Possible attack before he killed 49 people and injured 53 others orlando pulls nightclub lgbt bar early sun morning. His wife did not alert authorities before the shootin shootings. Weve also learned mateen was a regular at pulse and reportedly had profiles on gay dating apps. Meanwhile, 27 survivors are still in the hospital. Six are in intensive care as weve shown you two of those survivors spoke today for the First Time Since the massacre. One of them patience carter is an intern here at fox 29. She says what started as the best night of their lives turned out to be the worst night of their lives in just a master minutes. I never thought in a million years that this could happen. I never thought in a million years that my eyes could witness something so tragic. From the orlando hospital where shes being treated, patience carter recites emotional poem she wrote late last night about surviving the sheer horror of the orlando nightclub massacre and the guilt of feeling lucky to be alive. You laid beside individuals who lives were brutally taken. The guilt of being alive is heavy. The 20yearold from north philadelphia and a fox 29 intern was shot in both legs as the terror unfolded before her eyes. She saw others die including her friend 18yearold akyra murray who just graduated from west catholic prep. She says writing is part of her healing process. Looking at the souls leaving the bodies of individuals, looking at killers machine gun throughout my right peripheral, looking at the blood and debris covered on everyones faces, looking at the gunmans feet under the stall as he paces. Patience was at the pulse nightclub with friends tiara parker and akyra murray when the gunshots started rinking out around 2 00 oclock sunday morning. Patience says they wound up running for cover in a bathroom hiding in a stall. The gunman entered the bathroom and was shooting his machine gun. So were all like scrambling around in the bathroom screaming at the top of our lungs. Patience says the gunfire actually stopped for while but the gunman remained in the bathroom with them for hours as she lay in her own blood and that of others. She says they heard him make a call to 911. I can hear him talking to 911 saying that the reason why hes doing this is because he wants america to stop bombing his country, and from that conversation, from 911, he pledges allegiance to isis. She says there was no doubt the people in that bathroom what his motives were. And that he even seemed to be talking to someone else who she thinks may have been involved. Then the shooting started all over again. He said, hey, you, to someone on the floor inside the bathroom and shot them. Shot another person and then shot another person who happened to be directly behind me. Patience says she learned that person actually shielded her with their body so she could survive. She doesnt know who that person is. But has a message for them. Thank you, thank you for saving my life literally. If it wasnt for that person shielding me it would have been me shot and i wouldnt be sitting here today. You heard some of patience poem well play in its entirety later on in this newscast. But first the others survivor who spoke today angel santiago also from philadelphia. He had just moved to florida. Our Bill Anderson in the newsroom now with what he had to say. Bill . Reporter really touching moment. Angel santiago is yet another person with close ties to our area. Up until late last year he lived in south philadelphia. His mother still lives here. Hes recovering from being shot twice and grazed a third time. Today he described the horrific night in the pulse nightclub. I was bleeding, my friend jeff was bleeding a lot, i was on the ground in a pool blood. I wasnt sure whose it was. For hours angel santiago described being in bathroom stall with ace many as 15 people many like angel had been shot. Some he said obviously deceased. Others trying to figure out a way to escape the club. I had to drag myself out of the bathroom towards the bar area where i was initially. Until i actually saw like the face Avenue Police officer. So when i finally saw an officer, i had my cell phone in my hand even started waving the light so they could see me. Reporter after he got out angel santiago told a story weve heard numerous times since this mass killing took place. Victims were at least as concerned about their friends as they were about themselves. Just telling him, my friend was shot. Theres several people there who i believe are dead, and there are at least 15 people in there. We need your help. We need someone to go in there. Reporter surrounded by friends and family, angel expressed thanks that the friends he was with that night survived. Condolences for those that lost their lives and gratitude along with admitted shock that he lived to share his story. Im just grateful to be alive because theres after seeing what occurred, i dont even know how im alive today. Reporter as you can see, both patience and angel amazingly strong after what theyve been through. But like so many others they still have a long road of recovery after being shot. Now, angel santiago friends and family have set up a gofundme account to help with medical expenses. Well share that on our fox 29 Facebook Page as well as fox29. Com. Dawn, as this healing process continues. All right, thank you so much, bill. Well, more of the survivors stories in their own words are on fox29. Com. We will keep updating our stories with the very latest Information Online and on your tv just look for the links on our home page. A School Police officer from Tilden Middle School in southwest philadelphia is in the hospital tonight after getting hurt inside the school this afternoon. Skyfox over the school just before 2 00 this afternoon. Police tell us the officer was trying to subdue a student during some sort of incident and was injured. That officer is at mercy fitzgerald hospital in stable condition. Happening now the search for whoever is behind a gruesome crime. Investigators say someone dumped a womans body in fairmount park. Authorities say she had been stabbed and shot. And now police are trying to peace the whole thing together. Dave schratwieser has been following the investigation throughout date and joins us live now from police headquarters. Dave . Reporter iain, at this hour, crime scene investigators and homicide detectives are going over fingerprints taken from the victims body trying to identify her. She was brutally murdered and sources tell me tonight she may have been tortured for hours before she was killed. It was just before 8 30 Tuesday Morning when a couple on their way to work spotted the body of a woman just off the 5300 block of georgia hill drive behind the mann center in fairmont park. They called police. Found unidentified black female handcuffed with her hands to the front. She had been stabbed multiple times and she was shot one time in the back of the head. Reporter investigators believe the woman in her late 20s may have been there for as many as 10 to 15 hours. They also believe the victim was murdered somewhere else. Her body dumped here. Sources tell fox 29, she may have been tortured. I believe she was in a fight for her life. Unfortunately, she lost. Reporter detectives say the victim had several defensive wounds on her hands and arms. They described several tattoos on her body. She has the word loyal loyal across her chest. She has the word cash ka money sign for s and hadnt a on her right writ and tattoo of arose on her right thigh. Reporter police say theyre checking reports of missing persons across the city they are not linking this murder to any other crimes in the area of the park at this point. Were asking anyone who has any information to contact our unit at 215 6863384 or 3335. Investigators did not find a murder weapon at the scene. They say the victim was wearing a white top and a multi colored skirt. They do not believe she was sexually assaulted. The detective boss not talk any further about what other evidence they may have found at the scene. Well have the very latest on the investigation coming up at 6 00. Dawn . All right, dave, thank you. See you then. Four people are hurt after a car hops the curb along south street and hits a group of people on the sidewalk. It happened just after 1 00 this morning right near third and south street. Police tell us the woman driver somehow lost control and hit four people before smashing into a primeau hoagies. Medic took those people to Jefferson University hospital. We are hearing all of the injuries fortunately are just minor. Well they looked just like maintenance workers. But two men outside frankford home were burglars. Take a good look at this video. The two bad guys went to home on the 4600 block of pilling street knocked on the door, when they realized nobody was home, they broke in through a second floor window burglarizing the house. They both took off so if you recognize them, please call police. Today is Donald Trumps birthday and one group through him a party on the other side of the world. Why these people in india are wishing him a happy 70th. And new at 6 00 eagles kicker cody parker opens his home to a shelter dog. Way he says about the rescue thats teaching him discipline that could actually help along the field. Scott. Dawn, beautiful picture perfect tuesday across the area. Really not a cloud in the sky but coming up im track something changes when to expect clouds and y, it look like some rainfall. Well break down the timing next. We are following developing news out of northeast philadelphia right now. A young woman crossing roosevelt boulevard struck and killed by a car. Now police are searching for that driver who left the scene. Police say the victim had a green light when she was crossing but so did the driver. Fox 29 bruce gordon live at the accident scene in northeast philadelphia to sort it all out. Bruce . Reporter yeah, philadelphia teenager is dead tonight struck down by a hitandrun driver right here at this intersection of roosevelt boulevard and adams avenue. Frankly confusing mess of an intersection. The lights for which may have played a role in this tragic crash. You dont have spend much time at the intersection of rows vessel boulevard and adams avenue to see something is wrong. Very wrong. Oh, there are the usual red light runners, but thats not it. Notice when northbound traffic gets its green light, the pedestrian light at adams says walk. So as northbound traffic makes the soft right hand curve eastbound on to adams at 40 miles an hour or better, takes drivers straight into pedestrians who thought they had the right of way. I actually grew up right here and this has been crazy like this my entire life. And i have no idea why they do it. I walk around. Reporter Philadelphia Police say 17yearold Marcella Jackson of feltonville was struck and killed in exactly that fashion monday night around 11 30. Crossing adams southbound when she was struck by a northbound light color older model mini van making that soft right hand curve on to adams. The driver took off. All the drive had to do at that point was just stop. The driver had a green light. As did the pedestrian. Had it stopped and pulled over and like theyre supposed to call 911, and render aid thats what youre supposed to do. Reporter it looks like its a ridiculously dangerous situation here. Im watching people scamper across i called penndot to report the screw relight cycle they called eight valid observation and asked theyre talking with city traffic engineers to see about a fix. Remember, as pedestrians get their walk light, northbound traffic making that curve at 40 miles an hour or better is heading straight at them. I was out there and it look like a tough place to cross adams avenue at that point without a doubt. The Streets Department has designed it that way for whatever reason i dont know. And it may have caused may have caused the crash. Reporter witness tells police that the victim march Kayla Jackson was her cell phone seconds before the crash its not known for certain she was distracted at the time of the crash. If you know anything about a light color older model mini van with some front end damage and certainly a brand new broken windshield, call police. Iain . All right, bruce, thank you. A hostage situation inside a texas wal mart ends with an armed suspect shot dead. Details still emerging right now police in amarillo say it may have been a Workplace Violence situation and right now police say the hostages are safe and the only injury is to the suspected gunman. Police though are still urging residents to stay away from that area. Charges today against the man arrested before a california gay pride parade this weekend. Police say he was carrying highpowered weapons and explosives. 20yearold james how well was taken into custody after Police Received a call about a suspec suspected prowler in santa monica. Police say they found the indiana resident sitting in his car with a 5gallon bucket of explosives and three assault rifles. It happened only hours after the orlando nightclub attack. How wells exboyfriend told reporters today that after they broke up, how well threatened him with an assault rifle. President obama took time today to address the nation on gun control in light of that shooting in orlando. Speaking today from the white house, the president said its time for change in the United States. The president coming down hard on the gun lobby urging congress to pass Gun Legislation once and for all. President obama also calling out republicans who he says are using dangerous rhetoric to feed right into terrorist hands. There are steps lawmakers can take that are constitutional. Reinstate the assault weapons ban. Make it harder for terrorists to use these weapons to kill us. Otherwise, despite extraordinary efforts across our government, by local law enforcement, by our intelligence agencies by our military, despite all the sacrifices that folks make, these kinds of events will keep on happening. The president also said the military is working to destroy isis and that the us has made significant progress in that fight. Seven state workers are indict dad in delaware on charges of stealing federal money. Delawares attorney general says all of the suspects worked for the department of health and social services. They allegedly created fake cases and stole more than 900,000 from the states food benefit program. The suspectings are accused of both using the food ebt cards themselves and selling them for a discount. Five of those suspects have been arrested. Two are still at large tonight. Happening now, closing arguments are finish in the corruption trial of representative chaka fattah. The jury will get the case soon. Our jeff cole has been tagging the high stakes trial and joins us tonight in the newsroom. Jeff. Heres what theyve been arguing about multi count indictment. United states Attorney Says the longtime u. S. Representative stole tax dollars, money from a charity, government grants and Campaign Dollars to advance himself politically and personally. Fattah who faces fine counts is charged along with four others over the last two days in federal Court Defense lawyers have argue the government cherry picked evidence to smear at a if a at a and others the core of the allegations is an illegal 1000000. 2007 Campaign Loan for fattahs race for mayor of philadelphia. Fattahs lawyers say he was not behind setting up the lone and claims his name appears nowhere on documents or emails linked to that deal. They say hes been accused by admitted felons. The government says fattah called the plays and his codefendants rammed them. Including getting illegal loan. The defendants did not take the stand including herbert voter man charged with funnel link cash to at a if a at a. Do you think youre okay he here . I hope so. Yeah. You didnt want to take the stand . You thought you wouldnt take the stand in this case. No reason. You dont believe youve done anything wrong here . Thats my opinion, yeah. Reporter Herbert Vetter man along with of the four defendants along it fattah. The government has the last word in niece cases it told the jury just this afternoon that it was time to hold fattah and the others to account. The judge will instruct or charge the jury in the morning. And it will begin deliberations in this building trial. Im jeff cole in the newsroom. Dawn, back to you. Jeff, thank you. In delaware, the state senate will vote on equal protection amendment to the states constitution. If passed, it says equal protection under the law shall not be denied because of race, sex, age, religious, creed, color, familial status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin. Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf is resting at home tonight after an outer loop procedure to treat his Prostate Cancer thats according to his press secretary tonight. The governor has not said what procedure he under went hell be back in his office on thursday and carry out his duties. In the meantime wolf whos 67 years old described the cancer as mild, and would it require minor treatment that will not involve chemotherapy. He announced he had cancer back in february. Just 15 minutes thats all it could take for older american toss live longer. What a new says you need to do during that time and why. A Train Derailment in maryland. Authorities are thankful no one was hurt but they are asking the fbi to get involved. Well explain. Shocking find in a neighborhood drainage system. An 11foot alligator. What mysterious call that led authorities to this incredible find. 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