reporter: well, it was a life changing and really life shattering accident, right here inside of the rodan museum in 2012. now, a seven and a quarter million-dollar settlement but more importantly for the victim and his attorneys, answers about just how this could possibly have happened. inside of the rodan museum november 26th, 2012, visitors enjoying the quiet, beauty, suddenly startled by the sound of shattering glass, the body of the man plunging through the glass ceiling, 38 feet, to the floor below. >> it was most terrifying moment of his life. more terrifying moment then almost all of us will ever be able to come to grips with. >> reporter: energy efficiency energy he was inspecting lighting fixtures, when he walked, on to a glass floor. >> it was just a few seconds of knowing that you will fall and then having your bones crushed and your dreams destroyed. >> reporter: he barely survived his injuries, spending three months in the hospital, racking up 1.9 million-dollar in medical bills. his attorney says that he was led to the attic which was in the secured by a gate and had no warn

. >> now at 6:00 incredible beauty of the rodan museum here video captures a horrifying fall throughow with a multi million-dollar settlement, answers as to how it could possibly have happened. i'll have the story coming up. >>> also, this is rubbing some residents the wrong way, the reason that they say this pile is potentially dangerous for drivers in montgomery county. >>> plus they may look like door-to-door sales people but police are treating them as suspects. pay back officers think they waged on people who decided not to buy what they were selling, kate. >> we are live here in my hometown of phoenixville behind me my high school phoenixville area high school where i'm receiving a cool honor tonight. i'm thrilled to be here. weather has cleared out. we have warmer days on the way, coming up, i'll tell you when temperatures head back to the 70's all right now at 6:00. >>> and right now at 6:00 it was a life changing injury for a man and a philadelphia museum, frightening fall, caught on camera. tonight we're learning victim is being compensated for those injuries and we are get

. >>> a settlement is reached in connection with an accident rodan museum after he fell throlvh the floor and 38 feet to the ground below. live at the museum is "action neing t" reporter walter perez. >> ve w speialer: well, these ds is how severely the victim was injured. he has endured more than a dozen surgeries and more are scheduled in the year to come but his medical costs are part of the $7.2 million settlement reached earlier this month. >> aspliou can imagine from watching the surveillance video, the victim suffered severe ition wurieze >> he broke badly both of his legs, broke his hip, broke both of his arms badly. >> plaintiff attorney is explaining how his client, a local efficiency engineer nearly lost his l e after falling throlvh the glass c-tling of the museum. >> as can you imagine those on the minglery floor were absolutely stunned. shocked to see a man falling 38 feet through the glass ceiling. >> he was in the attic inspecting light fixtures when the floor gave way, he survived but is dealing with a variety of health issues, at one point he employed thehappese of a ser

. >>> we're learning more tonight about a fright tepping fall at philadelphia's rodan museum caught on camera. this video from november 2012. watch as the man falls from above on to the museum floor. that victim an energy efficiency engineer plunged through a glass ceiling falling 38 feet. he barely survived. he spent three months in the hospital. the museum and the security firm allied barton agreed to $7.25 million settlement with that man as trial was about to begin. >> the most terrifying moment of his life. it's more terrifying moment than almost all of us will he have be able to come to grips with. it was just a few seconds of knowing that you're going to fall and then having your bones crushed and your dreams destroyed. >> attorneys for allied barton and the museum did not immediately respond to a request by eyewitness news for comment. >>> airports in new jersey and new york have now joined a growing chorus of complaints about inadequate staffing by the tsa and long wait times in security lines. the port authority of new york and new jersey sent a letter to the tsa saying they

. >>> an engineer hurt inç a fal at rodan museum has received $7.25 million.falls four stories to the floor of the museum in november of 2012. he was expecting light fixtures in the museum's attic when he plunged through what his lawyers call an unsecured glass floor. he suffered broken limbs and brain injuries. the engineer's attorney claimed there were no signs warning of the danger. >> if there's a hazard on your property, first and foremost, fix it. and secondly, if for some reason you can't, then for goodness sake, when you invite people on to your property, tell them about it. >> the museum is administered by the philadelphia museum of art which insists there were appropriate warning signs and safety precautions. >>> new details in the prince death investigation. a search warrant reveals a minnesota doctor saw the legendary musician twice in the month before he passed away. it says the doctor treated prince the day before he died and prescribed him medications. investigators interviewed the doctor and searched the hospital where he used to work. prince d

. >>> we're learning more tonight about a fright tepping fall at philadelphia's rodan museum caught onamera. this video from november 2012. watch as the man falls from above on to the museum floor. that victim an energy efficiency engineer plunged through a glass ceiling falling 38 feet. he barely survived. he spent three months in the hospital. the museum and the security firm allied barton agreed to $7.25 million settlement with that man as trial was about to begin. >> the most terrifying moment of his life. it's more terrifying moment than almost all of us will he have be able to come to grips with. it was just a few seconds of knowing that you're going to fall and then having your bones crushed and your dreams destroyed. >> attorneys for allied barton and the museum did not immediately respond to a request by eyewitness news for comment. >>> airports in new jersey and new york have now joined a growing chorus of complaints about inadequate staffing by the tsa and long wait times in security lines. the port authority of new york and new jersey sent a letter to the tsa saying they ca

the man's attorney says one of rodan's most famous sculptures is titled "gates of lehell" and the pictureling nearly to his death could have had the same title. >> without that surveillance video and the witnesses, it would have been a much tougher case to prove. but that is some story. trace, thank you very much. >>> british soccer fans are a devoted bunch, that's for sure. but that devotion in this case turned to violence before one match. what sparked the chaos that looked like this. it is trending today. we'll be right back. mobility is very important to me. that's why i use e*trade mobile. it's on all my mobile devices, so it suits my mobile lifestyle. and it keeps my investments fully mobile... even when i'm on the move... ahhh. and it keeps my investments fully mobile... we're always looking for ways to speed up your car insurance search. here's the latest. problem is, we haven't figured out how to reverse it. for now, just log on to compare.com... plug in some simple info and get up to 50 free quotes. choose the lowest and hit purchase. now...if you'll excuse me, i'm late for an i

. >>> man who nearly died after falling through a glass ceiling at the rodan museum reached settlementith philadelphia museum of art and its security company. surveillance cameras captured what happened we're not going to show it although. the 27-year-old was inspecting lights in 2012 when he fell ne nearly 40 feet through the glass ceiling. he survived and is now reached a settlement of more than $7 million. attorneys for the man say he spent more than a month in the hospital and had had to have more than a dozen surgeries. >>> breaking to night a chilling string of crimes in massachusetts. police say someone stabbed people at a home and then continued the rampage at a mall. state police say that after stabbing two people in taunt ton, massachusetts, 40 miles south of boston a man crashed a car into the silver stegall rhea and stabbed two other people. police say the unidentified man was shot and killed by an off duty law enforcement officer. two of the victims have died. the others are in the hospital. >>> it's a reality no one wants to face but tonight one community has trained its