he had recently turned 18 and was on his way to a can't miss event, a party at the roseland ballroomtan. >> well, there was a very popular deejay throwing a birthday party for himself, and everybody just wanted to be there. >> he explained that he and as many as 50 other teenagers took a subway, all headed to the same club. and how when the train arrived, he went upstairs to the street where he lost sight of a friend who was holding his money. he says he couldn't carry his cash because of the tight designer jeans he was wearing. >> it had numerous pockets on them, but you couldn't really put your hands in them. >> so he said he went back down into the station to look for his friend. >> i go back down and i start hearing screaming. i see a crowd of people running toward me. >> did you have any idea what was happening on the platform? >> no. >> he said that's when he turned around and ran back upstairs to the street where he saw his friend. >> he asked me what was going on, and i told him i have no idea, but something seems to be happening over there. let's just go to roseland. >> hinc

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we need to build a fire station in an area that is underserved and marginalized in roseland.otentially there is funding for that. >> the investments cannot guarantee more wildfires will not happen but can keep resilient communities safer and better protected. liz: the salvation army is hard at work helping thousands of families make sure this holiday season is going to be a memorable one. the san francisco chapters handing out toys and holiday cheer. 2000 children will be receiving a bag of gifts. families had to preregister to receive these holiday goodies and the salvation army says this past year has been an especially tough one for many. >> we are seeing an increase in the number of people asking for help. we are seeing a decrease in the number of donations. there are a lot of issues, inflation and concern about crime. >> in the bay area, there are fewer donations. they are trying to get the word out that they need more donations to help with growing demand. a christmas tree giveaway for people living in the bayview or hunters point area of san francisco. every year, the

we need a fire station in an underserved area that has been marginalized for quite a long time in roseland. >> the investments can't guarantee more wildfires won't happen, but to tools can keep resilient communities safer and better protected. liz: the salvation army is hard at work in the bay area, helping thousands of families make sure this holiday season is a 1. the san francisco chapter is handing out toys and holiday cheer as part of their angel tree program. 2000 children will receive a big bag of gifts. families did have to preregister to receive the holiday goodies. the salvation army says this past year has been an especially tough one for many. >> we are seeing an increase in the number of people asking for help, and unfortunately we are seeing a decrease in the number of donations. i think there are a lot of issues with inflation and the pandemic. there has been a lot of concern about crime. liz: here in the bay area, the salvation army says there are fewer donations coming in through the red kettles near busy shopping centers. they are trying to get the word out that they need

that's within an area that's underserved and has been marginalized for a long time in roseland. so potentially they're spending for that. the investments can't guarantee more wildfires won't happen, but new tools can keep resilient communities like coffee park safer and better protected in santa rosa cornell bernard abc 7 news. the salvation arm hard at work here in the bay area right now helping thousands of families. make sure this holiday season is a memorable one. the san francisco chapter is handing out toys and holiday cheer as part of its angel tree program 2000 children homes. so excited will receive a big bag of gifts. families had to pre-register to receive the holiday goodies. the salvation army says this past year has been an especially tough one for many. we're we're seeing an increase in the number of people asking for help. and unfortunately, we're seeing a decrease in the number of donations. i think there's a lot of issues, you know inflation and the pandemic and you know, there's a lot of it been a lot of concern about crime and here in the bay area salvation a