the pilot, former u.s. walmart ceo bill simon, deployed the emergency chute which floated the plane to a road in fayetteville. the plane did hit a truck with a woman and two children inside, leaving the woman in shock. it's not the first time a plane's parachute has saved lives. >> so fast. >> so fast. >> just happened too quick. >> reporter: a texas couple narrowly escaped this fiery crash last month. their plane's chute got tangled up in power lines preventing it from hitting the ground. >> parachute definitely saved our lives. when we stopped, both of us at the same time said let's get out of here. >> reporter: the plane in arkansas has now been moved and the faa is investigating. for "nightline," i'm david gurley. it's been said both optimist and pessimist contribute to society. the optimist is the airplane, the pessimist, the parachute. thanks for watching abc news.

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or una a volunteer emergency medic stabbed and right now the knife wielding attacker is on the run. good evening at 11:00 i'm bill ritter. >> i'm sade baderinwa. a manhunt underway. the stabbing happening near a

subway stop on eastern parkway and rogers avenue in crown heights. >> eyewitness news reporter josh einiger tweeting this photo of a line of cops searching for clues. the question now, why did this happen. josh. >> reporter: first of all we will say the victim was not seriously hurt. that's not really the issue here. the issue here is that police still don't know what the motive was in this attack, and that's why over the past hour this seen has expanded exponentially. it is an enormous crime scene, eastern parkway and rogers avenue. eastern parkway is shut down on the service road as they search for clues. in the past few minutes we received a copy of the radio transmission as this volunteer medic called for help. >> i've been stabbed! >> reporter: after his urgent call for help this cell phone video captured the chaotic

in the back of his own ambulance. >> i saw lights and sirens. i came over here and i saw the guy was stabbed loaded into >> reporter: police sources say they believe a man possibly wearing a mask approached the victim from behind and slashed him in the back with no warning and without a word before running' investigators believe the attacker but at this point they have no idea what the motive was in this apparently unprovoked attack. >> with the stabbings that have taken plaps israel, we cannot be relaxed when you investigate something of this magnitude. we need to determine if it was a hate crime, and we need to use all the video footage to apprehend the person. >> reporter: and to be clear, police have not at this point said one way or another whether or not they believe

bias attack or anything else. they're looking for surveillance video throughout this neighborhood. we'll keep following it. live in the crown heights section of brooklyn, josh einiger, channel 7 eyewitness news. new information on another stabbing in brooklyn. subway riders attacked by a man with a razor blade. tonight one of the victims describes the harrowing experience on a manhattan- bound c train. jim. >> reporter: the c-train was pretty crowded. most people coming back from work, but matthew was heading to work when one of the passengers pulled a box cutter and slashed another passenger within seconds. matthew -- matthew rupp tried to get away.

both men were taken to a hospital. one said, i was just on my way to work and the guy seemed like any other dude on the subway, then he pulled a box someone. i tried to escape to the next subway car but he got on top of pee and cut a gash in my head. the man left the scene but police say he was arrested a short time later with the box cutter in his hand. he says he will be okay and could be released as early as tomorrow. police arrested 29-year-old stanley gray. he was charged with saw. police say he has a history of emotional issues and some violence in his background. matthew says' in a lot of pain but otherwise doing okay. reporting live from brownsville tonight, jim dolan, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> jim, thank you. breaking news in the shooting death of a police officer in illinois whose killing triggered a massive manhunt that failed to turn up any suspects.

press that tomorrow authorities will announce the officer committed suicide. 52-year-old charles joseph glennowitz radioed that he was chasing three men on foot when backup officers arrived, they found his body 50 yards from his squad car. an mta bus driver charged in the deadly hit-and-run of a woman in brooklyn. carol bell, using a walker, crossing at the corner when she was hit by the bus which was making a left turn, right into her. police say the driver, 4-year- old paul roper, just left the scene leaving the victim to day in street. >> she was a generous person, kindhearted, giving. her death is just shocking. >> loper is expected in court tomorrow.

yorker and another delay from the mta. it's already decades delayed. we've now learned the latest new opening for the line now set for 2019, delayed from 2017. a.j. ross with angry residents and businesses on the upper east side. a.j. >> reporter: this intersection here is a hot mess with construction equipment, cones, and narrow crosswalk space. it to say that this is a headache for people who live here, that's an understatement. now with this project being pushed back even further, people are sick, and they're tired. >> it's like you think you live in a war zone in the middle of manhattan. >> reporter: it was supposed to be a remedy for congestion but the lingering construction of the second avenue subway line has proven to be more of a nagging pain. >> construction, they're

taking all our parking spots here, so we had to move to different vehicles to make it convenient. >> reporter: while some have found ways around the detours, others, he is special businesses in this corridor, have no choice but to stay put and endure. despite the mta projecting additional delays with the second phase of the project from 96th street to 125th, not even getting underway until beyond 2019. >> it's beyond upsetting. i'm speechless. people generally avoiding this area because of the construction. >> reporter: john's shop has been open seven months. he worries how the disruptions will further detour what he says is already slim foot traffic. >> i really hope something changes, but three years is a very long time. a lot of businesses might not survive two years. >> reporter: people who live nearby say their patience is wearing thin, and they're questioning if the current

>> it's the trains are incredibly crowded, day and night. >> this has been pretty bad. it's horrible. >> reporter: in a recent statement the mta chairman says they are committed to speeding up the process, and if they cap, they will get a capital program amendment to do. so live tonight, a.j. ross, channel 7 eyewitness news. a string of burglar rinse brooklyn. tonight cops are looking for the man and woman pulling them off, the duo targeting four businesses since late september. the woman acting as a lookout while the man stole cash and merchandise. they loaded the loot into a push wagon and then took off. a memorial growing in the bronx for the three people killed in that horrific crash on halloween, mourners

not far away tonight, wake services for 24-year-old christian leka who pushed his sister out of the way. she survived. but 10-year-old nye union that and 64 -- 10-year-old nye union nyanna and the 64-year-old. on long island, steve malone is keeping his job, easily defeating his republican challenger. and a close fight for the next district attorney of richmond county with 73% of precincts reporting on staten island. democrat michael mcman leads his opponent 53 to 45%. we're going to have the results of all the local races on the home page at

abc7ny.com. this was also election night in ohio where voters rejected a ballot measure that would have permitted marijuana for both medical and recreational use. it was an expensive campaign and legal fight. right now just four states allow recreational use of marijuana. new at 11:00, a startling revelation about rappers and two murders. fbi documents show agents were looking into whether members of the group ordered the murders of two drug dealers in the '90s. an attorney for one of the defendants wants to see every police report about the staten island rap group's alleged involvement. no comment from any members of the group. and in connecticut, a man accused of killing his parents now officially charged with their murder. 27-year-old kevin naven arraigned today where bail was set at $2.5 million. his parents, jeanette and jeffrey, vanished in august.

on friday their bodies were found buried in the yard of a vacant home. court papers detail the drug use and strained relationship with his parents. straight ahead on eyewitness news at 11:00, valuables swiped right out of people's cars. drivers are shocked when they find out what took their stuff. it niece one you'd ever expect. and first a fire, now new problems for that taco bell executive caught on camera beating up a driver from uber. this is anything but typical, 64, clear skies. parts of the area got close to 80 degrees a little cooler in spots tomorrow. big changes okay, so everyone is saying, "hurry! you gotta get fios" but why?

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the e. coli outbreak in the northwest is growing tonight. the disease is linked to chipotle restaurants. 37 people have now tested positive.

have been tied to the outbreak in washington and oregon. they should be able to track down the exact source. an executive with taco bell facing criminal charges after he was caught on camera driver. benjamin gold facing assault and battery and could get up to a year in jail and a $10,000 fine. he was ordered out of the car for being drunk, then seen on camera beating the driver. he was fired as brand manager. air bag manufacturer takata slapped with adds 70 million fine. the japanese company is beg fined by u.s. auto safety regulators fore the defect now linked to eight deaths and more than 100 injuries worldwide. takata has agreed to phase out air bag inflators that use

ammonium nitrate. cops in new haven are going into unlocked cars and taking valuables so drivers learn to lock their doors. police then leave a note telling the driver, the valuables are at the police station property room. >> i think what they're doing is stealing these people's property. they have no right to enter their car, just the fact that it's not locked doesn't mean that it isn't your private property. >> meanwhile the city is defending itself saying there's a caretaker provision that allows police to remove the property. an nypd officer says training and helped him spot a mentally disabled marathon runner who had been missing since sunday. the 30-year-old, who is from italy, disappeared sunday just avenue finished the tcf new york city marathon. he was on his way to work and spotted the man still in his racing attire on the number two train midtown manhattan. he appeared tired and hung

green. he does not speak english, sew gestured to show he was a police officer. >> i was able to open up the app where his speech was, and i asked him in spanish instead of italian, because it sounds the same, i said, tu, and he nodded his head. that's when i had the moment to say, this is actually the person we are looking for. >> the officer gave him something to eat, then he was taken to the hospital, where he is getting checked out. a newborn baby's photo shoot gets photo bombed. wait until you see by what. the photographer had just set up a fall scene with baby connor at a park when a deer walked out from the woods and surprise them. is it time for my close did you know? the tier apparently a bit of a camera hog. the photographer says the deer has been sneaking into her photos for months now, making them even more magical. this time-lapse video

shows the colorful northern lights dancing over the farm lands of nebraska. the aurora borealis caused by -- do i have this right, leet, charged particles interacting with the atmosphere. >> that's on my bucket list. i really want to seat. >> you just saw it, right on eyewitness news. >> there were some reports in upstate new york and new england but it didn't get down this far. >> so sorry. >> well, i love this weather and i hope it happens again tomorrow. in the. >> we do have solar radiation. the empire state building is in election day colors. we're at 64 degrees. you flip that around, you get your humidity. the wind is very light. the high today 72 degrees. that's 14 degrees above average. pretty close to 70 tomorrow, the record high is 79. we have a shot at a record on friday. there are your sunrise and sunset times. around 70 again tomorrow, a bit cooler at the coast. that's what i was talking

about. not a big deal. mild but more clouds on thursday, record warmth a possibility if we can clear it that fall feel is going to come back with a gusty breeze, but that chill sunday is going to be temporary. 57, and 60 in hampton. 48 cool degrees, and lower 50s across the hudson valley. lots of sunshine. 58. light wind actually turns off the ocean so right around 70 degrees should do it. high pressure is just to our south tonight. we have that light westerly breeze. but as the high moves away we get into this area. as that comes in and we have a light wind, we have a 60- degree ocean, that's why our numbers will be just slightly cooler tomorrow. also, with several days of now winds coming on shore lightly, some of these clouds are going

and on thursday i think we'll have some low cloudy pes. but that's just minor. the overall pattern still way above average. the jet stream to the north. until this front comes through late friday night, gusty breezes sends our temperatures back to normal. very little rainfall. 40s in the suburbs, mid-50s in the park. tomorrow highs in the upper 60s to around 70. fast forward tomorrow night at this time. still comfortable. look at how the low clouds increase thursday. more cloudiness and probably just shy of that 70-degree mark. mainly clear, 58. up to 70 tomorrow with lots of sunshine. absolutely gorgeous. patchy clouds work in tomorrow night. on your seven-day forecast there's more clouds on thursday, maybe a sprinkle late day. friday the clouds should break up. if they do by late morning we have a shot at that record high, tying it, then late-day showers but there is some question to the clearing there. by the time we get to saturday

that wind will make it feel like we're in the 50s rather than six. after that sunshine, cooler temperatures on sunday into early next week but temperatures are going to bounce back and we're going to be in the mid-60s again midweek next week. bill evans will have an update in the morning. up next, truly heartbreaking news about your favorite sewedda. and a giant parachute strapped

in tonight's health alert another reason to limit those sugary beverages. a new study suggests sweetened drinks could contribute to heart failure. researchers found men who drink two or more glasses of soda or other sweetened drinks a day have a 23% highgher risk of heart failure. scientists say all that sugar leads to weight gain and obesity which can lead to heart problems. a parachute but not in the likely way, likely saving the

life of a former wal-mart ceo and two passengers when a small plane crashed on a highway. cell phone video shows the plane going down in arkansas. the pilot, bill simon, deployed an emergency parachute after losing the engine. the parachute lessened the blow, amazing. >> rob powers. you learn something every night. take it away. it was part-time in kansas city and decision time just about everywhere else. the mets are among the teams with plenty of choices to

the guy who steers the ship, some managers i assume when you lose the world series you might get a little nervous. the world. there are plenty of decisions to be made before the mets open the next season in about 22 weeks, but one of the big ones has been made. we can confirm a contract extension for terry collins.

a new two-year deal to stay on as skipper. collins will meet with the media tomorrow, the new deal expected to be formally announced. a trip to the world series, and today a new contract. dusty baker has a new deal. he's been named the washington nationals manager. 's good one. championship caliber resume. you may have heard bud black was headed to d.c. but apparently no deal was made. the gnats go with baker. inkansas city the royals victory parade after winning the world series, i know this is tough to watch, but look at this scene. schools had the day off. people crowded into the city all morning long. some just parked on the site side of the -- some just parked on the side of the interstate and walked the rest of the way. we've got hockey tonight. the capitals unbeaten on the road at the garden to play the rangers who have won four straight at home. the rangers have had great

luck on the ice against the caps. the rookie gets it started. kevin hayes gets in on the scoring act. rangers in front. they never looked back. the rangers kept scoring everywhere. the caps just hate playing here. they win tonight 5-2. lundquist had 32 saves. he stopped ovechkin. rangers have won five straight at home. in brooklyn the islanders and devils. john taveras here. travis scores on the pour play. ties the game at one. late third period now. isles get the game winner. 2-1 over the devils. the devils had won six of seven. tomorrow night the knicks visit lebron james and the cavaliers. the big rookie able to

practice, said was surprised how good he felt. last night against the spurs it looked like carmelo anthony lands on the big gay's head. he does hope to play tomorrow night. >> feeling way bert today. when i woke up in the morning i was kind of surprised that my neck wasn't as stiff any more. >> as long's doesn't wake up with a problem, he can go through shoot-around tomorrow. >> we shall see. finally from us the first college football playoff selection committee rankings are out. title game is january 11th. we have a lot of football before then. ohio state ended up winning the national championship last year.