Ties. Fox 29 spoke to his grandfather tonight about his familys devastating loss. Good evening thanks for joining us. 19 year old quinn lucas shanks man the only american aboard the plane. His grandfather is visiting relatives in south jersey. Fox 29s Shawnette Wilson talk with him tonight. Shawnette. The family as you can imagine is hurting to night. The victims grand fat held back tears when i spoke with him he still cannot believe the same tragedy he learn of on the news also claimed grandsons life. As a grand parent you just hope 91 of your children or the grandchildren go before you. And now it has happen. This is the first time its happened in our family. Reporter ronald is tearful and heart broken after learning his family is one of many tragically touched by the downed Malaysian Airline jet in ukraine thursday. His 19 year old grandson quinn was killed in the only american on board. Enormous. He didnt understand it. Its so useless. Its so senseless what happened. Reporter he go
Carrying an american passport, quinn schansman. And over 100 agent visits headed to the aids conference in australia. And they insist that the rebels fired the missile and video surfaced reportedly showing the rocket launches missing the missiles used to bring down several military aircraft this week and the malaysian plane. And president obama would not go that far but made it pretty clear how he is thinking. A group of separatists cant shoot down military transport planes are claim they shoot down fighter jets without sophisticating equipment and training, thats coming from russia. And they will open the crash site to International Investigation of the u. N. Today endorsed such a probe and obama said all members of the security council, including russia, will be held to their world. Ukrainian persons are gathering to express themselves, including in philadelphia. And chad pradelli live on the ben franklin parkway. Roughly 100 people are expected to attend a vigil here tonight. There
Contaminated or compromised. The real key here is to get to the site and to look at the forensic evidence on the skin of the aircraft. President obama called for an immediate ceasefire in eastern ukraine. So a credible International Investigation can get underway. Reporting from washington, karen travers, channel 6 news. Thank you. The local Ukrainian Community is set to gather tonight on the ben franklin parkway to remember the victims in the Malaysia Airlines crash. Chad pradelli is live there now with more. Chad . Shirleen, roughly 100 people are expected to gather here for tonights vigil. It begins at 7 00. There will be flowers, candles, and then a march. The march will begin under the ukrainian flag and ends at the flag of netherlands. We are expressing the range of feelings from shock, sadness, to anger, to terror, to determination that this be stopped. These ukrainian americans have been dealing with turmoil back home for months. Worry has been mounting about loved ones and fri
And were learning more about who exactly was flying on the plane. And United States investigators are offering help with the forensics of the crash. Fox 29s jeff cole live in the newsroom tonight with the latest developments. Jeff . Iain, we know this evening there was at least one american on board that flight and there was as many as 100 people on board who were aids researchers and activists head to go conference in australia. This was a global tragedy. An asian airliner was destroyed in european skies filled with citizens from many countries. Reporter president obama speaking from the White House Press Briefing Room one day after Malaysian Airlines flight mh17 was blown out of the sky over ukraine. 298 men, women and children were killed. Evidence indicates that the plane was shot down by a surface to air missile. That was launched from an area controlled by russian backed separatists inside of ukraine. Reporter among the dead, a dual u. S. Dutch citizen quins shanks ma man seen on
Tied up he and his wife and robbed them. They took off with the son still with them. Police found the boy on the 2300 block of fairmount street in center city later where the suspects dropped him off. Right now we more calm and relaxed knowing everything is well now. Thank god. We dont wear about material things, money, jewelry we dont worry about that. We worry about my son. Reporter and the family as i said owns several businesses a mattress business arc Construction Company and a real estate business. Were told the suspects got away their thus san dollars in cash and about 100,000 worth of jewelry. It is unclear how they got the 15 year old boy. Back to you. All right, shawnette, thank you. Turning now to your weather authority. A heat advisory is in effect across the region. A live look right now at old city. The excessive heat and humidity making it feel even hotter than it really is out there tonight. Chief meteorologist Scott Williams is live in front of our studios. Its a scorc