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building collapse can absolutely create injuries that don t kill you at the time, but will kill you in the next two or three days. reporter: that is why she was hospitalized here for five days. but yes, she is now expected to make a full recovery. and here is one of the most amazing things. that tree came down out of a clear night sky with no warning from the neighbor s yard. no storm, no wind, nothing. live in manhattan, n.j. burkett, channel 7 eyewitness news. breaking news about the outbreak of legionnares disease in the bronx. 11 new cases have now been reported. that brings the total to 57. and there has been a third death. also, a third building has tested positive for the bacteria which has spread through cooling units. the opera house hotel on east 149th street began remediation efforts this afternoon. they are hosting a town hall meeting monday to address the concerns of residents. right now, the nypd is searching for the man who scaled a building, snuck in ....
been released but one female officers remains here. reporting live in jersey city, darla miles, channel 7 eyewitness news. darla, thank you. calls for action tonight in brooklyn after a violent weekend that left three people shot and killed. president eric adams and several council members holding a rally outside burle hall this morning to launch a campaign against gun violence. they are calling for community and police cooperation after a wave of shootings over the last two days. they set up an open casket outside burle hall as a stark reminder of the cost of all this gun violence. when a bullet is discharged from a barrel of a gun, it does not discriminate. it would take the life of anything and anyone that it is. york cop. eyewitness news reporter kemberly richardson at today s rally will break down the antiviolence campaign coming up on eyewitness news at 6:00. in less than an hour, concerned community members will come together in the bronx to address the l ....
police on an update on the truck driver. for now we are live here in linen linden, toni yates, channel 7 eyewitness news. let s get an update from shannon sohn from high above in newscopter 7. we ve done the tour around from the north, south, east, no matter how you try and get around this new jersey turnpike closure it s a nice mate nightmare. that is the southbound delay into interstate 10. what you are finding is all of this traffic is backed up getting right into interchange 10 and this is what the problem really is right here, we can show you with sky rider 7 once you get off the 10 you have an option to take to the northbound side, you can get onto the outer roadway, it is just the inner roadway that is closed down but that is where that inner roadway merges in right here and it is causing nightmare traffic. it is a little bit better than it was before but we are going to show you the reason for that. this right here coming into the center of your picture ....
the person who called 911 was also taken into custody. the officer s injuries are not life threatening. a mother and child are in critical condition after a ferocious fire in newark. the fire began early this morning on the third floor of a home on bergen street. flames quickly spread, several people were injured and dozens of families faced the weekend without a home. today residents returning to their charred homes searching for whatever was not destroyed but grateful that no lives were lost. three of them, boys, and they are too young. how did you get them out? that s why i have to leave everything, i have to just bring them outside. and they are okay? they are okay. we thank god. the calls to the the cause of the fire is under investigation. new york senior senator chuck schumer fending off a lot of criticism right after deciding not to back president obama s deal with iraq. schumer is in line to lead the senate, a major party fundraiser and while ....
had a long rap sheet. this is the ak-47 he used to open fire on officers before they shot and killed him. he was armed with a smoke grenade and 100 rounds of ammunition. police tried everything to get him to surrender. they even flew in his mother from delaware. instead he chose to fight to the end. n.j. burkett will have the latest on the firefighter s condition. but first, let s get with tim fleischer. reporter: we can show you a much better vantage point, the nypd has allowed us to move a little closer. i will show you, we can move into it and we are right up next to the crime scene. see that house with the green roof? down in the basement apartment, that is where this suspect was holed up for nearly six hours in this standoff. that large vehicle in front of it, that is known as the bear. that is a heavily armored vehicle used by the esu unit. that is what the men worked out of while they worked on this stand off and what they used to protect them when the gunf ....