we're learning more about the hero who tried to stop the shooter as paula evans shows us what we still don't know is the motive. >> these are the faces of the community college shooting, victim. pediatric nurse. 18-year-old rebecca karns, lucas, quinn cooper were the youngest. the fallly released a statement. beyond repair. >>> police say the shooter chris harper mercer was a drop out who was enrolled in class when the shooting happened. investigators recovered 13 weapons and a letter suggesting angry. cory was in a near by building when the gunman shot his sister, she survived. >>> he started asking people to get up asked my sister to get up she didn't move played dead. >> the clark sisters are friends with a 19-year-old who was shot five times. >>> she got shot right here and went up through the front. >>> a steady stream of people lined up to donate blood in honor of the victims, paula evan, wbz this morning. >>> the green line is backup and running this morning after a tree near the tracks forced service suspensions you can see it on over head wires in brookeline, they shut down th

you have an eye on education story mail us at eye on education at cbs.com or send me a tweet at paula evans, wbz. >> great story thank you paula. >> that next ski trip could be coming up before too long. >> did i read one telephone ski resorts opened this morning. >> yes sunday river. there was a line. for me just a little too early . >> adirondack chairs and coating of snow the the leaves in the background. we're at peak in a lot of northern western central new england you'll find peak colors in southern new england some of the suburbs you get into some green patches then you get a burst of peak color we're really kind of accelerating the color in southern new england because of these chilly mornings we typically have our peak at the end of october here. this morning we tied the record low temperature in worcester of 24 degrees. that was set back in 1974. it was a chilly start 31 degrees in boston didn't hit the record but it was certainly cold and now this afternoon we've only risen into the 40s. so it does feel more like the end of november. 47 degrees at logan airport. the dew point is

paula evan, wbz news. >>> 9 is how many category 5 storms have formed worldwide this year, the second most on record. wbz on the air and online will bring you updates throughout the weekend. >>> a woman is speaking out about the man who tried to grab her at harvard university. that attacker still on the loose tonight. the woman says she was walking her new puppy just before 4:00 this morning when she got a strange feeling. she saw a minivan pull up in front of her apartment on the cambridge summerville line. >> i listened to my instinct and turned as fast as i could and walked as fast as i could to my apartment building. >> when he turned around, she saw the man slamming his body she is okay. >>> police are searching for a man who tried to abduct an 11 year old girl in ran dolph. the man grabbed her arm and told here he wanted to talk to her. she took off running and he ran away. police have added patrols there as a precaution. >>> i looked up and here's a guy with a black mask and a hoody on. it was bingo night and it was terrifying. two masked men robbing an 87 year old volunteer ge

paula evans is following the latest developments. paula? >> reporter: the flooding around columbia is receding; but these floodwaters are now expected to shift toward the sea, overwhelming levees and dams, and leave behind more devastation. residents are bringing damaged belongings to the curb after record flooding in columbia, south carolina. >> what we'll have to do is gut the entire house, dry it out, and start from scratch. >> o'my good. >> reporter: angela kohl's house is ruined. she and her family were rescued after posting an sos on facebook. >> we're here, and we're alive, and that's all that matters. my cuds are safe. >> reporter: crews worked to form a make-shift dam on the congaree river. they plan to drop hundreds of sandbags to close a breach in the canal. the big concern is the low country. for several rivers -- make their way to the sea. >> we're going to be extremely careful. we are watch being minute by minute. >> reporter: tens of thousands don't have applicants is to drinking water. donations are pouring in, and four dist

paula evan is following the latest elements. reporter: a hundred people were onboard amtrak vermonter before it crashed just before noon today. this northfield outside of month peel year. investigators say the train hit some rocks that fell onto the tracks from a ledge above sending a locomotive and passenger car over an embankment. three other cars went off the tracks but did not tip over. a freight train had traveled safely over the same tracks just hours earlier. passengers helped each other get out of the crash. >> felt something like it was a bump. next thing we knew we swerved to the left and to the right. and pretty soon it just stopped. >> saw the car in front of us come up this way that's when it went down the ditch. reporter: those who were hurt one person suffered serious injuries everyone else is expected to recover. by the way that railway take operates that stretch of track has had 54 accidents since 2006 including 14 derailments. paula ebben wbz news. >>> thank you paula. >>> we are assuming that the vessel had sa

paula evans wbz this morning. >> preparing for patricia as well. it's partnered to provide supplies. we'll have updates throughout now to a developing story. two middle school students are under arrest accused of threatening to shoot up their school. the police chief tells wbz the whole thing happened quick livment around 1:0 a student at the middle school contacted police to say that a friend told him don't come back to school monday. i'm going shoot the place up. the student who allegedly made the threat is just 14 years old and he told the tipster a 13- year-old that -- would be providing him the weapon. police arrested both of those students and found no weapons or ammunition in their homes. >> could he have actually completed his tasks? >> no. he didn't have the items he needed to. complete a shooght of the school. but we're just not going to >> they are worried this incident may be a copy cat crime. on monday a 16-year-old high school student told the classmate he was planning a shooting. in that case police did find weapons and ammunition bu

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