Scenario. The victim was a longtime mechanic who maintained the zoos fleet of golf carts. His identity has not yet been released. Skyforce 10 also over a rescue operation at a Chester County home here. Authorities telling us it appears a man had a medical emergency while he was, woulding on this scaffolding at a job site on tailors mill road in west goshen township. Crews were able to get the man down. Were working to find out his condition. And ac teenager is dead aft a fire ripped through this home in kensington this morning. Skyforce 10 was over the scene on helen street. Fire crews were called there just after 6 00. They found heavy smoke on the first and second floors. After putting out the fire they discovered the body of 18yearold christian rivera. Emotional family members consoled each other as they arrived at the scene. This makes our 24th fire fatality for the year. Last year this time, we had 24, so that means were at the same number. We need everyone to participate and help us keep these fire fatalities down. Fire is everyones fight. There were working smoke detectors in the home. Were told they were living in the home without power and were using candles. The fire marshall is working to determine if thats what sparked this fire. 20 minutes of nonstop news continues with a local congregation on edge at this video right here shows you why a rabbis car erupts into flames and part of their synagogue was also damaged in this fire. Happened during the jewish new year. Nbc 10 Jersey Shore Bureau reporter Ted Greenberg live in Atlantic City. Leaders at that synagogue, not taking any chans in light of what happened, also because of the timing of it. Well, jim and renee, yom kippur coming up later this week. This synagogue is in the process of hiring its own private security as a result of this fire which police are not ruling out as a possible hate crime. Its hurtful. Reporter rabbi David Kushner is convinced the fire that destroyed his suv parked outside Atlantic Citys synagogue on Rosh Hashanah was no accident. Given the fact it happened on the synagogue property on the first night of the high holidays, it leaves a lot of room for suspicion. They believe the vehicle involved may have exploded or sounded like explosions coming from the vehicle. Firefighters rushed to the synagogue around 2 00 a. M. Thursday. Kushner parked the Ford Explorer there about eight hours earlier for services, then left it in the lot when he later walked home, a few blocks away. Is there anybody you can contact, arson investigator . Some witnesses saying that they saw people over nearby about car. Reporter the fire is in the early stages of being investigated. I asked Atlantic City authorities if its being probed as a hate crime. Police told me that possibility is not being ruled out. Many Holocaust Survivors and their families belong to the synagogue which was damaged as a result of the fire. This enhances the fear and brings back the worst of memories. Reporter kushner is a volunteer emt for hatzalah ambulance in monmouth county. He says medical equipment worth thousands of dollars was also in his suv. That stuff is very expensive. All of that went up in the fire. Reporter synagogue leaders say neither the rabbi nor the congregation itself received any threats prior to the fire. Police tell me they have increased their patrols in this area. Live in Atlantic City, im Ted Greenberg, nbc 10 news. Thank you, ted. New information in the case involving a disgraced former philadelphia cop. Rape charges have been dropped against richard decoatsworth. He was charged with prostitutes. Earlier he pleaded guilty to simple assault, promoting prostitution and drug possession. He withdrew his guilty plea in april. He still faces charges in a Domestic Violence case. Hell be free pending the outcome of that trial. In 2007, decoatsworth was hailed as a hero after being captured in the face after capturing a suspect. He was Michelle Obamas guest at the state of the Union Address in 2009. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather. Pretty nice day for bird watching in delaware county. Members of the Rose Tree Park hawk watch were keeping their eyes on the sky in media today. Glenn hurricane schwartz has been watching the skies as well. Weve seen lots of dry weather. Any rain anytime soon . We are starting to see some rain coming up from Chesapeake Bay. Its been threatening toc movep this way all day. Its pretty much on the light side. You can see on live radar, its mostly in the i95 corridor, all the way down into maryland. And, again, most of it is light. This looks heavier, just at a certain elevation when were looking at the radar tilted up. You can see over the last hour, everything is moving from southwest to northeast. Weve been dry for much of the day. But now that the rain has moved in, the temperatures dropped, down to 70 degrees in wilmington already. Thats why the temperature is down there. And its down a little bit in the philadelphia area. Well see sprinkles around 6 00. This is not the kind of rain we really need. We are very, very low in the Rain Department for the month of september. More on that and the timing of more significant rain with the sevenday in a few minutes. Another possible suspect sighting as a search for the mountain survivalist accused of killing one Pennsylvania State trooper and wounding another stretches into a third week. Hes managed to elude police for some 17 days now. Doug shimell back in the poconos where the manhunt continues. Doug, search teams have shifted their focus. Tell us what their strategy is now. Reporter exactly. The Pennsylvania State police say they had gotten new intelligence from the fbi about the discovery of a campsite that may have some linkage to eric frein. And that is why search crews have sort of marshaled here at a closed Elementary School and have spent the better part of the last five hours searching woods to the north of this location. Is this where the sighting is. Thats correct. Reporter searchers got a sighting near jones lane. Police moved officers and canine units on the north side of the closed barrett Elementary School. Were putting a dog on the last known scent of the individual from the last guy to see him. Rk trackers moved in thick woods near a pond and along a creek. They hoped after 17 days it might be fugitive sniper eric frein. Collapsing in, guys, collapsing in, bring it into the center, guys. Reporter the fbi gave state police new information about a campsite where they purportedly found a checkbook with freins name in it, along with ammo for a. 308 rifle. We got granola bars down here by a tree that had not been opened. Reporter multiple helicopters crisscrossed the area where trackers believe they had a valid frein sighting. File it in and move towards him. Reporter for the residents and businesses in footprint of the search, it was a rough afternoon. Hearing the helicopters overhead, it was a little scary. My coworker is a little scared to be here right now. Reporter some of the communication among some of the search crews this afternoon indicated that there may have been the additional discovery of pipe bombs at that campsite. I know some of the search teams had been stationed around a house where search dogs had led to before the scent trail had grown cold. As yet, were still waiting confirmation that they have moved through the scene and what they have found. Well be back with more at 6 00. Reporting live in barrett township, monroe county, doug shimell, nbc 10 news. In philadelphia, police are asking for your help to find a hit and run driver. Investigators say this green suv right here, it seriously hurt a child last night in west philly. A witness chased the driver and shot this video. 7yearold allure mcclain was hit along north 42nd street. Shes in the hospital in guarded condition. Witnesses say the suv swerved around a stopped car, hit allure and then sped off. He seen that he hit someone or she hit someone and took off and kept going. So whoever he is, i hope youre man enough or woman enough to turn yourself in. Police are looking for a lime green Mitsubishi Outlander with pennsylvania license plate jky7458. Theyve not released the name of who that license plate belongs to. Figure out what sparked a fire that killed a south jersey Hospital Executive and his wife. Mean tile, the condolences continue to pour in for that executive who had a number of high profile jobs throughout the years. John sheridan was the ceo of Cooper University hospital. It was early yesterday when a fire started in his north jersey home. Sheridan and his wife, joyce, were both killed. Nbc 10 south jerseycydney l north to that fire. Have any details been released surrounding this case. Reporter jim and renee, they have not and say they will not do that unless and until the autopsies on John Sheridan and his wife, joyce, are complete, which is expected tomorrow. Take a look. Its important to note only one please cruiser here now. Earli earlier. Day, there were several, although we did not witness any investigators with major crimes or the arson team going in and out of the house today. When we did approach, the one police car, they motioned to us to not come any closer and then take a look. You can see the second floor bedroom, thats where the fire was concentrated. We got heavy smoke coming out of the roof of the attic, second story. Reporter at 6 15 sunday morning, 911 dit patchers communicate with fire crews responding to 49 meadow run in skillman, Somerset County, a fire concentrated to the bedroom of Cooper University hospital ceo John Sheridan and his wife joyce would prove fatal. The couple unable to escape the home. Now the Prosecutors Office tells nbc 10 the home is being secured as a crime scene. When we got few answers from police on scene or neighbors, we went to the Prosecutors Office to ask if there were working smoke detectors inside and if the fire is considered foul play . We were told no new information on the cause or origin will be released until autopsies on sheridan and his wife are complete. Governor christie offered his condolences saying in part, quote, we are shocked and deeply saddened by the tragic loss of john and Joyce Sheridan. John was an outstanding public servant, a leader in the Health Care Industry and a true new jersey treasurer. Joyce was an outstanding teacher, wife and mother. So the crime scene tape remains in place here as does this Police Officer holding the scene. In the meantime, the Somerset CountyProsecutors Office is asking anyone out there in the public if they know anything at all about this fire to please contact their major crimes unit. Live in skillman, Somerset County, cydney long, nbc 10 news. Now to efforts to stop isis, the latest air strikes in syria have targeted towns controlled by the Islamic State group in the northern and eastern areas of that country. Meanwhile, syrias foreign minister says u. S. Actions in his country will lead to more terrorism. He told the u. N. General assembly that the policy of striking at one group of militants while arming others creates, quote, Fertile Ground for extremists. As the Coalition Air war against the Islamic State intensifies, so is the criticism of president obama for not doing more about isis years ago. Nbc 10 National CorrespondentSteve Handelsman has the latest from washington. Reporter renee and jim, thanks. Here in washington, today the white house insisted president obama has full confidence in u. S. Intelligence and in its director james clapper. But he sure didnt sound that way yesterday. President obama has sparked a chorus of criticism by saying his team underestimated isis. The fact that the president dropped the ball. He dropped it two years ago in syria. He dropped it over the last 14 months with isis. Now hes trying to blame everyone else but himself. Reporter mr. Obama would not answer the syrian war and on 60 minutes sunday, he said u. S. Intelligence missed the rapid growth of isis there. Jim clappers acknowledged i think they underestimated what had been taking place in syria. Reporter but the white house will not call that a failure. So the president didnt know for months this was getting worse and thatsru a fuel yur so failure somewhere . No. We did underestimate how quickly they could grow and develop and how fastly they could recruit. Reporter 45 of americans are willing to send u. S. Ground troops against isis. In the new nbc news wall street journal poll and 72 believe they will go, despite president obamas promise they will not. His coalition hammered isis from the air today in iraq and syria. And with isis right on the turkish border, turkey is hinting it might be the First Coalition member besides iraq to put boots on the ground against isis. But Coalition Members agree, destroying isis could take a few years. About the time it took isis to get so strong in the iraqi army to get so weak without u. S. Intelligence noticing. From washington, im Steve Handelsman, nbc 10 news. Thank you, steve. Afghanistans new president was sworn in today. He replaces hamid karzai in the countrys first democratic transfer of power since 2001. Hes a former World Bank Official and afghan finance minister. Karzai told the audience he was confident afghanistan was following the right path. Senior adviser to president obama says afghanistan will sign a deal tomorrow allowing our soldiers to stay in that country past the end of the year. John podesta says hell sign it on behalf of the u. S. The agreement will permit 10,000 american troops to remain in afghanistan after the International Combat mission ends on december 31st. The federal Aviation Administration says its going to take about two weeks now to fully reopen a chicago Area Control Center where an act of sabotage brought the citys airplanes to a complete stop. They say employees started a fire at the facility on friday and then tried to commit suicide. Travel was disrupted nationwide. There are still delays today. New customer complaints about toyota. U. S. Safety regulators are investigating whether older corollas can accelerate unexpectedly at low speeds and cause crashes. The inquiry causes about 1. 69 million cars from the 2006 to 2010 model years. There have been 141 consumer complaints but no crashes or injuries reported. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather with chief meteorologist glenn hurricane schwartz. Well, it was a Pretty Amazing weekend for the end of september. Lots of sunshine today, a lot of clouds. The clouds have thickened up during the last few hours. Thats kept the temperature down. So its not as warm as it was. It was in the 80s, well in the 80s over the weekend. We are now technically abnormally dry in parts of the area. Thats the first step on the way to drought if we dont see any significant rain. We are track something showers but so far, nothing close enough to really help with that abnormally dry situation. Cloudy skies now, 73 degrees in philadelphia. 9 degrees cooler than it was at this time yesterday. And we do have some sprinkles and light rain in parts of the area, keeping the temperature down. Especially in wilmington. 70 degrees there. And there hasnt been a whole lot of sunshine. You can see this area of moisture, stretching up from Chesapeake Bay and over the last hour or so it continues to be moving up toward the northeast. Not all of that is reaching the ground. Its prit much on the light side. Much drier air back to the west. Some of that will be moving in during the day tomorrow. And the abnormally dry area extends all the way down to philadelphia, it includes the Lehigh Valley and the poconos and central and northern new jersey. And one of the reasons for that, nearly 2 inches below average for rain and nearly 4 inches below average in mt. Pocono. Nearly 3 inches below in allentown and trenton and 2 inches below average in reading. Morning, well, it looks like well be seeing more sunshine during the day. Cant rule out a;7 li but most of that should be on the dry side. On wednesday, much better chances for some showers, especially in the afternoon. Watch what happens here as we go to 5 00. Thats still not any heavier rain. Thats not going to come friday night and into early saturday. Cloudy and mild, ly light rain and sprinkles around. 61 for the low in philadelphia. 55 north and west. During the day tomorrow, mix of clouds and sun, temperatures into the upper 70s, just a slight chance of a shower and then wednesday better chance of showers, temperature down a little bit. And then as we go through the week, its mostly dry on thursday and friday. But friday night, and into early saturday, thats when were going to be seeing some perhaps some briefly heavy rain. It will be quite cool over the weekend. All right, now, speaking of the weather, this is not the kind of news anyone want to hear