The black boxes from a plane crash that killed Philadelphia Inquirer co-owner Lewis Katz and six others over the weekend have been recovered, according to the National Transportation Safety Board.
The boxes should help investigators as they try to determine what caused the deadly wreck at a Massachusetts airfield.
Cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder just recovered from Gulfstream IV involved in Saturday's accident in Bedford, MA.
— NTSB (@NTSB) June 2, 2014
Investigators Luke Schiada & Adam Huray make initial documentation of recorders recovered tonight in Bedford, MA. pic.twitter.com/VTaL23bIg7
— NTSB (@NTSB) June 3, 2014
Earlier in the day, investigators released the 911 tapes that were made moments after the crash as well as the identities of two of the victims.
James McDowell, the 51-year-old pilot of the Gulfstream IV, and fellow crew member Teresa Ann Benhoff, 48, were the latest victims to be identified on Monday by Middlesex County, Mass. prosecutors. The crash also claimed the lives of Katz and four others.
New aerial video of the crash site shows the mangled mess of plane parts stretching across a field and gully at Hanscom Air Field in suburban Boston. The commuter jet's cockpit separated from the rest of the plane and landed some distance away from the other wreckage.
The plane rolled 2,000 feet off the runway before it plunged into the water-filled gully.
The NTSB will review the pilots' experience and the aircraft's maintenance history.
The plane crashed and burst into flames as it was leaving from Hanscom Field Runway 11 at about 9:40 Saturday night for Atlantic City.
Six of the seven people killed in the plane crash have been identified -- most notably Katz.
A noted New Jersey businessman, philanthropist and co-owner of the Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Daily News and Philly.com, Katz had chartered the plane, which he owned, to attend an event at the home of Pulitzer-Prize winning historian Doris Kearns Goodwin.
Temple University, Katz's alma mater and where he was a trustee, plans to hold a memorial service for the 72-year-old on Wednesday at 11 a.m. in the university's performing arts center. Funeral services are being arranged in Cherry Hill, but a date has yet to be set.
Also killed was 74-year-old Anne Leeds, a retired pre-school teacher, neighbor and friend of Katz.
Another passionate advocate of education was Marcella Dalsey of Haddonfield, N.J. The 59-year-old was the executive director of the Drew A. Katz Foundation and president of the Katz Academy Charter School.
Susan Asbell shared that devotion to making a difference in the lives of children. The 68-year-old Cherry Hill woman was also on the planning committee of the Boys and Girls Club, had four grown children and was active in the Jewish Community of South Jersey.
McDowell, the pilot, was from Georgetown, Delaware and crew member Teresa Ann Benhoff called Easton, Maryland home.
And as far as parts of this investigation, time is of the essence.
NTSB’s Luke Schiada said, "We will also be documenting the scene with the focus initially on perishable information. Things like tire marks, control positions, those are items that we want to be able to capture now before anything gets moved and potentially disturbed."
Locating the recording devices from the plane is out of focus of the investigation at Hanscom.
The NTSB chief investigator says the plane crash site is horrific and that they'll release a preliminary report on their findings within the next 10 days.
A popular South Jersey water park's poor choice of words in a marketing message to parents has prompted an apology from the park's owners.
Sahara Sam’s Oasis, a West Berlin, NJ water park, sent an email blast to customers on Thursday with the subject line “sAMBER ALERT: Your Kids Should be Here.”
A 1-year-old cat is recovering after officials say she suffered a brutal beating at the hands of a young boy.
Witnesses told the Delaware County SPCA they saw the 11-year-old boy beating the female brown tabby cat against the guard rail of the Pine Street Bridge in the Darby Borough on Sunday.
After beating the animal, the boy allegedly tried to throw the cat into the river below.
“Fortunately, he missed the river and the cat was able to scurry away to safety,” said Humane Society Police Officer Ron Riggle.
The witnesses alerted authorities who then rushed the cat to an emergency facility where she received a full-body scan.
The cat is currently in the care of the Delaware County SPCA. Officials say she initially had trouble walking but is now making a steady recovery.
The SPCA also plans to pursue animal cruelty charges against the 11-year-old boy.
The cat, who officials renamed “Darby,” will be held at the Delco SPCA as the investigation continues.
If you have any information on Darby’s owner, please call 610-566-1370 x222.
SPCA officials are also requesting donations for Darby’s medical care. Donations can be made to the Delco SPCA website or mailed to the Delco SPCA at 555 Sandy Bank Road, Media, PA 19063.
Officials are investigating the death of a school police officer at a Northeast Philadelphia high school.
Investigators say 50-year-old Daryl Giles, a school officer at George Washington High School, collapsed in the staff bathroom on Monday. He was taken to the hospital where he was later pronounced dead.
Giles worked as a school officer for 19 years.
Officials have not yet determined the exact cause of death but say that he suffered a medical emergency.
A school district spokesperson also told NBC10 that there was a fight involving three students at the school earlier in the day. Those students were later arrested for disorderly conduct.
Investigators have not yet revealed whether Giles was involved in that fight however.
Police are trying to identify a body that was found in the Atlantic Ocean Monday morning.
The captain of a marine vessel traveling from the Bahamas to Connecticut spotted the body of the unidentified man floating in the water in the area of the Townsends Inlet in Cape May County, New Jersey around 7:50 a.m.
The United States Coast Guard and New Jersey State Police Marine Services Bureau later recovered the body.
Investigators say the victim is an Asian male, approximately 50 to 65 years old with a slight build. He was wearing black dress pants and a gray thermal long-sleeved shirt under a blue buttoned down shirt.
Investigators say the man also had an artificial dental prosthesis on his lower bite and no teeth on his upper bite.
Police say the man may have been swept away in the outgoing tide either Monday morning or Sunday night.
If you have any information on the man’s identity, please call the New Jersey State Police Major Crime Unit at (609) 610-4025 or the New Jersey State Police North Wildwood Marine Station at (609) 522-0393.
Firefighters and hazardous materials crews were called to clean up a fuel spill at a bulk liquid storage terminal facility in Bayonne, New Jersey, Monday evening.
An overfill on a gas tank at the International Matext Tank Terminal at 2 Commerce St. caused fuel to spill, according to the Bayonne Fire Department.
Crews cleared the area early Tuesday. There were no injuries, and there's no threat to residents in the area, the fire department says.
A toddler fell out a second-floor window in Newark, N.J., Monday morning.
A neighbor said the 3-year-old boy tumbled out after a screen popped out.
The condition of the boy was not immediately known.
--Jen Maxfield contributed to this story
A man fought for his life after being stabbed late last night in North Philadelphia.
Someone stabbed the victim Monday night along the 2800 block of Fairhill Street.
Dispatchers said that medics rushed the victim to Temple University Hospital where his condition wasn’t released.
Philadelphia Police didn’t immediately reveal any details about a motive or suspect.
A middle school teacher who faces more than 30 counts related to an alleged sexual relationship with one of her students is due in court Tuesday.
Jessica Streeper, a 33-year-old teacher in the Norristown School District, is accused of having a sexual relationship and exchanging "sexts" with an 8th grader.
An investigation into the relationship between Streeper and her 14-year-old student began after Norristown Police received an anonymous tip.
Investigators say that the 8th grade Eisenhower Science and Technology Leadership Academy math teacher and her student communicated regularly via text messages and that many of them were sexual in nature.
They also say that Streeper would pick the boy up from his Norristown home and have sex with him in her car as well as inside her Bucks County home.
Norristown School District released this statement in regarding the incident:
"We are deeply saddened and troubled by the allegations and we look froward to the law enforcement authorities following through with their investigation."
Family members tell NBC10 that Streeper is the mother of two young children.
Unable to post $100,000 bail, Streeper has remained in county jail since her arrest last month, according to court records.
Streeper faces 31 counts in total including multiple charges of statutory sex assault, sexual contact with a student and indecent assault of a minor.
Her preliminary hearing is set for noon Tuesday.
After weeks of searching for the mystery men who saved her 15-month-old daughter's life, a South Jersey mother fought back tears on Monday as she thanked the strangers for coming to the rescue.
"I'm eternally grateful for you saving my daughter. She's grateful too. I really appreciate it from the bottom of my heart," Shari Williams said to the men during a reunion on Monday -- feet from where the scare took place on May 13.
Wearing plain clothes that Tuesday, the Good Samaritans turned out to be New Jersey State Police Detective Sgt. Michael Davis and his partner Detective Sgt. First Class Michael Flory.
Shari Williams had just pulled up to the Olive Garden in Deptford, N.J. to grab lunch with her two daughters when she noticed her baby girl, Diamon, had begun suffering a seizure and wasn't breathing.
Although she is CPR certified, Williams panicked and cried for help worried her baby might die in her arms. Moments later, two men heard her high-pitched screams and rushed over to help.
Davis took the child from the mother's arms and cradled the baby atop the hood of her SUV and applied chest compressions. 
Shari Williams with Sgts. Flory (left) and Davis and her daughters Kristina, 3, and Diamon, 15-months.
"We thought it was a joke at first. When we saw the mother she was definitely in a state of panic. The baby was just lifeless. So we knew this wasn't a joke. This was the real thing," said Flory.
The state police partners have been working together for the past 9 years and are known as the "Mike and Mike Show." That day was the first time the officers were in a situation to give life-saving CPR. Their training paid off. Davis said Flory kept him calm while he administered the CPR.
"We were fortunate enough to be here at the right place at the right time," said Davis. "Hopefully anyone in our situation who had the training in CPR would perform the duty to help out their fellow man."
Once Diamon gasped for air, there was a sigh of relief for all those who gathered in the parking lot. The baby was transported to Cooper University Hospital and was discharged hours later, diagnosed with having had a febrile seizure spurred on by a increase in temperature.
"We were praying she was OK," said Flory. "We were curious to see her outcome and hoped she made it OK."
Williams tried getting in touch with the men, but didn't know their name. So she took to her Facebook page asking for anyone who may have known them to come forward.
NBC10.com told Diamon's story and also posted Williams' plea to our Facebook page hoping to find the men. Then, two weeks ago, the men came forward.
"I give all the credit to your daughter. She is the one who is the fighter. We just happened to be at the right place at the right time," Davis said. "She's the hero in this whole situation. It was Diamon's day to shine. I appreciate being able to help her out."
Diamon is doing fine and is expected to grow out of the condition that caused the seizure, her mother said.
Once the reunion was over, Williams took Diamon and her 3-year-old sister to the lunch they never made it to three weeks ago.
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A Philadelphia-area woman says a stay at the hospital turned into a near-death experience after an aluminum beam crashed through her room.
Sharadel Woods, who is diabetic, was staying at Temple University Hospital on Monday for treatment. As she was in her bed around 2 p.m., she says she suddenly felt the building shake. When she turned towards her window, she saw a large beam plunging towards her.
“I saw it bing through the glass and all the glass then shattered,” Woods said. “I literally almost passed out.”
Temple Health spokesman Jeremy Walter told NBC10 that the accident was caused by an ongoing demolition project at the hospital.
“While work was underway, an unexpected turn of a piece of concrete caused an aluminum beam to fall in the opposite direction than intended – thereby breaking and partially falling through the window of a patient room,” Walter wrote in a released statement.
Woods was not injured in the accident but was removed to another area of the hospital. Several other patients were also moved out of the area as a safety precaution.
Despite escaping physical harm, Woods says the terrifying ordeal still took a toll on her body, so much so that doctors needed to give her medicine to calm her down.
“They had to rush me out of the room,” Woods said. “I went into a panic attack and I don’t know what happened after that. I’m just waking up from the medicine they gave.”
After the crash, workers secured, cleaned and blocked off the area as officials assessed the damage.
Woods’ father, Robert Holiday, says he’s outraged by what happened.
“It’s ridiculous because you’re a patient in here,” Holiday said. “If something like that happens you don’t just board the room up, take the people out, put them on another floor and not contact anybody.”
Officials at Temple Health told NBC10 they would never put their patients in harm’s way.
“We extend our deepest apologies to the affected patient and her family; and thank them for their patience and cooperation as we continue to take all necessary steps to ensure the safety and quality care of our patients,” Walter said.
Holiday and Woods say they plan on contacting a lawyer.
“There shouldn’t have been people on that side of the construction knowing that stuff can happen and people can get hurt and someone is going to be liable for that person who got hurt,” Woods said.
Hospital officials say they’re conducting an internal review of the incident.
One of the most frustrating parts about potholes is that they're so hard to report.
If it's on a state road you call one agency, if it's on a county road, you have to call another.
The Blue Route, Route 322, City Line Avenue and Ridge Avenue are just some of the area roadways where potholes caused problems.
Road officials fell the pain too.
"They're all over," said PennDOT maintenance director Nick Martino. "It's like an epidemic, all of a sudden it happened.
Officials are making it easier to report potholes you see in South Jersey. In Camden County you can report a pothole online or by calling 856-566-2980.
County crews will be out Wednesday morning patching holes in the road.
In Philadelphia you can report a pothole through the Streets Department's website.
And, in Delaware you can report a pothole online.
A fiery wreck involving two vehicles closed down lanes along the New Jersey Turnpike this morning and left a driver dead.
The crash around 5:25 a.m. snarled northbound traffic approaching Exit 2 (U.S. Route 322) in Woolwich Township, Gloucester County, N.J.
New Jersey State Police said that a black BMW slammed into the rig of a tractor-trailer as both cars traveled northbound near mile-marker 14. After impact, both vehicles burst into flames.
The car driver died, according to police. The big rig driver wasn't hurt.
Crews could be seen dousing the smoking debris in the moments after the crash that left a car pinned under the rear of the badly charred tractor-trailer along the right shoulder of the roadway.
Traffic stopped as crews tried to figure out how the car wound up under the trailer.
It took a few hours to clear the wreck.
Two people died and several others were trapped after the van they were in slammed into a tree along a South Jersey road Tuesday morning.
The crash slowed traffic along Route 55 northbound at mile-marker 40 -- near the U.S. Route 40 interchange -- in Franklin Township, Gloucester County, around 6:30 a.m. The road remained closed for hours as crews investigated the deadly wreck.
As SkyForce10 hovered overhead a short time later, you could see crews freeing people from the badly-damaged van -- the front-end nearly completely push inward and a door flung off to the side -- and placing them on stretchers.
At least three medevac choppers landed at the scene to transport the victims. Cooper University Hospital in nearby Camden confirmed that doctors treated victims -- three in critical condition, one critical but stable. Another victim died upon arrival.
A sixth victim died at the scene, according to police.
The cause of the wreck remained under investigation Tuesday.
A Philadelphia judge denied a request to throw out conspiracy charges against the two men implicated in last year's deadly building collapse along Market Street.
Attorneys for excavator operator Sean Benschop and contractor Griffin Campbell argued in court on Tuesday that the men did not conspire to bring down a free-standing four story wall that landed on top of the Salvation Army Thrift Shop next door.
The store, located on the corner of 22nd and Market Street, was full of employees and patrons at the time of the collapse on June 5, 2013. All were trapped inside underneath the wall's masonry. Ultimately 6 were killed and 13 injured.
Benschop and Campbell's attorneys argued the men simply met to discuss the job that day and thus a conspiracy could not be established.
Prosecutors, however, alleged the men chose to demolish the wall in an unsafe manner and did not brace the free-standing structure. The assistant district attorney also argued the men then chose to use the excavator, a large piece of machinery that causes vibrations, at the site knowing the wall was not braced.
The judge was swayed by the prosecution's arguments and denied the defendants' motions.
In addition to the conspiracy charge, Benschop, 43, faces six counts of third degree murder and 13 counts of reckless endangerment. Campbell, 49, is also charged with six counts of third degree murder and involuntary manslaughter as well as 13 counts of reckless endangerment.
Thursday is the one year anniversary of the collapse.
Police in South Jersey issued a warning Tuesday morning after a man twice exposed himself to preteen girls.
Middle Township, N.J. Police said they received two lewdness complaints Monday in the Rio Grande area of cape May County of a man approaching young girls.
“The accused approached the girls in a vehicle, then stood by his vehicle, and started to masturbate,” stated a Nixle report from the department.
Investigators described the masturbator as a tall, stocky-built man in his 40s with short brown hair that is graying, arm tattoos and some facial hair. He wore dark shorts, dark sunglasses, a black shirt and drove a dark minivan or pickup truck.
Anyone with information should contact Middle Township Police at 609-465-8700 or Crime Stoppers at 609-465-2800.
