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And bobby brown had been hospitalized since january 31st when she was found unresponsive at her home. unspeakable loss in brooklyn, new york. the city's fire commissioner today calling this the city's worst fire tragedy in nearly one decade. one family losing seven children overnight and it happened in a closed jewish orthodox community in brooklyn that has been hit so hard. we have the details from the newsroom. >> reporter: the new york city fire commissioner says a malfunctioning hot plate left on in the kitchen caused the fire that tore through the two-story family home in a tight-knit j...

Tragedy not only for the family and the tight knit jewish community but for the entire city. >> firefighters forced their way in extinguished fire on the first floor which had started in the kitchen. pushed upstairs and found the children in their bedrooms in the back of the home. this is the largest tragedy by fire that this city has had in seven years. it's difficult to find one child in a room during a search. to find a house full of children that can't be revived i'm sure this will take its toll on our members for quite some time. >> reporter: now what we also learned from the commissioner...

Holmes faces a tough decision, his main parachute, while malfunctioning, is slightly slowing his descent. if he pulls the reserve parachute and it gets caught in the mangled main chute, it will not only fail to open but it could interfere with the little bit of drag he has and actually speed up his descent. >> it's either going to make it better -- it's either going to have the magic, slow it all down, crisis averted or i pull the reserve and it reduces the drag and then definitely, definitely dead. >> holmes takes a calculated risk, waiting until he's below 1,000 feet to pull the reserve. >> ...

Deal. the main parachute is not functioning right. i will get rid of it. i pulled the cut-away handle and that's meant to release me from that parachute. >> it's crucial to get rid of the main chute before opening up the backup. otherwise the two can get tangled causing the second chute to malfunction as well. when holmes pulls the release chord, the main parachute doesn't detach. >> i was shocked. i was like this is not good. i knew that it wasn't a situation that i could really survive. if you are not trained for this to happen, that's just not something that's in the book really. >> above h...

And trucks to have the air bags repaired because of potential danger. that's being complicated because of confusing information and a malfunctioning website. here now abc's david kerley. >> reporter: it's a remarkable move by toyota telling nearly 250,000 consumers if it runs out of replacements, it will disable your air bag and warning that motorists keep the passenger seat empty until a new bag is installed. gm is going to send a similar letter. this after another 3 million cars bringing the total to nearly 8 million, which should urgently have air bags replaced. that's the second correction...