jillian's life. talk about being here today and how it feels to be surrounded by so much love and positive energy. >> it is absolutely unbelievable, unbelievable, this whole thing is amazing. massey'sre an incredible fallly. they have change my life. you can see all of the people that jillian and her family have affect here today, and with all of the toys that they were able to get, it is unbelievable. >> she's here in spirit and smiling a huge smile. lets take you guys, a look around, we have the mounted duty, the motorcycle police here, we have, the two trucks, over here to the right, they are filled with all of the toys and also, maybe we can take a walk over to the stage, chris, lets get to the stage. we know that jillian likes to be involved and try out different occupations. one was a veteran. other one was a police officer that is why these police officers are here and they made her an honorary officer. >> ♪ >> this is jillian's >> as more than 24,000 toys are give tone patient at chop. jack, come on over. what an awesome peer yens, look at all of the people around. do you even know all of these people, this community? >> 09% probably not. so, yes, i just go with the flow. >

smiling back on everyone of the boxes. >> reporter: what began last christmas as jillian massey'soal to donate 100 toys to her fellow patients at children's hospital in philadelphia has blossometo national drivelikelyong more than 10,000 gifts to kids at chop ai du hospin delaware, and self other children'al facilities in the region. >> merry christmas. >>eporter: five year jillian f with cancer on monday. called her mothe friend and co-worker to talk the drive. >> i just said, we want to respect everything and we want to pull the plug. we don't want to make this, you know somethi you wouldn't want. she said dan, i don't care what i want. jillian wants you to do it and so do i but you need make her proud and this is what she always wanted. >> reporter: on december 18th the toys will be delivered with a police escort that will include helicopters and motorcycles mounted police and k9s. a christmas parade. >> this is community policing at its best. and this is what police departments and police officers do enjoy doing. reporter: sassy massey andcoordination from amazon helped genera

she loved guessing to others. >> reporter: five-year-old jillian massey lovingly called sassy masseyd less than two weeks ago after a brief but courageous battle with brain cancer. last year the then four-year-old only wished that her friends at cp where she was being treated would have presents for the holidays. >> i said to her jill do you know why you've been at chop this long and she said to play mommy. >> this is what christmas is all about. it's not about, you know, our own personal wants, it's about trying to help other people. >> reporter: a modest request for 50 gifts balance leaned to 3,000. that with more than 25,000 presents filling up several trucks. people complete strangers from near and far showed up gifts in hand. >> everything that she was going through, she still had a smile on her face. >> reporter: her love for police officers brought them out by the dozens. they rode in on horses motorcycles even helicopters and helped escort the trucks to little jillian's friends at chop. >> unfortunately, you know, sometimes you only get to see the bad side. but this is someth

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massey half went to chop, other half went to du pont hospital for children. her parents and other organizers have vowed to continue this holiday tradition, even without little jillian. sassey massey left her mark in this world and continues now. >> absolutely what an angel, stephanie, thank you. >>> you can leave your heavy coat in the closet tomorrow. >> kate says it will feel more like spring, right, kate. >> that is right, you guys, you can leave the gloves, scarves at home tomorrow we have got temperatures heading toward the 60-degree mark i'll tell you how long they will stay there as we head toward start of the winter coming up. >>> this is not your typical day at the spa, the very special reason these women are getting the star treatment during a day of pampering. >>> our joy of sharing toy fest is in full swing we're collecting toys in the studio at 8:00 o'clock tonight for children in need and coming up next, meet some of the people benefiting from your generosity, stay with us. >> ♪ (hard exhalation) honey? can we do this tomorrow? (grunts of effort) can we do this tomorrow? if you have heart failure symptoms, your risk of hospitalization could increase,

. >> reporter: this sight is a dream come true for five year old jillian massey.honor the overwhelming success of her very own sassy massey toy drive for children at area hospitals. massey's goal 10,000 toys. the chop patient died from cancer earlier this month before meeting that goal. >> merry christmas! >> reporter: but sassy massey carried on thanks to family, friends and even strangers who rallied behind the child's mission to make her hospital friends smile. over the last several weeks, sassy massey collected more than 24,000 toys for young patients. >> she did this as a distraction even though she passed it doesn't matter. this was a distraction. she wanted this to happen and she wants all her friends to be happy at chop. and now they have so many toys. so they'll be hope for holidays and jillian is probably happy also. >> reporter: jack is one of her two big brothers both are proud to be supporting their sister in heaven. jess was jillian's nurse at chop undoubtedly one of sassy massey's biggest supporters. >> the whole thing is amazing. the masseys are an

before taking off, the ridley township police honored their late friend jillian massey with her verydge and uniform. while she's retired from service, her loving and spunky spirit will live on through her sassy massey toy drove with a mission to deliver miles of smiles. in delaware county, jennifer joyce, fox 29 news. >> coming up one of hollywood's biggest stars. hugh jackman is talking about his new movie and how he became tinseltown >> hugh jackman has showcased his singing skills on stage, on screen and also dances by the way. he does so again for his latest movie the greatest showman. quite the talent. ashley dvorkin talks to jackman about his new role and plans for the future. >> made difference by being like everyone else. >> hugh jackman is a triple, singer, dancer and act and does it once again in the greatest showman. but what some may not know, jack mon didn't start out in the musical world. >> it surprised me i got into musical. i studied acting. i didn't stud musical theater. i got into beauty and the beast on stage when i first graduated and i learned that i really love

> they called her sassy massey last year at this time we introduced to you then four year old jillian masseyoops coopers burg lehigh county she was suffering from aggressive form of brain cancer. but she was determined to bring toys to her fellow patients at the chop oncology wing. saddingly five-year-old jillian lost her fight with cancer on monday but her mission continues. what began last christmas as jillian's pledge to donate 100 toys has one year's time grown no a huge national toy drive which is likely to bring more than 10,000 gifts to sick children at chop, ai dupont hospital in delaware and several other children's medical facilities in the region. >> the goal was always to make other children have smiles. but i think it's just as much if not more affecting the people that are donating. >> it is not too late to donate to this toy drive. you can go to fox 29.com and we will -- that's you'll find a link to the site. >>> local children who may not have had gifts to open up this holiday season will now find some presents under their trees all thanks to donations that poured in the camd

>>ter: revealing jillian's death on facebook her urged strangers andends hrough tears sassy massey sherote is with the angels much bruce gordon fox 29 news. you think of fam is on the othernd of the thin again. those spoof callers are finding more ways toet you to pick that mysterious number. >>> it's hank i'm up in mayfair. army/navy game got on the police fire weight loss contest. hank's take coming up. >> and new data co the weather authority. already accumulating snow sussex county may coun an inch to an inch and a half. by hour with the ♪ welcome back and c this out. snow coming down in ocean city, new jersey. >> wow. >> i can't believe this. little coating there and all across the area. so scott will keep u to date on the totals coming up. >>> it is the battle ofbaelphia p andpartments going head but for good rea they'r lose a little weight fendly at thime. ourflynn wentee make learn g. ♪ how much weight did lose? 41 pou >> 41 poun yea no about months. s. yeah. hat's really. >> thank you. ing burowl tryingtl weight. not trying to thatard. you want to loset there areeople right in

hospital of philadelphia, for the second annual sassey masse y toy drive named for five-year old jillian massey. >> we pray every child that end up with one of these. >> this was jillian's last year in her christmas finest enjoying the snacks. >> second breakfast, um. >> chocolate chip pound cake. >> but sassey little girl who her battle to brain cancer and passed away two weeks ago. >> she came into this world with the smile and she left with the smile. she was, kind hearted, and just wanted everyone to smile and be happy. >> reporter: at chop where jillian had been treated there was an assembly line to unload the gifts. >> it is beautiful to see the community coming together for this cause we are just so thrilled and we just cannot wait to stack our playrooms with these toys. >> reporter: for kevin ederly this was his last official duty after 38 years on the police force. >> just bringing some joy to some kid. >> reporter: joy inspired by little sa assey girl touching so much and wanted to make sure all of the patients a the chop had plenty of toys to play with. >> i think she's watching all

before 5-year-old jillian massey passed away this month, she and her parents set a goal to collect thousandstoys for other children battling illnesses in local hospitals. listen to how excited jillian was not so long ago to give to other kids in her same situation. >> now what are you doing? >> now i'm giving people toys. now instead of giving me -- toys for me, i'm giving them toys. >> i know. that's hard to follow that. today police motorcycle units, police helicopters, and even k-9 units will escort toys to the children's hospital of philadelphia and the new morris hospital for children in wilmington. >>> just a few minutes before the start of the "today" show. >> savannah guthrie and hoda kotb are standing by. good morning to you both. >> hey, ladies. >> hello. coming up on the show this morning, the fallout for anybody with holiday flights this week after all the chaos in atlanta. how sunday's power outage at the airport there is still affecting flights nationwide. >>> a look at a secret government program to investigate ufo sightings, and the video that will have you talking. >>> plus,

. >> her mission of helping other children with cancer will go on. 5-year-old jillian massey passed away. she underwent treatment last year at children's hospital of philadelphia. when she came home for the holidays, she came up with the idea of a toy drive to help other kids in the hospital. last year her sassy massey toy drive collected 5,000 toys. this year it was her goal to get 10,000 toys. she has plenty of supporters. >> we'll get you there no matter what. we always thought she would be here to get us there. we'll make her proud. >> we're getting gifts from all over the country and the world. i've been getting messages and emails and phone calls from people saying how can i get involved. >> ridley township police will lead the procession to drop off toys at area hospitals on december 18th. you can still donate. they're collecting donations through wednesday morning. details on the nbc10 app. >>> coming up, more on the top headlines today. >> that includes the latest on what could be a huge loss for the eagles. what doctors say about carson wentz's knee. michael: i'm thankful that

everything has to be the way 5-year-old jillian massey would want it. last year, a then 4-year-old jillian touched hearts around the delaware valley and across the country. the brave little girl battled an aggressive form of brain cancer. when she was allowed to leave children's hospital of philadelphia last year and go home for the holidays, she could not forget about her friends at chop. she had an idea, collect 100 toys and take them to chop for christmas. the sassy massey toy drive was born. and through the help of friends and family and the power of social media, she collected close to 5,000 toys. >> it was the coolest, coolest day i could imagine. >> this year, jillian wanted to go bigger, 10,000 toys. >> all right, jillian, we'll get you there, you know, no matter what. obviously, we always thought she would be here. >> but december 4th, little jillian lost her fight for life. passing away peacefully at home. but her parents, although grievegrieve ing heavily, sent word, the mission must go on. >> you can call us the central receiving location for

jillian massey passed a it way last night at just five years old. introduced to you this sweet little girl last december. doctors had diagnosed jillian with brain cancer last year and what do you think she did? well she began toy drive with the help of her mom and mom's co-workers for children not able to go home for the holiday. her facebook page rounded up 1500 toys last christmas season for children at chop. >> the pennsylvania state police corporal shot on the job last month is now out of the hospit hospital. corporal seth kelly was shot while backing up another trooper during a routine traffic stop on november 7th. investigators say when the troopers tried to arrest the man he resisted and opened fire hitting kelly much the troopers fired back hitting the driver who did survive. 22-year-old daniel clary lee is charged in that shooting. >> septa police have two new recruits k9s donate beside a local non-profit. kilo and tism ko garage dad. the throw away dogs project donated the pups to the septa transit authority the non-profit gives dogs a new

all the toys were donated in memory of five-year-old jillian sassy massey who lost her battle with brainr this month. coming up at 6 o'clock we'll take to you children's hospital of philadelphia where even more toys were delivered in her honor. >> and santa made a stop at saint christopher's hospital in hunting park. and this santa was really flyers legend bernie parent dressing up as the big guy. he was joined by mrs. claus and an elf. together they delivered gifts to kids who were spend, the holidays in the hospital. the toys were collected by members of the ed snider youth hockey foundation. >>> so many things that make us proud to call the delaware valley home. let's see what else makes us philly proud log onto 6abc.com/proud. >> it is time now for sports. >> ducis rodgers ron jaworski are breaking down yesterday's eagles victory against the giants. didn't come easy but a win is a win, right. >> yup. >> ♪ >> jaws the eagles check off one of the things on their list. they got a first round buy. >> bye. >> you want to have home field advantage throughout the playoffs and with one more

we have a link on nbc10.com and the nbc10 app. >> jillian's memory lives on with the sassy massey toymore at 6:00 a.m. -- >>> dreading the diagnosis, eagles fans are waiting for a verdict on carson wentz's injured knee following a bittersweet victory. >>> lost in the flames. a lehigh valley firefighter faces a devastating loss on the very day he's set to do good for others. >>> flakes are falling. snow showers at the start of the week. when a cold blast will truly make it feel like winter. >> about to get a little bit worse. >>> good morning, this is "nbc10 news today," i'm rosemary connors. >> i'm via sikahema. right now light snow showers are moving across the area. the morning crew in south philadelphia shot video of flakes falling earlier this morning. let's get right to meteorologist krystal klei and the most accurate neighborhood weather forecast. nothing to be really worried about, right? >>> no, what's left is almost nothing out there. just a few more flakes to get rid of. the rest of the day should be on the dry side of things. earlier this morning, now all we've got left, a

dupont hospital for children in honor of the late jillian is that so mee sassy massey.she passed she told her mom she wanted other pediatric patients to have presents for the holidays. so, the surrounding community answered the call with total strangers donating toys to support her cause. we'll hear from jillian's parents and some of those genros donors coming up tonight at 6:00. >> soon you can drive around in the same vehicle the pope used to get around philadelphia when he visited back in 2015. rick williams live in the news room this afternoon with the details on this one. interesting one, rick. >> it is, brian, thank you. that's right, a very special fiat has hit the auction block, one of two vehicles pope francis rode in when he visited city of brotherly love. it has been put up for auction by the archdiocese of philadelphia. how much it could go for and where you can place your b. we'll tell you about it coming up tonight on "action news" at 5 o'clock. >>> also coming up the holidays are aboutiving back certainly and we'll tell you the story of a pastor in kentuc

massey toy drive. ♪ a pep rally just rapped up at wrigley township high school with jillian's supporters.he team of volunteers collected more than 24,000 toys. they'll head out with a big police escort, as you just saw there, to deliver the toys to children's hospital of philadelphia. jillian's dad told us his daughter would be very proud today. >> i think jillian wouldn't want it any other way. she's smiling down on us today, gave us a beautiful day toll deliver these toys. and this is what christmas is all about. >> it sure is. other trucks will bring toys to lehigh valley's health network children's hospital and doylestown hospital. >>> to the eagles now. the eagles beat the clients and locked up a first round buy for the playoffs. that means the birds will get a valuable week off to rest and prepare before the post-season begins. and they need one more win or a loss by the minnesota vikings to clinch home field throughout the playoffs. nick foles did the job yesterday taking over for the injured carson wentz. he threw four touchdown passes to lead the birds to a 43-29 win. >> i'm very