He was in the fight of his life, very brave nypd officer and Security Guard at that time. Reporter the sergeant did not want to appear on camera but i spoke with him this morning. He told us he was wearing a suit and armed just steps from lee when lee pulled out the gun. He says he quickly lunged at lee, putting his hand on the revolver, both struggling for control. They wrestled until they were out of the store and in the mall where the gun went off, strike thing another mall employee if the shoulder. Thats when he says this man, one of two mall Security Officers rushed over to help restrain the gunman. It was only then that the sergeant was able to finally pry the hand gun from lees hands. Now the sergeant says he does have some cuts and bruises on his forehead. He was obviously a bit shaken up after this whole ordeal. Ifer the man shot in the shoulder, police say that his condition has actually been upgraded. Expected to be released from the hospital sometime later today. Reporting
Experience was summed up to me just a few moments ago. Were trying to fly in to michigan where im from and they canceled the flight. Now they are saying theres no flights until after christmas, not even one anywhere in this area until after christmas. Reporter after christmas. So. Reporter all of you in line youre wasting your time. American airlines stinks. Reporter so the latest average delay times out of laguardia reached two hours and 35 minutes late not to mention canceled flights. That frustrated family you just heard from says they will have to drive the 12 hours to get back home. Its especially important to her. She tells me she hasnt missed a family christmas in 54 years. Live at laguardia, brian webb, cbs 2 news. We hope she gets there and everybody gets where they are headed tonight but it is a rainy wednesday night. And our airports, well, things have gotten worse as brian said as the day has progressed. Right now the longest delay is at Newark Liberty airport. Three hours
Planes delayed. Packed airports and traffic tied up. Tonight, storms causing problems on the roads, and in the sky, as people try to make it home for the holidays, and it is not just here. Severe weather in the south. Tonight tornadoes turned deadly in laguardia, some travelers night. Lets begin with elise finch and the latest on her forecast. Ill start with the totals. Just how much rain have we gotten so far . Over 2 inches in new york city. Ridge port, the big winner, 2. 34 inches of rain. The heaviest of that rain is almost behind us. But this is good news for us. You may not necessarily love rain to get you in the holiday spirit, but remember, we have a significant deficit on the year, so we need that rain. The fog, the other huge issue. Visibility still low up around white plains around babylon. Not great in new york city. Fog will remain an issue. The clouds and also showing the moisture. Now weve got one batch thats actually on its way out right now. You see the bigger picture.
Been waiting for flights all day. Reporter the arrival, departure boards spelled out bad news for many travelers. These days, they dont call them delays p they just time. When we first got here they didnt say they were being delayed so we were aggravated but we got coffee and now we are just hanging out until he comes. Reporter by midday, the an hour. Arrivals were closer to an hour and a half. Its slow but its okay. Reporter adding to the overload tighter security courtesy of tsa. Fewer passengers able to opt out of body scanners. The ones critics call virtual stripsearch machines. I do enough traveling that im like, you know, really thats not much to see. [ laughter ] [ music ] reporter tis the season for more people more security so be sure to pack some patience along with your ugly holiday sweats. Reporter the latest average delay times at new york area airports newark the worst delay 3 hours 28 minutes. Laguardia is second 2 hours 35 minutes. Jfk 1 hour 9minute delays. We have tal
Parts of the country are cleaning up from deadly tornadoes over the past several days. Well have more on the twisters coming up in just a few minutes. And where ever you are during this week with the forecast on the week, the weather app is free. Breaking news. Hikers had to be rescued after getting trapped on a ledge. Its the same park where another hiker got stuck last week. Our reporter is in upper nyack with more. Reporter well, dick, the hikers were stuck for almost three hours after the fire chief said they went climbing off trail and then couldnt get down from the rocks. Chopper 2 was over the scene as the rescue operation was happening. The Fire Department deployed the High Angle Rescue Team and lowered a fireman down to two women stuck about 250 feet off the ground. A man who was with those two women had climbed down by himself earlier and was able to go make the call for help. We were there when the second woman was helped down to safety. But the fire chief says the group cou