helping save the woman's life. >> the woman was brought to shore. police and fire officials were n scene moments later. they took the woman to the hospital with mild hypothermia. >> before she was transported, maybe some driver error, may hae made a mistake between the brake and the gas and what-have-you. >> dozens lined the area to wath the divers and grateful for the efforts of the good samaritans. >> i was very happy also up a bystander jumped in. obviously that's what we should do as people is other, but it's nice to see. >> the woman's suv still remains here in the pond. as you can see, dive crews and police are still here. they will eventually hook up up car to a tow truck and get it ot of here. up 68-year-old woman remain in the hospital -- remain in the hospital tonight. again, with some mild hypothermia. >> live in arlington, i'm alex diprato, 7news. >> and more breaking news we're following at 6:00.

toddler in hamilton, pleading guilty to all charges today. 7's brandon gunnoe has more from the courthouse in salem. brandon in adam, in her last court appearance, she appeared too -- 22-year-old abigail hannh broke down in court and pled guilty to kidnapping and touring a toddler. police say last november hannah kidnapped the toddler from her home in the middle of the night, shaved her head, burned her with cigarettes and left her naked on the side of the road. she was spotted by a couple who saw her in a pile of leaves 8 miles from the little girl's home in south hamilton.

hannah was sentenced to five to 7 years in prison and 10 years probation after her release. >> child's family had asked for privacy and said they wanted to thank first responders and the couple up saved their little gil and said she is recovering as well. >> we're live in salem, massachusetts, brandon gunnoe, 7news. >> turning to the two officers shot in east boston. investigators still pulling crucial clues from the home nearly two days after the

byron burnt live in east boston to bring us more on the latest developments. >> yeah, nearly two days after the shootout, police -- it looks like they're getting ready to wrap things up here at the crime scene here on gladstone street. you can see a couple of police officers, couple of firefighters down there now in front of the house. but they have removed the police tape and some neighbors are beig allowed to walk into the area. the investigation of continues and right now the immediate focus remains on the two injured officers. >> investigators removing severl bags of evidence from the east boston home where two boston police officers were critically wounded wednesday night. >> i spoke to the commissioner this morning and we had a -- a very complicated conversation trying to figure out what exacty could have been a motive, where this man was coming from. you know, up hasn't been established yet. >> gunfire inside the home on gladstone street.

over the thermostat. police say when officers went inside, 33-year-old kirk figuera who was wearing a bullet proof vest opened fire on officers, rick cintolo and matt morris, shootings each of them multiple times. figueroa was then shot and killd by police. >> we don't know what sparked it and i think as they continue to investigate and trying to i'm assuming family and extended family they'll get a clearer picture of actually who police officers >> figueroa was a constable in boston. he had no criminal history in massachusetts but had been arrested for crimes in georgia. the officers were back in surgey again today, but listed in critical, but stable condition. >> obviously every day you getaway from the incident is a positive step. >> back here live you can see a couple of police officers in front of the house there. as we said they are wrapping up

all the police tape has been removed and some of the neighbos are coming in to the area. now the boston police union did tweet out a message to the publc just a little while ago, basically saying up as our brothers continue to battle ther wounds, they thank and appreciae what everyone has done in terms of sending their prayers so that's the latest live here in east boston, i'm byron barnett, 7news. >> the police department seeing ovel injured officers and obviously their families. in fact a vigil is happening right now. 7's tim caputo continuing our coverage live in east boston. tim? >> yeah, so many people actually showed up for this vigil it stopped traffic here at the moment behind me. but as this bus moves out of the way i'll show you what's going n right now at the intersection o. it's getting underway with dozes of people from the community as well as a number of police officers, including commissioner

gladstone street to essentially the area of the incident that happened on wednesday night. as byron mentioned they are wrapping up the crime scene and taking down the police tape to finally open up gladstone street ask they will have up vigil, a candlelight vigil up in the parking lot of the madonna queen of the universe statue up there. i spoke with the commissioner a short time ago as he arrived hee for this evening vigil. he said the support from the community has overwhelming. to have people show up last nigt there's been a lot of support in the community. what's it been low country? >> it was very comforting. i was here last night and mayor walsh and the community really gave a lot of support to the police, which is very important, you know. a lot of their community knows richie and up and we're all pulling for them. >> when i spoke with the

said he has been getting almost no sleep over the last two nights, but what has gotten him through all this is one, the recovery of those officers. they say they are doing better. the superintendent and the commissioner said they spoke wih both of those officers over the last couple days and this mornig before their surgeries and they are doing better. they also appreciate all the support from the community and they said the support, especialy from the folks here right on ths street where this happened next door to where it happened have helped them an awful lot getting through all this. that's the lt. caputo, 7news. >> stay with 7news on air and online. you can also get updates instantly at whdh.com and the mobile and tablet apps. >> two people linked to a gruesome deadly home invasion in orange pleading not guilty in court. they were captured while on the run in virginia and returned to massachusetts this week. 7's steve cooper live in orange now. >> the district attorney telling us earlier today that the

life, they wanted to avoid jail time and also to avoid drug treatment. tonight they're facing the possibility of life behind bars after this deadly crime spree. >> brittany. inside she was mouthing the wors i love you after pleading not guilty during her 452nd arraignment. >> do you want to say why you does it. >> smith's part in crime pleads not guilty t admitted to stabbing thomas hary and then helped stab his wife, 77-year-old joann a fisher while the couple were watching tv. the violence last the two hours before the suspects took off in hardy's car, but not before grabbing cash, plus credit and debit cards. the duo drove to virginia where they were captured in a u-haul truck last weekend.

senseless and brutal. >> they chose the house because they wanted an older car up couldn't be tracked by police. >> fisher who was wheelchair bound played dead and couldn't call for help because the suspects cut the phone lines. >> she was discovered 15 hours later when her caretaker showed up. >> the family wants to move forward and if they can be brought to justice. >> lawyers for the suspects with little to say leaving courted. >> we have no comment. please turn off the cameras. >> tensions would rise after the proceedings when family members of the suspects residents outraged over the deadly attack. >> i don't know them, but they murdered a 95-year-old man. >> and the woman slashed in the throat remains hospitalized. as for the two suspects they're being held without bail right nw and they'll be back at the courthouse in december. live in orange tonight, steve cooper, 7news. >> a frightening fall as a grave collapses in locally. a man says he was walking toward his brother-in-law's grave when

another grave. you can see there from the picture the whole is about knee deep. the man says he's now trying to reach out to the family of the veteran to notify them. >> all right. let's turn to the race for the white house. and we are just 24 days away frm the vote. hillary clinton went on the elln degeneres show today, giving her up interview since the last debate. clinton says she's not taking anything for granted and up anything can happen in this election. >> i don't want anybody to think this election is over, because it's till now. >> clinton also got more support from president obama today who was campaigning for her in cleveland, ohio. donald trump meanwhile rallying in north carolina. trump defending allegations that he sexually assaulted women and then bragged about it, calling into question the legitimacy and timing of the barage of accusations. >> it's a total setup. now suddenly after many many

the most important elections in the history of our country. it also comes at a time as wikileaks unveils horrible, horrible things about hillary clinton. >> trump and clinton will face off again next wednesday in las vegas in the last debate before we electricity a new president come november. >> coming up, a disturbing medical mix up at a worcester hospital. what caused a surgeon to removea kidney from the wrong pie

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kelly ayotte's supporting big, corporate special interests. she's not working for us. dscc is responsible for the content of this advertising. >> a month's long investigation under covers a medical mistake t st. vincent's hospital in worcester. we learned a surgeon removed the wrong kidney from a patient. >> this happened back in july. tonight new details on what led up to the mix up. >> st. vincent hospital in worcester being reprimanded aftr 7news up reported a surgeon thee removed a kidney from the wrong patient in july. now a new report from the massachusetts department of public health laying out details about just what happened. the report says the decision to remove a kidney from the one patient was based on the test results of a different patients.

and who had ct scans on the same name and the birth dates were just a few years apart. as a result the hospital has ben forced to adopt a plan to make sure patients receive care in a safe setting. >> the hospital will have to renot force the need for two patient identifiers, review information technology and correct imaging studies if if needed for surgery. in response to the investigatio, tenant health which owns st. vincent hospital says, quote, we are working to implement enhancd safeguar a cms survey, including additional verification steps with physicians. this is a deeply unfortunate situation and we will take all steps necessary to prevent it from happening again. the department of health says they will continue to monitor te hospital through unannounced inspections to make sure they're complying with the new plan. if they don't take corrective action in a timely manner, their eligibility to participate in medicare and medicaid programs could be terminated.

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>> now, 7weather with chief meteorologist jeremy reiner. >> numbers fading away now. down into the upper 40s. hyannis, 49. mostly clear sky and again the dry air when you have sunshine working on the dry air it warms up nicely. you take the sun away and it's free falling.

temps will head for the 30s, even some upper twenties. city of boston some patchy fros. again not out of boston logan, but back toward boston. the numbers will be in the upper 30s tomorrow morning. these will be the temps about 7:00 tomorrow morning. norwood, 26. if gardening is still your scen, protect the mums, because we do have a freeze warning basically from 128 to 495. nothing is in effect outside 495 because the growing season is essentiallyr. to be cold out in these locations. frost advisory in effect even on the cape as well as martha's vineyard. high pressure with us this afternoon and it's moving slow which means it's with us tomorrw and again on sunday. awesome week. lots of sunshine. chilly tomorrow morning for the kids' soccer games and as you work through the day tomorrow, the numbers will be in the upper 50s. sunday is the milder of the two days. our next weather system is a wek cool front coming through new england sunday night well after

clouds. perhaps an isolated shower and then we focus on warmer temps next week. this warm front the leading edge of warmer air and it will delivr the god tuesday and wednesday of next week. wait until you see the 7-day forecast. for tomorrow, outstanding, lots of sunshine, perfect fall day. hardly any wind out there with temps between 55 and 60 degrees. sunday, mostly sunny skies in te morning. a few more clouds in the afternoon hours. here are the numbers for tomorrw afternoon. norwood, around 60. nice recovery off the temps in the twenties tomorrow sunday, again, it's a cool morning sunday, not as cold as tomorrow, but it warms up nicely sunday afternoon. upper 60s to around 70. patriots taking on the bengals. it will feature lots of sunshin. tailgates through the lower 60s. a bit of a breeze developing during the game and when the gae wraps up. your seven on seven forecast. tuesday and wednesday, upper 70s, low 80s. have a great weekend.

trey daerr. >> for sure i felt like myself last week, just getting into a groove now. have to stay in a routine, stay in a groove. >> just when all seemed right in the world with the patriots, rob groncowski throwing us a curve baltimore. the all-pro tight end a no show today. it turns out illness is keeping him out, not a hamstring. he's listed as questionable for sunday. >> the spotlight will be on tom super bowl mvp makes his 2016 home debut. and after torching the browns defense for 406 yards and three touchdowns, the reining afc offensive player of the week, expecting a much different test from the bengals. >> they a good scheme that's proven to win over a lot of years. they've won their division two f the last three years.

he also set the play for the up time this season. the patriots defensive end while serving a four game suspension for using a i'm very excited to be back with my teammates. i feel great, so i'm just lookig forward to getting -- having a another good week of preparation and looking forward to playing a good football team here. >> the bruins dropping the puck on their 93rd season last night.

each player scoring a pair in te night. he stole the show with a little ball of hate opening the season with two goals and three assist, capping off his five-point night with dazzling. >> it was one year ago when, he celebrated with the bat flip heard and seen around t a straight right from the jaw of the rangers. the blue jays will kick off the alcs in cleveland tonight. that's it for sports, 7news will

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