that's where renee stoll is right now. renee? >> reporter: good evening, sandra. the faa and the ntsb are currently investigating what caused this plane to nosedive, according to witnesses, a half mile from the airportment you can see just how close it came to this day care that we are standing in front of. just past that 100 yards is the blue tent covering where the plane crashed. >> i seen it coming this way really, really low. like it would hit these trees almost. >> the sound of a low flying plane that caught the attention of several people near the kit di academy in west caldwell saturday morning. >> as soon as i started walking down this path here, i heard click, click, click, click and i started running like it was hitting trees or something. as soon as i came around the corner, huge explosion, gigantic explosion. >> reporter: according to police the 50-year-old new jersey pilot flying a cessna 206 had just taken off from essex county airport a half mile away. >> on his way to teterboro to pick up a passenger. he experienced a malfunction. we don't know wha

sorting it out for us is renee stoll. >> they literally don't know what they are talking about. they have never run subways. they don't know how to run subways. >> reporter: harsh words from the mta for an even harsher offs. >> do a better job of meeting the goals you have out there. get your work groups to focus on this. it's something the riding public expects. >> reporter: according to the audit which measured if a train made it to the end of the line within five minutes of its scheduled time found 500,000 trains in a recent 12 month period was late. rising. the worst according to auditors, the 4 train. >> i do ride the number 4. what i think is a slower train is the r train and n train. >> reporter: according to the mta that methodology of measuring lateness can put out a perception that may not be accurate. that's not what riders care about. how long you are waiting on the subway is. >> if you are on the subway you are not trying to catch the 8:22 f train. if you expect an f train in four or five minutes, you don't get it for ten minutes, that's the problem. >> reporter: mt

renee stoll is live in soho with the lead story. >> good evening, joe, i talked to the guard's family and friends and they tell me not only a security officer but he armed guard never talked about his job being dangerous and he never felt that way. and i also found out that he was a great family man where they say he would work here and send money back to his family in the ivory coast. >> reporter: for most of the day friends and family came to the home of 53-year-old idrissa camara. >> we come to share grief with them and support them as much as we can. >> august giving condolences to his wife and four children. >> got to pray. that's all. >> reporter: camara's cousin and leader at the harlem mosque said the family is holding up well. >> great. they're spirit is high. >> reporter: camara was gunned down friday evening while working at this soho federal building. the shooter, kevin downing turned the gun on himself. camara is known as a generous man from the ivory coast. >> very good man. >> he is everything for us. you guys cannot believe how this guy is nice. >> reporter: it was tha

eyewitness news reporter renee stoll live at the office of emergency management headquarters r mayor de blasio just wrapped up here. he did give us a list of five new sites that have tested positive. they include a verizon facility, new york city housing courts, the bronx hall of justice, and a post office and samuel governorrers high school. they have been disinfected. the cause is one of the five original sites tested positive. they don't know if it was one or more of those. the office is trying to figure out why this occurred now. >> this is literally unchartered territory and it's very important that we acknowledge that. we have never seen an outbreak of ledge theirs like this in the history of new york city. >> reporter: the outbreak deemed a wake-up call by new york city mayor bill de blasio with 108 cases, according to him. his office didn't know how many cooling towers are in the south bronx or where they are located until now. the towers are where the bacteria grows and can spread casing a type of ammonia. >> we have used aviation, a variety of methodologies to canvas a part

rene stoll has more. >> reporter: lauren, you're a mom. picture this. the traffic is so bad that this, the side of the road is the best and basically the only place to deliver a baby. i just got done talking to the father and honestly you're going to have to listen to him tell the story. little baby bella rose was so eager to join the world saturday night that her parents have now nicknamed her bella road. yes, as in side of the road. >> we're going to hit some traffic. >> reporter: that was the warning 23-year-old trevor gave his pregnant wife rose as they loaded into their car headed to the hospital after her water broke. sure enough, they got stuck in traffic. >> i look over and i see her stomach. she's screaming and stuff. she's in labor and i see her stomach and i'm like it's smaller. it like shrunk. >> reporter: bumper to bumper they realized they weren't going to make it to the hospital. >> i need to push, she's coming, she's coming. she's coming now. that's when she puts the seat in recline and takes her pants off and i see the baby's head and i

here's eyewitness news reporter renee stoll. >> reporter: for andrea russell buying her wedding dress at sassy chic boutique in redbug, new mexico was the exact experience she had pictured. can be -- new jersey was the exact experience he shad pictured. it was a very intimate experience. >> reporter: in december, russell said she gave store owner seen here on her facebook page a $600 deposit. and as did mother of the bride sharon walsh who visited the store with her daughter last year. >> we came back in january to put the deposisit down. >> reporter: not until days ago when checking on the delivery of the dresses the brides found out they had no gown and no sign of their deposit. >> the first week of august i called twice and i left a message both times and didn't hear anything back. >> reporter: when these women couldn't get anyone from the boutique on the phone, they came to the shop only to find a warrant of removal and eviction notice taped to the door and this number leading to her attorney. >> i lost $717 on my credit card. >> reporter: we tried to call donna and her attorney b

eyewitness news reporter renee stoll has the story. >> reporter: if you haven't been paying attention to these signs for the anc subway line changes, well, you may be in for a rude awakening like these women. >> i really can't believe they are doing this. >> reporter: for 40 nonconsecutive weekends until summer 2016, that's right, nearly an entire year, there will be few a and c trains on their normal tracks. >> i take the train to school and have to take the a train so that would be really annoying. >> reporter: on the weekends a and c trains will now run on the f tracks between west 4th street near washington square park to j street metro tech in brooklyn. but neither train will make any stops at high street, fulton street, chambers street, canal street and spring street. >> that's an inconvenience for everybody, especially when we have to pave, you know -- pay, you know, they just went up on our fare. >> reporter: it certainly will be a pain for nearly 200,000 riders every weekend, but it is necessary, the a and c lines still need major repairs from 2012's superstorm sandy, when th

reporting in lower manhattan, i'm renee stoll, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> the second trial in the man accused of killing a 6-year-old etan patz expected to begin in march. it comes nearly three months after a judge declared a mistrial on the case because of a hung jury. hernandez confessing to strangling patz back in soho in 1979 but his attorneys argued his confession was coerced. >>> the jurors have taken yet another step to issue a death sentence for the colorado movie theater gunman, they declined to rule out the death penalty for james holmes clearing the way for another round of arguments before they eventually decide of death of life in prison without parole. found him guilty of murdering people and trying to skill 70 others. >>> stocks kidding off the trading weeks with pretty big losses. the dow fell at 91 points, the nasdaq dropping 12, the s&p 500 losing five and change. >>> as we continue with eyewitness news at 6:00 for this monday night, increased drone settings at new york airports and raising terrorism curtains tonight. coming up the high end solution being propose

one of the victims spoke with rene stoll. she has the story from brooklyn. >> he rang the phone and said mommy, i'm on my way home. >> reporter: that's the time she would hear her son's voice. 50 shell casings were found where 25-year-old danel smith was killed friday night. >> i went to him and told him mommy is here and i watched my son breathe and stop breathing. then when they got there and they started pumping his chest, i knew my child was gone. >> reporter: that was just the beginning of a violent weekend of gunfire throughout several boroughs. 19 people were s saturday and sunday. three of those people died from their injuries. >> i heard a shot. >> reporter: antoine is recovering from bullet wounds himself. he was shot on the foot and arm at the party celebrating the life of a young gl who died. this man started shooting striking nine people. >> it was it was like at least 10 ambulance out there. it was crazy. >> reporter: for stoves, this is a case of life imitating art. he's an actor in a web series in brooklyn and

eye witness news reporter rene stoll live at newark liberty with details. >> reporter: good evening. tonight the faa telling us none of the pilots had to take evasive action and all landed safely. again, this making it now seven sitings locally by pilots in the last ten days. what would you do if you look out your plane window and saw a drone? >> i'd be freak out. i'd be freak out. >> reporter: sunday around noon flights approaching newark airport for landings reported exactly that. >> we just saw the drone at 3,000 here. >> we just dropped our parents off and they're flying out. we don't want any sort of drones to effect their safety or the plane. >> reporter: faa officials tell us the flights were for express northwest west jet and two for united airlines. it was 8 to 10 miles out as they approached runway 4. at one point they put out a warning to all pilots. >> drone activity reported left side. >> reporter: drones are becoming more of a problem for planes. ten days ago a delta pilot landing at jfk reported a drone off the right wing of the plane 1700 feet up. that weekend two oth

. >> eyewitness news reporter renee stoll tweeted a photo of the shutters restaurant. she has the story from china town. >> reporter: the sign on the door of prosperity dumpling says closed for renovation. >> they were preparing the food in the alley. >> reporter: the department received photos of employees preparing food in the alley. the same place where this picture of a rat crawling around was also taken. inspectorring came to the restaurant thursday and found prosperity had a severe cockroach infestations and conditions conducive to tests that couldn't be corrected at the time so they shut the business now. >> does it >> it bothers me that i can't get my dumplings. >> reporter: the owners daughter talked to us with a translater but didn't want to be identified. she says the machine to make dumplings broke yesterday. >> their machine is off. and it takes very long for them to repair it. but, they know it is wrong and they would never do it again. >> reporter: the restaurant received an a rating in may. i looked them up on yelp and found out it is pretty popular and

eyewitness news reporter renee stoll has the story. >> i seen it coming this way, just really, really low like it was going to hit these trees almost. >> reporter: the sound of a plane that caught the attention of several people near the kiddie academy in west caldwell saturday morning. >> as soon as i started walking down this -- down this path right here, i heard click, click, click, click. click and i started running like it was hitting trees or something. and as soon as i came around the corner, huge explosion. gigantic explosion. >> reporter: according to police, the 50-year-old new jersey pilot flying a cessna 206 had just taken off from essex county airport half a mile away. >> it was on his way to teterboro airport to pick up a passenger, he experienced some sort of malfunction. we don't know clearly what it was. and you know he ended up trying to turn back towards the airport we believe and he crashed in the field. >> reporter: the noise had this entire family who lives across the street running outside. >> we didn't think it was a plane crash at first. >> reporter: one of th

renee stoll hit the rails. >> reporter: according to a new state audit by comptroller's office, the 4 train is the least on time with less than 50% getting to the end of the line within five minutes of its scheduled time. >> 4 has a problem. >> reporter: the state audit came out with pretty harsh criticism of the subway train's on time performance with more than 5,000 late trains. the mta calls it meaningless. >> we have a lot of problems with the methodology they use and the conclusion that they reach that we think some of their findings are flat out wrong. >> reporter: according to mta spokesman, if a train gets to the end of the line on time isn't the most important measurement for what is? >> waiting on the platform. if i'm on the train i know it will get their eventually. >> reporter: the mta put out a video how it's fighting to stay on time with double the riders in the last 25 years in the same old system. >> how we manage for subway delays and sometimes, if there is a large delay, we will send a train ahead or hold a train back to have an evenness of service there. >> reporter

a rally was held there today and renee stoll was there posting this video on twitter. she has more right now. >> by not repairing, he is trying to push us out. >> reporter: tammy lives with her disabled mother in one of six units at 650 new jersey avenue in east new york. >> this right here, when it leaks, when it rains it leaks. it does not leak out clear water. it leaks out brown water. >> reporter: she along with other families living in the building are going after their landlord. lawyers representing the tenants in a lawsuit say he allegedly deregulated their rent controlled apartment as far back as 2002 and is trying to hike up the rent for a building in disrepair. >> they were rented stabilized but through these false registrations he artificially inflated them. >> reporter: these are the issues tenants have been complaining for months and sometimes years. the banister are barely connected and large holes drip water when it rains. >> the stick is up there because you can climb on this fire escape and you can lift it up and come in if you want to. >> it does not

. >> renee stoll live in lower manhattan with that story. renee. >> reporter: good afternoon. this is a major change that is going to affect nearly 200,000 subway riders on the a and c train nearly every weekend until summer 2016. now starting tomorrow, the mta is doing extensive repairs to the cranberry ac tube. that means to j street metro tech in brooklyn. both the a and c trains will actually be running on the tracks where the f train runs. this will go on for 40 non- consecutive weekends until next summer. this $96 million repair is all from superstorm sandy. for the last thrivers the mta has basically put a band-aid on the problem because they had to work in order of fixing the lines most damaged first in what has now become the most extensive reconstruction job this subway system has ever done. >> we saw millions of gallons of water flow into the tube. as you know, salt water really don't mix pretty well. we've got extensive work to do inside the tube. >> now, besides the a and c lines now running on the f tracks for 40 weeks, there is also stops here at fulton street w

as eyewitness news reporter renee stoll shows us, customers have been anxiously awaiting its return. >> reporter: it has been five long months for bnh dairy in the east village. >> we have waited everyday. checking the facebook page. coming by. >> as the sign says on the door, they are finally open again. >> i can't believe it we are open for business. >> reporter: just four doors down is the reminder why. they had to close their door ins february after the east village gas explosion that killed two people and leveled three buildings. they also left the restaurant with no gas. the owner who waited and waited to have the gas turned back on, but in the meantime, bills had to be paid. with help from the community's crowd funding website, they are back in business again with a line out the door. >> first time in any my life, i really miss my job. we always fight for one day off. then we say we are not going to take off for a year. >> reporter: you will find the same menu and all the same faces as before. >> you get to know the people who work here. >> reporter: take a look at this. this

. >> the fbi recently found the instrument and today eyewitness news reporter renee stoll was there when the family was reunited with the precious heirloom worth millions of dollars. >> when my father realized his violin was stolen, he said he lost his mu sis call partner of 38 years. >> reporter: a relationship broken by theft after a cambridge concert in 1980. >> i put it aside. likelihood we will never see it again. >> reporter: the violin, worth $5 million was made in 1734 by anton neostratvari. this year it resurfaced in a new york hotel. >> the woman that had the instrument, her former husband that had it. she didn't know she was in possession after his passing away. >> reporter: she flew to new york to have a violin expert appraise it. he knew what he had after checking multiple markings. >> the way the instrument is inlaid, the actual dimensions. >> reporter: he alerted a former fbi agent he knew and investigators were able to retrieve the heirloom. her husband was a violinist that to the tenburg -- totenburg suspected all along. they couldn't help but smile ear to ear. >> emotio

eyewitness reporter renee stoll live in woodbridge, new jersey. >> i want to let you know there is nothing wrong with your eyes. you don't need to rub them. that sign does say $1.97 for gas. this is the ninth straight week in a row that gas prices have gone even lower here in new jersey. and guess what? they're only going to go lower. >> reporter: a dollar 97 for gas. >> decided to pull over. >> reporter: that is what we found dozens of drivers doing at raceway in new jersey. >> $1.87. >> i never thought i would see $2 a gallon again. >> reporter: these prices are even lower than the state average at $2.32 a gallon and those prices are expected to drop even further, according to triple a as crude oil prices keep sinking. last year the average price for gas was $3.44. >> regular folks that have to gas up their cars. >> reporter: now, if you see prices for gas even cheaper than $1.97, take a picture and tweet us, we would love to share that with others. eyewitness news. >>> seven months after a massive fire that left 500 people without a home in edge water, fire officials today renewed their

in fact as eyewitness news reporter renee stoll discovered. robberies in park have more than doubled so far this year. >> reporter: police could be seen canvassing the northern end of central park after a call for an armed robber who allegedly struck during busy daylight hours came in. so far, police have not confirmed the information and released little details about the incident. but it's not the first one this week. on thursday, around 10:00 p.m., it was somewhere in the ramble section of the park where the trees outnumber the people that police say another violent attack happened. >> he was begging for money. the guy said oh i don't have any. and that's -- he came up behind him and put him in a choke hold. >> reporter: we showed this rendering of the suspect thought to be in his mid 30s and about 5'8" to both avid and first time park goers. >> well, it's not good at all. i live in the neighborhood. i live on 72nd street. and i walk my dog in the park. >> reporter: police tell us the 53-year-old victim passed out after being choked and woke

eyewitness news reporter renee stoll has the story. >> reporter: while planning a wedding is stressful, the part that is supposed to tampa bay most enjoyable for brides is finding the dress. >> things go wrong but you never thing it would be your dress two weeks before your wedding and you don't have anything to wear. >> reporter: not the situation this bride to be expected when she purchased her wedding dress from sash she chic boutique. >> i lost my mother at a young to not have her there, it was a beautiful moment when i found the dress i loved. i was crying. >> reporter: she $850 deposit to this business owner. she is posing inside her bride dale store. she called in june to make sure that her dress was going to be delivered on schedule. >> i kept calling and then my ain't started calling and we kind of got the run around. oh, it's not in. it's being shipped by ups. then they told us it was at a warehouse in utah. >> reporter: she was told to come in and would be offered one of the sample dresses instead. not ideal but didn't happen. the doors to the shop are locked with a shine st

wabc's renee stoll has the details. >> reporter: baby bella rose was so eager to join the world saturday night that her parents are nicknamed her bell ha road. yes, as in side of the road. >> i side we're going to hit some traffic. >> reporter: that was the warning 23-year-old trevor gave pregnant wife rose after her water broke. and sure enough, they got stuck in traffic. >> i look over. i see her stomach. she's screaming and stuff. she's in labor. i see her stomach. i'm like, it's smaller. it like shrunk. that baby is not in the stomach anymore. >> reporter: while bumper to bumper, they realized they were not going make to it the hospital. >> i need to push, i'm pushings, i'm pushing. she's like no she's coming now. she puts the seat in recline. takes her pants off. i see the baby's head. i'm like, oh, my god, no. >> reporter: he called 911. >> i saw her eyes. i saw her whole head. but, like, she wasn't crying. i started freaking out. i didn't think she was alive. >> reporter: luckily, the car if front of him has a trauma nurse. and nearby, an emt. >> her head and shoulder were out. it

in fact, as eyewitness news reporter renee stoll has discovered, robberies in the park have more than doubled so far this year. she is live in central park. renee? >> reporter: good evening, sandra. just as we were getting our story ready for that violent attack, talking about how robberies are increasing in the park, police were called out to the northern end of the park. they started to convene around 109th and east drive for another alleged robbery. police could be seen canvassing the northern end of central park after a call for an armed robber who allegedly struck during busy daylight hours came in. so far police have not confirmed the information and released little details about the incident but it's not the first one this week. on thursday, around 10:00 p.m. it was somewhere in the ramble section of the park where the trees outnumber the people that police say another violent attack happened. >> he was begging for money. the guy said i don't have any and that's when he came up behind him and put him in a chokehold. >> we showed this rendering of the suspect thought to be in hi

i'm renee stoll and i'll break down the local airports, how they whrnches students gear up to go back to school you realize how much they have to carry. consumer reports has some advice on the most important thing to look for. here's shirleen allicot with all the details. >> reporter: for many students back-to-school happiness hinges on the backpack. >> i like to focus like on the color, see how much space is in it, pockets to hold extra stuff. >> try on this backpack. >> reporter: experts say there are other important attributes to consider as well to ensure comfort and prevent injury. >> the most important thing is fit for sure. >> reporter: look for straps, wide, padded and contoured, a waist belt is another key detail. the top of the shoulder strap should sit one or 2 inches below the soldiers and you want the -- shoulders and you want the bottom of the pack to rest in the small of your back, never more than 4 inches below the waistline. >> if the backpack has the right features and fits properly then a good one will distribute the weight more evenly on your body and take pressure

. >> eyewitness news reporter renee stoll will have more on the changes and the work being done coming up on eyewitness news >>> a boil water warning has been lifted in two communities in new jersey after that big water main break in cliffside park. united water customers in fort lee and englewood cliffs are being told their water is now fine. the company is now recommending the residents run their faucets for three to five minutes before using the water. the water advisory was issued after a construction crane crashed a 24-inch water main on anderson avenue in cliffside park on wednesday. >>> and power has been restored to all the customers on long island impacted by that destructive storm on tuesday. at least 80,000 people lost electricity when the heavy wind and rain knocked down trees and powerlines. the hardest hit community the town of brookhaven had more than 1900 customers without power. pse&g long island crews worked feverly to get everyone back online. >>> spider man did not need to sling any wednesday in times square to take down a man who was allegedly harassing costume cha