Morning, the point breeze row home on the 1700 block of south taylor was fully ablaze. The arriving companies, fast, aggressive attack. Philadelphia firefighters racing against time, to douse flames and rescue elderly man reported trapped on the homes second floor. It was a laid nay car going by and kept saying oh, my god the house is on fire. Ruth heard screams and then let me look out my window. The shade up there, i seen the flames. Hours later sad to learn firefighters were unable to rescue her long time neighbor, whom she says, lived in that house for decades. The man she tells us was a loving father, and a world war ii veteran by the name of benjamin boone. Very nice person. Firefighters say, the victim was found on the first floor of the home, he would not survive. This fire ultimately brought 11 fire companies, and more than 40 firefighters and medics, other Fire Department personnel to the scene. Again, every fire death is a tragedy. Official say one key part of their probe wi
Sophias travel arrangements over last few weeks. She told me she was in new york, you know, i could not track her so i thought she was in new york. She was telling me she was in new york. I come to find out she was in florida. Reporter we have some brand new information, Police Telling our assignment desk that the threeyear old in this case has been positively identified, after police were able to reach her father, shes identified as threeyear old aerial heinz. Now coming up on Eyewitness News at 6 00 a strong message from anthony tonight, about how he forgives his wife, even after all of this, you will want to see that part of the story in an hour. The reporting live from the frankford section of the city, joe holden for cbs3 Eyewitness News. Joe, thank you. It is official, president obama has endorsed Presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and before that announcement he had a meeting with the runner up Bernie Sanders but sanders is not stepping out of the race just yet. Weij
Missed. In the dark of night, there were only sounds. I heard someone hollering and screaming. Ruth rushed to her window to see her 92yearold neighbors row home glowing from fire. I saw the flames. I said, oh, my gosh. The screaming and hollering. Thats when i got the phone and dialed 911. Good firefighters were on the scene three minutes later. 11 Fire Companies and 40 firefighters and medics rushed to his aid. Despite their best efforts, they werent able to save the veteran. He was not able to make it out on his own. He had one leg, but he used a wheelchair and a walker. When resuwas no longer an option, firefighters went in to recover benjamin boones body. His burned out wheelchair and other personal belongings a reminder to everyone here of exactly what was lost. He was a very nice person. The cause of the fire is under investigation. Whether there were working smoke detectors inside of the home, something theyre working very hard to figure out right now. Reporting live in south ph
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Drug and alcohol use. Why is it all surfacing just now . The call of duty. A mother bravely fights off her childs wouldbe kidnapper inside a florida store. This morning, we hear from the offduty deputy who sprang into action. His accounts of the frantic moments as we learn more about the suspect today thursday, june 9th, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today. It is a thursday morning. As you put it yesterday, to be a fly on the wall. We know what the message is going to be. I think theton is t tone is the question. The top story, that summit at the white house where president obama is set to meet with Bernie Sanders today. The big question would he strongly urge the senator to drop out of the race clearing the path for Hillary Clinton . We have complete coverage starting with nbcs Kristin Welker at her post at the white house. Kristin, good morning. Savannah, good morni