Reporter sleeping on her side may have helped save stephanie. The tree did not crush vital organs. I do remember them falling and chopping. They put blanket over my head to prevent dust from going into my eyes and i had an oxygen mask. Reporter she said she will never take anything for granted. No broken bones. Stephanie may even be able to play College Lacrosse this year. Meantime, the family home is uninhabitable. We were just there. The family will be with relatives for now. Outside long islands north Shore University hospital in manhassett, jennifer mclogan, cbs 2 news. Just incredible. Jennifer, thank you so much. In other news a woman in the west village violated as she slept. Police say a man scaled her building, broke into her apartment, and groped her. Cbs 2s ilana gold has more from the west village. Reporter the crime happened here on 10th street and as you can imagine people in the neighborhood are very nervous because police say the suspect broke into the victims apartment from the fire escape. Surveillance cameras in her building caught him seconds later. Take a look. Police want everyone in the west village on alert for this suspect. They say he walked behind this building at tenth and hudson at 5 a. M. Thursday and went up the fire escape, and went into a womans apartment through an open window. Frightening since he is accused of groping that 43 yearold sleeping in her bedroom. She woke up to this and a stranger took off. She was telling me, you know, that she was asleep and then she opened her eyes and it was like a dream to her and she saw the man in front of her. Reporter the building superintendent tells us he tried calming her down after getting violated. How concerning is this that its happening in your building . This is the first time in 25 years. Reporter another concern, this happened right across the street from the 6th precinct and Police Rushed over as soon as they got a call for help. Seem very frazzled. Describing what happened, how she woke up and there was a man in her apartment. Reporter people in the neighborhood frazzled too because the suspect hasnt been found. So right now police are warning them to lock up. What changes for you after this . You have to be really careful and especially in the summertime, close your windows, which is such a shame because you dont want to feel own place. Reporter so lock your doors and windows. Enough. If you have any information on this crime, they want to you call them right away. In the west village, ilana gold, cbs 2 news. She left her child in a hot car while she shopped at costco and tonight a new jersey mother is charged with child endangerment. Christine sloan has the story. Reporter cell phone video shows frantic customers trying to save the little boy left in a minivan in the sweltering heat in the parking lot of the hackensack, new jersey costco. Sources say the 2yearold in the van for more than 30 minutes with just a couple of windows cracked open as his mother [ nonenglish language ] shops inside even buying goodies at the food stand. I knew that i had to get into that vehicle as soon as possible in order to save that child. Reporter Bergen County sheriffs officers are dispatched to the scene. You can see officer carreno looking inside before smashing the window. Then using this steel tipped baton to shatter the glass. I did it on the passenger side to avoid getting any glass on the child. He was soaking wet. Oh, my god reporter officer bakier holds the child giving him water as paramedics arrive, thankful he is all right. I have a 2yearold at home myself so just to get him calm because he just did not want to stop crying. Reporter the boys mom shows up with her other child a 4yearold. Her cart full. She apologizes. You left him in the car im sorry reporter this car has been sitting in the costco parking lot for more than 30 minutes. We asked the owner if we could take the temperature inside. Im using this infrared thermometer. The temperature 130 degrees. As you can see, im sweating. And i was in the car only 10 minutes with windows cracked open. Hopefully they will get the message that its not a good idea to leave your child or a pet or anything else that may be living in a vehicle on these days that are excessively hot. We just did our jobs. Reporter heroes all around, customers, store employees, officers, feeling good. They saved a life. In hackensack, new jersey, christine sloan, cbs2 news. The boy has been placed in his fathers custody. No comment from the family. State Child Services is investigating. And the mother will have to appear in court. New information about a deadly boating accident in the Greenwich PoliceDepartment Says it completed the investigation into last augusts accident that killed 16yearold emily in a dorko. She and another girl fell into the water while tubing behind a motorboat on the long island sound. The 17yearold female driver of the boat turned to pick them up when the boat hit the tubers. Lewis is charged with violating boating regulations and fined 150. A health alert on long island a mosquito sample from a Suffolk County park tested positive for west nile virus p suspend activities from 6 to 10 p. M. At one park. There are were other positive tests in suffolk. 19 mosquito samples and three birds have tested positive in the county. No humans have gotten the virus in suffolk this year. And a third death tonight to report linked to the outlook of legionnaires disease in the longs. The Mayors Office informed us of the death within the past halfhour. No details except the person had Underlying Health problems. There are no 57 confirmed cases of the disease in the bronx. Its spread through water droplets in the air. Its not contagious but is treatable with antibiotics. Some of the most Vulnerable People in our society victimized. The elderly, some suffering from dementia, preyed on in their own homes. Lou young reports from connecticut. Reporter targeting the elderly in the upscale suburbs near fairfield while the homeowners are distracted. The victims claim to be utility workers. Then from the Water Company. Reporter this darien resident says the man at the door said he was from the Aquarian Water Company and needed to check their water pressure. He kept an eye on him not realizing the guy wasnt alone. Most of the cases theres only one person has contact with the resident while a second person or a heard it person makes entry into the residence while they are distracted. Reporter its happened three times in this enabled alone in recent weeks. Victims are all trusting. This woman told me what she lost. The money, jewelry, a lot of jewelry. 5 rings. Its horrible people taking advantage of the elderly. Its awful. Reporter the distraction robberies have picked up as the summer advances. Victims have been hit in darien, stamford and greenwich. But neighboring towns are alerting residents to be aware they could be next. We have told our residents to be alert, vigilant. Any suspicious behavior any suspicious contractors coming to the house. Reporter Police Suspect this could be the work of a single gang and that the Water Company cover story could be running its course. Other victims say, robbers have told them they are from the Power Company and the tree trimming service. Were in darien, connecticut, fairfield county, lou young, cbs 2 news. Some case the robbers have had official looking i. D. Cards. Its best to check with the companys home office by phone before allowing anyone into your home on an unscheduled visit. New information after days in hiding the minnesota dentist who shot a lion has made contact with federal authorities. The u. S. Fish and wildlife says a representative for dr. Walter palmer contacted them late yesterday. Meanwhile, public outrage overseasle the lions death is growing and zimbabwe is demanding action calling on the United States to extradite palmer and say the world is behind them. On facebook, that almost 500,000 people are calling for his extradition and we need that support because this is the route that we are taking in zimbabwe. We are taking the issues very seriously. More than 150,000 people have petitioned the white house calling for palmers extradition. The state Department Just released another batch of Hillary Clintons emails. It says the process of releasing them is slow because intelligence agencies have to make sure they dont contain any government secrets. Cbs 2s weijia jang reports there is some controversy. Reporter 2200 emails were released from Hillary Clintons personal email account as she was secretary of state when a federal judge slammed them for not being aggressive enough. We fell short. We need to be faster and make every effort to meet these deadlines but we need to be accurate and make sure other agencys equities are take flooding consideration. Reporter in the new documents, more than 60 passages were blotched from being published to protect National Security secrets. In all, clinton turned over some 55,000 pages and has repeatedly said she never sent classified information. State Department Staffers also want to look at emails from some of clintons top aides during her time here. But an attorney told the judge handling the case the agency has had trouble obtaining them. The vast majority of the, um, emails that i turned over and that, um, are being turned over by others, um, were already in the state department system. Reporter questions about the emails are following clinton on the campaign trail and affecting her poll numbers with voters about her trustworthiness. In washington, weijia jang, cbs 2 news. And republicans on the House Committee investigating the benghazi attacks are very suspicious that some of clintons emails are missing from the public records. She is expected to testify before that committee on october 22. We had a little bit of relief a smidge from the extreme heat today but is a heat wave on the way . Lonnie . We missed the start of the heat wave today by a degree maxed out at 89. Some of you found 90 but it was the low humidity that made it feel better out there today. I see a little glitch for your weekend forecast. We have to talk about that in just a bit. That we do. Thank you, lonnie. Also, should a city fountain look like this green and grimy with trash in it . We asked the city how this could happen. When i wake up sunday morning, i will no longer have this place to come to. [ crying ] tears, hugs and one last mass as catholics say goodbye to their churches. A multimillion dollar offer is made to save at least one. And preparing for the pope. How some people are already profiting from the big visit. Leave early go roam sleep in sleep out star gaze dream big wander more care less beat sunrise chase sunset do it all. On us. New information tonight in the search for two missing teenagers who had gone fishing off the coast of florida. The coast guard will end its searchandrescue effort at sunset tonight. Hundreds of rescue workers scoured a massive area over the atlantic for the last 8 days. The boys boat was found overturned on sunday. Their families say the two 14 yearold neighbors have extensive experience on the water. And they vowed to keep looking for them. An emotional day for many catholics in our area. They are attending what will likely be the last masses at their churches. Andrea grymes was there for the goodbyes. Reporter joan romanelli tearfully hugged her priest after leaving the final mass at st. Elizabeth of hungary on east 83rd street. Heartwrenching. Im in denial. [ crying ] when i wake up sunday morning, i will no longer have this place to come to. I have been here for 35 years. [ crying ] reporter the Upper EastsideCatholic Church is one of 31 the archdiocese says its closing and merging with nearby parishes as of tomorrow. Its a wrenching occasion for the parishioners. But understandable in the context of economics. Reporter the archdiocese explains this is not at its core about finances. But its simply too many churches to meet the needs of its people. Spokesman Joseph Zwilling talked with us on sunday. We are sorry for whatever pain people are feeling. But in the long run, i think people will come to see that they have joined a stronger more vibrant parish by bringing together two small communities of faiths. Reporter at our lady of peace on east 62nd street, 12 yearold ian lit candles on the steps taking part in the churchs all night vigil until its final mass this afternoon. Im praying for a miracle and that is for the church to somehow stay open. Reporter parishioners offered to donate 2 million of his own money to save his beloved church which he describes as a vibrant and financially sound parish. But the archdiocese turned him down. I really believe it would be a tragedy to close our lady of peace. You can see the outpouring of support from the parishioners here today. Reporter despite the heartbreak, there is some hope of reopening. Our lady of peace and st. Elizabeth are two of at least 7 parishes waiting for word after appealing to rome. Andrea grymes, cbs 2 news. The archdiocese says some of the churches on the merger list will still be used on a regular basis. Others only on special occasions. Still about 8 weeks until the pope arrives in the u. S. But much of the merchandise for his visit has already arrived in souvenir shops. In philadelphia, where he will make his first stop, stores are stocked with pope paraphernalia. They have mugs, bumper stickers and hats with his likeness. Francis is modest but this would give most people a big head. One of the top sellers promises to be his bobblehead. Tshirt, mug, bobblehead. Thats the three things. Going to be hot. People can buy anything from tshirts to sweatshirts polo shirts. Theres so many products that we have access to that ultimately somebody can say, you know what, i want a pillowcase with the popes image on it. One woman has created a slice of heaven. She has designed an accessory that burns an image of his holiness into slices of toast. What havent they thought of . Nothing. This is like being right outside the vatican which is like a carnival. Yeah. Atmosphere by the way. It will be fun. All right. Here in new york plans are under way for the popes trip and security will be tight. Dana tyler has more on that tonight at 6 00. An unprecedented effort to protect the pontiff in september. Marcia kramer covering the story tonight at 6 00. It involves everybody from the swiss guard to the secret service to the nypd. What they are most concerned about is what you see right here. The pontiff wants to go down fifth avenue in an openair vehicle so he can talk to the people. He likes to be accessible. He does. Its going to be a problem for security. Marcia kramer with that story at 6 00. Lonnie quinn has the weather. A heat wave this weekend . Lonnie quinn is here in the weather center. Good afternoon. Heres what it looks like outside as of right now. Temperature comes in 88 degrees. Is it going to be a heat wave or not . Yesterdays high of 87 prevented the heat wave, today only 89. We havent had a heat wave in two years. Right now theres nothing falling from the sky. Goodlooking flow in our atmosphere. I will say off to our west theres a front okay. This cold front is going to give us about a 20 chance for a bit of a shower tomorrow afternoon. Its going to be north and west of the city. If you are heading to the beaches and mountains, tomorrow is a better beach day. Its quiet, mild, 78 for your day tomorrow. Head to the beach. High temperature around 90 degrees. Well have the forecast coming up. Thank you. Still ahead at 5 00, road rage plays out as cameras roll. This is one of the craziest things i have ever seen. It really is. What happens after a driver comes to a stop on the long island expressway. Its a cbs 2 exclusive. Trick or treating in july . Kids at the beach for candy all because of superstorm sandy. Well explain. Now to a case of rush hour road rage on the long island expressway. When tempers flared other drivers watched in shock and it was all caught on camera. Cbs 2s Tracee Carrasco has the exclusive video. This guys trying to challenge this guy to a fight. Reporter drivers behaving badly and its all caught on camera as the man in this red car cuts off the man in this white suv. A game of back and forth. This is one of the craziest things i have ever seen. Reporter next it appears as the driver in the red car intentionally comes to a complete stop on the busy long island expressway eastbound past the springfield boulevard exit in queens. The white suv rams into the red car pushing it out of the way before taking off. I took my phone out because im like whats going to happen . I got nervous. Reporter anthony was on the way home to long island from work in manhattan wednesday when he took the video. Its already danger enough and you have people out there its scary reporter the nypd tells us no complaint was filed in this incident. But drivers are seeing road rage incidents more frequently. It seems like people are more stressed than ever. Reporter aaa says with more drivers on the roads, longer commutes, construction, traffic, distracted driving, even being cut off or having a bad day, all of that can add up to a case of road rage. We live in a very crowded congested city and driving in those kind of conditions can lead to incidents happening a lot. Reporter Robert Sinclair with aaa recommends listening to music, planning in advance, avoid overusing the horn, and staying calm. And if you witness a road rage incident like this one, its best to call 911. In bayside, queens, Tracee Carrasco, cbs 2 news. And police tell us if you are caught driving aggressively and engaging in road rage you are subject to a ticket. Investigators say its starting to look more likely that the plane debris discovered off the coast of madagascar is that of the missing Malaysia Airlines flight 370. That 6footlong section of an airplane wing is being examined in france. The part was discovered wednesday on the French Island of reunion. Sources say investigators are confident the wing part is from a boeing 777 airplane. Th