Next, a deadly derailment on amtrak. Passengers describe the chaos. And a big surprise for a 103 yearold who was robbed. T mt ard twk. Nogesurst00eginrn tanphe. It was like a big explosion, then a fire, then the windows bursted out. A fire ball. A frightening few seconds. Didnt know what to do. Right now, moment of impact. Shattered windows rattled nerves and a trail of debris. The final moments before a deadly derailment. Plus, wild weather, round 2. 60 mileanhour wind gusts, downed trees and another storm is on the way. If you thought winter was over, guess again. Were expecting rain and snow for the morning commute. Meteorologist elise finch is tracking it all. The good news is the winds have died down. No wind advisories or high wind warnings, but we are watching that snow inching closer and closer. Vortex satellite and radar shows the bigger picture. Heres the next system poised to move in. It is going to bring us rain and snow. Some of the snow is actually were talking about a little bit of accumulating snowfall. Not in the city, but as we head north. Sullivan, ulster, duchess counties under a Winter Weather advisory now through 6 00 monday evening. We are talking about a snow event. Not a huge one, but still accumulating snow, nonetheless in april. We have freeze alerts in effect until 10 00 tomorrow morning. Things are getting very interesting once again. Overnight, expect to see some late snowflakes, especially north and west. Not nearly as windy overnight tonight as what we had yesterday. 34 degrees overnight, but cindy, theres even more to this weather story. Ill have it coming up in a bit. Elise, thank you. Many people still dealing with the damage from todays storm. 60 mileanhour wind gusts ripped trees out of the ground, toppled power lines, and forced thousands of people into darkness. Cbs 2s Valerie Castro is live with the cleanup. Valerie . Reporter cindy, the winds street here in queens village. A tree fell down earlier today. Well show you the video of that in a second. That caused a chain reaction. Power lines were ripped down. You can see this intersection is still closed off. This utility pole over here is leaning so far over that the extension on this truck was needed just to hold it up. You can see crews still have quite a bit of work ahead of them. The day might be over, but the work has barely begun to clean up this mess on 210th street near murdock avenue in queens village. This large tree came down early in the day, crushing cars, pulling down utility lines, and snapping power poles. I was shocked. I didnt know what to think. I was, like, are you serious . This tree has been here for years. Reporter this womans suv, one of at least four cars smashed by the tree. The whole windshield is cracked. Rear view window. Theres a dent on top. Got to make sure the tires are good, safe to drive again. Reporter an entire house was blown off its pilings at howard beach, queens. Part of the vacant building fell onto the home next door. I heard a big loud crash and then my mom went downstairs and looked out the window. She was, like, oh, my god, the neighbors house fell on us. Reporter in nassau county, the wind blew this tree over, pulling up the sidewalk. My house shook a little bit. It was crazy. Reporter power lines sparked input roadway. It was a big ball of fire on the ground. Reporter in middletown, new jersey, a dead tree landed on the Haines Family home. Big whistling noise, a crack. You hear a crack. Reporter in elizabeth, the steeple of this church was cause for concern after it began to sway in the wind. Police shut down surrounding streets. In raritan, homeowners dealt with the aftermath of 60 mile perhour winds that blew through homes. Windows were shattered, gutters ripped off, roof. Water is in the attic. Everywhere, sure to continue into monday morning. Back out here live, you can see even more of the damage on the same street. Thats a lamp post that was ripped down as a result of the tree being blown over. Crews had concerns working in the high winds today. Thats why a lot of the repairs didnt get finished. Were told they will continue their work tomorrow morning. Reporting live in queens village, Valerie Castro, cbs 2news. Valerie, thank you. The storm is still affecting thousands of people across the tristate area. In new jersey, more than 7000 customers are without power. In connecticut, about 1200 customers are affected. Long island has about 2500 outages. In new york city, there are about 200 customers without power. Now to the deadly derailment in pennsylvania. Investigators are on the scene tonight, just south of philadelphia where an amtrak train heading from manhattan to georgia derailed after colliding with a piece of construction equipment. Two people were killed and dozens more hurt. Cbs 2s Hazel Sanchez is live hazel . Reporter cindy, the National Transportation safety board says they have recovered key video from the amtrak train that will help them with their investigation. They say they are also looking into the possibility that a scheduling error may have placed an amtrak Maintenance Crew on the tracks when they shouldnt have been. The amtrak passenger train en route from new york to savannah, georgia was 15 minutes outside philadelphia when it crashed into an amtrak Maintenance Crew on the track. I woke up to being thrown into the seat in front of me and window got blown out right beside me. All you could see was a lot of dirt and debris flying past the train. Then there was a couple fire flashes. Reporter it was just before 8 00 sunday morning when the front engine smashed into a backhoe, derailing and sending equipment parts flying. The bucket to that backhoe left sitting in the middle of the tracks. Other pieces thrown several feet away. The windshield and some Passenger Car windows were shattered. Of one car was a mangled mess. We got offtrack. Then there was a big explosion. Then it was a fire, then windows bursted out and, like, some people were cut up. Reporter emergency crews were radioed in to help. We now have our second doa located at the impact side of the backhoe. Reporter two amtrak workers, one operating the backhoe, the other supervising nearby, were killed. 341 people on the train. 35 were injured and hospitalized, but are expected to be okay. Amtrak declined to comment why the Maintenance Equipment was on the active track. The National Transportation safety board says its looking at several factors, including scheduling, to determine if the accident was caused by human error. We have recovered the data recorder. The forwardfacing video and inwardfacing video to send to our laboratory in washington, dc. Reporter the train engineer is expected to make a full recovery. They have not yet released the names of the two people who were killed. As far as amtrak service, its expected to be back to normal on the northeast corridor between new york and philadelphia, normal by tomorrow morning. But there are still expected delays between philadelphia and wilmington, delaware. Thats the latest live from penn station, Hazel Sanchez, cbs 2news. Hazel, thank you. New information tonight on a woman accused of mugging a lady twice her age. 53yearold Sharon Mcneil is being held on 100,000 bail. She is accused of robbing 103 yearold luis signori. Police say a surveillance camera at the building helped them catch mcneil. Tonight, police in coop city tweeted a photo of officers delivering food to signori, replacing what they say mcneil driver of the truck police say prompted a partial evacuation of times square last night. Police say 28yearold ryan frazer was given 10 summonses after officers spotted his white box truck unoccupied with the keys in the ignition on 46th street. There were also two gas cans and loose electrical wires in the front seat. Frazer is due back in court in june. Well, new yorkers who make minimum wage will soon get a raise. Tomorrow, Governor Cuomo plans to sign a new bill into law that will gradually increase the states minimum wage from 9 an hour to 15. Folks in new jersey are pushing for the same increase. In campaign 2016, front runners are falling behind in the polls leading up to tuesdays wisconsin primary. The outcome could give democrat Bernie Sanders a boost and slow down Donald Trumps steady march toward the republican nomination. Cbs 2s brian webb reports. Reporter at a Campaign Rally in west alice, wisconsin, donald trump said its time for john kasich to get out of his you shouldnt be littering up the process, because thats what hes doing. Its really a disgrace, ill tell you u. Reporter kasich tweeted, thats not how a republic works, donald. Well keep fighting until someone reaches a majority of delegates. Reporter ted cruz made several stops in wisconsin on sunday, insisting hes the republicans best shot at winning the white house. Nominating donald is a gift wrapped present to Hillary Clinton and the democrats. Reporter a cbs news Battle Ground tracker poll shows cruz 6 points ahead of trump in wisconsin with john kasich far behind. The same poll shows Bernie Sanders 2 points ahead of Hillary Clinton. Sanders spoke to a crowd of several thousand at the university of wisconsin madison. If we do not allow the trumps of the world to divide us up, the truth is there is nothing that we cannot accomplish. Reporter clinton spent the day campaigning in new york primary. Brian webb, cbs news. Polls show Donald Trump Holds commanding leads in new york and pennsylvania, which holds its primary on april 26. Well, a driver on edge in california. A car nearly falls off a cliff. Incredibly, the driver escaped with his life, but he probably never expected what happened next. And a different side of a soccer star. Abby wambach goes from smiling on the field to frowning in jail. Now she is apologizing. Also ahead i have my team, which is better. I feel confident. A Softball Team in the bronx overcoming the odds, but their fight is far from over. Now they are putting a positive spin on a new challenge. Also, baseball Opening Night. Mets are playing. Well have an update on that world series rematch. And former met desi releford had an interesting perspective on one of the most iconic moments in mets history. Homerun, later in sports. Dont let dust and allergies get between you and lifes beautiful moments. With flonase allergy relief, they wont. When we breathe in allergens, our bodies react by over producing six key inflammatory substances that cause our symptoms. Most allergy pills only control one substance. Flonase controls six. And six is greater than one. Flonase outperforms the 1 nondrowsy allergy pill. So you can seize those moments, wherever you find them. Flonase. A massive building fire in queens, now under control after firefighters spent all night trying to put out the flames. The fire sent thick, black long island city. This happened just before 4 00 this afternoon at a dry cleaner on 13th street. Investigators say it quickly spread to a Furniture Store next door. Two firefighters were treated for minor injuries and the cause of the fire is still unclear. Well, two queens lawmakers are set to propose a bill mandating a state review of security on the mta. The push comes following the deadly terror attacks in brussels. Legislation would require regular assessments of security on all transit and Commuter Rail systems, including the long island railroad, metro north, and city subways. In california, a man survives a wild ride, escaping his suv just seconds before it almost plunged off a cliff in malibu. Police say the man lost control of his vehicle and slammed into a guardrail, causing it to hang precariously over that cliff. Officers say the man was then so disoriented that he stepped into oncoming traffic and got hit by a bus. Still, the man survived and is recovering at a hospital. Former u. S. Womens soccer abby wambach is being charged with drunk driving. Oregon police say they pulled the 35yearold over after she ran a red light near Downtown Portland last night. Police say she then failed a field sobriety and breathalyzer test. Wambach posted an apology to family, friends and fans on her facebook page, saying this is all on me, i promise that i will do whatever it takes to make sure this horrible mistake is never repeated. New tonight, a middle school Softball Team in the south bronx has a lot to look forward to these days. They are getting ready to play a very special day in chicago. For them, playing ball is much more about dirt, gloves and rounding the bases. Dave carlin has their story. Reporter on this field just a stones throw from yankees stadium, the lady tigers prove they are tough and proud, with this leader they count on in good times and bad. Go, go, go, go, go reporter 37yearold south bronx as a physical Education Teacher and saw too many disadvantaged and atrisk kids in need of something to focus their energies on and give them hope. My girls live a tough and hard life. Reporter three years ago, he put together the lady tigers and members of his team say it changed their lives. I was lonely. Now that i have my team, which is better, i feel confident about myself. This team has kept me out of the streets. Before i used to be in the park and things like that, but then softball has helped me, like, believe in myself. I teach them how to value themselves first, then value each other. I didnt want to build a team anymore. I want to build a family. Reporter but just as this team grew stronger, cancer threw this coach a curveball. Why . Why do i have cancer now . Reporter sidelined by the cancerous mass in his stomach, his players kept practicing and kept his hopes up. Sending me prayers, sending me texts, i knew that i have to i had to not cry in front of him because i know hes going to feel weak, but when im with him, support him, make him laugh. Reporter he says after treatment and a diet change, doctors told him he is cancer free and more good news followed. A Softball Team from chicago invited the lady tigers to the windy city and the lady tigers said yes. Ladies are great. Youre going to be great in chicago. Reporter when these teammates face the chicago fireworks, it will be their first time playing in a professional arena. Their host found them Hotel Accommodations and the travel will travel by bus on a three day trip in april. We stick together no matter what and we got this. Reporter these teammates say they are now sisters with a lifelong plan to prove along with this coach they love that hard work pays off. One, two, three lady tigers reporter in the south bronx, dave carlin, cbs 2news. The team set up a go fund me page to raise money for the trip. More. Elise finch is here with your cbs 2 forecast. Love that story. Great story. And now the weather. Then we have the weather. Thanks, cindy some people are really into this weather, right . We didnt have much of a cold winter, didnt see much snow. Some people are excited, loving it. Others, not so much. Check in with some of our weather watchers, see what kinds of conditions they are reporting at 11 20 at night. Lots of 30degree temperatures. Some that are just at the freezing mark. This is carmen in jackson. Its 32 degrees where he is. We do have slightly warmer temps as we head to long island. For example, nancy in east islip, 38 degrees where she is. Of course she is showing us the windy icon. Then we head into the lower hudson valley, where temperatures are in the 20s. This is victoria in yorktown heights. Its 28 degrees where she is and her comment, beautiful, but cold today. Where is spring . Is there any more snow on the way . Short answer . Yeah, there is. Lets get to it. Tonight, the Empire State Building is lit up. It keeps alternating colors for all the different teams in major league baseball. There you go. Theres the change right there. Changing colors, it is a beautiful sight. Mostly cloudy tonight, 38 degrees officially. Winds out of the north at just 6 miles an hour. Very different. No wind advisories tonight. No high wind warnings. Thats a plus. Highs around the area today, from the low 40s in newark and bridgeport. 50 degrees for central park and islip and laguardia. At 40 degrees, we hit it just after midnight. Of course with the winds, it felt cooler. Take a look at peak wind gusts. No wonder we saw significant damage. 71 mileanhour winds in madison, new jersey. 64 for jfk. 57 for staten island. It was search very, very windy. Damaging winds. Those have died down. Thats the good news. Of course were watching another system moving in. This one is going to bring us rain and snow and a little wintry mix of precipitation. Looks like just in time for turning on your future cast, clouds really start to thicken up around midnight. 6 00, 7 00 in the morning, sullivan, orange, ulster, putnam, youre looking at snow. Some of that will stick. Northwest new jersey, also looking at snow at 7 00 a. M. Then it changes over to rain in and around new york city, out to long island. We continue to see more significant rain potentially heading into the afternoon. People concerned about the yankee home opener, we are expecting rain around that time, then rain for several hours afterwards. Well keep you posted there. Continuing to see a little snow on the back side of this system before it finally gets out of here. Weve got rain here, a coating to 1 inch north of the city. Then heading to our northern suburbs, 1 to 3 inches, which is why we have Winter Weather advisories in effect now until 6 00 p. M. Monday. Overnight tonight, its a cold one. 20s and 30s. Tomorrows high, 51 degrees. Again, it is not a nice day. We start out with rain and snow. We continue to see rain tuesday is better, sunny, 42. A little windy. Then the next warm day we have is thursday, 60 degrees, but youll need the umbrella once again. It always does a roller coaster. Elise, thank you. A wild scene at a hockey game, but not on the ice. An escalator emergency caught on camera. Sports fans sent tumbling to the ground because of a problem they couldnt control. Then later, a new jersey Animal Shelter goes up in flames. Now people in the community are being called heroes for stepping up to help the pets. 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Baseball is here, yeah. Its Opening Night in baseball and the mets are a part of it. Baseball, the mets lost to the royals in the world series. It is only fitting these two teams meet on Opening Night. That means the mets were standing on third base watching the royals raise the world series flag before the game. This game had similarities to the world series, including a mental miscue by cespedes leading to the first run of the game. Royals put up a pair of runs on matt harvey, who left after six innings. The mets, though, just rallied in the 8th, now trail 43 in the 8th inning. Knicks trying to salvage pride against the pacers. It was left up to the bench. Aaron afflalo was so confused in the closing seconds, thats a little later on. Also, joined by former met decembery releford, using new technology to teach baseball to kids around the world. That is coming up later on in more sports. Thank you, steve. Well, disturbing discovery near a suburban park. Plus drones may soon get the washington that could speed up your deliveries. Then later, chasing a chihuahua. A little dog on the run on the road. T mt ard twk. Nogesurst00eginrn tanphe. A fire tore through an Animal Shelter in new jersey. The building is destroyed, but now the community is coming together to help displaced pets. Cbs 2 has the story from montclair. When i pulled up, i saw black smoke pouring out of the back of the building. Reporter erin brennan describes the chaotic scene. Her brother spotted the fire. Theres a fire, fire, call 911 he started pulling animals out of the building. Reporter thankfully, volunteers were already at the shelter caring for the animals. You can see the damage done to the building. Flames so intense, they even spread to one shelter workers car parked behind the street on Willow Street in downtown montclair. It could have been deadly. Cats and dogs were saved by shelter workers and neighbors who rushed in to help. The volunteers all lined up, like a traveling line starting pulling animal after animal. All 70 pets have already been placed in foster homes or other shelters. No word on what started the fire, but there are plans to rebuild with a fundraiser set for next sunday. Well, the calendar says spring, but it feels more like winter. People woke up to ice and snow this morning. We could have more of the same in just a few hours from now. Elise finch is tracking another storm. Plus, just another day on the job. The search for a little dog becomes a Real Adventure on a business oh bridge. T,inif he otrstt a mm yorellig b . Ner tt dont let dust and allergies get between you and lifes beautiful moments. With flonase allergy relief, they wont. When we breathe in allergens, our bodies react by over producing six key most allergy pills only control one substance. Flonase controls six. And six is greater than one. Flonase outperforms the 1 nondrowsy allergy pill. So you can seize those moments, wherever you find them. Flonase. Six is greater than one changes everything. When looking for a van to take your business to the next level, look for more. With the Ram Promaster and promaster city, you can do more. Hold more. Handle more. Organize more. And get more out of every drop. Police make a disturbing discovery in lincoln park. Around 3 30 this morning after reports of gunshots. Thats where they found a man bleeding from an apparent gunshot wound. He died at the scene and has not been identified. Shooter. Schumer Hopes New Technology will stop terror attacks before they take place. He wants the department of Homeland Security to fast track testing of a high tech detection system that can identify an isis goto explosive called t atp. The detectors could save countless lives. They could force isis to go back to the drawing board and come up with new means of their deadly evil. The device is small and unobject trucive. It can be worn on a policemans belt. The terrorist who attacked in paris and brussels used tatp. Schumer says its a frightening explosive because it can be made from chemicals you can buy in any drug store. New recommendations sent to the government could clear the way for commercial drone flights over populated areas. According to the weighing about a half pound or less would be allowed to fly unrestricted over crowds. The group making the recommendation say thats because of the risk of causing injury is low. The move could help speed up the introduction of drone delivery and news gathering flights. Taking a look at the week ahead, tomorrow is the home opener for the yankees against the houston astros. First pitch is set for 1 05 p. M. At yankees stadium. And the home opener for the mets is set for friday at 1 10 p. M. Against the phillies at citi field. Tuesday, newly revised common core testing in new york begins for grades 3 through 8. The shorter tests will not be timed and no longer used to evaluate teachers. Each question was reviewed for relevance and age appropriateness. At least 22 educators across the state. Thursday is world health day. This Years Campaign is to raise awareness about diabetes. The consequences of the disease, and how to prevent, diagnose and treat it. Highspeed pursuit this morning in San Francisco, but a tiny chihuahua led police on a chase across the citys bay bridge. You can see in the video the brave dog running ferociously with an officer on a motorcycle not far behind. At one point, it ran into traffic. Thankfully, the officer caught up, took the dog into custody. He was taken to the San FranciscoAnimal Care Center until its owner comes forward. Elise finch has another check of your work week forecast. That was adorable. Super cute. [ laughter ] our forecast, not quite as cute, right . We definitely got rid of the winds. Thats the good news. We do have another round of Winter Weather heading our way. Were taking a live look outside tonight. We continue to show you the Empire State Building because its Major League Baseballs opening day. They are switching colors, colors of all the different teams. There you have it. Mostly cloudy, 38 degrees right now. Winds out of the north at just 6 miles an hour. Far cry from earlier today, when winds were 60plus miles take a look at these temperatures. It is a cold night. 25 degrees in monticello. 28 degrees in the hamptons and the same for belmar. 28 degrees. So we are talking about cold temperatures. The 24hour temperature change is significant. Its 20 degrees cooler right now in belmar than it was this time yesterday. 17 degrees cooler in the hamptons, 15 for white plains, 11 degrees cooler for monticello and edison. Tumbling temperatures continue. 79 degrees on friday. 61 degrees yesterday. 50 degrees yesterday, but we hit the high shortly after midnight. With the winds, it felt cooler. Tomorrow, 51, but again, it will be breezy, feeling cooler. Of course its damp tomorrow. Then were at 42 for tuesday. Things dont warm up any time soon. Vortex satellite and radar showing the next system moving in. This is going to bring us rain and snow and a little bit of wintry mix in there for some so the winds are much weaker tonight. Thats the good news. We do have a very cold night with freeze alerts in effect. Another messy mix tomorrow morning. Temperatures remain below normal. So overnight tonight, late snowflakes north and west, 34 degrees. Already colder in the suburbs. I mention the freeze warnings in effect. You can see them. They are coastal areas, especially out into long island. People concerned about the home opener tomorrow for the yankees. 49 degrees when the first pitch is thrown out at 1 05. Yes, we will have wet weather, so it remains to be seen if that game happen. Cindy . Elise, thank you. Still ahead, Opening Night for the mets in kansas city. Plus, steve overmyers interview with mike piazza homeruns in baseball history. In new york state, we believe tomorrow starts today. All across the state, the economy is growing, with creative new business incentives, the lowest taxes in decades, and new infrastructure for a new generation attracting the talent and companies of tomorrow. Like in rochester, with worldclass botox. And in buffalo, where medicine meets the future. Let us help grow your companys tomorrow. Well, imagine the emotions the mets had to be feeling tonight. I mean, paired with the excitement of opening day is the sting of watching the royals celebrate the world series in front of them all over again. Matt harvey against Edinson Volquez in the first opening day rematch of a world series in mlb history, easterlily reminiscent of that world series. Cespedes mental error led to royals got harvey for four runs, 5 2 3 innings. Mets rallied for three runs in the 8th inning to make this a game, but right now they are down 43 in the ninth. Meanwhile, pirates and cardinals leading off opening day in pittsburgh. Both teams failed to menace in the playoffs last year, but still finished with the top two records in all of baseball. Pitcher Francisco Liriano goes 1for2 at the plate with an rbi, then struck out 10. Score one for the home team. Pirates take the Season Opener over the cardinals 41. Blue jays and rays in tampa. Chris archer striking out 12 in five innings for the rays, but torontos bats picked up where they left off last year. This is the team that led the majors in homeruns last year. They got one from Troy Tulowitzki in the eighth. Toronto hangs on to win 53. Theres a new baseball app out there right now. It is called up 17. Players to upload their video telestraighted instruction from former players like our guest tonight, 11year baseball vet, onetime member of the mets, desi releford. Thank you for joining us. Thanks for having me. Video instruction is nothing new, but youre getting personalized telestrated instruction via your smartphone, right . Its a great exon september. I think well be able to affect a lot of kids by the technology. Is there a Common Thread between these kids, little leaguers, high schoolers, college, is there a common mistake youre seeing when youre looking at these kids swings . Oh, yeah, especially young hitters have a long swing, meaning their hands are getting away from their bodies instead of being in a more direct path. I think a lot of that is because they have been able to get away it, not facing guys throwing 90 miles an hour and they can get away with it. So me being able to instruct them and teach them the right way to do it, i think its priceless for a kid to be able to send in a video and have a credentialed major leaguer such as myself and the guys you mentioned, to have a look at what youre doing and instruct you, fix what youre doing, give you some ideas on how to do it as far as drills and instruction. From that point on, you have a minimum of a 5minute review that allows you to you can go back and refer to this at any point in time in your life and you have it. Well, what happens when your advice conflicts with their coachs advice . [ laughter ] it could happen theres no conflicting advice i know more than that guy more than likely right, right. Theres a pretty good chance. [ laughter ] if hes coming to us, coach isnt doing a good job [ laughter ] exactly. Baseball is known for its tradition and history. Technology until now, though. Now were seeing instant replays. Managers are going to have ipads in the dugout starting now. Do you think baseball is starting to embrace technology . Oh, without a doubt. You can see it with mlb. Com doing all of their metrics during games, showing how fast a guy is running, how far he ran to get a ball. Speed velocity. Guys are coming off of the field. Theres a reporter in the dugout. Fans are interested and wanting to know whats happening inside the game and the Technology Provides that. Its a platform for people to get into, you know, the pitchers mound, when the pitcher comes out, pitching coach comes out and talks to the manager or the pitcher, people want to hear whats going on. If baseball wants to embrace a new generation, you might as well communicate with them on the devices they use on a day today basis. Without a date. I have two kids of my own. 45degree angle and their thumbs are going at it. Something. Teach them something the fact that format, thats where kids are at now. Thats we can reach anybody, not just the kids that i do lessons with in my neighborhood or my city. I can reach kids in hong kong or italy or wherever. Part of your 11year history was with the new york mets, with the team in 2001 and what was expected to be a world series contending team. Obviously that year was overshadowed by the events on 9 11. The mets were in pittsburgh at that time. Take us through what happened on that day for you. Well, it was like any other normal morning after a game, sleeping in, out late from the game, you come in, sleep late. So my phone was just buzzing, getting a lot of calls, beeps. I was just ignoring it. I decided to pick up. My dad left a message saying, hey, im just calling to see if i thought that was weird. He didnt say why. He just whatever. Then another friend called and said, hey, man, whats going on over there . They are blowing stuff up, whats happening . Like, what . Whats going on . So i turn on the tv and what do i see . The twin towers getting hit with planes. And it was just very it was haunting. It was an uncanny, surrealtype feeling. And everybody it put everybody in panic mode. So it wasnt like we just kind of chilled and we were figuring out what we were going to do. We were our hotel was next to a Federal Building of some sort, so they you were worried you could be a target. Right. Or anywhere close. There was another plane that had gone down in pennsylvania, which wasnt too far away from where we were. So they packed us up, away from downtown and everything and drove us out about an hour or two away and puts in a hotel and then once we, you know, we knew we werent going to be playing, we drove back home and that night, driving into the city was just it was creepy. Driving in, its dark and you could just see this kind of a glow and the smoke hovering above the city. It was nobody was on the street. This is new york, one of the most bustling cities in the world. There was nobody out. And that was scary in itself, like a scene from a movie or something. So that type, it was, it was tough to deal with. It was a super quiet bus ride. I mean, we probably drove, i dont know how far it is from pittsburgh to here, but there wasnt a whole lot of talking, city. But baseball was a reason to celebrate once again. That was mike piazzas maybe history with that homerun on september 21. You were there for that. In fact, you had an interesting perspective. You were on base. I was on base, yeah. I was put in to pinch run right before that, but just to get back to that night, we were playing the braves. Obviously we hate the braves. Hated rivalry. But that night there was love and just in the atmosphere between us, them, the fans. Stadium was packed. It was rocking. I think liza minelli sang the national anthem. It was one of the most aplaysing events ive ever been a part of. Everybody was pulling for us. It was huge. It was huge for the city, for the nation. For everyone. It gave even some of the braves had to at least appreciate that moment. Oh, without a doubt. Normal, like, hey, we won, walked off. I mean, after the game we walked across like a high school game, shook hands, hugging the other team. It was special. It was special. And i think that we all see that as such a special game, such an important game. Now if youve seen the story of his jersey from that night is now up for auction, mets let that go, some people think that jersey should be hanging up in the mets museum, if you will. What should the final destination for that jersey be . It shouldnt be in someones man cave. Without a doubt. I agree with you wholeheartedly there. I think in a perfect world, it should be with the mets in their 9 11 memorial at the stadium. It just makes sense, mets jersey, mikes big hit, signed it. I think thats where, thats where it should be. You can upload up 17 in the app store right now and get instruction on desi releford himself. Desi, thanks for sharing all of i really appreciate it. Well, thanks for having me. I really appreciate it. I appreciate being here to spread the word about up 17. Were looking for big things from it. Hopefully this interview will help. [ laughter ] for the second straight year, the mets daily mvp will get to wear this custommade championship belt. There is a major change to this this year. Notice the Breast Cancer awareness ribbon and the shamrock, those are in memory of shannon ford, the mets pr staffer who lost her battle with the deadly disease. The team is also raising funds for her family on wednesday night, mets greats like ron darling and Keith Hernandez will be signing autographs at foleys in manhattan from 7 00 to 9 00 wednesday night. Hope you get out there. Good news for the knicks. They are going to the playoffs. In the d league. The Westchester Knicks have hopes of a championship, the nba version of the knicks just playing for pride and their Carmelo Anthony took the night off. Porzingis, lance thomas, calderon, all dealing with injuries right now. Its amazing the knicks still sell out the garden. They actually gave fans a good one tonight. Paul george giving them the lead with 27 seconds left. Aaron afflalo with an amazing can have and shoot and the knicks are back in business, right . Refs say he was out of bounds before he shot the ball. And there you have it. Knicks lose by five, 9287. Nets taking on the pelicans without their top five scorers because of injuries. It didnt matter because tim frazer made himself at home in brooklyn. How bad are the mets for starters . They are hosting this years nba draft and they wont have a first round pick to show off. Now, they are messing up alley oops. That was offensive goaltending. The nets lose by 19, 10687. Final round of the houston open. 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