Mccormack was there for the funeral in west oak lane. Reporter casket of fallen fighter joyce craig a arrived on top of engine 64 draped with an american flag. Today she received a posthumous promotion to lieutenant and later full honors in a procession to her final resting place. Hundreds came to saturdays funeral, many stayed in the cold to watch the services televised outside. Come free, high spirited, gutsy, and last one sponge roy are the rorrer inside, collogues described craig who died early Tuesday Morning fighting a fire in west oak lane. Highly decorated 11 year veteran received citations for heroism and suffered serious injury early in her career. She served at four fire stations and was one of 150 female officers in the philadelphia fire department. Now she is the first philadelphia female fire fighter to tie, in the line of duty. I was stunned the first time she got hurt on the job, i was with joy. I was was with her the last time. I was mad at god that day. Craigs family
The huge made in america music festival. We have it all for you headed into the holiday friday night, jim is off. Im Monica Malpass and the big story on action news tonight is beginning of your Labor Day Weekend and Team Coverage spans from the jersey shore to streets of philadelphia. Meteorologist adam joseph will have the forecast. Lets kick it off with Annie Mccormick in ocean city, new jersey. Reporter my hands are full because were heating our way through the jersey shore for kickoff of the end of ocean city new jersey and bunch feels like the guys are not ready for some of that kids are flying high the first day of Labor Day Weekend. Just bringing my son, who is six down for one last harrah on the beach. And with kites. I call it fire star. Gabby marchs fire star fit into the sky line as sunset on a Beautiful Day from ocean city to ventnor the perfect weather drew beach crowds. Fabulous, beautiful weather. We came to sit on the beach and talk. Friday night the ocean city boardwal