involved in some sort of domestic dispute. good evening everybody i'm chris o'connell. >> i'm joyce evans. the off duty officer was in critical condition when emergency crews returned him from the scene. fox 29's brad satin is live outside the darby borough police headquarters, brad, what do you know? >> reporter: joyce, we actually just made our way inside here, darby police, where within the next ten minutes we are hearing there will be a news conference over the course of the last 09 minutes, a lot of conflicting information. for this moment we will be very careful with what we report until when we take this news conference live, hopefully, very shortly watch we know is the incident happened at around 43 we'll show you pictures of the scene on the 600 block of magnolia avenue in glenn older -- end. police overswear dare borough was shot, now just within the last hour, darby township police, this is the township police, telling us he is in very critical condition, taken to pen presbyterian hospital. >> this does appear as chris mentioned to be domestic case of the officer not on duty at the time, he lived we're hearing at that home with his girlfriend. they've been there living there together at least two to three years. neighbors say police have been called to the home before. again, we are awaiting a news conference here at darby borough, supplies been gathering, we have been here for about hour and a half, that's been gathering behind closed doors also hearing that darby township police, who actually are leading this investigation, are going to be holding a news conference, as well. now, little while ago neighbor told us the officer was just celebrating yesterday. >> he's going to take his motorcycle test. i'm look good luck. i came back, like you pass? he said all happy you know, because all forget that license, and now this. >> again, the word we're hearing at last check about an hour or 90 minutes ago, that he was in very critical condition. no word on any arrests at this point. but again, we are inside darby borough police, where within the next ten minutes we're hearing, there is going to be a news conference, we expect to bring that to you live very shortly. joyce, for now back to you. >> all right, thank you so much brad. we'll come back to you when you get that. and a philadelphia police officer is arrested for drunk driving on the job in a police car. investigators say officer darryl casey pulled up to the 12th district headquarters, on woodland avenue last night and that's where other officers noticed he was driving on three flat tires in bent rims. they also reported smelling alcohol on casey. and when he was being placed into custody police say he tried to fight and assault add supervisor. six year veteran of the department has been suspended with intent to dis smith tonight your fox 29 weather authority, in a winter-like saturday night fox 29 meteorologist, caitlin roth is here caitlin when is winter going to end? >> i don't know, joyce, it is so cold out there. it feels like never. it will get better. we'll show that you in the seven day forecast coming up. for now very cold night. outside we've had some clouds, even some flurries throughout the day some sprinkles too you are not imagining it, if you thought you saw snowflakes. they were out there. still at least according to radar showing up around the area. storm system toward the northeast, brought snow all day to places like new york city and boston, on its way out. still the clouds, the winds some of the flurries because of it. temperatures very cold outside right now 32 in philadelphia, 28 in pottstown, 27 in allentown, 30 in milville and 32 in wildwood. soap most of us below freezing and with the wind out of the north wells that is still gusting over 20 to 25 miles an hour, at times it feels very, very cold. even colder than that. right now windchill readings just two up in the poconos so might as well be the middle of winter here, feels like teens low 20's, 23 here in philadelphia as we go through the rest of tonight, that storm system toward our northeast will push out to sea, high pressure builds in, skies clear winds will diminish too wake up tomorrow morning see a lot of sunshine have, that basically all day long beautiful looking sunday, i wish i could say it would be a hat warmer but won't be the case. very cold tonight we clear out, 23 in the city, 17 in the suburbs, 47 is the high temperature tomorrow. that's little warmer than today. but still below normal, very chilly. the sunshine, we get the warmer temperatures later in the week still to come. joyce? >> all right caitlin i'll take you, see you in a few minutes. early morning fire in tioga still causing delays on septa regional rail. warehouse sits next to the manayunk-norristown regional rail line, caught fire just after 2:00 this morning, it took firefighters over three and a half hours to get the four alarm fire under control. they arrived to find heavy smoke and fire, coming from what is vacant two-story warehouse. no one was hurt, but septa says the manayunk norristown line will be suspended throughout this weekend, until officials can determine if it is safe for planes to travel behind that warehouse. riders check with septa for updates, and detours. and philadelphia police are looking for whomever shot and killed a man in frankford last night. police were called to apartment on the 4300 block of elizabeth street. this is just before midnight to check on a report of gunshots. when officers arrived they found a 24 year old man with multiple gunshots to his chest and arms. he was pronounced dead at the scene. if you have any information please, call philadelphia police. and shots were also fired last night in the kingsessing neighborhood of philadelphia. police say two men in their 20's were inside a deli, on the 6500 block of elmwood avenue. they got into some casino of argument with another man. the cops say that argument moved outside and a fourth man came up and opened fire on the two younger men. both were hit and taken to the hospital. they are expected to be okay. police are still looking for the shooter. >> in philadelphia police have charged a 19 year old with stabbing his mother to death and leaving his grandmother in critical condition, after stabbing her too. police have arrested zachary pritchett, cops say he first told investigators yesterday that three men came into his family home and attacked them. when cops arrived to the home, they found pritchett, 53 year old mother, dead. she been stabbed multiple times. his 67 or 73 year old grandmother still in critical condition tonight. pritchett faces a list of charges including murder. disturbing new developments in the investigation into the crash of germanwings flight 9525. prosecutors say the co-pilot who they think intentionally brought down the flight had been being treated for depression and a doctors note deeming him unfit to fly. >> memorial services are being held across france to remember the 150 people killed in this week's germanwings airliner disaster. meanwhile, the families of those victims are now talking. >> if there was a motive or a reason we do not want to hear t it is not relevant. what is relevant is this should never happen again everyone on that plane should not be forgotten ever. >> philip brahamly, father of british passenger killed urging airlines to quote properly look after their pilots. in hopes of preventing future airline tragedies resembling the one his son paul, lost his life to. >> i want to see these -- natural beauty be restored, not to be remembered by the action of a single person. >> the statement comes as news that the pilot who is suspected of purposely crashing that plane andreas lubitz, being treated by several psychologists and neurologists for mental illness, as well as vision issues that may affect his ability to work as a pipe lot. >> horrible for the families. no words for. that will i'm broken? in recent days, police have combed through lubitz's apartment in germany inside they found torn up doctors notes, including one declaring the co-pilot unfit to work on the day of the crash. while a woman claiming to be lubitz's exgirlfriends told a german newspaper that he was receiving pschiatric treatment, and once told her he would do something some day that would make everyone know his name. >> french police say hundreds of human remains have been recovered from the site, among the passengers, three americans. hope is fading in new york city tonight rescue crews still searching for two people missing after a devastating gas explosion there. the apparent gas explosion leveled three apartment buildings, and it sparked a massive fire injuring 22 people. happened on thursday. investigators are still working to pinpoint the exact cause of the blast while continuing their search for the two missing men. one of them worked for sushi restaurant on the ground floor of one of those collapsed buildings. the other missing person was on a date inside the restaurant. officials say it could take still like a week for crews working around the clock to dig through all that debris. fox 29 getting results in a way that is making all of us smile tonight. >> a local family was struggling to get a ten year old boy who use as wheelchair in and out of their west philadelphia home. we brought you this story last month. sabina kuriakose shows us tonight, fox 29 viewers came through in a big way. >> as he stands outside his west philadelphia home, robert henry reflects on how life has never been easy for his ten year old son saleem, confined to wheelchair for much of his young life. >> this blustery march morning, help is here. >> he is my hero. >> yes helping you guys snout. >> yes, i love scrabbling. i love everybody out here. >> jack is jack cook, local five elevator con vukovich tours union. >> this is what we do, union elevator constructors. >> jack and his colleagues saw our fox 29 story about the family's struggle to carry 70-pound saleem and his 65-pound wheelchair, up and down the stoop of their row home every school day. the wheelchair lift they needed $16,000 impossible. >> we had ton of our members are calling asking if we could help out. >> reporter: the response was more than the family ever could have imagined. local five spent days of planning and hours of hard labor to install the lift. a go fund me site raising thousands to make saleem's home more accessible, wheelchair lift itself donated by frankford mother, peggy dutton, who lost her own daughter. >> i'll donate mine. i don't want anything for t my daughter would be happen if i someone else can use it. >> helping from people across our area, when all is said and done strangers no more. >> everybody that donated everybody that red the story everybody that is part of this crew and part of the elevator crew everybody is family now. >> in west philadelphia, sabina kuriakose, "fox 29 news". real scare on a professional soccer field. a goalie hit in the head by a flare, and this was just the beginning of a game gone really bad. >> plus, this woman is accused of chasing a nine year old into an elementary school. what she was screaming at the child that got her arrested. >> and coming up meet the baby born in the parking lot of a pennsylvania convenience store next. no surprises here, temperatures well below normal for march 28th. forty-one was the high in philadelphia, 57 is the normal. we'll get a little closer to that, but still struggling, your full forecast for sunday, the rest of jim kenney. son of a firefighter. first in his family to go to college. he's been councilman at-large, representing the whole city. a progressive voice who'll be a mayor for our neighborhoods. bringing philadelphia together... expanding pre-kindergarten improving our schools... ...and partnering with businesses, community colleges and universities to create jobs jim kenny, the block by block mayor we need to move philadelphia ahead. we want to get you caught up on breaking news coming out every delaware county, off duty darby police officer was shot. news conference just starting. let's listen in. >> presbyterian, i don't know what time, we don't know the time on. that will right now it is a current investigation by the darby township police department. darby borough, delaware county cid, in full swing with this thing. probably we'll know more in the morning right now preliminary interviews are done we're doing search warrant at the present time. we're working this up to where as tomorrow we should have more information for you as to if there is going to be charges filed. we definitely at this point believe so. >> victim in custody? >> no. >> can you confirm that he's off duty at the time and he was shot by his girlfriends? >> i can't confirm that right now. >> can we confirm his name? >> that's up to the chief. >> i'm not releasing the name at this time to the fact all of the family members haven't been notified. that is at the request of the mother and i'm sure all be hand toy call everybody when everybody is notified. >> have there ever been domestic problems at this home before? neighbors tell us yes. >> again, it is darby township my understand something yes: that's correct. >> are you able to tell us -- wondering someone out there who shot this officer -- >> there is no danger to the public with somebody being on the loose that shot this officer. >> no one is arrested? >> no, not at present. >> was his girlfriend home at the time? did you talk to her? we heard someone was taken away in hand cuffs. >> there was a female at the home. i can't confirm that it was his girlfriend. but there was a female. >> are you looking for someone? >> no. >> charges, can you characterize the charges, are you looking at homicide? >> at this time we believe so. >> chief, for you and your officers ... >> four year veteran, 26 years old, after can american, he was a shining star in the department. he was an even tempered, nice, nice guy anybody that met him, he always had a good word for them. you know that. he knew how to talk to people and handle people. epp was part time officer that worked on the squad. i would say that there would have been my intention that the next time we hired full time officers i certainly would have recommended him due to the quality of his work. >> fire fighter? >> firefighter for number of years in the borough of yeadon, a number of their volunteers over there are very upset about it, as my guys are very upset about it. it is like we lost a member of our family, needlessly and there is not a lot more we can say until the investigation is completed and we find out exactly what went owning. >> -- on. >> but it appears some sort of domestic? >> at this time, i don't think that either one of us can say that, because we don't know all of the facts. and i think it would be -- it wouldn't be -- it wouldn't be smart on either one chief mcdevitt or myself part to say yes that it was when in fact we don't know. i think everybody has to just take a deep breath here, let the investigation go, let's get everybody together, get all of our fact together, so we come back to this table again we can tell you exactly as close as we can what took place. >> that's correct. >> and i'm assured by tomorrow afternoon sometime we will be at that stage. >> i would like to add though, if i could that the officer was taken to fitzgerald mercy then transported to presbyterian hospital to the trauma unit. i would like everyone to know that fitzgerald hospital did a tremendous job for the severity of his injuries, and so did presbyterian trauma unit, we can't say enough about either one of those two facilities that tried information my opinion humanly possible to save the officer's life but it just wasn't there. >> appear just one shot fired? >> yes, sir. >> you just heard from darby borough police chief bob smyth, revealing the information, sad to report that a darby borough police officer has been shot and killed tonight. we are told a four year veteran, 26 year old police officer, who chief smyth described as shining star in the police department, part time officer, used to be a fire fight nerve yeadon, is dead tonight. so far no suspects are in custody, but police say they do expect an arrest on this sometime in the next few days. once again a 26 year old police officer from darby borough, offer duty police officer, shot and killed today. no identification, 26 year old, four-year veteran of the police department, dead tonight. joyce? >> all right, thank up, chris. well battle over religious freedom is brewing in indianna. this week governor mike pent signed a bill to allow businesses to refuse service based on their fate. now, thousands of protesters are expressing their concerns over what they call religious discrimination. bill also getting slammed on social media, with the hashtag boycott indianna. fox's will car has the story now from los angeles. >> there has been uproar, protest, and now even the nca apartment is weighing in on the new law in indianna. it is important to remember, that roughly 20 other states have similar laws to the one that governor mike just signed on thursday, it is based on federal law that was signed by president bill clinton back in 1993. end ann's new law comes after some christians have been sued or fined after refusing service to gay couples getting married. supporters say it is all about freedom of religion. but opponents including zombies owners, say it could lead to discrimination. >> my frustration with it is that it was passed in wrapping it around the flag of business ownership as if i needed this casino of protection. i didn't ask for this casino of protection. >> if i thought it was about discrimination, i would have vetoed it. in fact it, doesn't even apply to disputes between private individuals, unless government action is involved. >> the final four will be held in indianapolis next week, with that in mind, ncaa released this statement which in part reads. the the ncaa national officer and our members are deeply committed provide ago inclusive environment for all of our events. we are specially concerned about how this legislation could affect our student athlete and employees. we have seen protests in indianna and all across the country, zombies cents saying they won't visit the hoosier state until the law is repealed, leaving some concerned about what that means for their bottom line and the impact on the state's economy. in los angeles will car fox news. >> still ahead tonight, a spring break party in florida turns into a crime scene. the chaos after gunfire erupted in a houseful of college students. that's next. plus furious mother says her daughter's school is making her feel like she is fat. the letter she claims is doing serious damage to the girl's wild moments for soccer goalie during championship match. take a look at the circle, you see 12, russian players were struck by flares flown from the crowd. one of them was hit in the head carried offer in a stretcher, and serious condition, play resumed about 30 minutes later and then another russian player was hit. that will led to all-out brawl between the two teams. generally officials called offer the match. >> alabama man is under arrest tonight, accused of shooting seven people at a spring break party. in florida david daniels is facing seven counts of attempted murder. police say he opened fire inside a spring break party in panama city, this morning. motion. people at the party were college students from alabama police came on the scene to find the victims' both inside and outside the house. one person was shot in the head several others were hurt. >> it is complete chaos here we have a hundred witnesses or so. we are trying to separate trying to interview. we have a mess. >> police have not yet revealed any possible motive. they continue to investigate how this whole thing began. >> fifty-two years in the making, what's bringing sorority sisters from all over the country to unmark paupers grave in delaware county. we w ♪ ♪ ee-e-e-oh-mum-oh-weh ♪ ♪ hush my darling... ♪ ♪ don't fear my darling... ♪ ♪ the lion sleeps tonight. ♪ [snoring.] ♪ hush my darling... ♪ [snoring.] ♪ don't fear my darling... ♪ ♪ the lion sleeps tonight. ♪ [snoring.] take the roar out of snore. yet another innovation only at a sleep number store. >> this woman is accused of chasing her young stepson into an elementary school while shout that she was going to kill him. the nine year old ran into a minnesota school, wearing only his pajamas not even shoes. fox's maury glover has the story now from st. paul. get away from her. >> cash a johnson didn't want to show her face as she left the ramsey county jail. >> you stepped on with a baseball bat -- >> prosecutors say it won't be as easy to hide from the allegations she nicely abused her stepson. >> really sad and tragic, when you think about the fact the victim is a nine year old boy. >> investigators say johnson stepson ran into the memory, wearing pajamas no shoes after school on wednesday screaming and crying. myfoxphilly.com cute ers say johnson chased after him yelling i'm going to kill you. to the principal intercepted her, and called police. >> you know, i'm going to kill you, i also know where a gun is, and i'm going to kill you with, that and the nine year old boy so fearful that, you know he runs out in pajamas one shoe, and running back to probably what he believes is a safe place. >> the boy told investigators a teacher walked him home that day. talked to johnson about how to better help him with his school work. >> boy says after the teacher left johnson told him he was going to get a whooping. hit him in the head with a baseball bat as well as in the face with her fist and several times with a belt. >> you just can't punish children in this manner one think about discipline, bye it can't involve violence. >> investigators say the boy had large welton his head, marks on his arm, scratches on his face and neck whether application arrested her the father threatened to beat the boy, too, saying quote i whoop that kid but it doesn't do any good. >> and i know that it is tough being a parent. and sometimes mash if you are a parent raise in the certain way, what's normal might be different, but the reality is we know that when these types of situations have done to kids, great harm is do, and what we're trying do do is protect them. >> reporter maury glover reporting. the boy in protective custody. johnson charged with malicious punishment after child and making threats release from the jail under the condition that she will have no contact with the boy. >> pennsylvania state troopers being hailed as heroes tonight after helping deliver a baby. one troop her just gotten off his short when he saw a disable car on the side of the road near harrisburg well inside a woman in labor. a second trooper responded and together they tried to get miranda eaton to the hospital, but new baby give was not waiting. only made it to a gas station before 7-pound 13-ounce arebella came into the world. >> three pushes and she was out. >> i cleared the airways with my fingers. >> we pretty much say he is the hero right now for her. >> eventually made it to the hospital we are told baby is doing just fine tonight. >> cutie pie. >> well to your fox 29 weather authority, now i've been in here all evening don't even know what it is like outside. >> cold. i was out. >> you don't want to. >> no? i got to go home. >> you do need to go home. but it is very cold. and i know, i don't even know if i said it enough earlier very windy feels very chilly watch we had all winter long but at this point -- >> april. can't table it any more. >> i know. women, looks to be the worse night for hopefully quite some time. >> oh, okay, hopefully. >> write it down. temperatures right now very, very cold. we had a chilly day. we only got to about 40 degrees here in philadelphia, much of the area, you know, only spent the day with temperatures in the 30's, were some flurries not your imagination, and it was all because that far storm system which is still bringing snow to part of new york city and new england including boston right now. so winter not over for them and technically i guess it is for us, too. but it doesn't feel like it. still some flurries outside at least according to ultimate doppler right now. but as that storm system pushes out overnight we will see the clouds clear out flurries will ends, and the winds will diminish, too but chilly saturday. high temperatures today in philadelphia hit 41 degrees, normal 47, well below the record. (831)945-6789 most record highs this time of year now into the 80s. we've been so far from that, very hard to imagine right now. 32 degrees stepping outside right now. a lot of spots already in the 20's, 27 allentown, 29 trenton, 33 atlantic city, 32 in wildwood, blustery all day still windy sustained speeds out of the north-northwest ten to 15 miles an hour and still occasional gusts. see the wind diminish as i said overnight right now still gusting to 18 miles an hour here in philadelphia, to up 29 miles an hour in the poconos, and up in the poconos that keeps the windchill at just 2 degrees. so single digit windchills there for the rest of us, it feels like it is in the teens and the 20's, very chilly late march evening, fox future cast shows we do see skies continue to clear head into tomorrow, sunday itself already very bright sunny beautiful looking day, a loft easter egg hunts around the area today probably see the same tomorrow, a lot of races too cold, but it will be a little better tomorrow. by monday see the clouds increase warmer air come through, but with the warmer air also the chance for some showers, and by early monday morning, that could be snow showers for the higher elevations of the mountains and then changing all to rain showers through the rest of the day. looks pretty light but gloomy start off the work week, but miler. clear out at least briefly by tuesday, still chance for showers late in the day tuesday, as well. so it is a cold night for late march. over night see low of 23 in the city here if philadelphia, 17 in the suburbs wake up, up early tomorrow morning, it is very chilly, we will rise to about 47 degrees for that afternoon high temperature still, 10 degrees below normal. seven day forecast, 47 tomorrow. that's the coolest we should be. fifty-six monday, notice it won't be nearly as biting outside, little milder, but with it clouds and showers. still chance for showers mid 50's tuesday, little cooler wednesday, as the front passes sunshine comes back out, the first day of april. second day of april looks the best, 63 and sunny then april showers into next weekends, looks cooler by saturday. i think finally maybe maybe the weather at least looks to break for at least seeing high temperatures back to normal if not slightly above. we saw some that far this past week. came with the rain, will at times this week, but i only let's just get to april. >> exactly. >> we'll feel better. >> i go to florida next week. >> i'm so tired. >> yes really, go, already. >> all right thanks, caitlin. well, a mom is furious she says her daughter's school is making the child think she's fat. the letter she claims is doing so much damage to the girl's self esteem. >> and eight year old dream comes true. he's been lit end listed in the army. you heard it right. how sold remembers helping the little boy who is battling a rare disea >> a property fair in camden today helped young girls get the dress of their dreams. for as little as $25. the mvp foundation hosed the event for high school seniors and juniors it, all happened at the camden county community college. and the girls could sit through all kind of accessories, make up and gently used dresses. staff from local universities were also thereto talk to the girls about their college options. well inside many schools around the country now, a georgia family says a letter came home with their daughter, addressing certain issues about her weight. >> tonight they're furious especially because that letter went directly today little girl fox's chris shaw has more letter that went home with the coal mountain elementary school student tuesday was meant for their parents. and this mom has spent every day since trying to reassure her ten year old daughter, who red it first. >> the damage was done, she said mom i am fat. the paper says i'm fat. >> all right been through enough, asked us not to show the girl's face, but these pictures are important because as you can see the fifth grader does not appear to be overweight. her mom said she is tall for her age because she is on a swim team, more muscular. but this assessment, which the girl took at school, says cher body mass index hire than the healthy level and needs improvement. >> what type of exercise that you do. the school didn't ask you what did you eat. the school just told her by how much she wade, and what her height is she toll her you're fat. >> at least how she red it, for protein sensitive to her changing body, and how it looks, the a sessionment crushed her. >> we're required by the state to do a fitness assessment first through 12th grade. >> been that way for four years in george a governor began the shape fitness initiative, because georgia was one of the worse ranking states for childhood obesity the program which calls for regular school fitness checks, allows parents to chart how their child is doing on line. >> i agree if you if i want my daughter to go to the school i have to follow the rules. but, what they don't -- they couldn't have done is that they gave it to my daughter in her hands, address it to her. that letter is for my eyes only. >> school leaders admit they made a mistake there snow days pushed the fitness test back, and they weren't ready to go out to parent with report cards so instead the school sent them out in these envelopes addressed to student. chris shaw, fox5 news. >> now parents were told the tests would be taking place in a newsletter that went home back in january. parent in the state of georgia have a right to pull their children out of testing. >> a tribute, 52 years in the making. what is bringing sorority sisters from all around the country to an unmarked paper's grave in delaware county. we'll show you coming up. >> i'm bill anderson. >> i'm karen hepp. coming up on fox 29 weekend sunday at 8:00 should you be allowed to oppose someone's lifestyle if you disagrees? >> also, does oreo need a permission slip? in some of our towns it does, we will talk about that one tomorrow morning >> sass we close out women's history month, hundreds of sorority sisters near and far gather at what was unmark paper's grave in delaware county they came to honor the founder everyone of the largest public service organizations in the country. it was a tribute 52 years in the making for pauline, one of 22 college co-eds who founded delta sigma fata sorority incorporated more than century ago. a group of which i too a.m. a proud member. pauline, a graduate of girls high right here in philadelphia made history in 1913 on the campus of howard university. and shy took part in the for for women's right to vote. the singer, author, acclaimed educator, died in obscurity 50 years later burried in a plot along with three other unclaimed souls, lost until the research team from the philadelphia charm err of the sorority solved the mystery and set in motion today's ceremonies restore dignity and a permanent monument. on org pauline and the other people burried with her past national president doctor thelma e daily presided. >> we remember now with joy and festive at this, the life of pauline richardson, in the rising of a son and it is going down ... we remember her. in the blowing of the wind, and the chill of winter ... we remember her. >> we remember her. >> and philadelphia delta's have taken on the project every beautifying that potters field at the historic eaten cemetery. the oldest african-american owned resting place where a number of historic figures are burried with honor. now, there is also a girls high scholarship in pauline's name. >> a gun toting good samaritan symptoms a georgia bank robber right in his tracks. twenty-five year old mark catchem walked into a could be county bank, slip the tell area note demanding money. he got the cash, but one customer waiting in line noticed what was going on and followed cashem outside while catchem was caught. that will good samaritan was pack ago gun he ordered the crook to the ground and held him there at gunpoint, until police arrived. amazing, because we need to know that regular every day people are willing to stand up awesome. i think it is great. >> when you see a situation that ain't right, still some people that dot right thing. >> charged with robbery faces 20 years behind bars if convicted. >> texas boy battling rare disorder isn't letting it stop him from reaching his goal now had little sold is her getting a big surprise from the national guard. eight year old rowan wyndham born with rare bone marrow disorder, spent more than a thousand days in the hospital during his life will soon head to seattle, in the hope of finding a donor. but, before he left, some local soldiers granted rowan his biggest wish, enlisting him in the army. this week they held a special ceremony all to salute rowan. officials say they took him in because of he stands out as a simple -- symbol of courage. >> he enlisted himself on piece of paper couple of years ago and said i rowan wyndham, join the army for $5. and but he said he would pay the army. >> well, little rowan received an authentic stetson hat and a pair of spurs at the end of the ceremony. rowan's family says that their fate is what keeps them strong. it was lights out across asia saturday. part of earth hour 2015. the event aims to raise environmental awareness. they dimmed the lights on city hall in soul, south korea for one full hour. environ group in taiwan asked them to switch off their lights too even the principals of whales took time to observe the day which he says symbolizes global efforts to make powerful changes. sean? >> people getting ready to go to madison square garden for the final four in the nit. flyers continue to have an awful march. they took on san jose for a flyers playoff chances are all but over. only seven games left, nine points back, of the bruins, something crazy would have to happen. but you still have to play the game don't you? >> flyers down by one to san jose on the power play, claude giroux, tying the game up. big time right there. this game would go to shoot-out right here, dave mason needs to get a save and the win but no the sharks, carlton, comes through in the clutch. the flyers need a stop here to continue. brent burns gets the final shoot-out goal. flyers lose three-two, in the month of march basically been awful. they're three and ten the team starting to show some frustration. >> training almost here, regular season about week away. phillies gearing up for what looks to be a tough queen. today motion of the vet sat out, bunch of guys trying to make the team in action. facing minnesota, third inning, it is easy ground baum here to second, and he -- hernandez can't control t the twins would score off of that, three-one, next inning, joe, hits titanic two-one blastoff jerome williams, again none of the big players played today. so it is okay, not a big deal. phillies lose seven to one. in the nit temple still playing, still proving that they should be in the nca tournament. this weekend they are prepping tort final four at madison square garden. regardless whatever tournament it is, the gardens still the garden, it is the mecca these guys will remember this for the rest of their lives the playoffs the players had turned a negative into a positive. can't wait to hit the big stage. >> you know the size, you know the light the mess regarding little different you know, the big stage, you know any other game. >> great feeling really. you know that the people that played there before you just the light something different stage of all stage, madison square garden, really experience, not -- >> everyone every us grows up, hears about madison square garden when i was a kid at the garden actually, before the new -- i actually played in the old grander end. mostly chalk except for villanova, of course, today couple of teams punch in their ticket, one team punching their ticket to the final four. with wisconsin head coach and just native bo ryan gets his team to the final four, beat arizona for the second year in a row and the elite, 85 to 78 kentucky, know the game tide right now. >> all right thank you so much. hey, that's our news for this saturday night. fox 29 morning tomorrow, starts caitlin there

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