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now new york's number one news, channel 7 eyewitness news. terrifying moments caught on camera, a mother and her children helpless as a driver repeatedly slams into their car. >> plus, we have new information on a teenager falling 7 stories to his death. what was he doing inside a run-down, dangerous and abandoned hospital. good evening. it's 11:00. >> a group of kids inside this hospital on staten island closed for decades but tonight one of them made a life-ending mistake. >> jim dolan is in the new brighton section with the details. >> reporter: i never should have happened.

is supposed to circle the entire building but it doesn't. there's gaps for kids to crawl through, walk through and some places where it doesn't exist at all. so easy for kids to just go into that property and according to neighbors they do every day and have for years. nobody here is surprised that a 16-year-old boy is dead tonight. >> the abandoned hospital looks exactly like the kind of place that would attract teenagers with 7 floors of broken windows and such easy access. so many kids go in just through this space between two gates. you can see the path the kids have created to get to the building and it's been like this for years. >> everybody went in there. everybody. i'm 34 years old so when i was a kid i used to come here all the time. >> tonight investigators with flashlights came to check out the scene after a 16-year-old boy on the top floor of the building fell down an elevator shaft. his friends called 911 but he died at richmond university medical center.

investigators don't know what the boys were doing inside. >> every single day in the morning we do see kids on the block down there. there's a gate there. they just get free access into the whole building and hang out there all day. >> drinking and weed and stuff? god knows what they're doing inside. >> we just learned the name of the 16-year-old is marcus castillo, 16 years old. >> reporter: the building was part of staten island hospital but it's been abandoned for decades. it's now owned by a company called new castle condominiums. we tried to reach them tonight but could not. reporting live, jim dolan, channel 7, eyewitness news. >> thank you. take a look at this new video we have tonight of a driving rampage. an alleged drunk driver crashed head on into a car in long island with a mother and her two kids inside. aj ross is here with that

family's incredible story. aj. >> reporter: this is surreal dash cam video. the victim and her two small children are struck head on not once but twice by a driver suspected of being under the influence. thankfully the young family is okay but things could have been a lot worse. >> take a look at this dashcam video from inside the young family's car as they approached a stop light at ocean and wood side avenue thursday afternoon. out of nowhere a honda suv traveling westbound makes a wild right turn in the middle of this busy intersection and violently strikes them head on. >> i thought we were going to die. >> police identified the driver of that vehicle as 53-year-old linda espina. she ignored good samaritans and did not shut her car off but hit the gas again nearly running over this woman before colliding head on with the young mom and her two

>> i was really scared when she first hit us. me and my little sister were crying. then when she sit us the second time we were crying so hard that we were screaming as well. >> helplessly on the phone was the girl's father who quickly rushed to the scene to see if his family was okay. >> suddenly i hear screams of my kids, my wife and then silence. i thought that i lost my family. >> espina was transported to brook haven memorial hospital and later arrested and charged with dwi. >> thankful that everyone is safe and sound. >> it's good to have them back alive after what happened. >> reporter: a close call. she was arraigned today in central ross, channel 7, eyewitness news. new video tonight of a pair of suspects wanted in connection

surveillance video shows two men walking into the ken jo jewelry store on west 57th street. they pulled out guns, handed workers bags and demanded they fill them with watches. they took off with an unknown amount of merchandise. a pro baseball prospect on life support since he was shot is preparing to have his organs donated. 23-year-old michael nolan was shot september 18th in yonkers. he was standing in the parking lot of a burger king. there's been no arrests. a toddler hanging out of a window in the bronx. tonight we're hearing from the family of the woman who left the child alone in that apartment. neighbors screamed for help today in the mount eden section as a 2-year-old girl hung from a second floor window. the child's family said the baby is doing okay but they are clearly

shaken up. >> she's perfectly fine. we just shook up about what's going on. >> a con edison work erer climbed a ladder and grabbed the baby. more deadly gun violence at college campuses. two shootings at two different universities. the latest this afternoon at texas southern university in houston. gunfire erupting outside a student housing complex there. a freshman was killed, another person shot. a third person is on the loose. >> the other gun violence on university. 18-year-old steven jones charged with murder for a shooting that killed a fellow jones opened fire during a fight that broke out in a student was killed. jones was

pledging a different fraternity and killed another fraternity murder. president obama was on his way to the scene of last week's deadly college shooting in oregon when the college shootings where are unfolding. he met with family members of the victims of the rampage that killed eight people and one teacher. after wards he spoke to reporters. >> we're going to have to come together as a country to see how we can prevent these issues from today it's about the families, their grief and the love we feel for them. >> the president's visit was met by a small demonstration. dozens of people gathered near roseburg's airport to protest his call for stricter gun laws. u.s. senator bob menendez trying to get his corruption charges dismissed by appealing a decision by a judge. the judge dismissed four counts of bribery but let 18 others stand.

alleged he took bribes for political influence. the doctor was a friend of his and he also pleaded not guilty. cops concerned the popular interaccelerate billboard is attracting visitors at 43rd street and 7th avenue. as tourists position themselves for a picture sexual predators swoop in. four men have been arrested for groping an molesting women. >> you think something is being photographed would deter them but it encourages them. >> if it's such a distraction maybe they should remove it or have more police in places like this. >> they will turn off the camera after 8:00 p.m. when most of the acts are committed. many are still snorting about losing the dodgers. will

the abandoned fans from long island make that trip west to watch professional hockey? lucy yang is at the barclays center. >> reporter: relocating a family is hard enough. imagine moving a hockey team from nassau county to brooklyn and then bragging the fans with them. the faithful came tonight but we did hear lots of grumbling. >> islander fans poured into the barclay center dressed in their favorite jerseys and readily to roar. >> today marks a new era for the team. no more coliseum, hello barclays center. >> first game is historic. >> we moved to brooklyn and are so excited they are here now. >> i am so excited to be here. >> obviously we're sad being here but we're ready to make new memories.

>> let's go! >> many fans complained about the inconvenience of coming into brooklyn on crowd and expensive trains but they came none the less to support their home team. >> mixed feelings. i don't like it but it's not as awful as i thought it would be. >> this stadium is cleaner but as a tradition the coliseum is better. >> it's too big and i don't know, it's too much. >> i liked it when it was chiller. >> reporter: chiller. well, obviously it's going to take time to get used to the any digs and the commute to brooklyn. one thing their new home ice will never be able to provide is a place to tailgate. the skies in our area are opening up big time the evening triggering torrential rain that

running for governor. flood waters went down the grand central stairs during the height of rush hour. in the bronx the drivers faced dangerous conditions on the road. this is during a downpour. check out this picture from lower manhattan. one world trade struck by lightning earlier tonight. no reports of damage. now a blast of cooler air here for the weekend. meteorologist lee goldberg is in the weather center. >> poorly timed and fast moving. nearly an inch in central park and 1.5 inches in islep. temperatures are dropping down 65 but we have a long way to go. i'll tell you about the 7 day accuweather forecast with a warm up in it coming up. >> plus, she said she was a divorce lawyer and imagine the surprise of some couples when it

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here at 11:00, some people in new jersey who think they are divorced might not be. in fact, they still might be married after what cops call a divorce lawyer scam. 29-year-old anastasya varvaryuk sold invalid divorce judgements. she's not a licensed attorney but pretended to be one as she operated in the town of clifton. a former emt in his own emergency tonight for allegedly calling in a fake 911 call while on the job. 27-year-old william medina arraigned tonight. back in august he called 911 from a pay phone in queens to report a

man wasn't breathing to avoid responding to a call in brooklyn. he resigned during this investigation. tomorrow a march for safety in queens. it's been 2$2 years since the disappearance of avante aquindo. saturday's march is intended to educate the public about school safety and wandering children. it starts at 1:00 p.m. a disturbing halloween display outside a home in new jersey tonight sparking controversy. neighbors want it taken down. they say it's like an isis excuse. it includes figures representing a terrorist and torture victim and an american soldier hanging by a noose. someone dismantled that though.

>> this is an anti-isis display. it's not pretty. >> i think i was much more offended that it went up on september 11th. i think it's a statement supporting terrorism. >> the creator say there's been vandals and they called the cops and said they're installing security cameras. controversial to say the least. what a gross kind of night. it was just raining and just miserable. >> it was rough there for a few hours. the storms were fast moving, wind gusts over 45 miles things are calming down now. you're going to love the weekend. earlier in the week we were concerned this might stick around into saturday. not the case. it is leaving the scene. always look at this camera when the wind starts to kick up. you can look at the east river and see a beautiful new york city skyline. we haven't cleared out fully yet. we will later on. we're at 65. the humidity is still a little high. the cold front has come through. the northwest wind 17 to 23 at la guardia and

the pressure is on the rise. the high today near 80 degrees. you had that, the humid late summer feel and then a sharp fall cold front coming through and that's why we got the big storms. average high 66. we'll struggle to that tomorrow. sun sunrise and sunset times on a sunny saturday but you wake up and it will have that fall feel by dawn. 40s in many suburbs. there's a stiff morning breeze that back s off during the afternoon hours. it's a beautiful october afternoon. might have a little frost far north and west tomorrow night and then a nice warm up into sunday and especially into columbus day. it hit 81 in newark, 81 tom's river. now 63 in stanford right now. gusty storms through islip at 46 miles per hour wind gusts. most of the wind gusts were in the 35 miles per hour range. these are

17 at la guardia. you can see the wind shift offshore there. still gusty tomorrow morning, 54 to start. closing in on 60 by noontime. a more comfortable feel as the wind backs off during the afternoon, plenty of sunshine and 65. there's the line between 3:00 far north and west. now the clouds are breaking up. the front is getting hung up to the south. more rain for the carolinas this weekend. there's high pressure that moves in for the weekend. behind that high it's warming up into the 70s out in the northern plains so we'll get there by sunday and monday. here's the future cast. a chilly saturday morning and then a nice afternoon. upper 50s to low to mid 60s in the afternoon. much be a touch of frost but near 70

again by the afternoon. cool blue skies tomorrow at 65. when you wake up make sure you have the fall jacket early. we're mainly clear and 54 and then up to 65. tomorrow night chilly at 49 degrees, 30s well north and west. on the 7 day not only near 70 on sunday but the mid if not upper 70s on monday. just a slight chance of a shower on tuesday and then near normal. >> thank you, lee. coming up next, a recall that could have you rummaging through your fridge.

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caught on camera, a pregnant woman hanging on for dear life to the hood of a moving suv. cell phone video is showing it play out on the side of a freeway in texas. that's the woman's car. her boyfriend was driving. he stole it and she road on the hood for 200 yards before she was thrown out. the woman and her baby were unharmed and her ex is facing charges of assault. whole foods market is re calling some cheeses because of a listeria scare. the patillion cheese was cut and placed in a plastic wrap.

becoming sick. rob powers has sports next. >> it could be a big weekend in the history of the mets. they get their playoff run started. we'll preview tomorrow game's 2 live from los angeles. >> a huge night for hockey. the rangers on the road, the devils first opener and the

>> plus, another tune up game 40% of the streetlights in detroit, at one point, did not work. you had some blocks and you had major thoroughfares and corridors that were just totally pitch black. those things had to change. we wanted to restore our lighting system in the city. you can have the greatest dreams in the world,

at the time that the bankruptcy filing was done, the public lighting authority had a hard time of finding a bank. citi did not run away from the table like some other bankers did. citi had the strength to help us go to the credit markets and raise the money. it's a brighter day in detroit. people can see better when they're out doing their tasks, young people are moving back in town, the kids are feeling safer while they walk to school. and folks are making investments and the community is moving forward.

like a long winter without rain or snow that's what the mets experienced but now they're back in the hunt. >> it's been a long one. they waited 9 long years and then wait to play the late game on the west coast tonight. game one against the dodgers. they are still playing. it's 1-0

mets right now in the 5th inning. murphy a homerun. the mets tried to get the jump on the road before game 2 tomorrow. second game again out west. laura is live with a look ahead. >> reporter: hey, rob. tonight we are seeing a pitchers dual with the mets starters making his post season debut. tomorrow night it will be the same thing except noah senderguard takes the mound. it doesn't matter what happens tonight, game 2 is a pivotal game. >> become more of a pitcher, not a thrower and i feel like that's going to huge a role tomorrow night. >> i have a clubhouse full of pretty good leadership and i don't think the grandersons kalog next eric garner

guys get carried away. >> reporter: first pitch tomorrow a little bit earlier just after 9:00 east coast time. we will be staying late tonight and will wrap it up after football evening. for now live, channel 7, eyewitness news. rob. >> thank you. we'll see you back here then. the other playoff winners texas over toronto and the cardinals top the cubs. the islanders have a new home, leaving long island and landing if brooklyn. a new era. they bring all that pre-game tribute back . the season opener against the defending cup champions the black hawks. first goal scored by the captain john tavaris. tied at 2 in over time, chicago power play and patrick cane scores. islanders lose 3-2 in over time.

the rangers on the road at columbus. they won their season opener wednesday in chicago. jt miller forces a turn over. what a play. oscar lindberg scores the equalizer. rangers win again 4-2 on the road. the home opener tomorrow. to cap off this hockey day, the devils opening home at winnipeg. there's the new coach john hynes. blake wheeler made it 2-0. the devils get one back on the powerball. winnipeg takes this one though 3-1 over the devils. pre-season for the knicks at washington. this is a tune up against the wizards continuing to chart the progress of the rockies. carmelo anthony was 10-15 from the floor and 21 points.

knicks cruise 115-104. the knicks and sixers in al ba baa -- in albany tomorrow. still 1-0 and the mets have

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