live in Center City Philadelphia at the site at the new comcast innovation and technology . W s center. Heres a live look where we are off to a cold and breezy start. We are expecting to see a little bit of sun later on today. Good morning. Welcome back to nbc10 news today. Lets get right to the forecast with meteorologist Michelle Grossman. Michelle, still some clouds out there right now. Yeah, seeing partly cloudy skies. We will see more sunshine than well see cloud cover. Lit be a pretty nice day for mid december. Its going to be a cold one as expected this time of year. Heres a live look outside as we mentioned, we are waking up to partly cloudy skies but were dry. Were looking to have a dry weekend the entire way through. So temperatures there, cold
The gentleman that was there if you want to call him that was not very nice person to her. Showed her no respect and this was her home. Reporter mary sent this joking text to Susan Johnson on tuesday was wondering did you move. Where have you been . By then Police Believe she had been dead for days. Again, police are expected to update us within the next half hour. Thats when well learn more about this murder and if champs are forthcoming. Live in clementon, Nora Muchanic channel6 action news. Thank you nora. Also breaking right now police have told us the name of the woman found dead outside a so much motel this week. Santiago was found in the trunk of a car in maple shade on sunday night. She lived in philadelphia. 41yearold jesus garcia was arraigned earlier this week on charges of disturbing human remains but he has not been charged with her murder. Police have not said yet how santiago died. Brand new at 4 oclock, we have video of a brawl inside a Delaware County school. Students
Craig, the first female firefighter to die in the line of duty in philadelphia. Family, friends, and fellow firefighters are paying their respects at this mornings cpy÷ viewing. This was the scene last night at the first viewing. The mother of two died tuesday battling a house fire in West Oak Lane. Investigators say that craig was trying to rescue an elderly woman from the basement of thee house when somehow craig became trapped. As i mentioned, the final viewing is under way right now. The funeral follows at 10 00. Pennsylvania governor tom corbett has ordered flags to be flown at halfstaff in craigs honor. New from overnight, one person is dead after this car crashed into a tree then caught on fire in philadelphia. These are pictures of the scene of the accident on north fifth street and west roosevelt boulevard. We spoke with one witness who said he tried to rescue the driver. We tried to break the windows to get someone, anyone out. And within seemed like seconds it just erupted