bryant who was desperately trying to free himself for hours stuck waist deep in the muck of a creek. sara bloomquist is live at the 200 block of kingswood lane. sara how did they get him out. >> reporter: well jim, they used their training and special equipment, this is where the rescue played out. we are here in the woods back here in the bryant home, you can see how swampy and muddy it is here. miles and his brother and a friend were playing in a creek that runs back here and the creek wall collapsed trapping him and it took hours and over 100 first responders to rescue him. >> i don't usually freak out but it was scary. >> miles bryant spent hours stuck in the muddy creek. these still photos showed the massive effort it took to free

him. he was playing in the woods playing with his 9-year-old brother and a friend. >> i was walking along the creek and it gave out and i fell into the mud. >> his feet were stuck in the muck beneath the waist deep water. the boys tried to free him and then they ran and got his mom. >> he got one leg out and then the other got deeper. they tried to dig him out and then called 911. >> the first responders realized this was a complicated and risky rescue and reinforcements came from across the county. >> you were fighting mother nature with the mud and water and we tried to divert the creek from below and more water kept coming up below him. >> finally special equipment pumped air into mile's stuck foot and the suction released and his leg came free. >> i could hear cheers in the woods. the bryants' are so grateful for

saving miles' foot and probably his life. >> i would like to thank them. the way they embraced my son. they made him feel safe in a not safe situation. >> reporter: now miles was air-lifted to childrens hospital where he was treated for mild hyperthermia and released. he is fine tonight, so fine in fact he went to play if his first baseball game of the season. i'm sara bloomquist, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you sara, the mayor of nazareth north hampton county turned himself in to authorities to face the charge of felony theft. carl stire jr. was accused of stealing $8,000 from his fire social club. he was released of his own

recognizance and has no plans to resign as mayor. it happened this morning in the lehigh valley, a suv hit a house and burst into flames killing the driver, the house then caught fire. chad pradelli has the story from south whitehall township. >> reporter: the impact startled the homeowners awake, a look outside and they see the fairmount street home on fire. sabina's 11-year-old son heard the impact and looked out his window. >> he heard a boom sound and then heard my neighbor screaming. >> it was 3:00 a.m. and the dodge durango was traveling eastbound when the driver lost control of the vehicle. >> it struck the parked car and then veered over into the house and then the vehicle caught on fire. john murray was ejected from the suv, a nurse inside of house rendered aid but the 21-year-old died on scene. the woman inside is being

treated at a local hospital. >> i was scared when i saw it, i came out and talked to the police officer, i was scared and i couldn't believe what i saw. it was really scary, it could happen to my house, what if the car flipped on my side? >> it's unclear if drugs or alcohol played a role, a liquor bottle was found amidst the wreckage and none of the occupants of the now charred home were injured. >> thankfully the family is okay. people need to be more careful driving next time. >> this family tells me off cam remark they will be fine, they can rebuild the damage but their thoughts and prayers are with the families of the victims. in south whitehall, chad pradelli, channel 6 "action news." a high school science teacher from mercer county is under arrest tonight accused of having inappropriate can't with a female student. 26-year-old edmond harmon is

charged with three counts of endangering the welfare of a child and one count of sexual contact. prosecutors say he went to harmon's classroom seeking extra credit and that is when they say that harmon fondled the girl and told her to send naked photographs of herself. bail is set at $150,000. atlantic city workers protested this afternoon against a proposed state take over of the city's finance. it would give the state the power to break collective bargaining agreements and break contracts. it has already passed the senate and speaker says he will not support it. philadelphia mayor, jim kenney, has introduced his choices to be the next fire and

prison commissioners. vernon odom has the story. >> reporter: adam theil steps into the fire as he arrive fz philadelphia to become the new fire commissioner. mayor kenney went through a national search before deciding on a man for firefighting executive. from maryland and now from virginia. out going commissioner derek sawyer was too close to mayor nutter's administration. >> it's no knock on him. i want a fresh set of eyes going forward. >> the firefighters union says they are displeased. and says it's all politics. local 22 says they are disappointed that the mayor went out side of the department. >> there are many number of qualified members of the fire department that could have taken over the position. and the mayor chose to go

outside of the department. >> you okay with that? >> i don't have a choice. >> i work with all kinds of groups and i look forward to working in this setting. >> the mayor stayed inside of the prison system to name a new commissioner. blanche carnie. >> they are people mostly non-violent drug offenders that need help. >> this is not just to pass the time, we have education and parenting skills and various reentry services. >> mayor kenney knew he would take flak for going outside of the fire department, but thought it would be better to go outside rather than have the view of favoring one over the other. i'm vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." today is equal payday.

a data symbolizes the time that it takes for women's pay to catch up with men's from the year before. new jersey lawmakers met at rutgers camden to outline legislation aimed at bridging the pay gap. they discussed the paycheck fairness ac. women earn on average 79 cents for every dollar men make and african-american women even less, 59 cents on the dollar. and in spring garden philadelphia, part of the greater philadelphia chamber of commerces annual region on the rise event. experts discuss how major projects in philadelphia and camden are leading the way in driving the local economy. >> coming up tonight, the red cross is here to help humans during emergencies, and we'll introduce you to another organization that will show up

to provide aid to your pets. and the flyers get focused before their first match-up against washington wednesday night. sky 6 hd is showing the bright sunshine is back but now it gets chilly and a freeze warning is posted for part of our area. >> those stories and more when okay continues.

i'm backing josh shapiro for attorney general because things have to change. we need criminal justice reform because our prisons are far too overcrowded. we have to deal with drug addiction through treatment, not incarceration. and use our prison for those who are truly violent. and we need to get illegal guns off our streets. i'm joining with president obama and leaders across our area in supporting josh. josh shapiro will be an attorney general committed to fairness and equal justice. philadelphia police are investigating a crash involving a school bus and two suvs that happened this afternoon, chopper 6 hd was over the scene at 4:00 on van pelt and diamond street

in philadelphia. investigators say that two children received minor injuries, police have not said what caused the crash. new at 6:00 tonight, philadelphia's office of money management is shining a light on volunteer organizations tonight. vital to the city's emergency response efforts. "action news" reporter, annie mccormick tells us about the first response of its kind and it started here in philadelphia. >> dee dee is the spokes dog for the emergency response team. it's the least she can do they saved her life. thanks to found her jen who realized this on the job. >> nobody is there to help the pets, find them if they are missing inside of the building and find emergency care on scene and transport them to a hospital. >> it was this fire at 18th and market that jen was fighting

that became the catalyst for red paw. now it averages 800 emergencies a year. >> they are a gap filler for the city, we don't have resources to provide support for every person that experiences a crisis in the city. >> because we are the only organization in the country doing this, we are the only ones they call. >> april is volunteer month and this is volunteer week, philadelphia's office of emergency management wants the spotlight on red paw and money towards pet care and emergency visits and oxygen tanks and they also need foster families. dee dee is enjoying kisses and belly rubs thanks to a faster family that was able to nurse her back to health. red paw relief needs more volunteers like that and monetary donations. red paw finds themselves

covering pennsylvania, delaware and even new york all for the pets of every kind. >> we have gotten pot bellied pigs and responded to west philly for horses and done all sorts of snakes, we took a tarantula to the vet for smoke inhalation. the white house announced today that vice president, joe biden, will return to his home state to deliver the speech on may 7th and speak at syracuse college of law on may 13th and the military academy on may 21st in west point and will receive an award at notre dame's connectionments.

of course flyers fans thinking about the passing of ed schneider. but now they can look ahead to the first game of the playoffs. thursday night.

>> thursday against the washington capitals, the flyers barely got into the post season but the great thing about the stanley cup playoffs, seedinged don't matter the flyers could win it all. they start on thursday in d.c. >> three days after clinching a playoff spot and one day after losing their owner, they got back to work with washington on their minds. >> he was holding off to see if we made the playoffs and now he is looking from up there, all he ever wanted was to win another cup and it should motivate us to get one this year. >> he want to make mr. schneider proud and hopefully we did that. now he is looking down on us, and paying attention to what we are doing. >> now the flyers must turn the page and play the top player in the league. at 3-1. the longest odds to win the

stanley cup. >> we like to rise to the challenge, we play better, that is when we are at our best. it's going to be a heck of a series. >> the flyers are not one to be intimidated. they beat them two of the four times they played. they have their biggest fan cheering them on from above. >> i think what mr. schneider would want is for us to go out and win. >> that is all he wanted. we should give it our all in his honor. >> he did a lot for this organization and for us to be in a position to give to a lot of people, we are taking this challenge seriously. and it's going to be a fun one. jaime apody, channel 6 "action news." baseball now, a week in and the phillies sit at 2-5 and they host the padres tonight, the

phils will look for their first home victory, they average three runs perfect game at the bottom of the national league. >> not 2-5 i don't like where we are at. i think we are better than this. we are still trudging forward and as long as our starters get us to the sixth and seventh inning like they have, except for one game, we'll be okay. some of our guys are not swinging like i think they are capable of. >> and then there were two. just two games remain in the sixer's season. and they got the villanova players to recreate the shot. they were at the pavilion, with a full uniform and ticking clock and some when in and others did not.

jenkins made the shot 7 of 11 times. this is not the real thing, nothing will ever equal that. >> something that everyone also dreams about. >> not everybody has the opportunity to go out and take it. >> i'm surrounded by two villanova legends in our gym. a banner will go up and it's great. >> phillies kicked off an initiative today to help fight hunger across the delaware valley, first base coach and philly phanatic joined philabundance in philadelphia, announcing the fans feeding fans initiative. they presented a $40,000 check, this is the sixth year for the food drive. the world a president has to grapple with.

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looks like we are done with the rain for a while. here is cecily tynan and accuweather. >> on the cool side the next two nights but double scan live radar after working overtime tracking the showers, we got a .25 inch of rain it's all dry tonight and what a fantastic afternoon. i got this beautiful photo tweeted to me by dan. this is from newtown, bucks county. this is his view from wood hill drive, you see the blue skies and sunshine and the grass is very green. and we are going to be having problems with allergies, for the next several days. if you are allergic to seasonal allergies, you'll have a tough time. a freeze warning is posted in our far north western suburbs thank is northern chester and bucks county and the lehigh valley and berks county and a

fast advisory is posted for lancaster. this is where temperatures drop at or below freezing, good idea to bring in the potted plants or cover the outside plants with a sheet. the pollen will be sky high the next several days, pollen alert through saturday and it will continue through the weekend into next week. this is definitely a tough time for allergy sufferers, the morning low on the warm side, 49 degrees that is 6 degrees above normal but the afternoon high is cooler than normal. 63 and the record high 92 set back in 1977 and the record low 18 set back if 1874. trenton 62 and cape may 57 degrees. satellite 6 along with action radar showing that front that brought us the rain is a cold front, a leading edge for cooler

air. what happens is high pressure building in and that means temperatures are on the cool side tonight. 38 in philadelphia, you'll need the winter coat earlier tomorrow morning. cape may 40 and the northwest suburbs dropping at or below freezing and lancaster 31 degrees, it will take a while for the winds to diminish to get down to the temperatures, the day planner tomorrow showing sunshine especially the first half of the day, 42 degrees and we jump up to 50 and 5:00, 58. and despite the sunshine we are on the cool side tomorrow. 58 degrees with the winds out of the northwest 6 to 12 miles per hour. that is a cool flow of air but heading into thursday high pressure moves into new england and sits there over the next several days, that means loads of sunshine and warming things

up, a high of 62 degrees and temperatures warm up dramatically as we head into the weekend. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, cool tomorrow morning, and cool in the afternoon, mostly sunny but nice for this time of year. a high of 58 degrees, on thursday a few clouds in the morning and afternoon sunshine and slightly milder 62 degrees and friday beautiful and 64 and we are overdue for a great weekend. we have got one. saturday mostly sunny and 67 degrees and sunday break out the shorts and 72 degrees and monday ahead of a cold front we get a surge of winds from the southwest. calling for 77 degrees in philadelphia, i wouldn't be surprised if some areas touch 80 and on tuesday the cold front rolls through and brings us the possibility of rain and a high of 77 degrees. that is a nice looking seven-day forecast.

>> thank you cecily. four high school students travel ed led to newark to be honored at the university of delaware. students received scholarships from sally may, they are from new york and michigan and california. and were nominated by their counselors. for their achievements inside and outside of the classroom. "action news" continues at 10:00 on pphl 17 with brian taf and sharrie williams. for cecily tynan and ducis rogers and the entire "action news" team, i'm jim gardner, we hope you'll join us for "action news" at 11:00.

tonight, donald trump, one-on-one. after calling hillary clinton's life one big lie. we ask him, what does he mean? and we ask about his photos over the years with hillary clinton. also tonight, the terrifying storm slamming parts of this country. parents huddled with their children, protecting them from crashing glass. >> holy cow. the super bowl champ, killed. and tonight here, the new surveillance video showing a car accident. and what else it might reveal. the sentencing outrage tonight. this police officer caught on dash cam video, shooting an unarmed driver, given probation. and an abc news exclusive tonight. my interview with professor stephen hawking. after his big announcement, joining forces with a russian entrepreneur, showing us the tiny