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One, the ts kennedy and in extremely poor weather, thats part of what we do here. But im tolding into could have prepared that crew or any crew for the conditions that cargo ship faced. Certainly one of the more difficult days we will have on campus. On the campus of Maritime Academy of buzzard bay, word travels fast that two of the schools graduates are missing on the el faro, presumed sunk during devastating hurricane joaquin. Among them, Keith Griffin. A 2009 mass maritime graduate. I spoke to his wife katie in florida on the phone chile she awaitses the search. She were married two years but october was the seventh anniversary of their first date. The couples twins are due in march. Very last spoke to her husband wednesday night. He told her he was going to bed early. There was going to be a storm that night and he might not get much sleep. He told me he loved me and that was it. And believe thighias, his family owned the bog hollow cranberry farm. The family did not make a station. At mass maritime, theyre facing a sobering reality. There is a hopeful spirit but it is a sad reality of the industry we face. As you can see, this is an extreme difficult time for all of the families. Families telling me all they can do is wait and pray for a miracle. Coming up at 6 00, you will hear from the family of a third massachusetts person who was on board that cargo ship. Reporting live from buzzards bay, fox 25 news. Lets give you a better sense of what this cry is dealing with by showing you a live look from the studio here. From the floor to the ceiling, the height of our newsroom is about 30 feet and the coast guard says 30foot waves were battering the el faro on that day. It left port in jacksonville, florida. The last known position was in contact on thursday, east of cat island in the central bahamas. At that point, joaquin was category four hurricane with top winds 130 miles per hour. This shows the position ons thursday. The el faro was sailing at the height of the storm while making its cargo run. In vermont, a freak of nature tracks. 98 passengers and four crew were on board who the train derails. Seven were sent to the hospital. None had lifethreatening injuries. Northfield, vermont, 27 miles north of montpelier. This is where weve been speaking with passengers. Crystal . Elizabeth, those passengers just boarded 45 minutes ago their destination. Certainly an extremely scary day for them. Some of them on that train, they were on a railway vacation trip when they reported feeling a justling and then feeling the rocks that hit the train while they were on the rails there. Certainly scary moments. I did speak with a man who says, as soon as he saw the train was in trouble, he started to knock out the emergency windows to help people off the train. When he looked down to see if there was anyone else that needed help, he saw the conductor and he described pulling that conductor to the train to what he believed was safety and medical attention. Coming up at 6 00, we will bring you his story, as well. I can tell you the governor held a News Conference late this afternoon and says there was no reason to believe this wasnt just simply an act of nature. We will hear much more about the investigation as it continues throughout the evening and tonight. For now, reporting in northfield, vermont, im crystal haines, you fox 25 news. The governor in montpelier saying under no uncertain terms, this could not have been avoided. This really is an example of a freak of neighbor where it a ledge broke up and landed on the tracks. Anyone conducting the train, maintaining the train or the tracks. The governor says this was recently rebuilt and state of the art. When this happened, we sent out an alert on our fox 25 news app. Get information any time. It is free for your smart phone. A pilot died at the controls of a bostonbound plain it had to make an Emergency Landing at syracuse. Experience. This is a red eye flight from phoenix so you expect all the passengers to be exhausted, but it was more than that. They were completely overcome with emotion, many in tears. Its tragic. An American Airlines jet arrives in boston, a long 12 hours after departing phoenix. Im tired, exhausted and it was also really emotional. Flight 550 had been diverted to syracuse after the pilot suffered this morning. They said the pilot was really sick and then we saw ambulances pull up. One of the pilots is unresponsive. Fox 25 obtained communications from air Traffic Control as other crewmembers prepared for landing. Medical emergency, captain is incapacitated, request handling for runway 10 landing. 147 passengers watched the scene on the ground, the somber news would later be confirmed, cockpit. You put your life in this guys hands and next thing you know, hes gone. There was relief, safely landing in boston, piloted by a new crew but an overwhelming feeling of sadness and gratitude. I think youve got to hand it to the copilot. I dont know what i would have done in that situation. Now, American Airlines did release a statement to fox 25 news, and in that statement, they attributed the pilots death simply to illness. They did not specify what ailment he may have been suffered from, they declined to release that pilots item i had this afternoon, as i talked to officials there, they were still trying to get ahold of that coming up, we will talk to the comforting sight they saw while waiting for that trip back to boston. Were following breaking news. Take a look at this video sky news shot about 45 minutes ago overlooking river street. Look closely, you can see blue car that wound up right underneath that white van. Right now, we dont know if anyone was injured and crews were working to dislodge one vehicle from another. Were working to learn exactly how this happened and we will bring you more as soon as we can. Cloudy evening in boston did see a little bit of sun today. You can just make it out on the right side of your screen as the sun begins to set. There is more sunshine and warmer weather on the way this week. Sure, a cool night no doubt about that. Were used to the cool nights but we havent seen 70 degrees in a while that is coming. Some clouds out there tonight but overall a pretty nice night. No rain. 23458 boston, 58 in worcester. Overnight, temperatures dropping into the low 50s. Even upper 40s in boston by 5 00 a. M. With the clouds just breaking apart. Then worcester, you will see the same thing, temperatures in the low 40s. Mid and low 40s. Low 40s in the suburbs. Clear skies. Marthas vineyard, you, too, will have a mix of clouds and clearing with temperatures in the low 50s overnight. But tomorrow we will have all kinds of sunshine from the start of the day. The clouds melt away over much of 9 area in the morning hours. Wake up in the lunchtime and then in the afternoon, as well. The question is, how well does that sun heat us up . We will take a look at the high temperatures and how far away with a keen is, coming up. A man with a keen joaquin is, coming up. A man barricaded himself inside a basement with a pellet gun, knife, bat and hammer. The man fired out of the basement window and made it police. Officers were able to pull him out of the window. Both the suspect and one officer broken glass. A former New Hampshire Police Officer accused of assaulting a suspect taking a plea plea teal the day before a new trial was set to begin. Mark richardson has pleaded guilty onduty assault, coming from an incident on video in 2009. You may recall it showed richardson driving a suspect headon in a brick wall. He could be sentenced to more than a year in jail. This fire started in the apartment buildings attic but the exact cause is unknown. The fire left several families homeless. Firefighters say it was a tough battle since it caused a partial roof collapse. Everyone got out safely but lost most of their possessions. We could have grabbed a to risk anything coming down on us. Firefighters were able to respond quickly. The red cross is helping the 19 victims who are out of their homes tonight. And police releasing the booking photo of the suspect they say they caught red handed trying to steal a bike from the davis square station. They observed a 23yearold Walking Around the bike rack, shaking one bike free and then trying to ride off with it. Officers who approached him say that he denied the beak was stolen. He was arraigned, though, on larceny charges. President ial candidate in New Hampshire pushing for votes and for gun control. How many people have to die before we actually act . Before we come together as a nation. We break down Hillary Clintons plans, what people would have to do to buy a gun and would it have made a difference in the latest college and, behind the wheel, you already cant text, now the new law that could have you hanging up your phone completely in the car. But, first, cities under water in a Southern State dealing with an emergency situation. South carolina has gone through a storm of historic proportions. People trapped, homes w introducing longhorn s Great American steak dinner for 12. 99. Perfectly seasoned sirloin with your choice of side. Plus, an appetizer, or a dessert. Only at longhorn steakhouse. You can t fake steak. 130 yards now. Bills got a very tough lie here. Looks like we have some sort of sea monster in the water hazard here. I believe thats a kraken, bruce. It looks like hes going to go with a nine iron. That may not be enough club. Well hes definitely going to lose a stroke on this hole. If youre a golf commentator, you whisper. Its what you do. If you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. Its what you do. This golf course is electric. Leadership isnt given. Its earned. Accomplished. Fulfilled. Won. Leadership isnt given. Its taken. Country that allows terminally ill patients to take their lives. Governor jerry brown approved it today. The patient has to take it themselves after a written request and there must be two witnesses. Students returns to the Umpqua Community College Campus just days after a gunman opened fire, killing nine. It is part of a weeklong process allowing the community to grieve. Classes wont resume until monday, october 12. Today, students were allows to pick up items left behind after the shooting. The shooter took his own life. One survivor describing the horror inside that classroom today. He shot the professor and he just started shooting everybody on the ground. And then thats when i knew that this is it, im probably going to die. You know, i probably wont see my kids any more, i probably wont see anybody any more. She suffered a gunshot wound to her hand. Devastating flooding leaving a city under water, trapping people in their homes and cars. 40,000 people dont have water and half that many dont have power. We have more on the latest from South Carolina on the rescue and recovery efforts. This is dangerous. This is very real. A weekend of record rainfall has be wreakedhavoc on South Carolina. The governor says theyre starting to transition from response mode to assessment, but theyre not quite out of the woods yet. I cant stress enough that this is not a fun event. We dont want to have to come out and rescue, and much worse we dont want you added to this number of fatalities. Officials are calling this a 1 in a 1,000year rainfall. Even as the precipitation fades off, the flooding rages on. 19 air and water rescue teams scramble to pull residents from the rising waters. Are on the move. What you will see happen is, as the water shifts down, were going to preposition where the roads are closed. Roads are closed now in the up state, you will start to see road closures from the midlands down to the low country. State officials urge off the roads. Were telling them to stay home. None of the restaurants are open, roads are closed. The governor says it could take days before the hardest hit areas are accessible. Certainly a frightening situation down south, but things are looking much better here, kevin. That storm turns to sea, nowhere near us. It was near the coastline. One situation we had for joaquin, one is a spin in the atmosphere. It didnt come together enough to catch it and bring it back to the coastline. This is the area where the coast is likely to be hit by the storm if it did turn. What it did do is spun, pick up that tropical feed, atmospheric river, it is shifting it northward and not quite at heavily connected. Back home, we have that storm well offshore. Weve had some clouds today. Not connected to this storm. In fact, the center is over 450 miles out to sea away from us. It came within 65 miles of bermuda, Tropical Storm force winds and heavy rain, too. The clouds over us are breaking apart as the night goes on. In fact, that is mostly clear to the north and west. Temperatures 58. Boston of a. Vineyard and nantucket both of a 60 degrees. As the sun goes down this evening, boston 58 with a mixture of clouds and sun in the distance. You saw that in the live pictures. Partly cloudy night, 49 about 4 00 a. M. In boston. Bottoming out when the sun comes up at 48 degrees. A cool start to the day. If it is 48 in boston, you know it is low 40s to the north and west am couple towns may go into the upper 30s by lunch, warming to 60 degrees. Nice in the afternoon. There will be some towns that could be 38, 39 degrees. That would keep us above the frost threshold but something that may be coming soon. We will have to watch closely. Tomorrow afternoon, rebounding into the 60s, near 70s. Framing hamm, looking like 70 degrees tomorrow. And a smatter of them tomorrow, futurecast shows it nicely, sun and clear skies tomorrow night. Fast forward to wednesday, sun pushes towards us and clouds materialize over us wednesday. Outside shot of a couple sprinkles in new england but southerning into will stay dry as the front comes through on we will see that on the sevenday forecast. In fact, the next chance for any real threat of showers is friday with a more significant cold front coming on through. Check this out, on average, a few 70s. Many more 70s with upper 60s scattered in there. Thursdays are more sunshine. Cooler behind that cold front but another front friday with a risk of a shower. Sunshine saturday and cooler, as well. What you dont see, what we had last week. Heavy rain and strong wind that really caused us lots of trouble. It is quite the opposite. I will follow the latest that forecast. Buyer beware. If you insure that package with the post office, you will want to watch this. I feel that the posts office has misrepresented their insurance policy. One woman says the policy isnt worth it, and it cost her hundreds of dollars. Hear her warning ahead in the next half hour. Also coming up, it is a new law in New Hampshire and now there is a push to cry ate a hands create a handsfree parents are parents in manchester, New Hampshire, are up said because changing. They just found out on friday the school days are going to begin and end later. Schools will see the biggest change. Starting in november, students will arrive at 8 30 and classes will start at 8 45. Students will be dismissed at 2 50. We have the times for the other grade levels on our website. You can see it on myfoxboston. Com. State lawmakers are about to consider a law that would force to you put down your phone while driving. The Transportation Committee will debate the hands free proposal at a public hearing on tuesday. Supporters say it would cut down on distracted driving crashes. Right now, it is illegal to text while driving but not to talk. New hampshire, vermont, connecticut and 11 other states already have hands free driving laws. Police are looking to track down this robbery suspect. They leave he robbed the place odds ever on saturday afternoon. If you recognize him, call police. An arrest in the stabbing death of a man in crystal park. He was found, and it was discovered he was fighting with a man and woman before he died. The man is charges with the murder and the woman is charged with Misleading Police and, an accessory. Nearly 700 people showed up to a party at the paladium friday night, the crowd grew rally as they were turned away and police used pepper stray to gain control. The night club was forced to shut down the event. A man is hospitalized after police found him naked and making wild claims in his home. Police say 67yearold Mark Schlagel screamed he had shot and killed four people who were breaking into his home through his closet. Police found bullet holes but no evidence of a break in. He is charged were reckless conduct and is due in court next month. And police home surveillance photos will happy identify the suspects in a car jacking. The car was found a few minutes later on fire a mile from where it was stolen. The victim was not hurt smooth invest continues tonight into the cause not hurt. The Investigation Continues tonight into the cause of a fire. A building had to be closed for a time as crewed knocked down the fire. No one was hurt. Paying big bucks to take out your own money. Why atm fees are rising and the price people are paying to get access to their own cash. What was found inside this suv when a driver came to a crashing stop at local mall. But, first, a president ial candidate fed up and frustrated. Gun violence knows no boundaries, knows no limits of any kind. Hillary clinton revealed her everyone is saying, hey you gotta get fios but why . Well, fios is a 100 percent fiber optic network, so you can get 100 out of all your devices. Has it with the Fastest Internet 500 mbps. But the main reason to get fios . Were rated number 1 in customer satisfaction. Ultimately, thats why. Get 50 meg fios internet, tv phone starting at 79. 99 a month. Plus get 300 back with a two year agreement. Get out of the past. Get fios. Specialized surgery thats right for you lahey hospital and cardiac teams pioneering innovative treatments. 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How many people have to die before we actually act . Before we come together as a nation. We were at clintons event today and break down the plan for gun control. Gun violence prevention was nowhere on my radar before losing my son, and i wish it had been. It was an emotional moment at nicole, the mother of 6yearold dylan, shot and killed at sandy hook elementary, spoke about her mission to prevent guns from getting into the hands of a killer. One of several proposed changes Hillary Clinton spoke about at todays town hall meeting. How much longer will bejust shrug. Clinton outlines four main changes, closing loopholes that allow gun sellers to finalize a sail without waiting for the background clec to clear and check to clear, and keeping abusers from ever getting a gun. She then opened the floor up to questions and answers, many asking about mental health. We need to deal with the wrong people getting guns. Especially with Mental Illness. Clinton says Mental Illness is a critical issue and called for more research. The loudest applause called for gun owners to distance themselves from the nra. Ideally, what i would like to see, responsible gun owners, hunters, form a Different Organization and take back the 2nd amendment from these extremists. While some support the mission to end gun violence, theyre more skeptical about clintons plan. There is no magic solution. Nothing is done with the flick of a finger. And gun control supporters pushing president obama to take violence without congressional approval. The group says that the president could clarify that domestic abusers are restricted from having a gun and do they better prosecute people from buying a gun. Conservatives say laws cant prevent gun violence. That is the world we live in, there is evil in the world. The white house saying it has no announcements about any new executive orders. Coming up in the next half hour on fox 25 news could stricter gun laws prevented a tragedy like the shooting in oregon . Does clintons plan do enough . We dig deeper for answers at 6 00. Donald trump is still leading the poles in New Hampshire, getting 21 support in thian item state. Carly fiorina is trailing close behind with 16 . Rounding out the top for candidates with 11 and 10 . Things are warming up as the week goes on and looking pretty good and the boats are not bobbing around like we had in the last week and the weekend, as well. Joaquin is a distance memory. The highpressure is a memory, too. You know north and west the temperature is going to fall the most and it will certainly tonight, down 41 in orange to maybe towns around the area that could drop into the upper 30s tonight in boston, 58 degrees now, a lot of clouds. You see them out the window at fox 25. Temperatures going down to 48 in the cities. You know the suburbs will be a bit cooler. Worcester at 56. A lot of clouds mixing with what is left. 45 first thing in the morning. You will be waking up with sunshine, how warm that sun is going to get us the next couple days, i will have that coming up. An arrest in a weekend standing. Police have picked up a man for that crime. It happied near coolidge corner. Two men have stab wounds. They are expected to be okay. Police are not yet naming the suspects. A man comes to a crashing stop here in a local mall. We have more on that mans arraignment from his jail cell. Surveillance video treated out by salem, New Hampshire, Police Showed an suv crashing into a parked car, then a tree, then into a fire hydrant. Police say it happened a little after 5 30 yesterday evening at the mall at Rockingham Park in the parking lot. A man was driving the car. The police say the situation started when an officer on patrol saw his car parked against the light pole and then behind the wheel with heroin clearly visibility. The officer tried to make contact and he woke up and sped off before crashing. He faces various charges, including driving under the influence of drugs and possession of heroin. Concern over heroin abuse in the Granite State has reached a fever pitch with so many lives impacted. The New Hampshire department of health and Human Services say 300 people died from a Drug Overdose last year. The majority of them related to opioids. As for dimaggio, he died. Police say nobody else was hurt during the crashes. In salem, New Hampshire, fox 25 news. A trial for the danvers teenager who killed his teacher is set for this week. Trial begins wednesday for the 16yearold. Fox has been covering this story since which i say home was arrested in 2013. Her in the high school before dumping her body outside. He is being tried as an adult. Heads up if you live near the airport. They will be holding an Emergency Response drill, holding a mom plane crash scenario. We talked to victims of a train crash. It went on its side. All new at 6 00, which hear from passengers on that train when it went off the tracks. Also, if you insure your packages with the post office, you will want to hear this. One woman says it isnt worth it and, ready to run everyone is saying, hey you gotta get fios but why . Well, fios is a 100 percent fiber optic network, so you can get 100 out of all your devices. So whatever speed you need, fios has it with the Fastest Internet and wifi available, from 50 to 500 mbps. But the main reason to get fios . Were rated number 1 in customer satisfaction. Ultimately, thats why. Get 50 meg fios internet, tv phone starting at 79. 99 a month. Plus get 300 back with a two year agreement. New Hampshire Governor Maggie Hassan announcing she is running for senate. Her campaign released this video online today. You can take my bipartisan senate. She says she will try to get special interests and lobbyists out of it. And the Supreme Court beginning a new term today with a fresh slate of cases. Affirmative saks also back on the table for the second time the court will hear the university of texas practice for using race as a condition of acceptance. And, dumped in a big yellow bucket and left there for months, they say it happened in the seattle veterans office, veterans paperwork left unprocessed for months. Whether we dont know, when it is hidden, thats when we cant help. Employees allegedly falsifying date stamps to hide lateclaim submission. In response to the audit the va admits there was a backlog of mail due to insufficient resources. More have been hired. The homeless situation in boston is on the rise, gone up 15 in the city since 2011. A new task force has formed to look into the problems and theyre making sure homeless available to them, especially as winter draws closer. Hillary clinton unveiled her new gun control proposal but would any of the changes have made a difference in the latest mass shooting in oregon . Some clouds out there right now, but there is not a storm moving back in. In fact, just the opposite. How long we will be with all that sunshine. But, first, why were all paying big bucks to take out our atm leadership isnt given. Its taken. Mgm resort officials boosting support for the springfield casino project today, meeting with the citys mayor to discuss a proposed redesign from the original plan for the resort. 25story glass hotel tower and 54 apartment units. Mgm is asking for a delay to opening the casino in 2018. Prices at the pump holding steady. Aaa saying it stayed at 2. 14 this year, 13cents lower than this time last month. In New Hampshire, gas prices have fallen two cents, according to gasbuddy. Com. That brings the average to 2. 16. Buyer beware. If you have ever paid extra at the post office for insurance on your package, it might not have been worth it. Why one woman is still fighting. Every single hat is different. Theyre so soft and they are so creative. The hats are a part of project of love, the charity betty started seven years ago in memory of her husband. Hes in every stitch of every hat. Needy children across the country, but a year and a half ago, betty mailed 50 of them to washington state. She insured them with the post office for 500. A couple of days later, she noticed they were delivered but not to washington. But, it said it was delivered to the acres mill post office. Which is where i mailed them from. She went to the post office to sort it out and was told she would need to show them receipts to collect her insurance money. Betty went through every receipt she had and brought them back to the post office. Again, her claim was denied. For a year and a half, betty waited for the post office honor her claim shy probably talked to close to 50 people. Finally, she got a letter. I thought there was a check in there. Instead of 500, betty was offered a book of stamps and an apology. I feel this is insulting. When we asked the post office why this refused to honor her claim, we were told that hand made idea i. T. S are uninsurable and she should have never been able to insure it in the first place. For betty, that is unacceptable. Waiting a year and a half for a silly, ridiculous no. Over the years ive had this with the Postal Service and private carriers, as well. Most of the time, things get where theyre supposed to go the insurance often isnt worth the paper it is written on. Your best friend is tracking anding, but that wont always trace bug that wont always get the job done. Im clark howard. If you get frequent trips to the atm, or if you take them, your wallet may be mitt a little be getting hit harder. The fees is higher than it has ever been. The record is 4. 50, up 5 in fewer people are using atms these days. Disney is going to demandbased prices. So it would be less busy in the busy times and busier in the off season. Another childhood favorite bringing an even more valuable brand to boston. They broke in the top 100 list for valuable brands. For the first time this week, coming in at 83. The most valuable brands are apple, google and cocacola. Lego recently announced it is moving the north america headquarterses to boston along with 75 new jobs. Clouds throughout this afternoon after some sunshine early. The clouds started to billow up with that cooler air on top of us. Clouds will start to melt away. Sun going town. Seeing breaks already outside the windows. Through the night, we will be and that is good news, too. Futurecast shows how that is going to happen. We will have sunshine first thing in the morning. Really going to be a nice start to the day no doubt about that. 5 00 a. M. And the sun is just about ready to come up. You can expect clear skies turning into sunny skies for your morning drive. Temperatures this evening are in the 50s, generally by. Still in the 50s but dropping into the 40s in the suburbs during the evening. Boston in the Early Morning hours, just with everywhere exempt for the cape and the islands in the upper 40s to lower 40s to the north and west. Temperature is dropping to 41 by 5 a. M. Were getting to that time of year. Climate wise, this is the time of year north and west areas frost. Keep that in mind if youre growing something. 52 degrees by 9 00 a. M. By lunchtime up to around 60. 60. In the afternoon, towns will hill 70 degrees. In the river valley, tends to be a little bit warmer in these situations, low 70s for you, as well. A lot of low 60s but upper wednesday. Lets examine that. Wednesday we will shift the air to the southwest, which brings warmer air. Often times showers. But we will be in a very dry air mass, not the wet stuff wet wed last week and into the weekend. Better chance closest to the front, away to the west and farther to the north where all the energy on this front is going to focus. Im expecting a mix of clouds and sunshine through the afternoon wednesday and high temperatures responding nicely, as well. You will see that on the sevenday forecast. Going to keep it nice and sunny through date tomorrow, some clouds mixing in. Wednesday a few more clouds and wind up to 70 degrees. A slim chance of any showers. 10 you see at the bottom. We will do it again on friday, clouds increase and another front, this time a little more energy with this one. Thats why i have showers in there. By this upcoming weekend, saturday and sunday, it is going to be a sunshine day saturday behind the front and on sunday the potential for some more clouds as another front starts to push toward us. An up and down week in that regard but no big wind and no big rain. Never too soon to look ahead to the upcoming weekend. Sunshine on saturday, i know it is five days away. Mixture of clouds and sun and 64 degrees. No big storms coming at us. The only threat for rain in this sevenday forecast looks to be friday. Newest information coming in now, i will take a look at that and make sure that is still the case. That system will drag a front on through here. If it gets worse than that, i will tell you about it coming up. This is the beach where several boats broke loose from their moorings and went ashore. The strong on shore winds blowing for several days afters last weeks rain. Breaking news from the health, sounding the states seventh case of west nile virus the risk level remains high until at least the first hard frost. You know, one bout of the flu can hit your wallet in addition to your health. Centers for Disease Control and prevention says the flu costs the nation millions in medical expenses and lost earnings. Costs for caring for a sick child can rain from 300 to 4,000. A few new things to buy in advance that can help. Yogurt with live cultures for cold prevention, mushrooms to boost immunity and hot spice and peppers to clear the sinuses, im trying all of these. And hone to soothe the throat, it did work. And officials are hoping to use pot to stop the use of heroin, saying it is an effective therapy. The goal is to replace the use of powerful painkillers with something less addictive. They say it is continuing efforts to curb the open opioid epidemic. We have several stories were work on for 6 00. Break two men from massachusetts were part of the crew of the cargo ship that sank. What has people hold ought out hope. New at 6 00, the sight from above that helped comfort passengers on board a plane. And, a Police Officer is getting an apology, what you found written on his coffee cup drivethrough. Providence Police Officer getting an apology after finding this happened at a dun dunkin donuts, an employee wrote black lives matter on the cup and was rude and refused to serve him. He says this kind of behavior has to stop. Weve seen the trend of this organization which is antipolice, they are condoning violence against police. Dunkin donuts says the employee was spoken to by the branchs owner. Both the owner and employee apologized for the incident. Another officer in connecticut had a similar thing happen to him. The employee told him, quote, we dont serve cops here. The officer did get an apology after the incident and requested the employee apologize to other patrons who were offended. Former congressman Patrick Kennedy is not backing away from claims made about his Famous Family in a any book out today. Kennedy says his father had a drinking problem. The senator had an undiagnosed case of ptsd following the assassination of his brothers. His brother calls this book inaccurate and unfair portrayal of our can day. Patrick kennedy talks had his own battle with addiction and bipolar disorder. The yankees made the post season for the first time in three years and they will be without theirist. Sabathias is checking into rehab, he said he knows the timing isnt good but he needs to take care of hi disease. He says it hurts me deeply to do this now, it hurt mice family and i have to get it right. I want to be a better man and player. He thanks the organization for their support. And number 11 serving as grand marshal at the kent state homecoming parade. Edelman was the teams starting quarterback for three years. Now at 6 00, breaking news. Saw the car in front of us, it went down the ditch. And then ours ended up on its side. The freak of nature send an amtrak train off its tracks. Hurricane joaquin sink as ship with 18 americans on board. Them all home. And tonight, one local sailors wife pregnant with twins waiting for word on her husbands fate. And, a pilot died on the plane bound for boston. How an unexpected sight comforted emotional passengers. Todays temperatures will be warming. When we will get back to 70. We begin with breaking news at 6 00. Amtrak train on the way from vermont to washington, d. C. Slides off the tracks, sending a Passenger Car down an embankment. Tonight the governor of vermont blames an act of nature. Seven people are hurt but all are expected to survive. 98 passengers and four crewmembers were on board. That act of nature caused that crash that happened around 10 30 this morning in northfield, vermont, near warren, about 20 miles southwest of month peelier, the states montpelier, the States Capital it slammed into rocks that had fallen on the tracks and derails. Were live in a staging area in north field. New at 6 00, you spoke to the person who pulled the conductor out of the train. Elizabeth, certainly an incredible story here, fox 25 learned the engineer amongest though the seven people suffering nonlife threatening injuries tonight. Several dozens of those passengers were taken to be looked at by medical personnel, if they needed that and also to be treated and held or assisted by the red cross, as well here. They were taken by bus toe